Black Nail Cabaret informed us they arrived at a very important moment in their lives, with the release of their 4th studio album.

"Pseudopop" is a turning point for Black Nail Cabaret. We have crawled out of a box we were so attached to, but we are heading towards a goal that we always wanted to achieve. We don't want this record to be labelled, because genre labels are equivocal and arbitrary at best. We believe that pop music can be meaningful and avant-garde, and that alternative music can reach a wider audience and not just a group of people. Nowadays some genres overlap each other, giving a chance for something new to be born - and we think this is exciting as there is so much to learn!

"Pseudopop" is a summary of all the music that had a huge impact on our lives. We couldn't exactly tell which melody or sound comes from which influence. We just emptied our brains, dropped the genres and let it loose. It is a nice hybrid of the chaos inside both of us and we like to think that it's avant-garde contemporary pop with dark alternative roots.

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Time is running, the Early Bird tickets are only available for not even two weeks, so it is time for some announcement, and Out Of Line is especially happy to bring you the third headliner because it finally worked out:
ESKIMO CALLBOY is well known for beeing a megablockbuster on every stage without any compare.

But of course that is not all: The legendary Electro rockers and heroes A SPLIT-SECOND will be the band for all EBM fans. BLIND CHANNEL will bring their Violent Pop Revolution in the tradition of Hollywood Undead to Berlin and make the audience dance.
That is also the job for THE JUGGERNAUTS – pure electro and hardstyle.
FEAR OF DOMINATION are also electronic, but supported by a solid guitar wall and live they're just spectacular.
XENOBLIGHT will enthuse the headbanging fraction with their willful mix between Death, Black and Thrash Metal.

Additionally there will be bands such as DARK TRANQUILLITY, KIRLIAN CAMERA, HOCICO, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and many more, and till November 30th you can get all this for 54,90 € including fees.

You can have a listen to the line-up on SPOTIFY by clicking here!

Out Of Line Weekender 2019, that will take place from April 4th to 6th at Astra Berlin.
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As debut albums go, Soft Cell hits the ground running, in November 1981 the duo of Marc Almond and Dave Ball had released the ground-breaking, synth-wave ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, an album which gained a cult-following in its own right, at the same time defying the boundaries of taste in early nineteen-eighties.

This was an album strewn with the stench and sin of the nighttime jungle (Entertain Me), porn theaters (Seedy Films) and prostitution (Sex Dwarf), the single that should have been;
“Luring disco dollies
To a life of vice”.

What we have is an examination of the reality under the microscope of Almonds soulful delivery and Ball with his electronic wizardry.
In the midst of these themes was the classic track “Tainted Love” the song that gained them a number-one and introduced the world to them. This obscure Gloria Jones track was perfect to sculpt a creature with hit making material, however there is more to
‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ than one song and the downside of that massive hit was the over-shadowing of what Soft Cell had on offer.

The track “Bedsitter” was released in conjunction with the album, breaking the top-five single charts, this was a self-penned track, making all the more worthwhile and laced with the flamboyant-sleaze that was part of the band’s makeup.

The final track and final release “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” again broke the top-five, proving the talent of the duo not just for the electro-experimentation but as songwriters in their own right.

Bedsitter;
Sunday morning going slow
I'm talking to the radio
Clothes and records on teh floor
Memories of the night before
Out in clubland having fun
Now I'm hiding from the sun
Waiting for a visitor
But noone knows I'm here for sure.
Dancing
Laughing
Drinking
Loving
And now I'm alll alone in Bedsit land,
My only home
I think it's time to cook a meal
To fill the emptiness I feel
Spend my money going out
I've nothing left, I'm left without
Clean my teeth and comb my hair
Look for something new to wear
And start the nightlife over again
And kid myself I'm having fun.

Original 1981 Track List;

1.”Frustration'
2.”Tainted Love'
3.”Seedy Films'
4.”Youth'
5.”Sex Dwarf'
6.”Entertain Me'
7.”Chips on My Shoulder'
8.”Bedsitter'
9.”Secret Life”
10.”Say Hello, Wave Goodbye”

Kevin Burke November 2018

Coma Alliance, a joint project of Diary of Dreams & Diorama.
Finally the day is here! The first album of COMA ALLIANCE, the joint project of wave / electro artists Adrian Hates (DIARY OF DREAMS) and Torben Wendt (DIORAMA), "Weapon of Choice", hit the stores last Friday. For decades, their paths have crossed time and again while touring or at music productions, leading to the decision to finally use the common musical wavelength, forge a new project out of it and give room to something new. At COMA ALLIANCE, their stylistic roots, firmly embedded in the dark alternative scene, are complemented by trip hop and minimal electro elements. The interaction of both their distinctive voices and their different approach to production creates a unique new sound - groovy, dark, and modern.
After a first joint tour under the Coma Alliance moniker in 2016 with mutual guest appearances, both artists will now take the project one step further and release a first album together which is available now as CD and on the relevant download and streaming platforms. In January 2019, a joint tour will follow with seven concerts in Germany and two shows in Russia - as 1 band with 1 joint stage show.

The entrance to the The Banshees garden of eden is held within the live recording “Nocturne”.
Released on the 25th of November-1983, this set acted as a makeshift ‘greatest hits’ although the sound and the performances are astounding that it transcends any best of label. For fans of Siouxsie And The Banshees this is perhaps their finest and most treasured moment, for newcomers do not be put off by the ‘Live’ tag, the quality is beyond compare to most other live-albums recorded then and perhaps still today.

A recording of two shows in London’s Royal Albert Hall captured the band at the height of their powers while on support of the sublime “A Kiss In The Dreamhouse”, with the added dimension of The Cure’s Robert Smith who stood in to handle guitar-duties for the tour, it is his feedback-screeches that invade the sound with whips of white-noise.

The performance was a milestone in eighties-music, the band work as a cohesive unit throughout as the conjuring of Siouxsie Sioux drags the passion from punk with all the dark-cool of goth. The hypnotic-beats created by Budgie and the layers of bass runs by Steve Severin cemented the foundations of what could only be described as emotional voodoo, ensnaring the listener as much as it had the audience.

There is tension mixed with drama and paranoia, “Eve White/Eve Black” highlights the psychological spell Siouxsie Sioux can manifest with howls and cries from the abyss into the ether, whereas the inclusion of two Beatles covers in the thundering “Helter Skelter” and the mesmerizing “Dear Prudence” showcases the influences which had crept into the bands sound.

A presence of demonic spirituality gathers in the versions here of “Paradise Place” and “Spellbound”, the more honed sound of punk seems to be eradicated and replaced with a dark sophistication of despair all the time though it is executed with brilliance, this is Siouxsie And The Banshees captured beautifully in their natural habitat, the stage.

“It hurts
There's a pain in my head
I wish it would stop
But it never stops”.

Original 1983 Track List;
Israel
Dear Prudence
Paradise Place
Melt!
Cascade
Pulled to Bits
Night Shift
Sin in My Heart
Slowdive
Painted Bird
Happy House
Switch
Spellbound
Helter Skelter
Eve White / Eve Black
Voodoo Dolly