Tag: Kraftwerk

New releases: Box sets from Kraftwerk and Midnight Oil, new The Charlatans album

New releases: Box sets from Kraftwerk and Midnight Oil, new The Charlatans album

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s releases include new box sets from Kraftwerk and Midnight Oil, and a new Charlatans record.

'Kraftwerk: Pop Art': Watch hour-long documentary aired on BBC Four

‘Kraftwerk: Pop Art’: Watch hour-long documentary aired on BBC Four

Last night, BBC Four aired a 2013 documentary on German electronic-music legends Kraftwerk that includes footage of the group’s album-by-album residency at London’s Tate Modern that same year, as well as new interviews with the band along with rare and archival clips.

The Smiths nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — plus Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk

The Smiths nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — plus Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk

After six years of eligibility, The Smiths were nominated today for induction as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015, joining a list of nominees that includes Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, the late Lou Reed, Kraftwerk, Sting and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes set for Sasquatch!

New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes set for Sasquatch!

The two-weekend Sasquatch! Music Festival — set for Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends outside of Seattle — will feature performances by New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes alongside the likes of OutKast, The National, Queens of the Stone Age and many, many more.

Kraftwerk plots 3D performances, full-album runs in North America, Europe this spring

Kraftwerk plots 3D performances, full-album runs in North America, Europe this spring

Kraftwerk continue to expand its crowded early 2014 touring plans, which already consisted of 3D performances and a pair of runs of full-album dates in Los Angeles and Vienna; the latest additions to the group’s schedule include performances this April in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Kraftwerk to bring 8-night 3-D ‘Retrospective’ to London's Tate Modern in February

Kraftwerk to bring 8-night 3-D ‘Retrospective’ to London’s Tate Modern in February

Reprising a show staged earlier this year in New York City, German electronic collective Kraftwerk will bring its ground-breaking 3-D multimedia presentation “Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8” to London’s Tate Modern museum, performing each of its eight albums in its entirety across nine nights in February.

'First Time I Heard' e-books spotlight The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Kate Bush

‘First Time I Heard’ e-books spotlight The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Kate Bush

The series launched this summer, and, so far, titles are available on Joy Division/New Order, The Smiths, Cocteau Twins and David Bowie. Next month sees publication of a title on Kate Bush, with books due in spring and summer 2013 on Abba, My Bloody Valentine, Kraftwerk, PIxies, R.E.M. and Roxy Music.