We Have a Technical

The official podcast of www.idieyoudie.com

We Have A Technical 527: Who Can Resist 10/03/2024

We Have A Technical 527: Who Can Resist After dalliances with the meaning of goth and post-punk royalty, we’re back to what brought us to the dance on this episode: obscure industrial releases scant few people are aware of. We’re talking about Jean-Luc De Meyer’s science fiction odysseys with 32Crash, and the strange path German collective Ars Moriendi took in linking classic industrial to powernoise. All that, plus some Cure (sorry, more post-punk royalty) and Pixel Grip talk. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/33308142

We Have A Commentary: Portion Control, "..Step Forward" 09/29/2024

We Have A Commentary: Portion Control, "..Step Forward" This month's commentary podcast dives into the often overlooked mid-period work of synthpunk pioneers Portion Control. Having an outsized influence on countless EBM and industrial acts, the band's more melodic movements into "post-industrial" with plenty of dalliances with synthpop and post-punk are perfectly captured on ..Step Forward. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/33254207

We Have A Technical 526: Maniacism 09/26/2024

We Have A Technical 526: Maniacism Having just seen Peter Hook & The Light, we’re spending this episode discussing not just Hooky’s presentation of the Joy Division and New Order catalogs, but also how our thoughts and feelings about those two bands have changed over the past thirty years. By equal measures we’ll be getting into the nitty gritty of JD/NO lore and ephemera, but also wrestling with what has and hasn’t changed about ourselves since we first came in contact with music which has never lost its gravitational pull upon us. We’re also talking about some possible Tear Garden news. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/33212172

We Have A Technical 525: Clod Man 09/19/2024

We Have A Technical 525: Clod Man We like to mark every 25th episode of the podcast with some sort of special theme or format, and so on this episode we're taking up the hefty topic of to what degree goth is a subculture tied to music. Grab your snakebite and Aquanet and expect gatekeeping, gateletting, takes spicy and mild, and no small amount of cattiness. We're also talking about the passing of Roli Mossiman, the news of North American And One dates, and a Devours gig. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/33117612

We Have a Technical 524: Mea Culpa 09/12/2024

We Have a Technical 524: Mea Culpa It’s a mixed format episode this week, with Alex giving a rundown of his trip to Edmonton for the Purple City Festival this past weekend, including the I Die: You Die showcase stage. Then, we’re switching gears to talk about the era of high technoid via Access To Arasaka’s 2009 LP Oppidan. All that, plus some horseshit about mainstream media’s annual fixation with "goth" fashion around Hallowe'en. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/33015902

We Have a Technical 523: In Space 09/05/2024

We Have a Technical 523: In Space We’re back to the classic two albums format for the first time in a hot minute, with the grinding industrialized noise rock of Head Of David and The Horror’s first kick at the can as a spastic garage band in goth/scene garb on the table. We’re also indulging in a bit of wanton speculation about the Nine Inch Nails name being attached to the next Tron film. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32903537

We Have A Technical 522: Dot Dom 08/29/2024

We Have A Technical 522: Dot Dom Our least favourite records by some of our favourite artists is the subject of this week's Pick Five formatted episode of the podcast. Is it a real Sophie's Choice situation or are we eager to throw some underperforming records under the bus? Find out, along with some talk about the recent Ex-Heir show which passed though Vancouver. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32787427

We Have A Technical 521: Our Songs Are Better 08/22/2024

We Have A Technical 521: Our Songs Are Better The third and final of our Terminus interviews features longtime site fave Kontravoid. Cam spoke with us about new LP "Detachment", the shifting scope and success of the project, and the significance of masking up. Also, some news about ID:UD's presence at Purple City in Edmonton. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32686642

We Have A Commentary: Cygnets, "Isolator" 08/18/2024

We Have A Commentary: Cygnets, "Isolator" This month's Patreon-supported commentary podcast tackles the glammy-gothy new wave fusion of Edmonton's dearly departed Cygnets. Featuring captivating vocals, savvy synth work, and hooks, hooks, HOOKS, Isolator is representative of everything that made them one of the most captivating and underrated bands of their time. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32627807

We Have A Technical 520: Woodview 08/15/2024

We Have A Technical 520: Woodview Our post-Terminus afterglow continues with another interview recorded during the festival - we're joined by James and Jordan from Male Tears about new album Paradisco and how it weaves pop from decades past into current darkwave and goth aesthetics. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32582262

We Have a Technical 519: Leave Blank Space 08/08/2024

We Have a Technical 519: Leave Blank Space The first of our Terminus-related interviews is here, and with their new LP The Tower set to drop in just over a week, we're very happy to share our conversation with Urban Heat. Jonathan, Pax, and Kevin were very forthcoming with their thoughts on the influence that the heterogeneous music culture of Austin has had on them, the craft of building a live set, and what it's been like to be on the inside of one of dark music's biggest breakthrough acts of the past two years. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32354357

We Have a Technical 518: Terminus 2024 08/01/2024

We Have a Technical 518: Terminus 2024 Our annual wrap-up of our favourite festival of the year is year, with night by night recaps of all four days of Terminus. Which hungry up and comers grabbed the proverbial brass ring? Which legacy acts fought like hell to retain their top billing spots? And which hotly hyped acts fell flat? Grab a pint of '88 Night Gallery and a plate of Street Eatery seitan chicken and find out... /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32353347

We Have a Technical 517: Street Eatery 07/25/2024

We Have a Technical 517: Street Eatery As we head out the door for Terminus, the schedule of written content on the site is going on a break but the podcast keeps rolling. This week we're looking at mid-90s records by Machines of Loving Grace and Placebo Effect and discussing the effects of the major label pursuit of alternative hits and the evolution of dark electro, respectively. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32285417

We Have A Commentary: Linea Aspera, self-titled 07/21/2024

We Have A Commentary: Linea Aspera, self-titled As selected by our patrons, this month's commentary podcast takes us back to the heyday of the minimal wave revival, with the self-titled debut of Linea Aspera. As we discuss, even more so than being representative of its time, it's a record which points the way forward for both Alison Lewis' work across a range of projects, but also the next decade-plus of club-focused darkwave. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32227457

We Have A Technical 516: Cryptid Normie 07/18/2024

We Have A Technical 516: Cryptid Normie On this week's episode of the podcast, the very amorphous topic of non-musical points of attraction to Our Thing is taken up. Half cod-anthropology, half therapy sesh, half wanton conjecture, this is about as loose as our general topic episodes are likely to get. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32191087

We Have A Technical 515: Adrenal-Eyes 07/11/2024

We Have A Technical 515: Adrenal-Eyes We're talking about an of its era European electro record by Chrom and some off the beaten path video game soundtracking by Daniel Myer on this week's podcast, plus some talk about general shifts in DJing from both a personal and demographic perspective. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32091437

We Have a Technical 514: Nineties Name Change 07/04/2024

We Have a Technical 514: Nineties Name Change In a "wishful beginning" themed episode, we're each picking five projects which have effectively started and ended in the time that we've been running the website. We've seen them come, we've seen them go; bands who we had flagged for great things but maybe passed the torch on to other acts down the line. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/32009047

We Have A Commentary: Spahn Ranch, "The Coiled One" 06/30/2024

We Have A Commentary: Spahn Ranch, "The Coiled One" We're joined by Matt Green and Athan Maroulis on this month's commentary podcast to discuss their memories of and reflections upon Spahn Ranch's 1995 sophomore LP The Coiled One, on the occasion of its recent remaster and reissue. Matt and Athan speak with us about the membranes between industrial, goth, and general 90s alternative culture, the role of clean vocals, and plenty more. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31951132

We Have A Technical 513: Vampy-Jay 06/27/2024

We Have A Technical 513: Vampy-Jay We're navigating some illness on the Senior Staff's part to bring you discussion of records we missed last year by Container 90 and Vacious Cuerpos. We're also talking about Ted Phelps, Substance, and forthcoming Haujobb and Encephalon records. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31907452

We Have A Technical 512: Birdwatching 06/20/2024

We Have A Technical 512: Birdwatching Prompted by catching an absolutely electric show from all around cross-genre rock legends The Damned this past weekend, we're dedicating this week's episode to discussing their history, their strengths, and the ways they've drifted in and out of proximity to and influence on goth while maintaining their own utterly groovy sense of cool. We're also discussing some coverage of recent darkwave in The Guardian. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31817477

We Have A Technical 511: Codwave Soupviolence 06/13/2024

We Have A Technical 511: Codwave Soupviolence It's a very specially formatted episode of the podcast this week, as we're joined by three of our Patreon backers to discuss records by Steril, Black Light District/Coil, and GusGus. These episodes are always a treat as they prompt us to listen to records we might not have otherwise considered for the podcast, or listen to old favourites from new perspectives. Thanks very much to Dave, Jeremy, and Adam for joining us! /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31725422

We Have A Technical 510: Bounce Pass 06/06/2024

We Have A Technical 510: Bounce Pass We're happy to present an interview with Mark Burgess of legendary UK act Chameleons on this week's podcast. The band was in town on the first leg of their Strange Times album tour, but are also hot on the heels of their first new material in over two decades, so there was a lot Mark was enthused to discuss with us. In addition to offering our own thoughts about the Chameleons show, we're also throwing in our two cents about the Praga Khan/Lords of Acid tour which made its was through Van. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31624697

We Have A Technical 509: Scabby Jim 05/30/2024

We Have A Technical 509: Scabby Jim We have a Pick Five episode of the podacst for you folks this week, as we're trekking twenty years back to look at some representative records from 2004, spinning out of a conversation about that era on our recent [:SITD:] commentary. Also some talk about the New Beat Blind test and the Purple City fest in Edmonton. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31523562

We Have A Commentary: [:SITD:], "Rot" 05/26/2024

We Have A Commentary: [:SITD:], "Rot" Fifteen years on from its release, we're looking back at Rot, the high watermark for Germany's [:SITD:], on this month's commentary podcast. It's a record which stood out at the time in terms of structure and sound design compared to a relatively creatively inert club industrial scene, and we're getting into the minutiae of why that is. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31470367

We Have A Technical 508: Pretty Fly 05/23/2024

We Have A Technical 508: Pretty Fly The odd pairing of Gitane Demone and Mark Ickx for the Demonix project, as well as some of David Thrussell’s earliest dark ambient experimentation as Black Lung make up the body of this classically formatted, accidentally 1994-focused two albums episode of We Have A Technical. We’re also discussing Spencer Sunshine’s delivery of receipts concerning Boyd Rice’s participation in neo-nazism. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31427772

We Have A Technical 507: Duff Gardens Hurrah 05/16/2024

We Have A Technical 507: Duff Gardens Hurrah Despite our post-fest blues and exhaustion, we're back to bring you a plus-sized version of the podcast breaking down each and every act we caught this past weekend at Verboden Festival here in our own Vancouver backyard. Relive the memories if you were on the trip with us, and flag a couple of live acts to keep an eye out for if you weren't. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31312572

We Have A Technical 506: A Genteel Performance 05/09/2024

We Have A Technical 506: A Genteel Performance In this week’s episode of We Have A Technical, we’re jumping off from a discussion Bruce had last week with our friends at Cemetery Confessions in order to examine the idea of the goth-industrial club format. A marriage of necessity? One which yielded productive hybridization? Is it of use or salience today? Was it ever? We’re touching upon all of this, as well as the death of legendary engineer Steve Albini and some Sisters touring news. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31206537

We Have A Technical 505: Dr. Contemptuous 05/02/2024

We Have A Technical 505: Dr. Contemptuous Classic two albums format of the podcast for you this week folks, with a pair of fairly obscure records from a couple of decades back under the microscope. First up, the fanatic devotion to and imitation of Front 242 shown by Mastertune on their second LP prompts some discussion of the je ne sais quois possessed by the Belgian masters which makes that sort of homage so rare and awkward. Next, the synthpunk/deathrock car wreck of the Bay Area's Subtonix getsd us talking about what we are and aren't interested in in those genres. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31081203

We Have A Commentary: Stromkern, "Armageddon" 04/28/2024

We Have A Commentary: Stromkern, "Armageddon" A 2001 record which was rather out of step with industrial club styles of the time, Stromkern's Armageddon proved to cast a long thematic shadow as well as stand the test of time musically. We're discussing Ned Kirby's electro-acoustic arrangements, the eerie political polyvalence of its addressing of fanaticism, and how the album left a mark on the midwest industrial scene in this month's Patreon-supported commentary podcast. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/31018453

We Have A Technical 504: Self-Saboteur 04/25/2024

We Have A Technical 504: Self-Saboteur It's a Pick Five formatted episode this week, and we're each trying to find tunes which summarize or represent the larger catalogs and aesthetics of the artists involved; a surprisingly difficult task as we found it. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/30978343

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