The 90's electro dance act U96 who made prominence in the early 90's with "Das Boot" and other string of hits have united with Wolfgang Flur of the classic Kraftwerk line up to and recorded an album together. Their first single is out now and pretty much "Transhuman" pretty much resurrects the Kraftwerk sound introducing it to the new decade. The album of the same name was released in early September through Radikal record label.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Friday, October 9, 2020
The Passage's Albums Pindrop and Degenrates to be Reissued as Part of the 40th Anniversary
To mark the 40th anniversary of Pindrop, the lauded first album by cult Manchester post-punk group The Passage, LTM presents a new 2xCD set combining their 1980 debut with their third and most commercially successfully album, Degenerates, from 1982. Both Pindrop and Degenerates are expanded on CD to include companion singles and radio sessions, with archive images and detailed liner notes contained in the 16 page booklet. For more reading and full track listing, check the link below.
https://www.ltmrecordings.com/pindrop_degenerates_ltmcd2589.html
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Groove Armada Return to Synth Pop with the New Studio Album
Saturday, October 3, 2020
WAW: Sinead O'Connor - Trouble of the World
Sinead O'Connor has released a new single which is a cover of Mahalia Jackson's "Trouble of the World". All of Sinead O'Connor's profits from the single are going to Black Lives Matter fund. The video for the song was directed by Don Letts.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
September Singles Roundup
New Order - Be a Rebel
James Blake - Godspeed
Temples - Paraphernalia
Rhye - Helpless
La Femme - Paradigme
SG Lewis, Robyn, Channel Tres - Impact
Tropical Fuck Storm - Legal Ghost
Gorillaz - Strange Times ft Robert Smith
The Shins - The Great Divide
Monday, September 28, 2020
Best of 1990 - The Singles Top 50
The year 1990 has been one of the most exciting years ever, maybe due to the fact that it was between the two decades when music styles shifted and the songs were influenced by the past decade but also looking into the future with new technologies. For some artists it was a clear career peaks when they released their best selling albums and/or singles. This year belonged to Depeche Mode, Madonna, Sinead O'Connor, but at the same time Euro dance and Brit pop exploded.
Over the next month we will feature the best singles from the 1990 that comes as a result of the Singles poll that was up this summer. Stay tuned!
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Next Wave: SRSQ
Monday, September 21, 2020
Instant Hit: The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime
Thirty years ago The Heart Throbs released their debut album Cleopatra in 1990 and one of the outstanding songs from this album was "Dreamtime". There is this interesting fact that the two members of The Heart Throbs, the sisters DeFreitas were actually sisters of the late Pete DeFreitas of Echo & the Bunnymen fame who died in the motorcycle accident in 1989 at the age of 26. Pretty much underrated "Dreamtime" holds in it the best from the two decades and still sounds very contemporary.
Friday, September 18, 2020
WAW: LAUREL - Scream Drive Faster
LAUREL has revealed the video for the song "Scream Drive Faster". The Music video was directed by Elliott Arndt.
Monday, September 14, 2020
7_Songs: Holly Johnson / Frankie Goes to Hollywood
This year in February Holly Johnson turned 60 and we thought it would be a nice occasion to pay tribute to him and his former band Frankie Goes to Hollywood with this 7 Songs feature. Johnson’s career start goes back to the late 70’s Liverpool punk scene out of which the nucleus for Frankie Goes to Hollywood took shape. Inspired to take a name after the title from the news article in the New York times, it seemed that Frankie Goes to Hollywood would be there for big things, and indeed, with the first single and the album release they found pop stardom.
In the late 80’s Johnson started his solo career when he was signed to MCA, released his solo album Blast and managed to have a series of hits including “Americanos” and “Love Train”. In the early 90’s, Johnson was diagnosed with HIV and thinking this was his end, he wrote his autobiography A Bone in My Flute. Eventually he turned more to art but never really left the music business. He recorded songs and performed occasionally.
The band never reunited even though in 2003, the VH-1 program Bands Reunited brought Johnson, Rutherford, Gill, Nash, and Mark O'Toole together, in the hope of their agreeing to perform impromptu on the show. However, a reunion performance did not transpire.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Retrovision: The Times - Manchester
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
New Order Reveal New Single 'Be a Rebel'
New Order are back with their first new single in almost five years. The new single is called "Be a Rebel" and is out on Mute. It is available on all streaming services and YouTube link below.