Electronica Archives

Midge Ure – Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 (Live Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 5, 2024

There are few artists as fascinating and accomplished as Midge Ure. Playing music professionally for the better part of five decades, many of those years Ure has been a part of bands. From the Glam Rock act Silk and the Punk Rock leaning PVC2, to ... Read More

Moby – Always Centered at Night (Album Review)

Garrett RichardelloGarrett RichardelloJune 14, 2024

The anticipation for the June 14th release of Moby’s twenty-second studio album, Always Centered at Night, has been a runaway train since it was announced back in March of this year. The release comes right around the 25th anniversary of his 1999 chart topping album, ... Read More

Everything but the Girl – Fuse (Album Review)

Marieval YebraMarieval YebraDecember 21, 2023

The English music duo Everything But the Girl has been a staple in the music world for over forty years. Consisting of Lead Singer/Songwriter Tracey Thorn and Producer/Singer/Songwriter Ben Watt, since their self-titled debut album in the earlier part of 1984, they have achieved four ... Read More

Gorillaz – Cracker Island (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 7, 2023

When Gorillaz first emerged onto the music scene around the start of the new millennium, many may have had the initial reaction of… what in the world is this! Valid, considering the project is that of a virtual band consisting of four fictional members – ... Read More

OMD – Bauhaus Staircase (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaOctober 30, 2023

By now, the English band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD), which has origins dating back to 1978, has become one of the few enduring and prolific pioneers of Synthpop/New Wave music. To date, it has a discography of fourteen albums – from 1980’s self-titled, ... Read More

Metric – Formentera II (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 24, 2023

Out of Canada, Metric are one of those bands which have been around a lot longer than some might realize. In some people’s minds more a modern band, in truth, their origins date back twenty-five years! First putting out music as early as 1998, their ... Read More

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Midge Ure – Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 (Live Album Review)

Moby – Always Centered at Night (Album Review)