When Midge Ure has toured America in recent years, it’s usually been completely solo. With just his guitar, he impressed audiences with re-workings of Ultravox classics like “Vienna” and “Reap the Wild Wind,” Visage’s “Fade to Grey,” and his solo material. But this summer, he’ll be embarking on a ‘Band in a Box’ tour with … Read more
Best known for international hits, “Imagination” and “Some People”, British singer-songwriter and musician Belouis Some (Neville Keighley) is returning to US stages for the first time since 1988. He’ll be embarking on a tour with The Alarm and Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel starting May 1 (UPDATE – on 4/29 it was announced that the … Read more
The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are commemorating 40 years of their collaboration by revisiting their band’s initial incarnation, Death Cult. In a sole US performance on October 23, followed by a UK tour, Death Cult will draw from their EPs, material from Astbury’s prior band, Southern Death Cult, as well as music from … Read more
On the heels of the 40th anniversary of his breakthrough “Killer on the Rampage” album, Eddy Grant is being honored with an induction into the Camden Music Walk of Fame. Located on London’s Camden High Street, the Walk of Fame launched in 2019 with The Who as its first inductees. Also being added this year … Read more
Last year, Mike Peters’s leukemia relapse and bout of pneumonia caused The Alarm’s 40th Anniversary world tour to be cut short. But he continued to write new music while in the hospital, and upon his release, he had an album’s worth of material. Recordings came together very quickly once Peters entered the studio, and the … Read more
Featuring bassist Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and frontman/guitarist KAV (formerly of Happy Mondays), Blitz Vega creates heavy yet danceable music with driving guitar hooks and powerful vocals. The two musicians had discussed working together for years but only recently found their schedules aligned. So far, Blitz Vega has put out a single, “Hey Christo,” and they will be following it up with an EP recorded live in-studio (no overdubs) at the legendary Abbey Road Studio.
Best known for their synth-pop hits “Forever Young” and “Big in Japan,” Alphaville has now released Eternally Yours, a double album containing symphonic versions of classic songs. Alphaville founder/frontman Marian Gold teamed up with film and television arrangers Max Knoth and Christian Lohr and the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg to re-imagine the music in orchestral … Read more
A Free Society is the debut album from Night Crickets, a collaboration between David J of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, Violent Femmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo, and solo artist Darwin Meiners. Bringing together post-punk, psychedelic, pop, art-rock and other styles, it maintains a very spontaneous and organic feel despite being recorded entirely long-distance. Over a … Read more
Synth pioneer Howard Jones launched the multi-media project ENGAGE in 2015, and now he has released the third electronic album from the series, DIALOGUE. Thematically, the album focuses on the importance of communication, and being in lockdown afforded Jones the ability to be more experimental on the musical side. Longtime collaborator Robbie Bronniman once again … Read more
In the early ‘80s, ABC was part of a wave of British bands who pushed music in new directions while taking full advantage of the video revolution. They evolved out of the experimental electronic trio Vice Versa, adding funk, soul, and lush orchestrations to craft the sound of their hugely successful debut as ABC, The … Read more