http://www.chaoscontrol.com Chaos Control Digizine Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:29:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the official Devo website: McDonald's & American Idol Go LowBy Co-Opting DEVO's Energy Dome We recently discovered that DEVO ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/04/26/are-we-mcdevo/ By continually pushing the creative limits of sampling technology, Meat Beat Manifesto have managed to remain just as innovative as they were when they unleashed "Storm The Studio" back in 1988. Elements of such styles as dub, hip hop, industrial and jazz have been heard in Meat Beat Manifesto's ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/04/16/new-interview-with-meat-beat-manifesto/ After a decade long absence, trip-hop pioneers Portishead are back a new album. Appropriately title 'Third" (it's their 3rd release, if you don't count the live album), the disc will be release on April 28th in the UK and the following day in America. We did an interesting interview ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/04/14/archive-spotlight-portishead/ The Young Gods will be releasing a new acoustic album, "Knock On Wood," on April 18th in Switzerland / April 21st in Europe. They have posted some music samples from it on their myspace page. While known for their creative use of digital sampling, The Young Gods have in recent ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/04/13/young-gods-to-release-acoustic-album-knock-on-wood/ I never thought it would happen, but Yaz have reunited for a tour! Known as Yazoo outside of the US, the duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke are starting off with UK and European dates before coming to America in July. Six shows have been announced: Jul 07 - ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/03/13/yaz-announce-reunion-tour/ Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have announced a series of US live shows leading up to their performance at the Coachella Music Festival. The dates are: Sat 4/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Myth Sun 4/20 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom Wed 4/23 Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium Sat 4/26 Coachella, CA @ Coachella Music Festival For ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/03/12/kraftwerk-announce-pre-coachella-us-live-dates/ DC's Swamp Thing seemed like a rather unlikely comic book character to be given a live-action TV show, but the resulting USA Network series turned out pretty well. "Swamp Thing: The Series," which originally ran for 3 seasons beginning in 1990, managed to capture the essence of the character and ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/03/05/swamp-thing-returns-on-dvd/ It's been almost a decade since the last Shamen album ("UV") and I'd been wondering what frontman Colin Angus has been up to (I knew rapper Mr. C has been keeping busy with DJing and other projects). So I was very happy to learn that Angus is back with a ... http://www.chaoscontrol.com/2008/03/04/former-shamen-frontman-colin-angus-returns-with-pablo-sandoz/