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Handsome Furs - Face Control

Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner has once again found some spare time to record another album with his side-project Handsome Furs, which he fronts alongside his wife Alexei Perry. Named after the term in Eastern Europe for Bouncer's scrutiny of punters appearance Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:01 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, Handsome Furs, Depeche Mode, Spencer Krug

Heaven knows I am miserable now

OK, I admit it -- in my youth I had a penchant for dark, moody music. As a disenfranchised teenager, the angsty, drug-addled and downright depressing music of The Cure and Depeche Mode was right up my alley. So, while I moped around my bedroom with that Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:55 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode

zZz – Running with the beast

Hailing from Amsterdam, zZz are a dynamic powerhouse duo, as some lucky South Africans would have witnessed at Oppikoppi a few years ago. That night myself and a whole host of others sat open mouthed, stunned by this electro-punk force of nature. Well Read More...

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 4:10 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Joy Division, zZz, Suicide, New Order, Roxy Music, Depeche Mode, Cabaret Voltaire

Fever Ray - First Impressions.....

So this morning I arrived at work and in my inbox was a message from a colleague telling me he had the new Fever Ray album if I wanted to listen to it. Who is Fever Ray? I asked myself. So I went to the googles and found out that it’s the new side-project Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:01 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: The Cure, Bjork, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Fever Ray, The Knife, Yeasayer

Christopher D Ashley - Cruel Romantics

Do you remember the days when bands like Yazoo and Depeche Mode dominated the airwaves? If you’re suddenly excited by that little trip down memory lane then jot down the name Christopher D Ashley, because his brand new album Cruel Romantics is probably Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:07 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, The Faint, Depeche Mode, Christopher D Ashley