Throbbing Gristle: Shock And Awe

byMat Smith
November 14, 2024

Throbbing Gristle’s visceral live performances were intense, powerful and often overwhelming. Notable witnesses and band insiders recall their heady experiences of seeing TG in the flesh

Want to read more?

Sign up to Electronic Sound Premium to gain access to every post, video, special offers, and more. 100%, all you can eat, no commitment, cancel any time.

Already a premium member? Log in here

Mat Smith

Emma Anderson: Out Of Her Shell

byBob Fischer

It’s 35 years since Emma Anderson formed shoegaze behemoths Lush, but her new album ‘Pearlies’ is her first solo record proper. As both a paean to independence and a work of darkly beautiful psychedelic pop, it’s a triumph. What’s on her mind these days?

LLong Reads

12 minute read

Cold War Electronica: Atomic Anthems

byMat Smith

Five synth-driven gems from the 1980s that captured the paranoia and effervescent pop of the nuclear age – tales of tension, technology, hope and fear, as told by the artists themselves

LLong Reads

7 minute read

Sink Ya Teeth: Bite The Bullet

byMark Roland

Sparse electronic post-punk funk duo Sink Ya Teeth get stuck into their debut album, touring with ACR and why they’re finished with Morrissey

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Ride: Ride On Time

byBob Fischer

Together for eight years, apart for 19, and then back together for another 10. Life in Ride has often been a rollercoaster, but the band’s new album ‘Interplay’ is a synth-heavy triumph

LLong Reads

9 minute read

TVAM: Art Of The Matter

byFat Roland

Following 2018’s acclaimed ‘Psychic Data’, TVAM’s Joe Oxley has reappeared with a second long-player, ‘High Art Lite’, all cranked-up synth distortion, shoegazey euphoria and white-hot noise. Get ready for a vertiginous wall of sound

LLong Reads

7 minute read

Snapped Ankles: Sticks and Stones

byBen Murphy

They dress as trees and play wooden log synths, and yet London’s subversive Snapped Ankles are living proof that you should never judge a book by its cover…

Throbbing Gristle: Shock And Awe

Want to read more?

Sign up to Electronic Sound Premium to gain access to every post, video, special offers, and more. 100%, all you can eat, no commitment, cancel any time.

Mat Smith

Emma Anderson: Out Of Her Shell

Cold War Electronica: Atomic Anthems

Sink Ya Teeth: Bite The Bullet

Ride: Ride On Time

TVAM: Art Of The Matter

Snapped Ankles: Sticks and Stones

The Woodentops ‘Why Why Why’

Suicide, Brussels, 1978

Age of Chance ‘Kisspower’

Albums Of The Year, 2022

Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

Lovely Music Ltd

Barry Adamson: Talking Pictures

Dualist Inquiry: Double Vision

Throbbing Gristle: Shock And Awe

Want to read more?

Sign up to Electronic Sound Premium to gain access to every post, video, special offers, and more. 100%, all you can eat, no commitment, cancel any time.

You May Also Like