IVE have built a sizable portion of their singles run around iconic samples, from Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive to Blackstreet’s No Diggity to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. These interpolations have almost become a concept of sorts, and new single Attitude follows suit… Read More »Song Review: IVE – Attitude
Deathrock is having a moment. In the early 80s, the music took hold at a time when the culture faced fears of apocalyptic annihilation by nuclear weapons. Four decades later, a new crop of goth and deathrock bands is creating the soundtrack to an era… Read More »Q&A: Errol Fritz (New Skeletal Faces) on Nature Television, ’80s Pop and Short Albums
Hallowed, Grand The Making of Paradise Lost’s Draconian Times Some albums are so ahead of their time when they’re released that it takes decades of word-of-mouth recommendations and critical reappraisal to reach an audience commensurate with their quality. Many of those records are already enshrined… Read More »Paradise Lost – Draconian Times
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