Mechanical Cabaret - Selective Hearing (Deluxe Edition)

2013-06-03 / DamienG / Reads: 2850

For some 14 years now British Mechanical Cabaret have been active providers of pulsating electro but only now do they officially cross the ocean and assault audiences in America. Selective Hearing, released via Chicago based WTII spans material from band's four long playing albums and registers as a thoroughly entertaining,...

Love in Cage – Position

2013-05-31 / savetier / Reads: 3538

Love in Cage is a post-punk/coldwave band based in Rouen, France. In 2008 Love in Cage started to make music. A week ago their singer Ishtmael contacted me and asked me to review their recent album Position. The album Position consists of six songs. The first, 'Minimal Sound'...

Trip To New York - Force, Despair & Confidence

2013-05-31 / DamienG / Reads: 2417

Alternative that is on offer on Trip To New York's début EP is never more than the sum of well established rock tropes but this young act attempts to plug the holes in the old, cracking convention with the abundance of youthful spirit and charisma. They walk the road that...

Unitary - Misantrophy

2013-05-29 / Fairycharlotte / Reads: 3046

Unitary is a one-man project from Sweden. The artist himself defines his music as Emotional Body Music. I found his description of Misantrophy very encouraging: the album was described as dark and romantic, "tearing at the seams of convention", emotional and multi-layered electropop. I must admit I have a weak...

Ad Inferna - Im Mortelle

2013-05-27 / DamienG / Reads: 3490

Like a precisely attuned mechanism, French Ad Inferna continues their annual release schedule with "Im Mortelle". Their newest record is soaked in moodiness, its heart clearly devoted to the depths of melancholy and darkwave gloom. Without act's usual dance-floor bent it's an exercise in stylistic cogency that fulfils its dark...

Feeding Fingers - The Occupant

2013-05-24 / savetier / Reads: 2986

Germany-based post-punk group Feeding Fingers finally completed their fourth studio album, The Occupant, during 2012 in the Mozarteum halls at the University of Salzburg, Austria. The mastermind behind the band, Justin Curfman from the US, gave a statement to the work on the album: "My intention with The Occupant...