We Have A Technical 609: No Apologies To Sudbury
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It's a punk-flavoured side-project twofer on this week's episode of the podcast, as we discuss industrial-punk supergroup Lard's <u>The Last Temptation Of Reid</u> as well as the only record from Spetsnaz side project Turnbull A.C.'s. We're also talking about the long, long, LONG awaited announcement of a Tear Garden tour, and a fantastic Cabaret Voltaire show.
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We Have A Technical 608: I Love You?
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The latest album from Slovenian old gods Laibach is an abrupt shift from the sterner and harsher work they’ve been releasing for the past half decade or so, and turns to the recent history of pop music to comment on, well, pop music. Musick bears many of the hallmarks of Laibach’s satirizing of popular culture and its intersection with politics and the world at large, but what precisely are they saying this time out? That’s the question we delve into on this week’s podcast.
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We Have A Commentary: Minuit Machine, “Violent Rains”
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A week later than usual we're back with the latest iteration of our Patreon supported We Have A Commentary series, this time looking at Minuit Machine's second LP, 2015's "Violent Rains". We're talking about the record's connections to preceding and future generations' visions of darkwave, what has and hasn't changed about Minuit Machine over the past decade-plus, and the emotional tenor of Amandine Stioui's vocals which has only become clearer in retrospect.
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We Have A Technical 607: Elite Level Trash
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It's a hopefully affable and easy-listening Pick Five formatted episode we have for you this week folks, as we each choose some second LPs we enjoy. From records which consolidate a band's aesthetic to those which point to career-long versatility, we're kicking across a pretty wide range of all the sub-genres we cover on the site if we do say so ourselves.
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We Have A Technical 606: Get Some Sleep
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The new collaborative record from Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize is all anyone in the larger industrial ecosystem is talking about this week and so we're adding our two cents regarding the track selection, emotional import, and club appeal of Nine Inch Noize. We're also talking about some exciting Forma Tadre reissue news and offering a preview of new music from Spike Hellis!
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We Have A Technical 605: What Were We Talking About?
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The two records up for discussion in this week's podcast are both from 2006 and have at least some connection to broader post-industrial traditions, but those might be the only links between Dioxyde's aggrotech-inflected <u>Social Phobia</u> and the Lovecraftian ambience of Flint Glass' <u>Nyarlathotep</u>. It's also a news heavy week with discussion of Joy Division and New Order's inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, and the lineups for the Cold Waves and Absolution festivals.
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We Have A Technical 604: Out of Breath Close to Death
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HEALTH's star continues to rise both in North America and abroad, and as their weeb-friendly blend of thudding industrial rock and vulnerable fatalism came through Vancouver we were able to speak with bassist and programmer John Famiglietti. We touch upon HEALTH's appeal in the age of the terminally online, the band's free flowing philosophy of collaboration, the odd parallels between the band's evolution and that of industrial music itself, and so much more.
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We Have A Technical 603: Chester Cheevo
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On this week's podcast we're firstly talking about the wide roaming genre mix up of Belgian legends The Neon Judgment's <u>Mafu Cage</u>, before taking a look at the spacious ethereality and vocal power of Scotland's Witch Of The Vale. We're also discussing Brendan Perry's ill-considered comments regarding AI generated album art.
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We Have a Commentary: The Cure, "Pornography"
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Presented with their choice of the first four albums by The Cure, a sizable majority of our Patreon backers selected 1982's "Pornography" as the subject for this month's commentary podcast, and so here we are, tackling the densest, darkest, and most monolithic statement in the band's legendary discography. We work to tease out the poetic and emotional particulars of Robert Smith's expressions of guilt, corruption, and misery, as well as the sonic and structural qualities which both make "Pornography" The Cure's non plus ultra in terms of weight, and yet also link it to the band's past and...
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We Have A Technical 602: Auteur Fanfic
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We're back to the beloved Pick Five format this week, folks! This time we're each picking notable guest appearances...or is it guest vocals? Or both? Listen to find out as we discuss duets, reunions, styles clashes, and more.
info_outlineFor our 600th episode we're happy to be joined by Raws of Plack Blague and DJ Starr Noir. Intersections between queer culture and industrial culture go back to the very beginning of the latter, and Raws and Starr share their personal experiences and historical observations about those intersections as performers, DJs, and promoters within the scene.