Brett Anderson announces new book containing his memoirs and stories about Suede
The London Suede frontman, Brett Anderson, has announced a new book called Afternoon With The Blind Drawn which is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2019.
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B-Sides Tournament Round 1: Garbage vs Stone Roses, Curve vs Duran Duran, Electronic vs Pixies
More round 1 games to vote on in the B-sides tournament. We expect a lot of close votes in this round.
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Lust For Youth release first single in 3 years, Great Concerns
The dark wave band Lust For Youth has released a new single called Great Concerns. This is their first new track since their 2016 album Compassion and it picks off right where they left off with a danceable track and sing along chorus of “He hurts my eyes”.
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B-Sides Tournament Round 1: Placebo vs The Smiths, The Cure vs Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode vs Sisters Of Mercy
Welcome to the first round of voting in the Strangeways Radio B-Sides tournament. We started off with a bang featuring some heavy hitters. There are 3 games in this round that you can vote on. You can only vote 1 time and voting will expire on March 21 at midnight EST.
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Adam Ant announces dates for Friend Or Foe tour
Adam Ant has announced dates for a fall tour where he will be playing the Friend Or Foe album in it’s entirety, plus other favorite songs from his rich catalog.
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Spotify Playlist: Best Of R.E.M. – Just A Dream
This weeks playlist features our favorite songs from the entire catalog of R.E.M; nearly 100 songs spanning from Chronic Town to Collapse Into Now.
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Strangeways Radio B-Sides Tournament
It’s March Madness so, Strangeways Radio has decide to create a tournament of our own. We surveyed our uses and came up with a list of their 64 favorite B-sides. We randomly arranged those selections to come up with the bracket below. We will conduct daily polls over the next several weeks where you can vote on individual match ups
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Book Review: How Soon Is Never?
We all have a favorite band that we wish would reunite, right? Sometimes it is realistic, sometimes it becomes reality and sometimes it is pure fantasy. Have you ever fantasized about being the one to make it happen? That is the crux of How Soon Is Never by Rock journalist, Marc Spitz
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New Music Friday – The Present Moment, Seasurfer, Blaqk Audio, Alcabean
This article highlights some of the new music that was released the week ending March 05, 2019. This week features some dark wave/post punk, shoegaze, synthpop and indie pop. Some nice variety for you all.
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Björk to release limited edition cassette tapes and vintage t-shirts
Björk has announced that she will be releasing a line of limited edition cassette tapes. Keeping with the vintage theme, Björk is also offering a collection of vintage t-shirts featuring artwork from Venus As A Boy, Post and Homegenic.
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INXS documentary and soundtrack `Mystify` to be released featuring unheard Michael Hutchence recordings
Billboard magazine has reported that a documentary and soundtrack about INXS and frontman Michael Hutchence is set to be released. The documentary is called Mystify and it will feature two previously unheard tracks from Hutchence. The documentary will premier at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in April.
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Win signed vinyl from New Order
New Order is having a contest where you can win vinyl signed by the members of the band. Bernard, Gillian, Peter and Stephen will each be signing the upcoming 12″ vinyl single releases.
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