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I’ve been swimming in an ocean of tears I went swimming in all of my fears And every day is like a burning question I never thought that I would become your weapon For the first time, Los Angeles synthpop outfit Male Tears’ remarkable 2021 self-titled debut album finds its way to vinyl, a tangible…
Our entire life Was like a spell of beauty and despair This old delusion Hectic with our own selfish thirst Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, Future Faces arose from the local DIY scene, forging their name in the late 2010s. This cold wave quartet—Alex Muller, Matthieu Baumann, Ludovic Lacroix, and Léa Martinez—fashions a sound drawn from…
Yesterday is history And today is just misery So we say “Long live the King” Oh, he ruined everything Hailing from Russia and now rooted in Georgia, Chronotape emerged in 2023 as a darkwave and post-punk duo comprising Eve on vocals and Dee crafting the music. Their latest EP, Strangers, pulls threads from ’80s aesthetics,…
I don’t mean to rain on your parade But sometimes when I bend, I break Australian artist Claire Birchall, Melbourne’s alchemist of sound, has conjured a collection steeped in foreboding and fragile beauty with her latest album, The Haunting. Here, melodies coil and cascade, wrapping themselves around each other in disarming and daring configurations. The…
You can keep your revolution if we can’t dance to it. Because we’re not going out on our knees. We’re going out on our feet. New York City darkwave/post-punk duo MIDNIGHT CHOIR has unleashed TEMPTATION (DEMOS), a collection that seethes with the passion of their live sets. Building on the brooding intensity of their single Blackout and the…
The Replacements’ guitarist Bob “Slim” Dunlap has passed away at 73, leaving behind a legacy as enduring as the melodies he so effortlessly shaped. It has been twelve years since a stroke left him largely bedridden, yet the echoes of his music still ripple through time. Born in the small, unassuming town of Plainview, Minnesota,…
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Still my love is a star Still my love’s a precious opportunity and a miracle flowing down the river of consequences and circumstances and a self-same being. Behold the Shnak! Straddling the fine line between frenetic brilliance and chaotic creativity, New York City’s art-rock ensemble Ecce Shnak thrives on energy, teetering on the edge of…
Following the visceral introduction of her title track, “Hollybaby,” NYC-based artist Stella Rose now unveils two more videos from her newly released Hollybaby EP: “Drugstore Romeo” and “Beautiful Twentysomethings.” If the EP’s initial offerings flirted with punk ferocity and poetic alt-rock swagger, these two tracks push even further into nocturnal territory. Stella Rose’s sultry rock-driven…
A spray of light A candy bar A paint in harness Ashes alive Following the release of Another Heaven via Italians Do It Better, Berlin-based Curses unveils a striking new video for the spellbinding album track H2SG—a title that murmurs softly with its Princely abbreviation of “how to say goodbye.” This bittersweet song wrestles with…
Belgian legends Absolute Body Control, the legendary synth-pop and EBM project from Antwerp, marches onward after 45 restless years. Dirk Ivens—the mastermind behind The Klinik, Dive, Sonar, and Motorik—and Eric Van Wonterghem, of Sonar, Monolith, and Insekt fame, now unveil Walk Away, their first original offering since 2021’s A New Dawn. The track finds its…
“I prefer to be alone, Socially awkward, This I know. I prefer to be alone.” “I want to be alone,” Greta Garbo once famously declared, not as a lament but as a quiet rebellion, a refusal to let the world consume her. There’s a gravity in those words, a whisper of sanctuary against the ceaseless…
Before the pale glow of modernity’s halogen glare, Los Angeles was a place where dreams were sculpted from shadow and starlight, where certain figures emerged bearing an eerie magnetism that defied easy categorization. Omar Doom is one such artist—an esoteric anti-hero who seems to glide between worlds, carved from midnight silhouettes and channeling the mystique…
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Three-piece instrumental space rock band SUMO, hailing from sunny Miami, stands sealed in a perpetual cycle of creation and collapse, breathing both ethereal calm and roaring fury. Their sound shimmers between ink-stained literature and flickering cinematic frames, their approach both deliberate and delirious. They pit science against superstition, let reason wrestle with ritual, and set…
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LOSE CONTROL SO I CAN FEEL SURRENDER TO YOUR HUMAN NEEDS German outfit Bleak Monday births a brittle, brooding brew of bending synths and scalded strings, each note needling through nervous air like a thin, trembling wire. Within this crooked cathedral—its once-pious pillars long past their prime—their voices coil and constrict, binding our minds in…
The sun rises for everyone We are the same The standard behavior attacks again Attacks again A cold, unforgiving grip tightens around our throats, draining the final breath from ordinary lives. Beyond wrecked fields and shattered glass, silent plotters map out their schemes by dim candlelight. Their eyes hold no honesty, their hands no mercy….
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When the room spins yet I’m here standing still Dim the light all too soon We got the screams and all the doom There’s a saying, often darkly joked about, that a true friend is the one who helps you bury the bodies. But what if the bodies are yours—your old selves, the ones you…
Run into hiding Wanna have some fun Real life is sliding Escape to summer sun There’s something undeniably exhilarating about piling into a travel-worn van with your closest comrades, guitars rattling in the back, and an iPhone mounted on the dashboard spitting out directions via Google Maps. It’s that heady mixture of uncertain adventure and…
All things pass…into the night. This powerful line features prominently throughout Q Lazzarus‘ mighty “Goodbye Horses,” a haunting synth pop track from 1988 that has developed a massive cult following over the last three decades. Everyone knows it, everyone loves it, and it’s one of the few tracks from the era that truly deserves its…
Darkness Holds, Time to Bring Tonight Sacramento post-punk outfit Creux Lies have returned with “Frozen,” their first single in two years. A glacial synth-driven marvel, Frozen is a song that not only reaffirms their place in the vanguard of the modern darkwave resurgence but also carves out an icy new chapter in their discography. With…
Portland’s Sun Atoms return with Everything Forever, their sophomore offering, which is out now via Little Cloud Records. A kaleidoscopic fusion of psychedelic rock and indie pop, the album reaches beyond the ordinary, brimming with bold, brash innovation. At the helm is Jsun Atoms (The Upsidedown, Daydream Machine), flanked by a formidable lineup: producer and…
The open sky and the cold stars above us There ain‘t a thing that can come between us Remember, we were strangers yesterday Today we could change our ways Swiss coldwave duo CØLDSTAR unveils their debut album, CØSMIC DUST, a celestial journey through longing and the infinite. The collection features remastered digital singles alongside a…
The angel cuts its wings It’s such a pretty thing There’s nothing left here to defend Something to suffer if it changes the end Love Ghost, an enigmatic indie rock outfit hailing from Los Angeles, stirs the pot with a potent blend of grunge grit, alternative rock ferocity, and post-punk precision. Spearheaded by Finnegan Bell,…
“Stay dead!” A Través del Manto emerged in 2018 from the cold, rain-soaked landscapes of Puerto Montt, deep in the south of Chile. Victor “Torment” Villanueva and Pedro “Horrorhammer” Lagos began quietly crafting their vision, drawn to the sepulchral sounds of Gothic Rock’s ‘80s and ‘90s golden age. Their shadowed journey bore its first fruit…
Feel alive It’s the last time you will taste it Say goodbye And surrender all your will to us Drawing from the nectar of musical influences like Depeche Mode, AFI, and Nine Inch Nails, indie singer-songwriter Alex Okami first stirred the hive of the indie scene with his debut EP, Under the Same Moon, in…
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The Boots are nailed down to the floors in this town just like the stinger that has sunken in, no escape now. New England’s You Bred Raptors emerged in 2010 from the seaside town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, cutting its teeth on parody singles and scores for indie films. Helmed by Corey Tilton, known for his…
Was it something that you dreamed of? Something that you prayed Your name in lights Prepare the tissues…Simple Minds have returned with Your Name in Lights, a striking new single co-written with producer Paul Statham (B-Movie, Peter Murphy), drawn from the soundtrack to their acclaimed documentary Everything Is Possible. For longtime Simple Minds fans, especially…
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Los Angeles, a city teeming with contradictions and endless momentum, is where alternative rock artist Taleen Kali calls home. Best known as the frontwoman of the “flower punk” band TÜLIPS, Kali’s music flickers like a neon beacon cutting through the haze of the night. Her sound threads her Armenian roots with Lebanese and Ethiopian rhythms…
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Ring around the fountain, I am ready to bare it all I’m a disco baby, you talk to me, answer the call And me, I’ve always seen you like a little doll I wanna hold you like a trophy to dress you up and make you tall Los Angeles outfit Male Tears, now a four-piece…
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Like a wraith unbound Your words melt into my heart But you’re nothing more than bones and dust Sown within a marble hearth Januarius, a fixture of the Philly underground since the early 2000s, has carved their path through DC’s tumultuous music scene, leaving echoes in bands like The Chance, The Mirror Script, and Ghost…
Newcomer Rudy Void channels music as both mirror and lifeline, a means to excavate and exorcise the buried weight of his own being. Each track becomes a key, prying open the locked doors of suppressed emotion, laying bare the raw and restless depths within. His songs pulse with purpose, a path not just of creation…
Instruction Follow the rules, they say Abduction The language is erased In a world where even the most familiar rules feel imposed and where meaning itself can be stripped away, Dutch new wave revivalists Pol emerge as suave shape-shifters of sound and style. Fronted by siblings Ruben and Matthijs Pol, the duo captures the spirit of…
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A fresh current in experimental electronic music surges forth under the guise of Inertia Her. This French-American music producer and photographer has swiftly carved a singular space in the underground scene, his work a daring invitation to escape the mundane. He describes his sound as “a bridge to escapism,” and it feels like stepping into…
When I look at you Can see your sad eyes In search of substance German post-punk veterans Pink Turns Blue have announced their forthcoming LP, Black Swan, due this February via Orden Records. It’s lead single, “Black Swan (But I Know There Is More to Life),” sets a notably somber yet questioning tone, revealing the band at…
Since their inception in 2018, Louisville, Kentucky-based post-punk project Fotocrime has recorded a rather sizable body of work, including four LPs and a handful of singles. On this Bandcamp Friday, Fotocrime has released a brand-new single “Cautious” b/w a powerful cover of Big Black’s “Crack Up.” A live favorite and arguably Fotocrime’s heaviest song to…
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Daily life is sucking up my will Making me suffer the ordeal of the wheel, The winds of change… Have stopped blowing From the hushed outskirts of Lille, France, Neurasthenic emerges like a distant lantern flickering in a windswept promenade. Born under Sébastien’s guiding hand (once a driving force in the North Pope collective), this…
I can’t wait To do it again Can’t keep my nose clean Living in sin In 2021, Nashville’s storied music scene birthed a strange and stirring experiment. She Comes in Colors, led by Lenny Bryan, stitched together a collision of dream pop’s ethereal sweep and the brooding, industrial pulse of Violator-era Depeche Mode and NIN’s…
Night Is Darker, Keys Are Turning, Disguises Falling, Armor Amid the cacophony of today’s world, Magic Wands emerges like a whisper in the wind; a spellbinding blend of sound that feels both familiar and foreign. This duo, Chris and Dexy Valentine, began their journey in Nashville’s storied streets before finding their pulse beneath Los Angeles’…
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My days are all uncovered They float back through my mind Recalling the forms of the people you loved Then leaving the past behind A lotus eater drifts into myth from Homer’s Odyssey, a figure lost in the fog of indulgence. On their fabled island, the lotus blooms—a fruit laced with lethargy and sweet forgetfulness….
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By now, we are all familiar with—and fans of—Curses’ Next Wave Acid Punx series. The well-received first and second compilations (and Secret Cuts EP) focused on bridging gap between the past and future while featuring tracks from classic artists (Nitzer Ebb, Cabaret Voltaire) to new artists from around the world. EBM to industrial, acid to…
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Poetry won’t feed the hungry; songs won’t stop the war That painting’s doing nothing to combat global warmth But in between the barricades I might steal a kiss Just to remember why we’re fighting, General Obvious New Yorker Bob Gaulke, a self-styled “rootless cosmopolitan,” stirs a swirling storm of styles, skating through Brazilian rhythms, synth…
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