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We Have a Technical
We Have a Technical brings I Die: You Die's discussions of industrial, EBM, goth, dark electro, and related music genres to the podcast format. Join Alex, Bruce, and guests as they explore music's darker alternatives.
Episodes
- We Have a Technical
We Have A Commentary: The Creatures, "Feast"
The subject of this month's commentary podcast blends post-punk with exotica, and tranquility with brutality. Yes, we're taking a look back at Feast, the first…
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We Have A Technical 442: A Tough Sell
Now is the winter of our discontent, as the Senior Staff are each picking five tracks which scratch a particularly misanthropic itch for them. We're also…
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We Have A Technical 441: I Have Lost You Or Something
We're joined by longtime friend of the site Rexx Arkana to discuss the release of his new 4-CD compilation, Passing Strangers. Partially a tribute to the…
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We Have A Technical 440: 2023 Is Ruined
After last week's odd couple pairing, there's at least a spiritual link between the two solo/side project records we've chosen for this week's podcast: the…
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We Have A Technical 439: Dvorak Gaming Rig
The first podcast of the new year has us returning to the classic two albums format. Here's where we'd normally make some pithy contrast or comparison between…
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We Have A Commentary: Little Boots, "Hands"
We're hybridizing traditions right at the end of 2022, as we combine our customary off-topic episode of We Have A Technical and our monthly commentary…
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We Have A Technical 438: Happy Holidays Dwayne
The site might be on hiatus for the annual holiday break, but we're still gonna be recording the recently established traditional "Pick 5 songs from this year"…
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We Have A Technical 437: Best of 2022 Roundup
As is traditional, we're capping off our Year End Coverage with a discussion of our Top 25 list, as well as getting into some statistical analysis of the last…
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We Have A Technical 436: Better Than Jazz Fusion
This week's We Have A Technical is a bit of a housecleaning episode, as we're talking about our favourite record of the year which fits just outside of our…
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We Have A Technical 435: The Lore Is Real
The two albums format has us shifting from an Oz goth debut in Ikon's In The Shadow Of The Angel to a US electro swansong in Alter Der Ruine's I Will Remember…
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We Have A Technical 434: Silicon Heaven
This iteration of our ever popular Pick Five format has us casting our minds back to the days before we were the worldly and jaded connoisseurs of all things…
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We Have a Commentary: Various Artists, "Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation"
As selected by our Patreon backers, this month's commentary subject is Re-constriction Records' 1993 covers comp Shut Up Kitty. A document of both the emerging…
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We Have A Technical 433: Peanut Butter in the Keys
This week's episode of We Have A Technical features an interview with none other than London After Midnight mastermind and all around goth icon Sean Brennan…
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We Have A Technical 432: Canadian Tire Reference
We're joined on the podcast by Jill Sheridan and Eric Oehler of long-running midwest synthpop act Null Device to discuss their new record, The Emerald Age…
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We Have A Technical 431: Robble Robble
It doesn't get much more broad or accessible than a discussion of records by Joy Division and The Cure, but to put a particular spin on this episode we're each…
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We Have A Technical 430: Watermute
On the occasion of this past week's Kanga/Kaelan Mikla show, we're using this podcast as an opportunity to discuss the experience of watching bands change and…
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We Have a Commentary: Rasputina, "Thanks for the Ether"
This month's We Have A Commentary has the Senior Staff flipping back through musty old scrapbooks both personal and historical, as they discuss Rasputina's…
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We Have A Technical 429: Meta-Commentary
On this week's podcast we're joined by Jack Armondo to talk about Psychogoria, the big and sweeping new record of darkwave and goth from Panic Priest. It's a…
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We Have A Technical 428: Rhys' Recent Releases
It's a two albums episode this week, with FLA's forays into game soundtracking and the high-modernist deathrock of Cinema Strange up for discussion. We're also…
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We Have A Technical 427: Less Scumbags In The Sex Shop
The ascent of Italo disco and related sounds within the broader world of body music has been in effect for a year or two now, and we're more than happy about…
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We Have A Technical 426: Dis Gust or Dat Gust
It's a classic two albums episode of the podcast this week, and there's a pretty wide gulf between our selections. The melting-pot approach to industrial rock…
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We Have a Technical 425: Cold Waves X
Back home and at least somewhat rested, Alex and Bruce are giving a full run-down of this past weekend's mammoth four day iteration of Chicago's Cold Waves…
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We Have A Technical 424: Right to the End
Inspired by a conversation with DJ Major Tom of Seattle, we're switching up our venerable Pick Five format on this week's podcast. In this "Prompt Five"…
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We Have A Commentary: Current 93, "Earth Covers Earth"
Our monthly commentary podcast finds us pondering mortality and the passage of time with David Tibet and a broad and motley crew of Current 93 collaborators on…
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We Have A Technical 423: The Legacy Of Dave Heckman
The passing of Metropolis Records founder Dave Heckman has been keenly felt by countless people in dark alternative music across the world over the past…
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We Have A Technical 422: Bublé Water
We're joined this week by the charming duo of DJs Hate Mior and Vernal Trash of Darkness Forever Toronto. The pair spoke with us at Terminus about making the…
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We Have A Technical 421: Shoe X
After a healthy run of interviews, we're back to our classic two albums format for this week's podcast. We're talking about the anxious and aggressive EBM laid…
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We Have A Commentary: Wulfband, self-titled
This month's Patreon-supported commentary podcast finds the Senior Staff careening through the over-caffeinated mania of Wulfband's debut LP. Offering a unique…
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We Have a Technical 420: Legolas Hair
Shannon Hemmett of Actors joins the podcast this week to talk about the development and upcoming live premiere of her other project, Leathers. We discuss the…
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We Have A Technical 319: Mmmokada
Recorded just before her smashing performance at Terminus, this week on the podcast we're proud to bring you our interview with Louisahhh. Considered…
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We Have A Technical 318: The Sound Of Sheffield
Few first-time festival acts piqued our interest as much as Randolph & Mortimer, who made their North American debut at Terminus. The project's combination of…
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We Have A Technical 417: At A Moment's Notice
We're back home and moderately well-rested (though as you'll hear not entirely organized) after a weekend of Industrial Summer Camp fun at Calgary's Terminus…
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We Have A Technical 416: Grag Bagisode
With one foot out the door to meet up with all of our fellow Industrial Summer Campers at Terminus today, we're doing a grab-bag episode of the podcast…
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We Have a Commentary: Din [A] Tod, "Westwerk"
This month's We Have A Commentary bonus podcast has the Senior Staff casting their eyes back to 2009 and the release of Din A Tod's second and final LP…
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We Have a Technical 415: Drag Bret Hart Down
This week's episode has us each picking five pairs of tracks we've come to have linked in our minds, whether it be through our personal mixtape or DJ…
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We Have A Technical 414: The Whippisode
Inland Empire coldwave and Bay Area no wave are far more different than nomenclature and physical proximity might suggest, as we find out in this episode of We…
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We Have a Technical 413: A Number One
Bruce is away this week, which means we've tapped our good friend Mildred Strange from the excellent History Lessons for Misanthropes to join us as the…
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We Have A Technical 412: KISS.fm Truther
From post-futurepop to post-witch house, we're hopping across some big gulfs in style with this week's podcast's two records. First, the tasteful to a fault…
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We Have a Commentary: Twin Tribes, "Shadows"
Settle in for a lot of fast talk, as the Senior staff power their way through the debut LP from Texas' Twin Tribes. A modern darkwave classic through and…
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We Have A Technical 411: Excoriate Me If You Must
One of our chin-stroking big topic episodes is coming your way this week, as we discuss the thorny question of the cost of digital releases within the culture…
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We Have A Technical 410: Destrucity
Two rather different records in terms of era, sound, and (presumably) audience make up this week's episode of We Have A Technical. We're talking about Ashbury…
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We Have A Technical 408: You Know Who I'm Talking About
It's a slightly spicy episode of We Have A Technical this week, as we find ourselves sharing an appreciation for the thoughtful dark ambient of Blink Twice…and…
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We Have A Technical 407: Smiley Face
As we recently opined, the new album by The Legendary Pink Dots ranks among the best works in the long-standing experimental band's voluminous discography…
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We Have A Commentary: KMFDM, "NIHIL"
This month's We Have A Commentary brings you an album-length discussion of KMFDM's 1995 LP, NIHIL, as selected by our Patreon backers from a range of records…
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We Have A Technical 406: S-Tier Graphs
We'e getting right to business with a jumbo-sized podcast breaking down each and every act from Vancouver's five day (FIVE DAY!) Verboden Festival. It was a…
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We Have a Technical 404: Le Petit Mort
We're taking a detour from anything remotely related to industrial with this week's two albums formatted podcast. First up is the goth-inflected machine rawk…
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We Have a Commentary: The Legendary Pink Dots "Curse"
This month's Patreon-supported commentary podcast has the Senior Staff revisiting Curse, an early chapter in the massive discography of The Legendary Pink…
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We Have A Technical 403: High Five Through the Computer
We're joined on this week's episode of We Have A Technical by Robert Katerwol, who's discussing the fifth iteration of Vancouver's Verboden Festival. After…
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We Have A Technical 402: Be Kind
Three of our fantastic Patreonies are joining us to talk about some records near and dear to them. We're discussing Too Deep by Kontravoid, Berlin 2007 by…
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We Have A Technical 401: Bebop and Rocksteady
The Senior Staff is back in the saddle and returning to our tried and true Pick Five format in this week's episode. In an homage to the scene which inspired…
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We Have a Technical 400: The Quartercentenary
The Senior Staff is celebrating 400 (actually a lot more, but officially 400) episodes of We Have a Technical by having a big ol' party, and by party we mean…
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We Have A Technical 399.875: That's Got Some Colour To It
Alex rejoins the podcast in a lead-up episode before our 400th one. By way of catch up, we're talking about recent records from melodic Swedish post-punk act…
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We Have A Technical 399.75: Darker Arthurnatives
We're joined on the podcast this week by guest host Sharon Kyronfive. In addition to having written some great 199X columns for ID:UD, Sharon's tenures at 21st…
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We Have a Technical 399.5: Maniacal Repetition
With Alex still tending to family matters, we're once again tagging in a friend of the site to co-host. This week, musician, scholar, and all around authority…
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We Have a Technical 399: Lost To The Aether
With Alex dealing with a family emergency, we've asked long-time friend of the site and frequent guest Matt Fanale to co-host this episode of We Have A…
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No Episode This Week
Hi folks, Due to a family emergency we're unable to record and offer an episode this week. Thanks for your understanding, and we hope to be back as soon as…
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We Have a Technical 398: Goats From the Universe
It's EBM Day and everyone's celebrating. Well, at least we are. The not so terminal state of EBM is the subject of the day, as we move through our initial…
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We Have A Commentary: iVardensphere, "Ragemaker"
This month's commentary podcast is one of the rare ones in which we invite an artist to walk through their new record, track by track. It's a great time to…