Very few bands are capable of putting out quality content years into their careers. For many artists, a new release can leave the fan base longing for past glories. From 1978 to 1989, the duo of Paul
Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys formed Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1978. Within a couple of years, the duo had grown into a quartet and released "Messages," the first of several hit si... Continue reading "Q&A: OMD's Paul Humphreys Talks Reformation, The Return of Intelligent Music and Being in Hitler's Underpants" >
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark , uno de los grupos clave en la historia del new wave y el tecnopop, regresa a la escena con "History Of Modern", su nuevo disco. El grupo se pone moderno y lanzará su disco de 5 formas posibles: el CD normal; la Edición De Luxe que contiene el CD y un DVD; un LP doble de vinil; Edición Box Set que incluye los dos LPs, el DVD, el CD y el arte en fotografías de 123, además de una playera oficial conmemorativa con el logo de la banda impreso; y claro, no podía faltar el [...]
OMD fever is starting to rise. The prodigal sons/deadbeat dads of the 80s electronic pop movement are doing their darndest to drum up interest in the new record due out on the 28th of September called History of Modern. Luckily for Paul and Andy, not much effort is really needed as the mere mention of their potential reunion was enough to get the rumor mills going. Now with news that the band may be playing at next year's Coachella festival, every child of the eighties will be making the pilgrimage to Indio to witness one of the greats [...]
FROM THE ARCHIVES In honor of our recent milestone (1,000 posts in 924 days; or 1.08 posts per day since November '06), here is a selection of songs that kick ass. Congrats guys... on to next 1,000. The Art of Noise - Moments In Love (12" Beaten Version) Originally aired: 1.19.2007 Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed Originally aired: 2.13.2007 Harry [...]
I have had three seperate conversations today around digging. Conversation 1 - Robd & I discussing Paul Humphrey & Cool Aid Chemist LP . Weird how you can talk about a record and think 'I want to hear that' and then suddenly hours later you are digging and it appears. I bought it Rob. By the way anyone into digging has to go to to On the beat - As ever London prices , sometimes, but jesus the depth of vinyl is stupid. Conversation 2 - Juliano ( Reckordkingz ) called for a [...]
Paul Humphrey: Hot Ice Cream From his album Supermellow , on the Blue Thumb label.
Cavaliers Unlimited: Soul Vein From "The Nasty" 7" (Century, 1969/CaliTex, 2005) Paul Humphrey: Funky L.A. From 7" (Lizard, 1971). Also on Paul Humphrey and the Cool-Aid Chemists . Settling in L.A. has been...ok. There's been a little drama with the apartment itself - fleas, too many boxes, not enough space, and cotdamn people, we had 14,000 pounds of stuff to pack and unpack. Good gawd. That said, we really like the apartment - it gets this great cross-breeze where it [...]
City Pages - Gimme Noise
DC9 At Night
noiselab
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Art Decade
northern comfort
soul sides
A Place to Bury Strangers
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Music Singles Chart #109
Family of the Year - "Diversity"
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
Young Jeezy – Go (Ft. YG & E-40)
