The first new single in decades from the great post-punk artist, journalist and Punk Professor takes aim at the U.S. election. She's got a new album on the way, too,.
This week in the Basement: reviews of new records by Midnight Oil, "Punk Professor" Vivien Goldman, and Mini Skirt, plus new retrospectives from Suede and The Style Council.
Just in time for Brexit, this protest song features a Who's Who of UK Post-Punk, including most of PiL's Metal Box lineup, The Pop Group's Mark Stewart and Killing Joke's Youth.
The Orb will release their 17th album, Abolition of the Royal Familia, on March 27 and it features appearances by Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, and more.
Tuesday show options include Tool / Killing Joke, Electric Wizard, Pigface, Ringo Deathstarr, Purple Pilgrims, Luc Ferrari tribute with Thurston Moore etc, and more.
Chillout pioneers The Orb, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary all this year, recently released No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds, which features contributions from Youth, Roger Eno, Hollie Cook, Jah Wobble (who played on their ambient classic "Blue Room"), and Guy Pratt..
Hollie Cook has announced details of her first album for Merge Records. It's called Vessels of Love and will be out January 26. After two albums with dub producer Prince Fatty, Hollie teamed with producer Youth...
The album was produced by Youth (aka Killing Joke bassist Martin Glover), and it features contributions from JAMC touring drummer Brian Young and Lush bassist Phil King.
The Orb are back with new ambient album Cow / Chill Out, World!, which will be out October 14 via Kompakt. Says Dr. Patterson, "The idea was simply to make an ambient album. We didn't look back and study earlier recordings...