Articles by Mike Adair

Einstürzende Neubauten
On Tour with Neubauten.org
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006
A few years ago, EN creatively broke free from their dependence on record labels. For a price, they offered fans inside looks at their reco...
Sonic Radiation
The 121 Project
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005
It is common these days to find industrial acts diverting their creative juices towards rock or techno approaches. Sonic Radiation adopt an...
Plastic Noise Experience
Noised
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005
This is not exactly a new release for the German duo of Claus Kruze and Stephan Kalwa, with 12 of 18 tracks serving as an overhauled versio...
KMFDM
Hau Ruck
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005
Some bands owe their longevity to a progression of sound and artistic expression. KMFDM understand their target audience however, and conti...
Ministry
RaNtologY
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005
Aside from being an obvious squeeze at Ministrys 25th Anniversary cash-cows teat, RaNtologY is a reminder of the bands iconic status. Al...
Broken Spindles
Inside/Absent
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005
Joel Peterson, also known as the bassist for the Faint, takes an artistic step forward in his latest endeavour under the Broken Spindles gu...
System Syn
Postscript
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005
There are two obvious ways to take this release. On one hand, System Syn represent a shadowy synth-pop sound that is a little too comparabl...
The Correspondent
MEMOIR
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005
In 1987, Jolene Siana began a three-year career of writing to Skinny Puppy vocalist Kevin Ogilvie (aka Nivek Ogre); her obsessive project h...