We Have a Technical

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We Have A Technical 591: Per My Last E-mail, Squarehead 01/08/2026

We Have A Technical 591: Per My Last E-mail, Squarehead The last Foetus album in JG Thirlwell's uncompromising four-plus decade run under the fluid moniker has been released, and we're discussing Halt in detail on this week's podcast. What's changed and what hasn't with regards to Thirlwell's brand of misanthropy, as well as how his increasingly ambitious orchestral arrangements have been folded back into the free-roaming experimental industrial project are just some of the points we're touching upon. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39655035

We Have A Commentary: "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Dare To Be Stupid" 12/31/2025

We Have A Commentary: "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Dare To Be Stupid" We wanted to continue the tradition of having our December instalment of We Have A Commentary deal with an album well outside of Our Thing, and loved the idea of doing a "Weird Al" Yankovic LP. Al's been a huge influence on our lives and cultural tastes from a very young age, so the only question was which album we'd discuss. We turned things over to our Patreon backers, who selected Al's third record, 1985's Dare To Be Stupid. It's an end to end burner and gave us all sorts of opportunities to discuss both the minutiae and the broad strokes of what's made Al such a beloved and admired figure to us and so many others. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39579675

We Have A Technical 590: Nothin Left 12/24/2025

We Have A Technical 590: Nothin Left As a bit of a denouement to our Year End coverage, we're each picking five tracks we loved from the past year. There's maybe a bit of a club tilt to some (but not all) picks, and we're aiming for bands and releases not featured on either our Top 25 list or the honorable mentions discussed on last week's podcast. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39524650

We Have A Technical 589: 2025 Year End Roundup 12/19/2025

We Have A Technical 589: 2025 Year End Roundup With our Top 25 records of the year up and discussed on the website, it's time for our annual year in review episode of We Have A Technical, where in addition to a quick look at the list itself, we're discussing some trends and statistics from the year that was, and each picking five honourable mention releases we wanted to ensure got some time and love as well. A reminder that written coverage on the site will be pausing for a couple of weeks over the holidays, but we'll keep the podcast coming on schedule to give you something to listen to when you need a break from your relatives. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39462470

We Have A Technical 588: So Tired 12/11/2025

We Have A Technical 588: So Tired As we careen towards Year End coverage we're using this week's podcast to get some formal comments down about new records by long-time deep scene acts in Corpus Delicti and Forma Tadre. The French goth rock act reformed a couple of years ago and their new record Liminal does a solid job of carrying on the qualities which distinguished them from their second wave peers, while new archival record Seven Century Factory is fascinating listening for die-hard fans of Andreas Meyer's work, serving as a missing link between very distinct eras in Forma Tadre. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39364500

We Have a Technical 587: General Electric Smith 12/04/2025

We Have a Technical 587: General Electric Smith An interview we've been meaning to put together for a long time finally came to fruition, with our friend Abelardo of The Invisible Orange joining us to discuss the state of live event promotion in 2025. From the differences between tiny and large shows to the boutique differences in promoting events to niche audiences corresponding to musical aesthetics, this is a getting into the weeds conversation we're very happy to offer to you. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39263685

We Have a Commentary: Rotersand, "Truth is Fanatic" 11/30/2025

We Have a Commentary: Rotersand, "Truth is Fanatic" This month's commentary podcast has us winding the clock back to the days when futurepop still ruled club floors and when German act Rotersand were just beginning to make their way onto that arpeggio-laden territory. The band's 2003 debut "Truth Is Fanatic" absolutely holds up as an exemplar of the styles of the time, but as we learned and discussed in closely reexamining the record, also used a range of compositional and programming experimentation to plant its flag. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39207420

We Have A Technical 586: Read the Messages 11/27/2025

We Have A Technical 586: Read the Messages An alliteratively themed two albums episode has us discussing the debut LPs of House Of Harm and Multiple Man. We're digging into the former's infectious and well-executed melodic new wave, and the latter's restrained, aloof, and decidedly funky reinvention of the earliest of EBM sounds. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39188310

We Have A Technical 585: Sisyphus Pasta 11/20/2025

We Have A Technical 585: Sisyphus Pasta It's a Pick Five ep this week folks, and we're opting for a theme so basic and simple we had to triple check that we hadn't done it before: side projects. Ranging from overrated to criminally forgotten, we're looking at a slew of projects folks had running on the side, whether to explore different sounds or to avoid certain bandmates. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39104985

We Have A Technical 584: Teak Daggers 11/13/2025

We Have A Technical 584: Teak Daggers We're looking at a pair of industrial records, albeit in fairly different styles on this week's podcast. First up, it's the 2007 reactivation of cult German act Individual Totem with their Mothfly record which broke from their hazy read on dark electro. Next, the 2019 LP by US BDSM terrorists Spit Mask, You May Feel Some Pressure is being revisited as we sit a fair distance away from the wave of new acts Spit Mask were (unfairly?) bundled in with. We're also talking about the promising lineup for next year's Grauzone fest and a recent Norillag show. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/39016360

We Have A Technical 583: That's Repetitive 11/06/2025

We Have A Technical 583: That's Repetitive It’s an open topic episode of the podcast this week, as we’re discussing what factors go into choosing songs for club play. Novelty vs. familiarity, immediacy, place within genre(s)…there’s a lot underlying an art which, when it’s done best, should feel as instinctive and natural as possible to those enjoying it. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38932810

We Have a Technical 582: Pride Cometh 10/30/2025

We Have a Technical 582: Pride Cometh On the eve of the first new albums from S:cage and Das Ich since 2006, we're talking about those records from both of those bands from nearly twenty years ago: "Madness Turns To Glass" and "Cabaret", respectively. Are technoid and Neue Deutsche Todeskunst especially Halloween-esque genres? Who's to say. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38838490

We Have a Commentary: Dead Can Dance, self-titled 10/26/2025

We Have a Commentary: Dead Can Dance, self-titled As selected by our Patreon backers for a loosely spookily themed commentary episode, we're talking about the 1984 debut of beloved ethereal mainstays Dead Can Dance. With one foot in Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard's roots in post-punk and one in the fatalistic, shimmering aether they would go on to make their home, it's an imperfect yet fascinating starting point for the duo. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38778055

We Have A Technical 581: Fetch Me the View-O-Scope 10/23/2025

We Have A Technical 581: Fetch Me the View-O-Scope The two albums featured on this week's podcast are about as far away from one another as we're likely to get on this podcast, with the abstracted dream-pop and shoegaze of loveliescrushing's Xuvetyn and Digital Poodle's Euro-inspired hybrid of EBM and techno on Crush up for discussion. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38750605

We Have a Technical 580: The Way it Deserves to Be Seen 10/16/2025

We Have a Technical 580: The Way it Deserves to Be Seen Our first Pick Five episode in a while is a bit of a tricky one. We're each nominating tracks which break from traditional pop song structure, with the caveat that they be from artists who normally work within it (no death industrial). Join us as we nearly go blind trying to distinguish pre-choruses from The Real McCoy. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38600990

We Have a Technical 579: The Jay Offs 10/09/2025

We Have a Technical 579: The Jay Offs We're happy to be joined this week by renaissance man Antoni Maiovvi to talk about the recent trilogy of records from his Ye Gods project. We touch upon what distinguishes this project from his other work in post-punk and italo disco, its strange but true origin story, and the considered intentions and hermetic study underpinning the Equilibrium Trilogy. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38520260

We Have a Technical 578: AI Caramba 10/02/2025

We Have a Technical 578: AI Caramba In a “we had to get to it sooner or later” topic-driven episode of the podcast, we’re discussing our reactions to how AI generated visuals and music have appeared in Our Thing…thus far. We’re doing our level best to limit discussion to the ways use of various forms of audio and image generation have been deployed in goth and industrial circles, but you can be the judge of how well we partitioned off that talk. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38435290

We Have a Commentary: Comaduster, "Memory Echoes" 09/28/2025

We Have a Commentary: Comaduster, "Memory Echoes" This month's commentary podcast features a special returning guest, as Real Cardinal joins us to talk us track by track through Comaduster's heady new LP Memory Echoes. We chatted with Real about the album's reality warping concept, the range of genres beyond Comaduster's usual remit woven into the album, and his experiences regarding artistic intent and complexity. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38379960

We Have A Technical 577: Watch It With That Drink 09/25/2025

We Have A Technical 577: Watch It With That Drink The latest score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross isn’t being released under their names, but under the Nine Inch Nails handle, which raises the stakes and expectations for the Tron: Ares soundtrack, and has us discussing its range of styles as well as how it compares to previous missives in the uneven Tron franchise with regards to integrating electronics into “traditional” film scoring. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38348285

We Have A Technical 576: Sutherland's Unit 09/18/2025

We Have A Technical 576: Sutherland's Unit We're testing the limits of Sweden's sonics as well as our own self-imposed genre limitations with our two records up for discussion this week. First, the soft and contemplative neo-classical compositions of Arcana's As Bright As A Thousand Suns is on the docket, followed by the growling muscularity of Agent Side Grinder's Irish Recording Tape, the rough and tumble post-punk record preceding the group's departure for smoother synth pastures. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38262500

We Have A Technical 575: South Van's Boring 09/11/2025

We Have A Technical 575: South Van's Boring For the minor occasion of our 575th episode we're taking a somewhat personal and sociological detour and talking about the city we live in and from whence grew so much of the music we discuss on the podcast: Vancouver. What conditions allowed for "Vancouver school" industrial music to emerge in the first place, what shaped its sound and aesthetic, and how we and the rest of the city have weathered social and economic changes in the area ever since are all up for discussion. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38175335

We Have A Technical 574: Chu Chu Weighs In 09/04/2025

We Have A Technical 574: Chu Chu Weighs In The two album format draws up records of vastly different style and intensity as the final LP from German electro act The Dust Of Basement and a definitive live statement from Dive are on the docket. We're also discussing a recent live set from Vancouver's percussive industrial group Norillag. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38081070

We Have A Commentary: Rosetta Stone, "An Eye For The Main Chance" 09/01/2025

We Have A Commentary: Rosetta Stone, "An Eye For The Main Chance" The debut album from Rosetta Stone and one of the landmark achievements in the second wave of goth rock is the subject of this month's commentary episode. The ways in which An Eye For The Main Chance bends Rosetta Stone's influences to suit their own stormy and driving read on anthemic goth rock, the style and quality of Porl King's songwriting, and so much more are all delved into. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/38040025

We Have A Technical 573: Lamb Bear 08/28/2025

We Have A Technical 573: Lamb Bear Your latest hotly anticipated, or at least blithely accepted pick five formatted episode of We Have A Technical is here. We're zeroing in on our recurring fascination with the role of soundtracks in forming our tastes in Our Thing by each selecting tracks which stand out for good or bad in various film soundtracks. Are there a number of chalk choices by well-established bands? Sure, but that's with an eye to digging into the lesser known moments and aspects of those giants' discographies, we promise. There's also some New Order ephemeral trivia off the top! /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37991545

We Have A Technical 572: Baseball Fury 08/21/2025

We Have A Technical 572: Baseball Fury After a lengthy hiatus, Austin cautionary tales Street Sects are back. They're turning their combination of noise, post-hardcore, and sample-driven industrial to investigate some extremely painful territory related to addiction and recovery with their new Dry Drunk record, but also have something quite different on the go in their more electro-pop influenced Street Sex incarnation and its Full Color Eclipse debut. Given their similarities and differences, we thought a full episode dedicated to the discussion of these records and their thematics was warranted. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37898920

We Have A Technical 571: Hot Sandwiches 08/14/2025

We Have A Technical 571: Hot Sandwiches The second of our interviews stemming from Terminus is here, with rising synthpop/EBM act Sleek Teeth joining us. The band's use of harmonies, threading of the needle between pop and aggression, and flair for the uncanny and occluded have made them one of the new bands we're most impressed by these days, and they were happy to speak with us about all that and more. We're also offering some thoughts on the Vancouver stop of the ongoing Nine Inch Nails tour. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37810790

We Have A Technical 570: The Nether Regions of Synth Funk 08/07/2025

We Have A Technical 570: The Nether Regions of Synth Funk Fresh off her performance at Terminus Festival, we're happy to present our interview with Mari Kattman on this week's episode of We Have A Technical. Her new record Year Of The Katt is a statement of arrival of Kattman as a solo artist and producer after having heard her in collaborative capacities for years, and she talks with us extensively about her own creative process and aims with the record. We're also introducing the ID:UD co-presented stage at this year's Purple City Festival in Edmonton! /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37713350

We Have A Technical 569: Terminus 2025 Recap 07/31/2025

We Have A Technical 569: Terminus 2025 Recap Our favourite time of the year's come and gone with Terminus: Modulation in the books. Four days, thirty-one acts, and a goodly amount of beer later, we're here to break down all of the festivities which took place this past weekend in Calgary. Pleasant surprises, hot prospects, and the odd swing and a miss, you'll get the blow by blow details on this episode of We Have A Technical. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37615860

We Have a Commentary: Flesh Field, "Viral Extinction" 07/27/2025

We Have a Commentary: Flesh Field, "Viral Extinction" On the occasion influential 1999 debut "Viral Extinction" being remastered, we're happy to welcome back Flesh Field's Ian Ross to the podcast to discuss the record in its entirety with us. We're touching on how the record reflected Ian's influences but also pointed towards a new vision for dark electro, how limitations in gear both hindered and helped the creation of the record, and so much more. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37508440

We Have A Technical 568: Baguettes of Spaghetti 07/24/2025

We Have A Technical 568: Baguettes of Spaghetti It's a "Born To Runner Up" themed episode this week, as we're each picking five of our second favourite records by specific artists. From underrated comebacks to idiosyncratic personal faves, we had a lot of fun making cases for each of these. We're also chiming in on the new NIN track from the forthcoming Tron: Ares soundtrack. /episode/index/show/idieyoudie/id/37507920

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