One release that easily makes my Top Ten list of records released throughout the 1980s is the sophomore collection from Love and Rockets, Express. Originally seeing the light of day in 1986, it showed a band branching out further from their roots in the successful gloom experiment, Bauhaus, to exhibit an over-the-top glam/psychedelic stew of [...]
Peter Murphy – Deep Maybe I’m not old enough or maybe I’m “too Wisconsin” to have enjoyed Peter Murphy’s work with the band Bauhaus in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Of course I’ve been a big fan since hearing their music after their initial breakup, but Bauhaus did not lead me to Peter Murphy. [...]
by TW on January 25, 2010
Hugo Flores is a multi-instrumentalist based in Lisbon, Portugal. He’s a multi-instrumentalist by necessity, that is. You see, Hugo’s head is filled with many very detailed dreams of distant solar systems, automated replacement of the functions of humanity, and failing experiments related to social engineering. Hugo has been trying to bring life to these dreams [...]