Oakland opera singer Mia Dean (Antler Family) and English punk-rocker Steve Lake (Zounds) have a long history of various collaborations under their respective names, but for their latest incarnation, they have united as the fascinating duet Blood Moon Wedding. The second single and video from the upcoming self-titled album, due on the 7th of April via…
In the dark, seedy underbelly of Illinois, there nests a clutch of Chicago Glampires. Their name? Plasmata. The latest ritual offering in a series of remixes from their 2021 Portraits of Pain EP was conjured and overhauled by The Sisters of Mercy guitarist Ben Christo and Aly Jados (Blood People). “You Call Him the Devil”,…
Legendary music icon, Siouxsie, has expanded further her 2023 live itinerary with two additional UK Dates. Siouxsie will play Wolverhampton and Glasgow this Summer. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday 10th February via links on siouxsie.com There are now seven dates in total mark Siouxsie’s return to the stage after a decade-long…
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Skinny Puppy made a surprise announcement this morning via social media revealing their final North American tour in celebration of the seminal Canadian Industrial EBM band’s 40th Anniversary: “Withered bE this rope that smothers any hope and banG .. it’s been 40 Years .. ! .. all doGeared by memories formed through memory folds …these…
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At your feet, on my knees, you are my religion Washington, DC darkwave band VOSH announces their first single “Pray,” off their forthcoming album “Vessel” via Trash Casual. Led by Chris Moore (Repulsion, Coke Bust, The Rememberables), and Josephine Olivia (Blacksage), VOSH namechecks Bauhaus, early Ministry, Sisters of Mercy, Zounds, and Killing Joke as influences….
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Dublin’s Scattered Ashes are an abrasive and angular indie four-piece defined by urgent guitars and prophetic vocals. Their latest single, ‘Feral,‘ is a visceral scream at addiction and dependency. It delves into raw, personal subject matter, engaging the listener head-on with a swelling smouldering slow burn. We hear shades of Editors, Interpol, and Joy Division…
Industrial titans Ministry will be hitting the road with headlining tour dates this spring, bringing Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly along for the ride. Additionally, frontman Al Jourgensen is currently beginning work on the band’s sixteenth album – more details forthcoming. The 2023 appearances come after a wildly successful “Industrial Strength Tour” throughout 2022, continuing the…
The Sisters of Mercy have announced their first US tour in over 14 years, with a 19-date US tour beginning on May 10th, 2023. For over four decades, The Sisters of Mercy have been an iconic force in dark underground music; defining, defying…and denying…several genres of dark rock and roll. Their unique blend of punk-psychedelia,…
Channeling low-budget B-movies, punk anarchy, and a Crazy World of Arthur Brown show, punk legends The Damned unleashes a spooky new song and video: “The Invisible Man”. Rife with the band’s signature fiery drums, garage rock guitar fuzz, The Captain’s smokin’ basslines, and maniacal laughter, it’s classic Damned with their classic wry humour intact. Likewise,…
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From the glorious metropolis of Athens Greece, darkwave project Reflection Black announces a searing darkwave single, “No Stars In The Sky.” The song is taken from their upcoming full album Last Stop to Nowhere out on March 3rd via Swiss Dark Nights. “No Stars In The Sky” is a gloomy composition with strong emotions; composer…
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“I have been through the gamut of what this industry can offer, and I’ve learned that nothing is more stable than deep family and community.” In June of 2022, Zola Jesus (aka Nika Roza Danilova) released a ten-track album following an intense period of writer’s block, called Arkhon, an ancient Greek word for “power” or…
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I’m stuck in the blue light void with all the trendy kids from high school I tried to avoid Buck Gooter was formed in 2005 as the duo of Terry Turtle and Billy Brett. Over the next fourteen years, the project performed hundreds of shows and released over a dozen records until Tuttle’s tragic passing…
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Manufactured memories. Interlink an empty vessel. Circuit crashed, I have no needs. A replicant, I do not bleed. Los Angeles darkwave duo Male Tears have unleashed a new, “unapologetically goth” video for the hypnotic single “I Expire” via Avant! Records. This banger comes off their third LP, Krypt; and with it, the band, consisting of…
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Depeche Mode suffered a tremendous loss last year when Andrew Fletcher suddenly passed of an aortic dissection in May. Martin Gore and Dave Gahan are forging on with the band, however, with Memento Mori, their fifteenth studio album, set to drop on the 17th of March via Columbia Records. Today, Depeche Mode teased the much-anticipated…
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If I could surf the black tide, that’s drowning me from the inside.I’d stagger away, with a streetwalker’s pride.But I’m on Rockaway Beach, floating with the hollow men.Falling through the days again. Cult new wave/indie pop band My Favorite have had a rather benchmark year in 2022. After nearly ten years apart, the band reunited…
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Poland’s electronic music project Rozmazani announces the release of their new album, Hard Times, out today via Diffuse Reality Records. Following 2021’s Synthuzjazm, they return to the electronic coldwave scene strong with new material and new experimentation. The album opens with the titular track “Hard Times”, a sharp and aggressive Peaches-style rhythm with cold, seemingly…
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Time to book your plane tickets to Germany for a cold-wave extravaganza: The second annual Cold Hearted Festival will happen in Dresden on the 18th of November this year! Described as a congregation of ‘international artists, labels and of course you, who love, live and breathe this music,’ this party will include cold wave, post-punk,…
The Madchester sound hit the mainstream out of the Manchester indie crowd in the late 80s. Sometimes referred to as indie rave, its artists merged indie music with elements of acid house, psychedelia, drug culture, Farfisa organs galore, and 1960s Wall of Sound structures. The term Madchester, coined by Factory Records’ Tony Wilson, included the…
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When industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle split in 1981, members Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti ventured forth to pioneer their own creative path as Chris & Cosey. Since Carter (electronics) and Cosey Fanni Tutti (electronics, guitar, cornet) released their 1981 debut album Heartbeat, the duo have expanded on the rhythmic ideas of Throbbing Gristle while adding…
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The team that created Triton Festival and Dark Side of the Con, VampireFreaks, announce a brand new event called the Dark Force Fest, happening from 31 March to the 2nd of April, 2023. This explosive lineup includes a plethora of darkwave, industrial, goth, and post-punk bands, including HEALTH, ACTORS, Vision Video, Empathy Test, Rosegarden Funeral…
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Salud, Pixies fans in the United States! The band announces a second leg of their ongoing tour in support of their fourth post-reunion album, Doggerel, which came out in September. They will be sharing stages all over the country with special guests Franz Ferdinand and Bully. The current Pixies lineup consists of original members Black Francis, Joey…
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The Psychedelic Furs announce that in April they will be embarking upon a month-long, thirteen-date tour in the American South, which the band says will be the “first leg” of its plans for 2023. The British post-punk band, which formed in 1977, were on heavy rotation on alternative radio throughout the 80s and 90s, as…
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For the first time in seven years, Belgrado have announced their return with a brand new album, led with the sensuous single and accompanying video “Boixar”. The hypnotic Polish language vocals of Patrycja Proniewska (Fatamorgana) drive this quirky and space-age coldwave track, evolving from a sound that a decade ago drew comparisons to Xmal Deutschland…
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has just unveiled 14 nominees for its Class of 2023, including a combo nomination for both Joy Division and New Order. Also nominated are Kate Bush, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, The White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper, Missy Elliot, Warren Zevon, and more. Also on the ballot this year are…
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After spending nearly twenty years playing with the Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and The Vivian Girls, Frankie Rose is making a flashy solo splash with a fresh form, aesthetic, and purpose. Today she shares a new single and video, “Sixteen Ways,” the second from her forthcoming new album, Love As Projection. This sparkling synth-pop…
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Welcome to the crystalline sonic world of D.I.N., a Los Angeles electronic music duo comprised of vocalist Josie Vand and synth wizard Greg Vand (High-Functioning Flesh, New Boy). Their latest single “UP” (via DKA Records) dwells within a hypnotic, relentless beat offset with feathery vocals. The song weaves in and out of harmony with coy…
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I won’t get stuck standing close to youit’s just too much so what you wanna do?and everyday is just in the pasta situation that’s not in my grasp Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye, aka Philadelphia’s Korine, announce the release of a new video for “Forevermore,” off their highly-anticipated upcoming album Tear. Morgy’s evocative vocal hooks set…
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Legendary music icon, Siouxsie, has just announced that she is expanding her return to the stage after a decade-long hiatus, announcing that she will be performing three shows in Europe this coming May. The last time Siouxsie played live was Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2013. On May 3rd, she…
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Winter Hell (Lindy Wise, Will Beringer, Jacob Vande Vegte, and Jacob Lemme) have released a hypnotic new single, “High Time.” This track channels the minimalist electro sound of Air, Télépopmusik, and Röyksopp, cleaving it into a shimmering, psychedelic shoegaze kaleidoscope of expansive sound. We also hear elements of Suicide, Smashing Pumpkins, Spaceman…
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Life in the hive puckered up my nightA kiss of death, the embrace of lifeOoh, there I stand ‘neath the Marquee MoonBut I ain’t waiting, uh-uh The mighty guitar genius Tom Verlaine, legendary frontman of NYC’s art-punk band Television and countless other solo projects, has passed away after a brief illness at 73. Verlaine’s signature…
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San Diego Synth-Pop act, Twin Ritual, have unveiled their new single: “Allie.” Laura Levenhagenhe’s ethereal vocals soar over fast-paced percussion, swirling synths, fuzzed-out bass, and driving guitar hooks -a sound reminiscent of Franz Ferdinand, Killers, Interpol, and Editors, but uniquely female. The band members include Levenhagen (vox/synth), Anthony Ramirez, (bass), Antonio Estrada (guitar), and Michael Buehl…
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No longer “at odds,” Kansas City’s cosmic art-rock outfit Monta have reformed and – refined – their sound into a sophisticated dark synthpop. After having played live frequently last year, the band wanted to bring that energy to their recording process. You can feel the energy and exhilaration in their new single, Everybody’s Baby (out…
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Northwest natives Ryann Donnelly (Schoolyard Heroes) and Byron Kalet (Journal of Popular Noise) pair hypnotic synthesizers with glossy pop vocals as Disaster Fantasy. Their new single, celebrating the joys of being present, “Anywhere,” is a sensuous, languid – occasionally even whispered – disco track serving as a remedy for our collective anxieties and existential dread….
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The state of Desire is a magical one; it can stop, expand, bend and spin time around aimlessly. This bittersweet euphoria of indulging in fantasy while in a desolate state of longing is explored by Denmark’s Mount Villa, with their sensuous new offering, “Wish”. This track has big late-80s energy, channeling the sultry sophistication of…
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Defying both conventions and expectations by triumphantly kicking each to the curb, Los Angeles-based post-punk band Sextile fuse the raw political kick in the teeth of 70’s punk with the minimalist structures of 80’s synthwave. Their latest offering, Crassy Mel, is no exception, with the high-tempo EBM ferocity of fin-de-siècle bands like The Prodigy, Chemical…
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Italian EBM project Francesco Perissi XO announces a new remix release to celebrate the Italian project’s tenth year, entitled “10,” due out in February of 2023. Remixes were created by musicians who played roles in the Florence musician’s evolution as an artist, and those gravitating around the Blame Records label. It boasts contributions from Justin…
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Uni and the Urchins are taking you to church, but this (un)holy land dwells somewhere in the realm of Hiernonymous Bosch and a Weimar Republik cabaret. You are likely already familiar with the lyrics, but you’ve never heard them sung this way before. “Amazing Grace,” an 18th-century Christian hymn by Anglican clergyman/poet John Newton, takes…
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Boy I’m looking for a fire Can you really tell me you’re not missing us I’m only asking for desire Los Angeles synthpop trio Nuovo Testamento’s latest single, “Heat,” is a passionate synth-powered battle cry on behalf of all all our burning hearts. This high-energy anthem celebrates the power of vulnerability, knowing what you want,…
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Dreamy Los Angeles chanteuse Maraschino, the brainchild of Piper Durabo, channels that Nutra-Sweet vibe of mid-80s Madonna. Maraschino’s ethereal, nostalgic sound belies a darker underbelly: the story of an unfiltered outsider popstar existing in the midst of societal collapse. Her new single “Angelface” drips with equal parts honey and venom, cooed through a dreamy cocoon of…
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The Sisters of Mercy recently announced a run of new North American shows for the first time in over 14 years, including the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, several dates in Mexico, and their first show at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles (which has already sold out). Today they announce that they’ve…
