NEWS: D'Agostino/Foxx/Jansen

March 23rd will the see the release of "A Secret Life" a collaborated work by John Foxx, Steve Jansen and Steve D'Agostino, that almost found itself forgotten until D'Agostino took it upon himself to complete the work.

More information can be found at the following links


www.metamatic.com
www.thequietman.co.uk
www.stevejansen.com
www.myspace.com/foxxmetamatic

Pre-order the album here

Kate Havnevik

A recent discovery of mine, and a good one at that, below is a youtube clip of the track "Kaleidoscope", however there is no video due the childish way that the big music labels have been disabling embedding (but that is a whole other topic), anyway see what you think, I have also provided the usual links to the official websites and myspace pages etc.




http://www.katehavnevik.com/

kate havnevik myspace
kate havnevik wiki

Babble

Babble for those who don't know is, or rather was the group that was formed out of the ashes of the Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie teamed up with engineer/programmer and musician Keith Fernley and Babble was born.

They were active between 1993 and 1996, and released two albums, although a third was planned, it never happened.


More information can be found here


Babble discogs

My favourite track by them is "Sun" and is well worth a listen.

btw information on Tom Baileys current project "International Observer" can be found on International Observer myspace

International Observer discogs

Rachid Taha

Official Site

Rachid Taha myspace
Rachid Taha wiki

Rachid Taha discogs

Mo-Shic

http://www.moshic.com/

moshic myspace and here


moshic discogs

NEWS: More Ultravox Dates Announced

Two more dates have been added to Ultravox's "Return To Eden" reunion tour.
They are Saturday 2nd May - Dublin Olympia and Sunday 3rd May - Belfast Waterfront.

source: www.ultravox.org.uk



Please visit www.ultravox.org.uk for more information and to sign up for their newsletter so you can stay informed.

DOWNLOADS: JOHN FOXX

It's freebies time again, you can get your hands on two free John Foxx mp3s, all you have to to is sign up for the Townsend John Foxx mailing list here, and don't worry if you are already signed up you can enter your details and you will be redirected to the downloads.

And another reward for signing up will be access to Townsend-Records' Townsend Download Album Vol 1, they plan on releasing a selection of free download albums during 2009.

GEMS OF THE PAST: MANSUN

NEWS: Laytron Tour and next single

Ladytron have announced they will be touring the US with co-headliners The Faint, the tour will kick off in April, then they will be playing a series of dates in Eastern Europe with Depeche Mode.

The next single to be taken from the Album "Velocifero", slated for release March 3rd, along with a collection of remixes of the track.


http://www.ladytron.com/
Ladytron myspace

http://www.thefaint.com/
The Faint myspace

NEWS: PJ HARVEY - New Album/Tour and a special show

PJ Harvey will be taking a break from commitments supporting her forthcoming album with John Parish, she will be performing a solo show at this years Summer Camp Bestival on July 25th, at Lulworth Castle, Dorset.

More information about the event and tickets can be found here.

PJ Harvey Official Site

PJ Harvey myspace

http://www.pollyharvey.co.uk/

GEMS OF THE PAST: VAST - PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY

http://www.realvast.com/

VAST myspace
VAST wiki


VAST are still active, but believe it or not this song was released over ten years ago.

NEW RELEASE: John Foxx

Later this month (well 23rd February to be precise), John Foxx will be releasing "My Lost City", a collection of instrumental tracks that he has been working on over the last couple of years, more information can be found here and you can pre-order here.


http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/