Alphaville News and Photos

RUDIMENTAL IN MIXMAG'S DJ LAB

Mon, January 21 2013 1:56pm - Source: Mixmag

The Mixmag DJ Lab is a club in the corner of the Mixmag Office.

XLR8R's Best of 2012: Tracks, Part One

Mon, December 17 2012 3:20pm - Source: XLR8R

After a full week of Best of 2012 content, we imagine that some of our readers may be hitting list overload.

Jacques Brodier - Filtre De Réalité

Thu, November 29 2012 6:15pm - Source: The Quietus

Just when you think you've heard it all before, a true one-off arrives.

Joshua Ostroff: Killing In the Stream Of: What Do Webcasts Like The Killers' Werner Herzog-Helmed "Unstaged" Mean?

Sat, September 22 2012 3:44pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Mere hours after The Killers' new album Battle Born arrived on both literal and virtual store shelves, the Las Vegas synth-rock stalwarts themselves split the on- and offline difference by taking to the wondrously baroque stage of the Bronx's 1920s-era Paradise Theatre for a Werner Herzog-directed livestream concert.

The Films Of Hal Hartley: A Retrospective

Wed, February 29 2012 8:21pm - Source: The Playlist

Imagine if Woody Allen, Whit Stillman, Kevin Smith and the Sundance Institute had a love child.

Robbie France Dead: Former Diamond Head Drummer Dies Aged 53

Tue, January 17 2012 6:29pm - Source: Noisecreep

Robbie France , a respected drummer and music teacher best known for his stint with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal group Diamond Head , died on Saturday (Jan. 14), Metalinsider.net reports.

Big In Britain: Alphaville And “Big In Japan”

Sat, December 31 2011 9:17pm - Source: WNEW

Though their first (and biggest single), "Big in Japan," made it only as far as #66 in the US, German trio Alphaville were Big in Britain (and most of Europe) during the mid-'80s.

The Films Of Lars von Trier: A Retrospective

Sat, November 12 2011 4:31pm - Source: The Playlist

What with all his provocations and (usually) self-manufactured controversies, it's sometimes easy to forget that Lars von Trier is a truly gifted filmmaker, who yes, is a prankster and trickster as well, but also a man who imbues his characters with a rich sensitivity, even if the conditions they face can be cruel and harsh.

Bryan Ferry - Olympia

Thu, October 21 2010 9:39am - Source: Drowned In Sound

Given the average age of the readership of this site it wouldn't be surprising to find that some readers most readily think of Bryan Ferry as that former M&S model who covers Bob Dylan songs all the time, rather than the front man for one the most important and influential British bands of all time.