We Have A Technical

A pair of true school post-industrial records are taken up in this week's We Have A Technical! Individual Totem's squelchy alien soundscapes on "S.E.T.I." and the strangely approachable ambient industrial of Deutsch Nepal's "Benevolence" are taken up in this episode. We also have the scoop on the Terminus pre-party, plus a dash of shade being thrown Marilyn Manson's way on the idieyoudie.com podcast!

 It's a free form discussion episode of We Have A Technical this week, with the subject of rivethead culture being taken up. Is it distinct from industrial culture (whatever that might be)? Is it still relevant? How does it pertain to its long suffering cousin, goth? All these questions and so many more (along with countless shoutouts to Reconstruction bands) will be taken up in the latest episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!  

Our classic two albums format gets a bit of a rework on this episode of We Have A Technical. We weigh how Nine Inch Nails' "Bad Witch", the newest record by a band so successful we rarely talk about them, bucks the trend of accomplished but somewhat uninspired records from Trent Reznor. Also, a harrowing live performance from Lingua Ignota prompts us to consider the project's just reissued second release, "All Bitches Die". All that plus the goods on the upcoming ohGr and Lead Into Gold tour, plus our annual anticipation of the now imminent Terminus Fest on this week's instalment of the idieyoudie.com podcast!

Texture and rhythm heavy records by Mlada Fronta and Zex Model come under the microscope in this week's episode of We Have A Technical! From Rémy Pelleschi's stockade of breaks, dub, and techno beats to Paul Von Aphid finding ways of reworking the classic drippy electro-industrial template of Skinny Puppy, Bruce and Alex are ready to talk turkey about "High Tension" and "Mind Slaughter". All that, some live updates and plenty more on this week's episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!

David Thrussell's 1997 opus "Buy Me... I'll Change Your Life" goes under the microscope for this month's We Have A Commentary podcast, made possible by our Patreon backers! Snog's staunchly anti-capitalist, anti-corporate ethos was blended with a melange of folk, pop, and country sounds. How have Thrussell's screeds aged on the other side of 9/11 and Trump? Can we ever have too much nihilism? How does Lee Hazlewood translate into a post-industrial context? We're pulling no punches with this one, folks!

A Pick Five episode aims for the singles charts this week on the IDieYouDie.com podcast! Bruce and Alex are picking songs whose single versions they prefer to album versions. Expect some big names (and a couple of smaller ones), plus some discussion of upcoming C-Tec dates and how you might be able to help out ArtOfFact in their hour of need. All that and more on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.

It's an odd couple of records being discussed on this week's episode of the podcast. The early darkwave stylings of Love Is Colder Than Death's "Mental Traveller" are considered: what are its connections to modern understandings of ethereal and neoclassical? Also under the microscope is the debut LP from Destroid, "Future Prophecies": how does it fit in not only with Daniel Myer's discography but also post millennial club trends? All this and plenty more on the new episode of We Have A Technical!

Patreon backers join Alex and Bruce to discuss albums which tickle their fancy. Releases from Urceus Exit, The. Invalid, and Kite have been chosen and are considered from historical and biographical perspectives. Also, in a move without precedent, we assure you, the Senior Staff gush on and on about Encephalon for a while. Join us for all that and more on the latest iteration of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!

It's a Q & A episode of We Have A Technical this week, with Patreon backers suoplyng questions both broad and specific. From drugs to Gridlock, from DJing to Trust Obey, Bruce and Alex are fielding queries dealing with all corners of Our Thing!

This episode of We Have A Technical doubles down on ur-goth realness with discussion of early records by Alien Sex Fiend and Sopor Æternus and the Ensemble of Shadows. In addition, we've got takes on the new Nine Inch Nails track and a recent line performance from Merzbow. All that plus all the horsing around you've come to expect from the official IDieYouDie.com podcast!

This month's Patreon-Supported bonus podcast is about The Mission's "God's Own Medicine", an important and dare we say controversial entry into the UK goth rock canon. What insights do Alex and Bruce have into the songwriting, arrangement and influences of Wayne Hussey and co's debut? Listen and find out. Oh, and yes, we do talk about the Sisters a bunch. 

The I Die: You Die podcast takes a somewhat epistemological bent this week, with the issues of the archiving and collecting of dark music being taken up. Has the Internet archived everything from Our Thing? What responsibilities, if any, do we have as collectors? If an obscure futurepop demo arpeggiates in the woods, does it make a sound? Alex and Bruce dig into these issues and recap recent live shows in the PNW on this week's episode of We Have A Technical!

The Senior Staff pick five first impressions on this week's episode. We don't always get a good sense of a band's ethos and sound at first blush, but what about the cases when we do? From the purest strains of goth rock to mid aughts club bangers, we're talking about tunes which tell you everything you need to know about the artists who made them. All this on We Have a Technical. the official I Die: You Die podcast. 

Settling into the new HQ, the Senior Staff are taking about last weekend's excellent Front 242 show in Seattle and, in keeping things on an Emerald City tip, welcome DJ Savak of Mechanismus to talk about the four day festival he's bringing to Seattle.

The corrected version of Episode 204 is live. Here two tired idiots go on at length about the bands they saw at Vancouver's Verboden festival last weekend, now in "just this side of passable" quality. 

For this month's Patreon-supported bonus commentary podcast, Bruce and Alex chat about And One's 1991 LP Anguish! Speculation runs rampant as our two intrepid hosts jabber about what has made the band so unique, how much of their future is apparent from their very first release and a host of other topics as reflected through the lens of Steve Naghavi and company's debut album. So get out your metal hammers, book your ticket on Devil Airlines, because it's (crime)time for We Have a Commentary! 

Smack between the Boy Harsher/Soft Moon and this weekend's Verboden fest, the Senior Staff come together to discuss records by Modern English and Sturm Cafe...with an absolute minimum of WrestleMania talk, we promise. Does it matter which school post-punk bands attended? Is old school EBM referencing Charlemagne? Find out all that and more on the latest episode of We Have A Technical!

On this week's episode, the Senior Staff caught up with JC Lobo of Ritualz at the tail end of a west coast jaunt. JC speaks about Mexico's DIY electronic scene, his personal history with the witch house diaspora, and the importance of sounding "purple"! Also, run-downs of live shows and the unveiling of the triumvirate line-ups of this year's coast-to-coast Cold Waves Festivals on the newest instalment of We Have A Technical!

With 200 episodes in the bag, Alex and Bruce are opting to offer a jumping-on point for first time or recent listeners of We Have A Technical. How has the purview of the podcast changed over the years? What are these two dudes hunched over mics in a Vancouver apartment actually trying to accomplish? Why don't they ever just shut up and play the new Neubauten record? All these questions and so many more are taken up in an episode which both looks back and (hopefully) points the way forward!

It's the 200th episode of We Have A Technical, and to mark this auspicious occasion Bruce and Alex are putting one of the most celebrated industrial compilations of all time in the spotlight! Ras Dva's "There Is No Time" is remembered and reconsidered by guests Roger Jarvis, Mike Wimer, and Rexx Arkana, who share memories of their contributions to the compilation, its lasting influence, and its late curator, Ric Laciak.