We Have a Technical

Bruce and Alex chisel the last profiles into our Mount Rushmore Conversations with some discussion of the enduring power of the late, great Babyland in this week's episode of the podcast. They discuss the duo's inspired blend of noise and melody, the inspirational bent of the band's themes, and the enduring cult legacy of the band in today's landscape.

Perhaps more than any band in existence, Skinny Puppy remains the essential to our fandom and understanding of Our Thing. Beyond their critical function in the history of industrial post the initial explosion, this week's Mount Rushmore conversation focuses on SP's personal impact on Bruce and Alex and how they help define Vancouver for I Die: You Die. 

The second of our Mount Rushmore Conversations centers on a band we talk about a lot, maybe more than any other. Its Bruce and Alex waxing, fawning and wistfully recillecting Front 242, mostly from a personal perspective on this week's special interstitial episode of We Have a Technical,  the official I Die: You Die podcast. 

Taking the place of We Have a Commentary this month is the first in our 4 part Mount Rushmore Conversations series. Essentially designed to reflect a more conversational and discussion between Bruce and Alex, the idea is to talk about the four acts we consider foundational to I Die: You Die, with the conversation going wherever it may, with no goals or structure. Just too friends talking about a b...

Alex and Bruce catch up with Mr. Kitty on this week's episode of We Have a Technical! Forrest clues us in on the process behind his recent album A.i., performing and connecting with listeners and concert goers! All that and some discussion of recent shows by Kite and Schwefelgelb, and all that :Wumpscut: controversy on the latest installment of the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex are throwing a big old house party in honour of the 150th episode of We Have A Technical, and you're invited! Which familiar faces and industrial luminaries might drop by? What are folks going to be talking about? Is it gauche to bring two of the same bottles of rosé? The only way to find out is to show up to the We Have A Technical House Party!

In anticipation of Industrial Summer Camp, Bruce and Alex are discussing albums by two acts set to play Cold Waves and Terminus respectively, KMFDM and Wulfband! That plus some discussion of a quote from an unusual source on the topic of Gary Numan and the introduction of a bunch of new fancasts, it's another episode of We Have a Technical! 

In this week's episode of We Have A Technical, Bruce and Alex pick up the weighty question of technology: how has it guided the productoon and evolution of industrial music over the past decades? How has it been dealt with as a theme in this music? Heady stuff, plus all of the usual fixins in the latest episode of the I Die: You Die podcast!

On this Patreon-supported podcast we do a commentary track for The Gothsicles 2006 scene-skewering classic "Nesferatu". We run down the nature of parody, the substance of satire and big up everyone we ever met from Madison Wisconsin with some basic video game knowledge to boot. All on this month's episode of We Have a Commentary! 

On this episode of We Have a Technical Bruce and Alex play the Pick 5 game with projects that only had one release! Plus we chat the final Terminus announcements, the upcoming Canadian Severed Heads dates and a remarkable amount of off-topic nonsense on this week's We Have a Technical! Accept no substitutes. 

We return to the venerable two album discussion format of We Have a Technical this week, with some chit chat about Numb and Liquid Divine. We also get real excited about forthcoming albums from some acts we like a great deal! Yup, it's another episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, direct from our beer-lubed mouths to your ears, no filter. 

Bruce and Alex tackle a bevy of recent news items in this week's episode of the podcast, including the recent controversy involving Death In June and Soleilmoon Recordings. That, and festival line-up chat, along with other assorted one-offs, all on this week's We Have a Technical! 

On this week's episode of We Have a Technical Bruce and Alex speak with one of I Die: You Die's perennial favourite acts, Swedish electropop masters Kite! Topics include being open and emotional, travelling the world and what folks can expect from their upcoming tour dates! 

It's a Swedish synth two-fer on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, as we discuss records by Henric De La Cour and S.P.O.C.K.! Nostalgia and the cross-pollination of sounds are on the table, and we also dish on the recent VOWWS/White Lies show.

It's the time of the month when we record and release one of our special We Have a Commentary podcasts, supported by our backers at www.patreon.com/idieyoudie!  The album this month was selected by our patrons, and overwhelmingly they wanted to hear us talk about Laibach's landmark LP "Opus Dei". Thrill to the Queen references, both overt and hidden as we chat about the lasting power of the NSK's...

It's a Schrodinger's Goth episode of We Have A Technical! Bruce and Alex Pick Five goth records by non-goth artists. What is goth? What is not goth? These are the angels on the head of a pin type questions the Senior Staff are coming at from a variety of musical angles this week.

On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex take up the shadowy and nebulous notion of occult and Satanic imagery in industrial and goth music. How does it differ from metal in this regard? Should these themes be used more as thesis than anti-thesis? And are God Destruction totally cheesy, totally awesome, or a little of both? All this and more on Hot Stuff the Little Devil's favourite...

Alex and Bruce catch up with Kanga on their West Coast jaunt to talk about pop in industrial, the perils of the entertainment biz, and how your vocals never sound how you think. All that plus the breaking announcement of another Terminus Festival on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

It's an opposites attract episode of We Have A Technical, as Alex and Bruce discuss the softer side of the avant garde with Controlled Bleeding, and the industrial big beat stylings of The Retrosic. All that and some recent events on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex listen to their mutual favourite album of 2010: Ashbury Heights' "Take Cair Paramour"! The discussion touches upon synthpop's straddling of the mainstream and underground, extended arch metaphor, and, maybe most importantly, the stellar songwriting of Anders Hagström.

The Senior Staff is back from winter hiatus with a look back at how their hopes and wishes for 2016 fared, and a look ahead at records and trends are on the horizon in 2017. All that plus a big ol' love-in for The KLF on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

The yearly off-topic episode of We Have A Technical is here, ready to eat an hour of your life with aimless discussion of music and culture wholly unrelated to the podcast's regular purview. Sorry, not sorry.

For the last official I Die: You Die podcast of 2016, Bruce and Alex round out Year End coverage by discussing the making of their Top 25 albums of 2016 list, do some honourable mentions and complain about phony promo e-mails! Also some chat about broad musical trends in Our Thing! All this week on We Have a Technical! 

On the heels of their Forma Tadre commentary, Alex and Bruce take another trip back to 1996 to each Pick Five records from that illustrious year. They also comment on the recent news coming out of San Francisco's DNA Lounge. All this week on the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

This week on the official I Die: You Die podcast we chat with Daniel Graves of Aesthetic Perfection! Topics include interacting with people online, his recent move towards releasing individual singles and what motivates him as a performer and artist! A very fun conversation that Alex and Bruce have wanted to have for a long time, all this week on We Have a Technical!