Plomo is the dreamy, ambient soundtrack for the feature film directed by Luna In Cælo’s Daniel Dávila: El Niño del Plomo / The Child of Plomo. This music is the backbone of a dreamy journey through the Andes mountains, bridging ancient Indigenous traditions resurface in modern-day Chile. The instrumentals are eerie, haunting and at times…
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“Time standing stillNot anymore healing anythingBut during dreamtimeThe synapses come alive” Reflection Black is the manifestation of the musical visions of one Elis Alex (Ravencult, Nigredo). Originating from the urban landscapes of Athens, Greece. Reflection Black updates the goth genre into the dark, mystical atmosphere of the 21st century by layering synths and intertwining them…
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“I don’t know where I belong.” Enigmatic German EBM solo artist THBX, has announced the release of “Belong,” a frenetic, synth-sculpted soundscape emulating the speeding loop of anxiety and loss of self. The song is out now via Infravox Records. THBX has made their name as a DJ in rural Germany and in Berlin, but has…
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At last, Los Angeles band Object of Affection’s highly awaited debut album Field of Appearances will be unleashed upon the world Friday via Profound Lore. To set the scene, the band has just released a new single and clip, called “Run Back”. Object of Affection, comprised of guitarist Madison Woodward (Fury, Lock), guitarist Remy Veselis…
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You’re a holistic flowerBut I’m so insecureLet’s get to know each otherBut only under the moon San Diego darkwave duo Twin Ion Engine debut a melancholy new single, called “Skinwalker.” The track is a haunting, catchy darkwave melody with ties to romance and loss. It weaves a tale in which a toxic romantic partner transforms…
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Monta, which means “to climb higher,” has been doing just that despite lineup changes the ebb and flow of scenes. Founded by brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore, Monta (originally Monta At Odds), the Kansas City synthpop outfit explores psychedelic soundscapes, melody, and pop hooks with friends and other collaborators. The effervescent “Looking Back” is pure…
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Nearly a year after the release of Spike Hellis‘ debut self-titled LP (which also topped our Best of 2022 year end list), the Los Angeles-based duo announce a massive North American tour of nearly 40 dates from the end of March through May, with a date that includes Vancouver’s Verboten Festival. Several other beloved artists…
Now go meet your friends by the estuarine ThamesIt’s somewhere over . . .Over there! Silent Star, a coldwave/synthpop duo from London comprised of Patrick Barrett and Andrew Bowker, announce the release of a gorgeous monochromatic video for The Estuary Shore, out today. The epic ballad starts out slowly plodding through lower frequencies, before bursting…
Blood Handsome, aka Los Angeles darkwave artist Gerren Reach, has just unleashed his video for “The Light”, the new single off his latest album, A New Calm, out via Young & Cold Records. Dazzling the ears and creating a cult following with an eclectic mix of retro soundscapes, nostalgic synths, and cinematic undertones, Reach’s darkly…
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Milwaukee post-punk outfit Convert blurs the lines between goth rock and electronic music into something that not only sounds fresh and timely. Each respective member – vocalist Dillon Hallen, bassist Richie Murry, guitarist Sam Sharkey, drummer Ben Davison, and synth wizard Mick Cleary, has spent time playing in a variety of different punk-adjacent acts over…
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Experimental darkwave duo Now After Nothing, who hail from Atlanta, GA, release a new, psychedelic single called “Fixation Fantasy.” The trance-inducing soundscape is the latest creation from frontman Matt Spatial and drummer Michael Allen. Drawing from a broad expanse of musical influences such as The Cure, Sonic Youth, and Nine Inch Nails, Fixation Fantasy is…
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Wisconsin songwriter Carrellee announces the release of her dark synthpop ballad, “Stay,” off of her recent album Scale of Dreams (Negative Gain Productions). The song premieres on the kick off date for her current tour supporting the album, which includes Florida dates with Vision Video, and the Verboden Festival in Vancouver. Carrellee’s emotive voice is…
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Boston songwriter Aaron Perrino (The Sheila Divine, Dear Leader and No Hope/No Harm) and Steven Lord (The Dirty Bangs) have joined forces as Aaron and The Lord with a haunting new song…literally. Lilydale, the first track from the band’s forthcoming album “We are the Darkness. We are the Light,” weaves a tale of the famous…
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I keep what I can of youSplit second glimpses and snapshots and soundsYou in my New Order T-shirtHolding a cat and a glass of beer Peter Saville’s legendary design for the Unknown Pleasures cover for Joy Division has had numerous parodies over the years, but thanks to NYC’s indie darlings The National, his minimalist cover…
There’s no freedom left in spеaking your mindIf you want a career to get byTricky business being a troubadourNow we’re living through 1984 Alarmed by scandals, indecency, and the sexual freedom of the Jazz Age threatening the moral fibres (and pocketbooks) of America, the head honchos of Hollywood (and a team of Puritanical wet blankets)…
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Ambient maestro and visual artist Eric Angelo Bessel announces the release of an eerie new single, “Secret Lake”. This haunting instrumental comes from his solo album Visitation, released Friday, April 21, 2023, via Lore City Music. With its gorgeous, swelling chord progressions, choral elements, and strange key changes, Secret Lake is enchanting yet unnerving, anticipating…
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Bellhead, Chicago’s post-punk demolition duo, have unveiled their release of a Prince cover. “I Would Die 4 U”. This is their first offering since the release of their Dead Lights EP and last year’s maxi-single Nothing As It Seems, which included remixes from Walter Flakus (Stabbing Westward) and Dean Garcia (Curve). This cover proves the…
“Contradictions and inner chaos” Turkish post-punk/darkwave duo Ductape announce a new video for Sinners, the second from the Ruh LP. “Ruh,” released at the beginning of 2022, invites the listener to ‘dance over their disappointments’ with the band’s own interpretation of post-punk. The DIY video was filmed after Ductape’s concert in Italy, with the idea…
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Today, dreamy synth-pop ssongstress Frankie Rose shares a new offering to the lovelorn: “Come Back,” the third single from her new LP, Love As Projection. Long established in New York and Los Angeles independent music circles playing with the likes of Crystal Stilts and The Vivian Girls, Frankie Rose returns with a fresh form, aesthetic, and…
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Michael Ciravolo, the mastermind of music collective Beauty In Chaos, is well-known in the music industry as the president of Schecter Guitar Research, Ciravolo (Human Drama, Gene Loves Jezebel), originated his project as a solo project – but over the years since its inception, much more has bloomed than he originally envisioned. In 2021, the…
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Orange County singer-songwriter John Oganeku started his post-punk project Meeting Mirror in 2021. A songwriter and musician since the age of 14, the 22-year-old plays and self-produces all of his work from his bedroom studio. The name of his band is a tribute to his father, who was the singer for the 1980s new wave band Mirror…
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How will AI change the way humanity creates and consumes music in the future? C. Fjerstad of More Ephemerol waxes poetic on the subject, asserting that we will never be able to return from AI’s influence within the next decade. “It is very likely that this is the last wave of human art and creation…
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Montreal-based synth pop project Automelodi is announcing its US tour, the first one in three years, slated to kick off in Spring 2023. To coincide with the tour, Automelodi will also release INHALT’s masterful remix for the song “Angoisses d’Orléac,” which originally appeared on 2019’s Mirages au futur verre-brisé LP. The graphic design and animation…
Australian psych-guitar masters The Church have unveiled the video for their new single, “No Other You” – the third from the Melbourne legends’ forthcoming album THE HYPNOGOGUE (out February 24 via Communicating Vessels). The Church’s usual melodic, psychedelic sound takes a stark turn into a concept album about a sci-fi dystopia, perfectly suited for singer Steve Kilbey’s…
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A tribute tour for David Bowie kicks off in April, and this year, the frontman is none other than Peter Murphy. The Celebrating David Bowie tour, spearheaded by guitarist Scrote, has has hit seventeen countries since its inception in 2017, featuring guest appearances by Sting, Gary Oldman, Thomas Dolby, The B-52’s’ Kate Pierson, Ewan McGregor,…
Costa Rican trio Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos announce the unveiling of ‘Supernova,’ the lead video and single from their forthcoming album FRACTALS (due for CD and digital release in late March 2023). The concept of the song is simple: it is a hymn to the psychedelic state, the spectrum of human sexuality, and…
Berlin glam post-punk trio Lobsterbomb are rocking their way through the airwaves with their energy-packed new track, Gravitation. This is their fourth single off of their debut album Look Out, which will be out in the summer of 2023 via Duchess Box Records. Deceptively bouncy in its anthemic chants, buzzy synths, fast-paced post-punk guitar work, and explosive…
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The Sisters of Mercy are on fire right now. In addition to a US tour this year for the first time in nearly two decades, the band has something special announced: a reissue of their second EP The Reptile House, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Featuring the original lineup: frontman Andrew Eldritch, guitarists…
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John Robb is a man with a myriad of interests, talents, and passions. Between touring with the Stranglers, Chameleons and Fields of the Nephilim, The Membranes bassist (and mastermind behind UK music site Louder Than War) also found the time and energy to pen a new 650-page opus, diving into the dark recesses of post-punk…
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After sixteen years year of celebrating independent music retailers, Record Store Day has consolidated its pandemic-era drops back into one day: April 22. For fans of The Cure, Robert Smith has bestowed a new blessing this year’s Record Store Day: for the first time ever on vinyl, their 1993 live album Show will be released…
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To celebrate four decades of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 1982 classic A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, the groundbreaking album will be receiving a new pressing on clear and gold marbled vinyl for Record Store Day UK on 22 April. It will be available at participating indie record stores in the UK. (As of this writing,…
Based in London, Auto Portrait is a couple/duo consisting of poet Suki Vita and classical composer/visual artist Luca Bailey. Through poetry, visual art, and sonic trial-and-error, Auto Portrait is the outcome of the union between their multicultural backgrounds. Suki Vita grew up in Tokyo; Luca Bailey in Birmingham, UK. Their debut single “I, Pre Defined”…
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A new day on fire with language No aim but don’t be so aimless Steel toes, this mess is so stainless Keep walking so we can be chainless Los Angeles, the so-called “City of Angels,” exists in paradox: its perpetual sunny glow and promises of stardom casts a dark shadow of industrial grime and dangerous…
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From warm, sunny Toulouse in the south of France comes the frozen confections of post-punk crooners CROY. Comprised of Jules Maison (Cathedrale, Departure Kids) and Mathis Kolkoz (Blind Delon, Frust, Balafres), the two locals blend a Manchester sense of stoicism with absurdist French detachment. Riffing off the eerie guitar lines of The Cure’s “A Forest”…
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London artist Vincent Christ puts his feelings on the front burner with his irreverent songs informed by intense new wave, art-rock and post-punk. With “Bodies”, the latest single from his Galore EP, Vincent Christ moves out of his usual realm of raucous art rock and takes a more introspective spin. An outlier on the album,…
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Miami dreampop outfit Donzii returns to the glittering dancefloor with a sultry new disco-infused track, “Disco Rosie”. Taking on the disco-funk vibes of late 70s NYC No Wave, channeling the likes of ZE Records chanteuses Cristina, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Disco Rosie is a vibrant dive into elegant, sophisticated sleaze. Now under the helm of Born…
Following the release of “Ghosts Again”, the first single off their first new album in six years, Memento Mori, Depeche Mode announces an expansion to their supporting global tour, carrying on diligently as a duo after the sudden death from aortic dissection last May of co-founder Andy Fletcher. Twenty-nine new concerts have been added, opening…
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“Words cannot express the joy of leaving the hospital after a long stay on the wards, especially when it means you have regained your health.” The Alarm’s Mike Peters is ready for a new chapter in his life. For the past year, the frontman suffered hospital visits, chemo treatments, and life-threatening pneumonia brought on the…
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As you aimlessly scroll through your social media, news feeds, and dating apps, time can seem to bend, stand still, and sometimes even quantum leap. Endless people on TikTok report strange lapses in time, recount disturbing glitches in the matrix, and question the fabric of reality. Is there truth to this, or are our brains…
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Treading the liminal space between darkwave and dreampop Los Angeles post-punk act Closed Tear announces the release of their acclaimed LP “Nada Es Para Siempre” on a new, limited edition vinyl. Recorded in 2021, this gorgeous album includes a double-sided insert and a limited edition risograph poster designed by Allichan. The title of this album…
