Suicide

Suicide is an American, electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1971 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo.

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This lolloping, wide-eyed indie-rock effort, pulled from Hot Club de Paris’ new EP, has a very strange name. It has a very strange name because it tells a very strange story - that of "baritone guitarist Paul Rafferty’s scrape with the law whilst attempting the liberation of a 3 metre fibreglass Pterodactyl from a derelict fun fair," apparently. Is that strange? Or is that...
Damn near the last minute I was given a chance to attend this year’s ATP NY (I’ll be covering it for Gothamist all weekend) and I have to say I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a musical weekend in ages! With bands like The Flaming Lips, Deerhunter, and Animal Collective all on tap and crazy concoctions like Bob Mould with No Age (performing as Hüsker D...
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If there has been one record making our roomates weary from repeated listens, it would be Handsome Furs’ Face Control. Drowned In Sound touches on its gothic synth-era Springsteenisms in their review today, but to ably show off the sass and songwriting these two lovebirds have put together we need some for real audio. Enter "I’m Confused," one of the album’s "...
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My eyes open. Nothing. Last thing I remember I’d been in The Great Eastern off the North Lanes, Brighton and on the way to the floor, still clutching some Corn Whiskey (in the jar)and dimly remembering some kind of A Hawk And A Hacksaw accordian leanings. Now, the place is empty and in white light and on stage there’s a band that seem to be called The Burned Fuses, all dressed in...
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