Peter Hook, bassist of New Order describes how “Blue Monday” the best-selling 12-inch single in music history managed to lose $100,000. The single was released 40 years ago, on March 7, 1983 and to this day it holds the record as the top-selling 12-inch single in recording history. Peter Hook explains that it all came down to indie label Factory… Read more →
Kill Shelter & Death Loves Veronica’s first multimedia collaborative work, provocatively entitled The Sex Tape Sessions, has been leaked early. Various pre-release bootleg cassettes and VHS tapes are now in circulation ahead of the official release which is scheduled for Friday March 17th. The Sex Tape Sessions EP includes two new tracks as well as two remixes of material from… Read more →
Happy 24/2 Day! We made it to another 24/2 Day and the opportunity to celebrate Electronic Body Music (EBM) and the band Front 242. Here is a full show recording of Front 242 performing live at Kåren in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 26,1987 restored from VHS by YouTube channel Kompakt Mode. Front 242 setlist: Agressiva Rerun Time Master Hit No… Read more →
UK band The Nightmares have announced their debut album, Séance, set for release April 7th on Equal Vision Records and Venn Records (UK/EU). Centered around recurring themes of death, love and mourning, The Nightmares create a dark, yet hopeful noir pop sound. Today, the quartet have released their anti-Valentine’s single, the fittingly-named “Heartless.” Showcasing their goth and post-punk influences, the track has a seemingly melancholic demeanor with tranquil vocals… Read more →
Los Angeles-based Johnathan Mooney and Stockholm’s Christian Granquist otherwise known as the Trans-Atlantic post-punk project, Johnathan|Christian have released their latest EP, Strip Me and music video for the title track. The EP tells a story through a trilogy of songs, “Strip Me,” “Sway Back” and “This Too”. The topics addressed in the trilogy include acknowledging the fear of rejection, love’s often finite nature,… Read more →
Ultra Sunn have announced their third EP Kill Your Idols which will be released on record label Fleisch. The Belgian EBM sensation has hardened the tone and planted the flag of a new generation that thirsts to write its own history. The tracks offer a fierce reflection on our time with the desire to make a clean sweep of the… Read more →
SwissDarkNights label has released the limited edition 4xCD Collectors’ Box Spiritual Bats: Origins and Transmutations that includes tracks originally released by the various line-ups of Italian gothic rockers Spiritual Bats from 1993 to 1998. The tracks are remastered versions of early band releases, an unreleased band rehearsal tape, and a remixed and re-mastered version of the Sacrament EP. All with… Read more →
German synthpop band Beborn Beton have just released their new single “Dancer in the Dark” with an accompanying new music video, which serves as a mere taste of their long-awaited forthcoming album Darkness Falls Again slated for release in March on Dependent Records. This new album will be Beborn Beton’s first since they returned to the limelight with their most successful… Read more →
We begin 2023 with a new release that is out today – an Antipole remix of Vandal Moon’s song “Sunlight” – a track taken from the album Queen Of The Night released last year. The remix has been produced by Pedro Code of IAMTHESHADOW. Vandal Moon, the darkwave/synthpop duo hailing from Santa Cruz, California, are one of the most prolific… Read more →
For the second round of the SYNTHICIDE split EP series, two projects merge together on a release that combine opposing perspectives on EBM music. Welcome Klack versus Inconscio Viola. Side A boasts three tracks from the United States duo, Klack. Known for their aggressive and gritty productions (with a release on Berlin’s Detriti Records), Matt Fanale and Eric Oehler offer… Read more →
