Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

bySian Pattenden
May 8, 2025

An Xmal Deutschland retrospective covering the German goth/post-punk band’s defining 4AD years prompts singer Anja Huwe to reflect on her teenage epiphanies

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‘Tresor’, the beguiling third album by Welsh artist Gwenno, is a love letter to the language and folklore of Cornwall. Celtic identity, embracing electronics and a mixing desk that once belonged to Martin Hannett all play their part in her colourful journey

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Alan Vega: Vega Voltage

byKris Needs

Almost 10 years after Alan Vega’s death, we revisit Suicide’s incendiary frontman as a radical solo artist –……

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Summer 1978, New York’s New Wave Heatwave: Suicide

byKris Needs

“Lester Bangs told us that when Kraftwerk were in New York, they were in his apartment and he said, ‘This has just come out, now hear this!’. They were so blown away they took Lester’s copy… they just took his record!” – Martin Rev

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland: All You Need Is Love

byJim Butler

On his first studio album since 2004, revered American singer/composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland exudes warmth and optimism. He talks about the inspiration behind the record, his late-career resurgence and the inordinate power of love

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Section 25: Hilltop Blues

byBen Murphy

Ignored and derided during their early years, Section 25 have rightfully been favourably reassessed over the intervening years. With the release of a new boxset, the band’s Vin Cassidy traces their tumultuous history…

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Ultramarine : From Mundane To Magical

byAnton Spice

The “pastoral techno”, genre-blurring sound of Ultramarine has spanned 36 years. With the release of ‘Routine’, a newly……

Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

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Sian Pattenden

Gwenno: The Road To Kernow

Alan Vega: Vega Voltage

Summer 1978, New York’s New Wave Heatwave: Suicide

Beverly Glenn-Copeland: All You Need Is Love

Section 25: Hilltop Blues

Ultramarine : From Mundane To Magical

Amnesia, Ibiza

OMD ‘Enola Gay’

Death In Vegas On ‘MTV Fashionably Loud’

Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales: Minimal To The Max

Hi-NRG Heaven

The Sound Of Science: New Scientists

Jim Coles

Bolis Pupul: Star Pupul

Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

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