Founded in 2006 in Stockholm and named after an underrated b-side by The Cure, The Exploding Boy is a four-piece post-punk act who recently signed a worldwide record deal with Germany's Drakkar Entertainment (Haggard, The Sorrow, Emil Bulls).
Picked up for release by Toronto's Artoffact Records in North America, The Exploding Boy's fourth album (appropriately entitled Four) is supported by a Johan Edlund (Tiamat)-produced video for Dark City Pt. II, the album's first single. A second single for Street Cliche was released on iTunes on October 8th. The album's ten tracks present a fresh array of influences, from classics like The Cure, Sisters Of Mercy, Joy Division and Bauhaus to newer bands like Placebo and Editors.
The foursome has toured extensively in Europe, played some of the biggest European festivals (Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Blackfield, Nordstern, Summer Darkness), and their first North American show was last year on New Year's Eve in Times Square.
The Exploding Boy will release Four on CD and digital on Artoffact Records on November 5th.
Yesterday we informed you about the B-Wave festival One of the acts is The Roswell Incident who'll play one hour. Peek-A-Boo presents you their clip Hunted which is like Vangelis on beats, Blade Runner meets The Orb....simply stunning!
Visionary director Chris Cunningham spent 2 years with Warpaint, filming and photographing as they made new music. In addition to capturing imagery he also reimagined the songs themselves, creating beautiful and exciting alternate versions to soundtrack the visuals. The resulting documentary is something that only could have come from this unique meld of talents. The above teaser gives a little glimpse of what's in store…
On December 7th there will be the B-Wave Electronic Music Festival in Belgium.
The genres covered are: Ambient, Berliner Schule, Space music, Drones...
It is the first time that the festival will be organised and it will be an annual event.
What? B-Wave Festival
When? December 7th - 2013
Where? Cultuur Centrum "De Muze", Dekenstraat 40, 3550 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Timing? 13h00 - 23h00
Also: several stalls of specialized record labels, mail-order companies, artists selling their stuff and demonstrations will take place.
Cafetaria: in the cafetaria "Muze Café" you can have a drink or a snack.
Line-up:
Nisus: has won the German "Schallwelle Award" for the “Best Newcomer 2012″.
The Roswell Incident: famous in the Ghent underground-scene, top-notch Berliner Schule, or shall we say Ghent Schule since these guys are coming from Ghent and they create fat sonic carpets with awesome sequencers.
Age: one of the pioneers of the electronic music scene in Belgium. We are extremely happy to announce their presence at our festival presenting their new album!
Ian Boddy: From the U.K. and he doesn't need any introduction, so we are very happy to have him on our stage. It is Ian’s first appearance in Belgium!
For the first time EVER on Blu-ray and remastered DVD, we Third Window Shinya Tsukamoto's classic TOKYO FIST out with a brand new restoration from the original negatives done by Tsukamoto himself!
Once again Tsukamoto steps out from behind the camera and stars as Tsuda, an archetypal Japanese salaryman. He’s married to polite and compliant Hizuru (Kaori Fujii), the dictionary definition of an ideal Japanese wife. Their life is happy, at least on the surface, at least until Kojima (played by Tsukamoto’s own real life brother, Kôji), a friend from his past, shows up on the scene. As a pro boxer Kôji’s business is violence and even before the proverbial sand is kicked in Tsuda’s face we can already sense the wonder and jealousy with which he views his brother’s transformed body. Only once Kojima seduces Hizuru, revealing that he just doesn’t excel at physical violence, but mental and emotional brutality as well, does Tsuda get himself to the gym and into training so he can wreak his revenge with his fists.
Out November 25th on BLU-RAY & DVD
