Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

OMD are currently on tour in North America with B-52’s and Berlin.

This week: the brilliantly bonkers debut album from audiobooks; OMD vinyl reissues; the new album from synthpop vets Blancmange; the haunting debut single from London’s POZI; and Norwegian house producer Bjorn Torske.

It’s officially End-of-the-Year list season as Rough Trade Shops — always first out of the gate — have announced their Top 100 Albums of 2017…

Plus: check out an “extended mix” of album highlight “What Have We Done.”

The veteran synthpop band’s new album Punishment of Luxury is out September 1.

OMD drummer at Terminal 5 in July (more by Greg Cristman) Last month, we posted that OMD‘s drummer Malcolm Holmes suffered heat exhaustion in Toronto, which — though he was doing well — caused the band to cancel their remaining dates…

Synth pop vets Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have been back at it for a few years now, released their second album of the new millennium, English Electric, this year, and just brought their tour in support of that album to NYC for a Terminal 5 show last night (7/17)…

OMD in at T5 in NYC – 7/17/13 (more by Greg Cristman) Synth pop vets OMD and synth pop new(er)comers Diamond Rings are on a tour together that swung through NYC last night (7/…

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have shared the first single from their forthcoming album, English Electric. “Metroland” is a sparkling piece of synthpop that is very OMD, but doesn’t sound like they’re trying to rewrite their old hits…

Diamond Rings , who was here back in December, will open for synthpop pioneers OMD on their forthcoming tour, which includes a stop in NYC on July 17 at Terminal 5…