Tag: The Normal

Remembering Sire Records’ Seymour Stein, whose musical taste shaped a generation

Remembering Sire Records’ Seymour Stein, whose musical taste shaped a generation

The death over the weekend of legendary record man Seymour Stein has unleashed a torrent of heartfelt appreciations from the musicians he championed.

New book “Listening to the Music the Machines Make” tells story of synthpop revolution

New book “Listening to the Music the Machines Make” tells story of synthpop revolution

Author Richard Evans delves deeply into “a true golden age of British pop” in his just-published book “Listening to the Music the Machines Make.”

Video: Laibach covers The Normal’s ‘Warm Leatherette’ for new compilation

Video: Laibach covers The Normal’s ‘Warm Leatherette’ for new compilation

As we previously reported, Mute Records this fall will celebrate Slovenian avant-garde industrial group Laibach’s “unique take on the art of the cover version” with a new 15-track compilation called ‘An Introduction To.. Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited,’ which will include a newly recorded version of The Normal’s “Warm Leatherette.”

Laibach covers The Normal, Bob Dylan for new ‘Reproduction Prohibited’ compilation

Laibach covers The Normal, Bob Dylan for new ‘Reproduction Prohibited’ compilation

Mute Records this fall continues its new compilation series An Introduction To… with a disc celebrating Slovenian avant-garde industrial group Laibach’s “unique take on the art of the cover version,” compiling 15 tracks, including newly recorded version of The Normal’s “Warm Leatherette” and Bob Dylan’s “Ballad of a Thin Man.”

The Week in Rock: Feb. 5-11, 2012

The Week in Rock: Feb. 5-11, 2012

This week’s round-up of Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes news about Dexys Midnight Runners, Fad Gadget, Dalis Car, The La’s, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Morrissey, Dinosaur Jr, Killing Joke and The Godfathers — plus news of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s return to the U.S. this spring.

Video + free MP3: The Normal, ‘Warm Leatherette’ (ditto.tv mix)

Video + free MP3: The Normal, ‘Warm Leatherette’ (ditto.tv mix)

British communications agency ditto is celebrating The Normal’s ‘Warm Leatherette’ — the first release by Mute Records, and ‘the record that started everything’ — by commissioning this ‘re imagining’ of Daniel Miller’s classic 1978 track, with Really O’Reilly providing new production and ‘electro-lady’ Georgie piping in with vocals.

Video: Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy perform Iggy Pop, The Normal, Nine Inch Nails

Video: Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy perform Iggy Pop, The Normal, Nine Inch Nails

Today, Trent Reznor dug a few gems out of his archives, posting high-def videos of four June 23, 2006, radio performances he taped in Boston with Peter Murphy during Nine Inch Nails’ 2006 With Teeth tour.