XTC’s 1978 album “Go2” to be reissued on 200-gram vinyl with “Go+” dub EP
The long-running XTC audiophile reissue series continues this month with the first vinyl release in decades of the band’s second album Go2.
Tag: Throbbing Gristle
Watch 16-minute trailer for post-punk series based on Simon Reynolds’ “Rip It Up and Start Again”
Nikolaos Katranis and Russell Craig Richardson are working on a four-part documentary series on post-punk music, based on Simon Reynolds’ book “Rip It Up and Start Again.”
Genesis P-Orridge, co-founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, dead at 70
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, the British musician, poet, performance artist, occultist and avant garde avatar who co-founded pioneering industrial act Throbbing Gristle as well as Psychic TV, died Saturday after battling leukemia for 2½ years, the Dais Records label announced. P-Orridge was 70 years old.
Watch: Trent Reznor releases Nine Inch Nails’ highly NSFW 1993 ‘snuff’ film ‘Broken’
Twenty years after its creation, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor today finally released “Broken ,” the 20-minute, highly graphic short film directed by Peter Christopherson. Reznor posted the movie to NIN’s Vimeo channel today, warning that it contains “extreme violent and sexual content.”
Linkage: Nick Cave ends Grinderman, plus Stone Roses, Peter Murphy, Talk Talk, Throbbing Gristle
Nick Cave is pulling the plug on Grinderman and The Stone Roses have signed U.S. and U.K. record deals, plus a great photo essay chronicling a recent Peter Murphy gig in Philadelphia, word of a new book about Talk Talk and audio of an interview with Throbbing Gristle’s Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti.
Throbbing Gristle to release final album ‘Desertshore,’ reissue early records
The surviving members of Throbbing Gristle have relaunched their Industrial Records imprint in order to reissue the bulk of their late-’70s/early-’80s catalog and release the band’s final studio album: a long-in-the-works re-interpretation of Nico’s 1970 record ‘Desertshore.’
Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson, of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil, 1955-2010
British industrial/experimental music pioneer Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson — who co-founded the hugely influential acts Throbbing Gristle and Coil, was a member of Psychic TV and worked as an artist with famed album-cover design team Hipgnosis — died in his sleep on Wednesday at age 55.
Genesis P-Orridge quits Throbbing Gristle, remaining members to continue as X-TG
Throbbing Gristle today announced its break-up ‘for the time being,’ saying frontman Genesis P-Orridge informed the other members this week — on the eve of several scheduled European concerts — that ‘he was no longer willing to perform’ with them.
Coachella Webcast to feature sets by The Cure, Morrissey, Bob Mould
For those not able to make it out to this weekend’s 10th anniversary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the fine folks […]
Industrial pioneer Throbbing Gristle to embark on first U.S. tour in 28 years
Industrial-rock/performance-art pioneer Throbbing Gristle has added one more New York date to its short Coachella-centric American tour later this month — the band’s first U.S. […]
