Following 2022’s Rough Dimension LP, Noel Skum – aka Andrew Clinco of Drab Majesty – made the radical leap of expanding his psychedelic post-punk vehicle VR SEX into a fully collaborative five-piece band. To christen the new group’s camaraderie, they booked a block of studio time in Glassell Park, swapped skeletal iPhone demos, and “did that classic thing of a… Read more →
Brooklyn independent record label Sacred Bones Records has announced mail-order exclusive vinyl versions of a very special compilation, Early Singles (1981-1982), a map of the foundational movements of Xmal Deutschland, just seconds before takeoff. This compilation contains all the songs from the Schwarze Welt and Incubus Succubus singles, plus bonus tracks, “Kaelbermarsch” and a gritty live version of “Allein,” which… Read more →
This January the NYC event and label SYNTHICIDE that began as a Sunday happy hour at Bossa Nova Civic Club turns 10 and celebrates its anniversary with 4 EVENTS, 3 NIGHTS, 3 VENUES. DJ sets and performances will be held at Bossa Nova Civic Club, St. Vitus, and Good Room. Date details from SYNTHICIDE X and ticket links are listed… Read more →
Sextile are now ready to rage with a serotonin-boosting new album, a new group dynamic, faster BPMs, and an even wilder new direction. Recorded in Yucca Valley, Push bounces and bops at the fringes of hardcore dance music, with the hallmarks of drum & bass, gabber and trance illuminating the record like glow sticks at a ‘90s Fantazia rave. Push… Read more →
On World Goth Day (May 22), Psychic Eye Records released Altar of Shadows, a genre-defining deathrock compilation curated by Winter Zora. The compilation presents a continuum of active bands spanning the past four decades, from deathrock’s earliest days through the current era. Featuring California deathrock pioneers Gitane Demone Quartet (anchor member of Christian Death), the UK’s rebellious Rubella Ballet, Japan’s… Read more →
Canadian dark indie duo TRAITRS have released a new music video for ‘Ghost and The Storm’, the final single to be released ahead of their much-anticipated album Horses In The Abattoir. Based in Toronto, the duo of Sean-Patrick Nolan and Shawn Tucker blend post-punk, goth, and alternative to form their dark music. “Ghost and the Storm’ is exactly that –… Read more →
Los Angeles post-punk band VR SEX have a new EP due April 30th – the 4-track EP Cyber Crimes is available for pre-order in several vinyl versions and digital download via Bandcamp. You can now listen to “Minor Case” off the EP. The band writes, No one is exempt from the world wide web of destruction. A once -innocent digital… Read more →
Boston post-punk band Dame are back with a new self-titled EP exhibiting a fast garage-punk/hardcore sound. The new 7-track EP is out on Virginia indie Beach Impediment Records and is a follow-up to their previous self-titled EP on Charm School Records from 2017. The band will be donating proceeds from the new record to the F2L Relief Fund from now… Read more →
Washington, D.C. independent record label Dischord Records has made its full catalog free to stream. Founded and co-owned by Fugazi vocalist Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, both 58, of Minor Threat in 1980, the punk label has made its entire discography free to stream on Bandcamp in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the Dischord Records Bandcamp page for a… Read more →
Artoffact Records will be presenting its first SXSW label showcase this year on March 20th at Valhalla in Austin, Texas. In anticipation of the event they have released a 7-track compilation featuring a sampling by headlinders Kælan Mikla, Actors, Cloud Rat, as well as The Foreign Resort, Ötzi, Bootblacks, and Devours. The collection is available as a digital download at… Read more →
