back and to the left: Obsolete

back and to the left: Obsolete

The idea of passing up the simple but commercially effective strategy of retrofitting 80s New Wave for mass consumption by the pierced-face audiences of today may be a tough thing for goal-oriented techno bands to consider, but Backandtotheleft appears content to keep the musical company of such EBM purists as Cesium 137 and Angels+Agony.

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Boom Bip: Blue Eyed in the Red Room

Boom Bip: Blue Eyed in the Red Room

Try as it might, Blue Eyed in the Red Room ends up as a collection of near-miss electro instrumentals which could have advanced past golf-cart-cruise-music status with just a little improvement on the arrangements. It

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Avenged Sevenfold: City of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold: City of Evil

Up to bat is Avenged Sevenfold

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Skinny Puppy: The Greater Wrong of the Right

Skinny Puppy: The Greater Wrong of the Right

For nearly twenty years, Skinny Puppy has been the Blue Man Group from hell. Formed in the mid-80s by three Vancouver art students, this elite techno band helped pave the way for the entire industrial sound, with heavy grooves and lyrics that condemn animal experimentation, political corruption and basically anything else that

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Ten Random Reviews and Artless Critiques

Ten Random Reviews and Artless Critiques

A look at some of the newest in underground releases

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Combichrist 6/06/2005: ManRay, Boston MA

Combichrist 6/06/2005: ManRay, Boston MA

Arguably the most deranged techno band making records today, Combichrist is the side project of Icon of Coil

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VNV Nation 5/12/2005: Axis, Boston, MA

VNV Nation 5/12/2005: Axis, Boston, MA

Given VNV Nation

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White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan

White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan

this may well be the Zeppelin III of indie/CMJ-rock.

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Ten Random Reviews and Artless Critiques

Ten Random Reviews and Artless Critiques

Random stabbings and artless critiques of ten new records you haven't heard about.

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