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Pencerenin ardından izliyorum kalabalığı Kayıp giden anıları Yorgan ağır ağır çöküyor üzerime Düşünceler dehlizinde Turkish duo Ductape has joined forces with their fellow countrymen and darkwave veterans, She Past Away, to release the haunting new single titled Ölüm Günüm (My Day of Death) through Swiss Dark Nights. A prelude to She Past Away’s much-awaited album, this collaboration carries…
Why save it for later? I’d rather tell you tonight Why do I hide under bright sunny day light A confession to make It’s not the body It’s the mind Emotional and physical intimacy—how fierce, how delicate the bond, the pull of yearning held in a trembling hand. There lies a struggle, an endless tug…
Our love is like violence We’re flying to nowhere There’s smoke in your lies Do no harm In the heart of a storm where love and turmoil twist together like choking vines, the soul aches for a simple, impossible stillness. There is a quiet, stubborn yearning for peace, for some balm to soothe the cuts…
PJ Harvey and Tim Phillips, kindred creators, join forces once again for a reimagined version of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart, created for the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters. This cover, released through Hollywood Records, hums with new life. Harvey’s take on the beloved classic dares to dance, paced briskly, with a tenderness…
It’s backed you into a corner, shoved its weight against your chest, wrapped its jaw around your throat. It’s time, decide In 2010, Jeremy Wilkins (formerly of Rosewater Elizabeth, underwater, and Allegra Gellar) launched a solo venture, Parasols, a name inspired by Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking. A year later, after beginning a…
Chicago’s Deep Cricket Night emerged from the pandemic’s shadowed cocoon, climbing through the tangled roots of isolation into a sound unshackled and shimmering. Their music pulses anew, radiating electric energy, shedding old skins and charging forward with a fresh, fervent spirit. Picture the raw edge of Television intertwined with the ghostly echoes of 1970 Pink Floyd,…
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You move with emotionVia Negativa (in the doorway light) In my warped imagination Are you failing? Are you collapsing? New York’s avant-garde synth-pop sages Xeno & Oaklander—Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride—announce the release of their latest album . The album’s concept, drawn from the philosophy of negation—“the study of what not to do”—suggests that absence reveals essence….
Trust your gut If you like it or not I feel sympathy, bitterness, ability Nevertheless, you’re my goddess To walk the crooked, unpaved path of a nonconformist is to court solitude and stir the ire of a world wedded to routine. It is no easy course, this life of refusing to bend beneath the yoke…
Quisiera ver pero no puedo Todo es negro fuera y dentro Ya no hay dolor ni lamento Congelada en el tiempo In a time steeped in disenchantment, where fragments of innocence and compassion falter in the din, Nathalie Astrada’s voice as Lux Mala strikes a singular chord. With her raw honesty, she offers not optimism,…
Under the cloak of night, Berlin transforms into a pulsating heartbeat of shadow and light—a metropolis where history and hedonism entwine on dance floors echoing with the reverberations of decades past. From the industrial hum of Tresor’s vaults to the labyrinthine staircases and corridors of Renate and the hallowed halls of Berghain, the city’s nightlife…
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There is no appetite for grief So feed the faithless lullabies Soothe all our fears with sweetened words The rotten gospel you preach Emerging from the labyrinthine shadows of London, The Silent Era returns with Wide And Deep And Cold, an album that deftly grapples with the paradox of silence amid a cacophonous age. While…
As you pretend You are my friend I had to learn it was all a lie Letting go of deeply held religious beliefs feels akin to shedding a second skin, one that’s protected, constrained, and defined you. There is a raw, aching emptiness in losing the familiar rituals and doctrines that once anchored your world,…
Lost in the storm, no solace in healing Heartbreak bites deep, a bittersweet dance entwining our fragility and resilience. In the raw wreckage of love lost, we stumble upon truths often buried: the magnitude of our aching hearts, the wild wonder of affection, and the quiet grace of release. Here, in that ruinous ache, lies…
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This time I’m standing my ground They’re closing in all around When every second counts Pick your battles, push your luck and see The modern soul often feels worn and weary, dragged through the grime of a world teeming with manipulations and deceit. We walk roads paved with promises that crack and splinter underfoot, every…
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We are makers of masks, artisans of our own disguises, shaping and shading ourselves to be seen, accepted, or remembered. Each day, we slip into these façades, crafted with care, adjusting them to fit the world’s expectations. They are defenses and deceptions, polished to a shine, worn like armor. But when we leave this earth,…
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Here we are on a stakeout, stakeout I don’t see a way out, way out And if you’re bent to leave, you can go We wait all night, but relief doesn’t show In the heavy stillness of an unresolved moment, two souls find themselves trapped, tethered to indecision and an aching sense of suspense. The…
Glazyhaze, Italy’s youthful maestros of shoegaze and dreampop, summon melodies that pull listeners straight into the blissed-out haze of the early ’90s. Their sound brims with echoes of the Pixies’ punch, the Breeders’ raw energy, Slowdive’s soft waves, Throwing Muses’ sharp edges, and Liz Phair’s unfiltered charm. This quartet—Irene Moretuzzo, Lorenzo Dall’Armellina, Francesco Giacomin, and…
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Dark Disco presents the 3rd Annual Oddities Market, a feverish gathering of fierce performances and pounding DJ sets, all unfolding at The Hive in downtown Roseburg, OR, on Black Friday, November 29th. An event unlike any other, it merges dark electronic beats, offbeat artistry, and the restless pulse of the underground. The Hive will thrum…
Modern post-punk creatives Cyborg Amok are gearing up for a another go, this time bringing along an impressive ensemble of musical allies. Their highly anticipated album, *Pins & Needles*, marks their first full release in over two years and is set to deliver a visceral experience at the close of 2024. This time, the duo—Greg…
Siphonophores, those curious architects of the deep, drift through the endless expanse of oceanic blackness, each a patchwork of parts, a floating fellowship of forms, tied together in perfect unity. Like us, they consist of smaller beings — zooids, each with its calling: some snatch prey with stinging threads, others reproduce, some propel the whole…
In a world galloping forward on the steely wheels of technology, where shifting social tides leave old values gasping for relevance, the need to shatter stale norms grows fierce. Berlin’s XTR HUMAN doesn’t whisper for change; it punches through Brutalist walls, unleashing a primal scream that reverberates like a thunderclap in a quiet room. It’s…
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Sacred Hearts, an Australian post-punk act with a sound steeped in sacrilege and solemnity, summons the ghostly echoes of a bygone religious upbringing. At its core, vocalist June Gray channels the sepulchral imagery of her youth, weaving a soundscape as reverent as it is raw. The origin story of Sacred Hearts is rooted in serendipity,…
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Modern life thrums with contradictions—technology binds us yet leaves us lonelier, cities hum with opportunity yet stifle the spirit. We race toward progress, but our souls lag behind, heavy with unspoken burdens. The noise of existence, endless and inescapable, fractures our thoughts and frays our peace. We live among bright screens and dim connections, craving…
I would carry the torch if you could kindle the fire Could you lift me up, would you take me higher In the cold sprawl of our world today, souls drift like scattered leaves, aimless and unanchored, rustling but rarely meeting. Cities thrum with commerce, ambition, and an unending urgency, yet beneath the bright lights…
The day we’ll die, we’ll find a place among the stars. I will be with you a thousand years until the end of the days. I will be with you a thousand years until the end of time and its reverse. What else can one utter about a band named Dead. that their moniker doesn’t…
HealerRemove, from me the diseaseDo find a way to release,The Venom, the hatred, the rancor, the toxin, the anger The Healer, Sydney Valette’s seventh LP, dives headlong into the turbulent waters of toxic love, tracing its sharp edges—from abandonment and addiction to jealousy, despair, passion, and rage. It’s a vivid journey through the psyche of…
The masterminds behind Triton Festival and Dark Side of the Con, VampireFreaks, have unveiled the 2025 lineup for Dark Force Fest, scheduled to unfold from May 2nd to 4th at the Sheraton Parsippany. This year’s edition brings together a powerhouse roster of over 35 bands from the worlds of darkwave, industrial, goth, and post-punk, promising…
Surrender hope Silenced throat Twist your shape In shadows, I am opaque Even in the thickest darkness, when the world feels a maze of loss and longing, light threads its way through the black. It might glimmer like a whispered promise or linger like a distant, fragile star, but it’s there—stubborn and strong. Uncertainty carries…
We stare at each other Surrounded in awkwardness Face to face Do you even know my name? It doesn’t matter Sometimes, fandom results in beautiful synchronicity. Forged in the bleak, bone-chilling winter of early 2024, Indianapolis trio The Secrecy—Dustin Boltjes, Anthony Reitz, Jeff Wilson—has penned a love letter to the raw pulse of early post-punk,…
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Back-to-back With the spirit holy Imitated you for you to be. Today, two forces of nature, Peter Murphy and Boy George, release a heartfelt offering to a world craving solace. Let the Flowers Grow unfolds with stately elegance. Written by Boy George as a personal ode to acceptance, the song has blossomed into something greater,…
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Words that rot, infect and spread Rolling around inside my head All these diamonds in disguise White Knight I’m paralyzed Los Angeles alt-rock duo Mazarine, made up of Derrick Perry and Angie Kang, unleashed their Giallo-inspired music video for White Knight, a fresh release that brims with raw emotion. Formed in early 2024, Mazarine took…
Skater hits me harder You didn’t make the cut He throws me down After I get him up There is a chill to frivolous trysts, a kind of frosted dance where flesh meets – but souls never quite mingle. In contrast to romantic ballads and passionate professions of love and devotion, coldwave’s icy pulse ironically…
The first single from Kingdom Come, Normal Bias‘ debut LP, is everthing you’d expect: sensual—yet quirky—and entirely danceable. As the duo of Matt Weiner (TWINS) and Chris C (Multiple Man), Normal Bias seem nearly unstoppable with their LP that was released in October as a follow up to their self-titled EP, one that favored a…
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Black Cat on a fire throne says to show the failing in your bones Here we turn inside out or turn to stone These pearls are just old sand falling through my hand Black Cat says, “Careless be damned” On their fourth album, Black Cat, 8mm (Juliette Beavan, Sean Beavan, and Johnny Radtke) carve out…
Are these dead flowers? Is it dead bait? Are these sad lovers left to waste? Carl Jung understood that the soul’s depth, much like a landscape at dusk, is revealed by the light that dances on its edges. In his view, our brightest, most vivid insights arise not from light alone, but from the shadows…
Resuscitating, ascending Augmenting reality Which is why I’ve never felt so Alive Riding the waves of her acclaimed album Arcana (2022), American progressive darkwave artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist C Z A R I N A steps boldly forward with her third LP, Empire, released under the French-German gothic label darkTunes Music Group. Now rooted in…
Louisiana’s own The Links emerged from Lafayette’s sun-baked streets in the early 2010s, their sound a raw cut of Southern grit. But as the storm of the 2020s blew through, the band’s sonic palate expanded, pulling in a swirl of space-rock, surfy edges, and psychedelic textures that orbit a resolute post-punk core. It’s a brew…
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Decadence and seduction Oblivion is coming Deliver us from evil The Flowers of Destruction Revolution Above Disorder, led by Irish-born artist Stav White, is a Vancouver-based venture that breathes life into a mix of electronic post-punk, neo-psychedelia, and shoegaze. White’s music sways between hypnotic drones and honest melodies, driven by synths, drum machines, and layered,…
Toronto shoegaze outfit Rituals first stirred to life in 2009, a quiet experiment in Adam Seward’s small, dim room, where lo-fi post-punk and shoegaze simmered in shadows. As Seward spun these somber sounds, he drew in kindred spirits, cutting their teeth on dimly-lit stages, bleeding raw, restless energy into two releases: a self-titled EP in…
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Filled with fire Come to me Suspended with so much pleasure No matter how scared we may be To live in the present with love is to drink deeply from a fleeting cup, knowing full well it might be emptied by dawn. The heart yearns for permanence, yet there’s a kind of grace in savoring…
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