Old Designs for Living
The 1980s were kind to some. If you had big hair, a double-breasted shirt, and a penchant for eye makeup, then there was every possibility that you could have rode…
The 1980s were kind to some. If you had big hair, a double-breasted shirt, and a penchant for eye makeup, then there was every possibility that you could have rode…
Rational Youth, the Canadian poptronica pioneers, have announced a very special edition of their debut album, Cold War Night Life. The 1982 release ranks with John Foxx’s Metamatic and Depeche…
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Little Britain might have decided they have had enough of the European project, but Tracy Howe’s heart still belongs to the continent. The Canadian synth legend’s musical heritage traces a…
Rational Youth still write melodic electronic music with infectious hooks. That makes the legendary Canadian band something of a rarity, in a world where wannabe DJs and flesh-baring attention-seekers get…
Cold War Night Life (www.coldwarnightlife.com), the online magazine of electronic music and culture, has announced the planned release of a tribute to Rational Youth. Called Heresy, the vinyl and CD…
Gothenburg’s Electronic Summer event is the highlight of the music calendar in Northern Europe. The annual festival, which began in 2012, lines up international acts and local synthpop heroes for…
Through the post comes a four-track 7″ single that plays at 33 1/3 rpm. On it are tracks recorded at The Bombshelter, the studio set up in St. Catharines, Canada…
Canadian synthpop heroes, Rational Youth, and expatriate darkwave masters, Psyche, have joined forces for a cover of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” The idea first took shape when the bands toured the Nordics,…