/Gig/London/ FRONT 242 Extra London Show New Date + Machine Rox & My Hysteria
The second night in London for Front 242
Tag: Front 242
/Gig/London/Rescheduled / FRONT 242 – Sold Out! New Date! Mechanical Cabaret + DeadFilmStar
First night of two for Front 242 in London
/Tuesday Ten/454/What Did You Do In The War?
As I’ve noted before, I come from a military family. My parents both lived overseas as children and teenagers when their fathers were stationed in Germany (in different locations), and […]
/Welcome to the Future/168/Livestreams and new releases 26-Mar 2021
Another busy week of new music and upcoming announcements – not to mention lots of choice on the Livestream front, too. In addition, I’ve overhauled the events page in a […]
/Welcome to the Future/159/Livestreams and new releases 22-Jan 2021
Three weeks into January, Trump is gone from the White House, but things still feel pretty bleak here in the UK. Lockdown looks like it’s going to go on for […]
/Transmission/007/the a-z of industrial/f/part one
The seventh part of Transmission, the a-z of industrial. This continues our look at industrial music, and is this week all about bands beginning with “f”, and we’ll finish off […]
/Tuesday Ten/320/Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
I’ve said it before, but really, I can’t believe I haven’t covered this before. Dancing is such an important companion to music. It can be a joyful release, a form […]
/Tuesday Ten/242/Front 242
This weeks Ten has been long-planned to have this subject, but how it was going to work was the bit I didn’t really know. So, I chose to open it […]
/Tuesday Ten/240/A Purr-fect Ten – Songs about Cats
A few months ago, Tuesday Ten #226 howled about dogs. But in the meantime, Elin – among a few others – was unimpressed that I did songs about dogs, but […]
Countdown: 2014: Gigs
This year: 170 bands, 57 days-worth of gigs. Five festivals, three countries, eight cities/towns. From venues holding thousands to those holding tens. Due to personal issues and, frankly, being too […]
Memory of a Festival: 023: Cold Waves III
In the annals of crazy plans by me, this one was up there with Festival Kinetik 4.0 in 2011, where my friend Tim and I headed to Ottawa and then […]
/Countdown/1980s/Tracks/20-01
I actually started this 80s rundown a couple of years back, but life and other things have rather got in the way. So, a little bit of spare time has […]
Tuesday Ten: 193: Perfect and Worst Albums
Following last week’s awesome fun of submissions from many of my readers and friends, I thought I probably ought to suggest my own to this. So this is a postscript, […]
Tuesday Ten: 183: An Infest Retrospective
As Infest 2013 looms this weekend – and with the announcement that there won’t be an Infest in 2014, either – I’ve decided that it is time to look back […]
/Tuesday Ten/174/Live Albums
So…I’ve looked at the best gigs, live venues, and gigs at the London Astoria, bands at Infest, bands I’ve *not* seen live…but I’ve never had a look at live albums, […]
Countdown: 2011: Gigs
During 2011 I saw an awful lot of live sets. At a rough count, around about 125 (including supports and festivals) – and I saw a few bands more than […]
Into the Pit: 117: Front 242 – Live at KOKO – 11-December 2011
There are times when I wonder exactly how and why the support bands are picked for a live show, and this was most certainly one of those. On occasions, an […]
Memory of a Festival: 014: BIMFest 2011
So for one final flourish this year, in a year where I have attended more gigs and seen more bands than I have done in a long, long time, I […]
Into the Pit: 116: Front 242 – Live in Glasgow – 10-December 2011
It has been a while since I travelled this far for a gig in the UK. Let me explain: I love Front 242. And given the news that old friends […]