We Have a Technical

2003's "Damaged" by Razed In Black is the subject of this month's Patreon backed and Patreon selected We Have A Commentary. A real "call Is coming from inside the house" record, RiB's unabashed blend of goth and industrial is very much both a product of its time and the vision of one writer and producer, Romell Regulacion. As it turns out, the Senior Staff have quite varied experiences with and op...

How does A Split Second's "...From The Inside" buck that band's reputation, and is The Legendary Pink Dots' "Nemesis Online" the perfect capper to their 90s period? We have opinions, to no one's shock, in a classic two albums episode of We Have A Technical. All that plus some discussion of the just announced Dead Can Dance tour and Throbbing Gristle reissues this week!

The Senior Staff break down the anatomy of a club night on this week's episode of We Have A Technical. From format to venue to promotions to DJs to audience, what makes a club night work or fail? Plenty of discussion on that, Pharmakon, deeply obscure US EBM, and the spotted legacy of Thee Temple of Psychick Youth on the latest episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast.

Coming at you a day earlier than usual (and for the rest of the year), We Have A Technical is discussing a pair of record at opposite historical ends of goth rock, which may have some less than obvious connections to Our Thing: lié's Consent and Lene Lovich's Flex . Where do deathrock and riot grrrl blur together? How did camp theatricality influence pre-formalized goth? We have opinions about all...

On this month's Patreon-supported bonus podcast, we take on one of the best Vancouver albums of the last decade, synth-punky darkwave modern classic The Killing Scene by Animal Bodies. Personal reminiscences and observations about what makes the record special mix as we examine what has brought Bruce and Alex back to this obscure local classic time and again over the last 5 years! 

One half of the Senior Staff took in the four days of rivethead festivities in the Windy City this past weekend, Cold Waves Chicago! We have a full report on all the goings on from both the main stage and the after parties, and best of all we have interviews with the likes of Bootblacks, Chemlab, Twin Tribes, Andi Harriman, and Sean Payne. Whether you're looking to catch up on what you missed out...

One half of the Senior Staff took in the four days of rivethead festivities in the Windy City this past weekend, Cold Waves Chicago! We have a full report on all the goings on from both the main stage and the after parties, and best of all we have interviews with the likes of Bootblacks, Chemlab, Twin Tribes, Andi Harriman, and Sean Payne. Whether you're looking to catch up on what you missed out...

3Teeth's new record, Metawar , comes at an interesting time not only in the industrial metal act's still rising career, but also in the overall trajectory of that genre. Sometimes celebrated, sometimes maligned, its connections to industrial music and culture on the whole have waxed and waned over the decades. In lieu of a traditional review of Metawar , Bruce and Alex are using it as a jumping of...

On this week's podcast two very different bands at very different times for Our Thing are discussed as the Senior Staff chat about albums by Linea Aspera and MOEV. All the banter and mildly drunk banter you've come to expect from the internet's premiere podcast on industrial and related genres, plus some discussion of the recently announced Bauhaus reunion show and our experience seeing Chicago's...

Alex and Bruce might be talking across purposes this week, but that doesn't stop the We Have A Technical express. They're each picking five intros...though they might have differing ideas as to what that means. All that plus a whole heap of live show news and reports on this week's episode of We Have A Technical.

The 275th episode of We Have A Technical snuck up on us, but we're rising to the challenge by throwing another impromptu rager, featuring folks working within and around the fringes of Our Thing musically and academically! Guests like Bess Lovejoy, Raws from Plack Blague, and Mildred Strange are bringing insight, class, and hopefully some munchies.

Klack's blend of throwback new beat and self-aware Hi NRG sounds seemed to emerge fully formed with the 2017 "Do You Klack?" EP. That's perhaps no surprise given the resumes of Eric Oehler and Matt Fanale who, in addition to having broad ranging histories in electronic music, have never been accused of underthinking their own work. So we thought that sitting down with the mid-western duo to get th...

It's an accidentally Swedish-heavy episode of WHaT this week, as the Senior Staff discuss "Buried Again" by Colony 5 and "III" by Kite. We're kicking from post-futurepop to synthpop this week, along with some discussion of Odonis Odonis' new festival venture in Toronto, and Al Jourgenson's dalliances with David Hasselhoff. Bork bork bork!

It's still Terminus catch-up season here at the HQ, as we offer interviews with Neuroticfish and Pictureplane garnered from our weekend in Calgary. There's plenty on the table from artists who might be working in different styles but are brought together by Industrial Summer Camp. All that, plus some talk about a recent trad goth bonanza here in Vancouver on this week's episode of We Have A Techni...

Terminus is in the can and we've got the ingredients list...or some such other terrible metaphor. The Senior Staff is breaking down all of the highlights from this year's installment of Industrial Summer Camp, with more than a little help from various friends of the site along the way. Buckle up for an extra-sized edition of We Have A Technical!

Okay we're gonna level with you: we recorded this episode with our pals from Talking to Ghosts and The Blood of Others like three weeks ago and don't remember a god damn thing about it. We might have talked about podcast stuff, but also about Michael and Wes have feelings about gallery shows and other alternate ways to present their music? Yes, that sounds right. Also, some talk re: the Severed He...

The new record from Drab Majesty makes brings some interesting new sounds and moods to the dreamy gloom which was so finely honed on "The Demonstation". And as it happens, the Senior Staff have some varying opinions as to what new LP "Modern Mirror" portends, and they're hashing it out on the latest episode of We Have A Technical. We've also got last minute Terminus talk and news regarding the rel...

An ur-source for goth music and thematics, The Virgin Prunes' "...If I Die I Die" is the subject of this month's We Have A Commentary. The secrecy, world-building, and religious/mythic imagery of the record have made it a classic for a reason, and the Senior Staff are here to discuss all that and more! Crack a Guiness or pour yourself an absinthe and traipse through the stranger lands of The Virgi...

It's a Pick Five episode of We Have a Technical this week, as the Senior Staff chooses bands emblematic of I Die: You Die we think you should know. But this ended up being a super roaming episode, touching upon everything from PC Music to Virginia Woolf to Senor Cardgage. Stick with us, and we hope you find some new bands to check out!  

Avi Roig from Harsh R dropped by the old ID:UD HQ this past weekend in anticipation of his set at Vancouver's Body 2 Body Cascadian EBM showcase. We chatted with him about his roots in hardcore, the importance of minimalism, and just how freaking much Babyland rules. We've also got a breakdown of all of the sets from the aforementioned Body 2 Body, along with news about a far-reaching dark music e...

I Die: You Die turned eight years old this past weekend, and in light of that we're using this week's episode to compare the sort of music the site covered in its infancy with what's on the table today. Bands, labels, club play: how does 2011 stack up to 2019? All that plus the latest on our patron saint Gary Numan and an upcoming Cascadian EBM showcase on this week's episode of We Have A Technica...

In the same vein as last year's "Ain't It Dead Yet?" episode, this month's We Have A Commentary is a Rifftrax-style accompaniment to MInistry's 1990 tour video "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up". Cue the video up, crack a beer, and join the Senior Staff on the couch as they discuss how Ministry fit into the alternative boom of the early 90s, how the differing eras of Ministry's sound have (...

Looping bass riffs are just about the only thing the two records we're talking about on this week's podcast have in common. Revolting Cocks' "Linger Fickin' Good" and Iron Curtain's "Desertion" are on the docket, along with the dissolution of Terminal Gods and some last minute additions to Terminus Festival. All the rivet news that's fit to blab about: that's our guarantee to you on We Have A Tech...

The rivet internets were all abuzz this week over Pitchfork's best industrial album's list, and we're certainly not afraid of tossing in our two cents on the subject. In addition to discussing the pros and cons of the list and the perspectives underlying it, we're talking about the broader attitudes and bblindspots often endemic to mainstream coverage of industrial music.

We're putting a new spin on a classic format with this episode of the podcast. Rather that LPs, we're picking two compilations to discuss - comps by Subconscious and X-IMG, to be precise. What happens when the Puppy clique goes dub? How many different paths to techno-body music are there? We have all that, plus some previews of forthcoming LPs by Numb and Hide on We Have A Technical!