Electronica duo Komputer reboot for London show
Komputer, the Mute artists who joined the influential label in 1984 as I Start Counting, are rebooting for a live...
Yann Tiersen releases newly recorded version of ‘Rue des Cascades’ from 1997
Yann Tiersen has shared a newly recorded version of one of "Rue des Cascades" featuring Ólavur Jákupsson on vocals. Originally...
‘Click Interview’ with Boytronic: ‘It’s Just A Part Of My Life… But Not Everything’
Set up in 1983, German synth-pop band Boytronic is an old servant of the music genre. The band went through...
Available for free download: Aiboforcen’s track ‘In My Arms (Ocean Mix)’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 4th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Interview with Bernard Van Isacker on the ‘Face The Beat’ series: ‘Charting with smaller bands? It’s possible, this compilation has proven it.’
(Interview / photo by Eldrina Mich) While the charity download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5" is still reigning the...
Available for free download: Aesthetische’s track ‘Berlin’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 3rd track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Pouppée Fabrikk hit back with a 2-track single: ‘Only Control’ (including a Spetsnaz remix!)
This came as a nice surprise this morning. Out of the blue Sweden's EBM legends from Pouppée Fabrikk hit straight...
EBM act ELM releases brand new album today! Check out all of the tracks of ‘Extreme Unspoken Tension’
Out today via Alfa Matrix is the brand new ELM album "Extreme Unspoken Tension". And let it be clear, ELM...
Available for free download: AD:keY’s track ‘You Can’t Fuck Me’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 2nd track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
NØIR set to release new EP ‘A Pleasure’ incl. Fad Gadget cover
The New York City-based dark electronic act NØIR will be releasing a 6-song EP entitled "A Pleasure". It will be...
Cabaret Voltaire announce ‘Methodology ’74-’78. Attic Tapes’ on vinyl in a ltd edition of 500 copies
The industrial new wave cult act Cabaret VoltaireE have announced the first-ever vinyl release of "Methodology '74-'78. Attic Tapes", which...
Swedish GHØS†BØY to launch ‘Disgusting’ EP on October 31st, 2019 on Venus Aeon
Coming up ready for Halloween is the "Disgusting" EP by the Swedish electronic act GHØS†BØY. To be released on Venus...
Adam X releases first album as Traversable Wormhole: ‘Regions of Time’ LP – check out a first track
Techno veteran and Sonic Groove’s label owner Adam X will release his first full-length album as Traversable Wormhole, 10 years...
Available for free download: Circumpolar’s track ‘Until the End of Time’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 1st track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Laibach announce ‘Party Songs’ EP – Watch the video for the first track
Laibach have announced a six-track EP, "Party Songs", featuring unpublished tracks from the repertoire of the band's 2015 performances in...
Stars Crusaders joins SkyQode family of artists – new single and videoclip in the making
Stars Crusaders, a four-piece electronic band from Turin, Italy, has joined the SkyQode family of artists. Founded in 2013, the...
Post-punk act Twin Tribes announces new album ‘Ceremony’ – watch video for new song ‘The River’
Post-punk/darkwave artists Twin Tribes have announced the release of their new album "Ceremony". The album follows up on their debut...
‘Click Interview’ with Velvet Acid Christ: ‘I Think Wumpscut Is Simply The Best Industrial Musician Who Ever Made Music’
We’ve to go back on the late 80s to get the origins of this American phenomenon: Velvet Acid Christ. Bryan...
Russian futurepop / synthpop band Mental Discipline launches brand EP ‘Empty’ – listen here
Out now is "Empty", a new EP release by Russian futurepop / synthpop band Mental Discipline. The title track has...
Blackhouse selectively compiled on ‘One Man’s Collection 1984-89’ with exclusive bonus track
Out now is the Blackhouse compilation "One Man's Collection 1984-89" holding 12 selected tracks from the band's 'golden' early years,...
‘The history of industrial music: The Chicago way’ documentary launches kickstarter for final phase of funding for 2020 release
A documentary film exploring the birth, rise, fall and moderate rebirth of American industrial music is nearing completion. This film...
‘Face The Beat: Session 5’ out now and immediately goes into Top 3 most popular releases on Bandcamp
Almost exactly 3 years ago we launched the 4th volume in the Side-Line powered charity compilation series "Face The Beat"...
‘Click Interview’ with The Ritualists: ‘Music For Me Was So Sacred, The Practicing Of It, Became A Type Of Ritual’
The Ritualists is a New-York (USA) based combo and one of the latest signings on Out Of Line. “Painted People”...
Dirty Vocoder (project by Escape With Romeo frontman) offers brand new video and single for ‘Cocaine Dawn’
Dirty Vocoder is a new electronic solo project by Cologne based Thomas Elbern, founder and frontman of the German new...
‘Click Interview’ with Gutenberg: ‘“Tanz Mit Laibach” Is The Best Industrial Anthem’
Hailing from Aichi (Japan) Shouji Sakurai set up Gutenberg a few years ago now. As he likes the sound of...
Back with a new album: Agonoize ! Watch the trailer for ‘Midget Vampire Porn’
A few weeks ago we announced the comeback of Agonoize on RepoRecords with the EP "Blutgruppe Jesus (-) / Schmerzpervers...
The Second Sight return with brand new single – new album out soon as well
In the 1990s The Second Sight (Alex Vlassakakis, Dierk Budde, Kosta Vlassakakis, Manuel Böpple) were among those first acts that...
Simple Minds fans ‘stalked and threatened’ by brother of lead singer Jim Kerr
Simple Minds The Argus, a local newspaper based in Brighton and Hove in East Sussex (UK), ran a rather weird...
Heimataerde returns with ‘Tanz’ EP on November 29
Out via Fully Packed Records on November 29 is the newest EP "Tanz" by the German medieval/EBM act Heimataerde. The...
‘Click Interview’ with Empirion: ‘Keeping The Same Essence Was Important To Us’
Empirion saw the daylight in 1993. Set up by Oz Morsley, Jamie Smart and Bob Glennie the band became quite...
Holeg Spies returns with new album after 10 years: ‘Axis Mundi’ – check it out
After more than 10 years dedicated to compose music for films (the best known are "The Human Centipede" and "The...
Blancmange 80s backcatalogue reissued in vinyl boxset ‘The Blanc Tapes’ incl. bonus tracks – listen here
Out via London Records is a limited vinyl boxset of Blancmange, called "The Blanc Tapes". The boxset holds all three...
Side-Line exclusive: new videoclip of Black Plastic
Chicago-based electronic/darkwave act Black Plastic premieres its newest videoclip 'Halcyon' today. Black Plastic is the musical project of visual artist...
New EP from Beranek: “Oscillator Orkester” – a refreshing mix of orchestral electronics and Bowie tributes
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Foto: Jarle Nyttingnes) The multi talented Norwegian musician (also actor, comedian ++) Espen...
Throbbing Gristle sees another reissue: ‘The Reformation Years’
Out on Mute, 13 December 2019, is the next phase in the Throbbing Gristle reissues series with the release of...
Irmin Schmidt (CAN) announces ltd. edition vinyl release of ‘Villa Wunderbar’ + European dates announced
Mute and Spoon announce the vinyl release of "Villa Wunderbar", compiling the work of the Can founder solo and soundtrack...
Mortiis announces new release: ‘Spirit Of Rebellion’ + 2020 US tourdates announced
The undisputed inventor of dungeon synth, Mortiis is set to release "Spirit Of Rebellion" which is in fact a re-interpreted...
Renaud Bajeux debuts on Nahal Recordings with ‘Magnetic Voices From The Unseen’ – check it out
(Photo by Frédéric D.Oberland) Out now via the French label Nahal Recordings is the first album of French musician Renaud...
Finish dark wave act Ten After Dawn announces release ‘Club’ single
(Photo by Alexandra Sleaze) Out since October 10th 2019 via Secret Entertainment is the "Club" single by the Finland based...
Camouflage sees ‘Methods Of Silence’ re-released in a 30th anniversary limited edition on November 1st
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Camouflage album "Methods Of Silence" via Bureau B, the band opened up the...
‘a-ha The Movie’ premiere and new Norwegian concerts announced
(Photo by a-ha.com) Premiering on Thursday November 26th, 2020 at 6 pm at the Colosseum movie theatre in Oslo is...
Italian noise-rock duo OvO signs to Artoffact Records
The Italian noise-rock duo OvO has signed with Toronto-based label Artoffact Records. The duo, who have previously released with UFOMammut's...
Mindless Faith releases new album ‘Insectual’ + video for ‘Moth without a Moon’
Industrial act Mindless Faith have just released their 7th full-length album, titled "Insectual", that offers allegories of the modern world...
‘Click Interview’ with It’s For Us: ‘I’ve Always Been Writing For Some Kind Of Therapy’
Operating from Stockholm (Sweden) It’s For Us saw the daylight thanks to Camilla Karlsson (vocals, bass) and Jon Gredmark (guitars)....
‘Click’ Interview with Iris: ‘Chasing Trends Doesn’t Work Well For Us’
Twenty years after their debut album “Disconnect” released by the now defunct A Different Drum, Reagan Jones and Andrew Sega...
Miss FD releases new music video ‘Spitfire’ – watch it here
The US dark electropop artist Miss FD has teamed up with industrial artist Vulture Culture on her new song "Spitfire"....
Magne Furuholmen (a-ha) releases limited art edition vynil of newest album ‘White Xmas lies’ – Price €150
To be released on October 25th is an exclusive art edition of only 200 copies of Magne Furuholmen (a-ha)'s new...
Out now: First album Mental Exile (solo project Mondträume singer) – preview the full album
(Photo by Lydia Solans) Out now is “Ride The Madness”, the debut by Mental Exile. Behind Mental Exile we find Damasius Venys...
‘Click Interview’ with A Spell Inside: ‘We Live The Ideal Of An Independent Band’
Michael (Mel) Roeder and Peter Kirchmeyer set up A Spell Inside in 1989! The German electro-pop duo this year celebrates...
Legendary Belgian EBM project Pro Patria returns with 3rd full length!
Pro Patria "Executioner" is the title of the 3rd full length of the legendary Belgian EBM project Pro Patria. Originally,...
Swedish post-punk / indie / goth act A Projection to release ‘Section’ at the end of October
The post-punk/indie/goth act A Projection, which formed in 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden, has released two albums to date: "Exit" (2015)...
Yann Tiersen announces career-spanning album including 3 new songs and 25 newly recorded tracks
"Portrait" is a brand new career-spanning (all re-recorded) album for Yann Tiersen featuring Gruff Rhys, John Grant, Stephen O'Malley and...
Swedish darkwave project Sjöblom covers Alphaville on new EP ‘A victory of love’
Out now on the German label Reptile Music is the brand new EP by the Swedish darkwave project Sjöblom. The...
Project Pitchfork continues reissue series with 2 more sets
After the first two Project Pitchfork 2LP+2CD editions ("Dream, Tiresias" and "Continuum Ride") Project Pitchfork will be re-releasing 2 more...
French Cult Artist Desireless Publishes New Book, ‘Jardin Secret’
Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, much better known by her stage name Desireless, has written a brand new book, "Jardin Secret" (French for...
The Legendary Pink Dots offer double 30th anniversary vinyl edition of ‘The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse’ – only 250 copies!
This 30th anniversary edition of “The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse” includes the complete album as well as the tracks from the...
Black Tape for a Blue Girl announces crowdfunding campaign for 30th Anniversary reissue of ‘Ashes in the brittle air’
Sam Rosenthal of Projekt Records / Black Tape for a Blue Girl has announced a Kickstarter Campaign to fund the...
a-ha to play the USA for the first time in 10 years
a-ha's 'Hunting High And Low Live' tour will be extended into the fall of 2020. First a-ha will return to...
Agonoize returns with ‘Blutgruppe Jesus (-) / Schmerzpervers 2.0’ EP and video – watch it here
After almost five years the hellektro crew of Agonoize return with a brand new EP and official video-clip. The EP...
New Blutengel mini-album to be released in 3 formats
Blutengel is to release a brand new album, a mini one, called "Damokles", on November 1st. Besides the simple 7-track...
Mexican darkwave/post-punk act Acid Fader releases live video for ‘Innocence’ – watch it here
Acid Fader, a darkwave/post-punk band from Monterrey (Mexico) has released a live video for the track "Innocence", taken from one...
Technolorgy hits back with ‘Inevitably Versatile’ 2CD set (the first 200 copies that is)
Digital World Audio will be releasing 2 new albums on October 25 from Cygnosic and Technolorgy. From Technolorgy you can...
Cygnosic to launch ‘Epiphany’ LP in October and goes on tour with Nachtmahr and labelmates C-lekktor
Digital World Audio will be releasing 2 new albums on October 25 from Cygnosic and Technolorgy. From Cygnosic we get...
Die Krupps return with a new album in November: ‘Vision 2020 Vision’ – order your vinyl edition already
Out on 15 November is the brand new Die Krupps album "Vision 2020 Vision". Engler and Dörper delivered a concept...
French electropop stars Celluloide return with brand new single ‘Quelque Chose S’Efface’ on 7 inch and video
Released as a limited edition 7" white vinyl, "Quelque Chose S'Efface" is the brand new Celluloide single. The release furthermore...
‘Click Interview’ with Hocico: ‘The World Is Turning To A Dark Place Due To The Misuse Of Our Technology’
‘Erk Aicrag’ (Erik Garcia) and ‘Racso Agroyam’ (Oscar Mayorga) set up Hocico in 1993. The Mexican duo rapidly became one...
