Four years after their debut album My Ego Is Bigger than Yours (2021), the Romagna-based band Edna Frau is back with their new release, Slow Be Gentle, I’m Virgin, out on June 20, 2025, via 22 Dicembre Records. For this album, Andrea Fioravanti (Postvorta) and Vincenzo “Vins” Baruzzi (The Doormen), the duo behind the project, dive deeper into the darker… Read more →
The 32nd Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025 is soon upon us and will be from 06th June 2025 until 09th June 2025 in Leipzig/Germany. Hopefully you have planned to be there – and if you are like me, you are busy figuring out what bands you want to see. With 199 bands confirmed it can be daunting. The new official app WGT Kompaß… Read more →
CYLiX is a dark/synth pop band based in Athens/Greece consisting of Harry G (vocals), plasmaG (keyboards) and Elias C.(drums). CYLiX have released one full album alpha and they have taken part in various compilations such as Dark Alliance vol. 4 (Germany), Modern Synthpop vol.1 and vol.2 (USA), Zillo Dark Summer (Germany). The debut album, mastered by Len Lemeire (ex- Front… Read more →
Fernando Honorato, the acclaimed singer and songwriter of Swedish post-punk band Principe Valiente, will release his debut solo album Center of Your World on June 13th. Released under the new moniker Fernando’s Eyes, the album will be available digitally as well as on CD and vinyl via Aenaos Records (Germany) and Icy Cold Records (France). Center of Your World finds… Read more →
Lebanon Hanover have announced a 2025 and 2026 tour of the US and Canada. Ticket are on sale at https://lnk.bio/LHUSACAN ———— 2025 ———— 10/20 – NYC, NY – @lprnyc 10/21 – NYC, NY – @lprnyc 10/22 – Washington DC, WA – @blackcatdc 10/23 – Raleigh, NC – @thepourhouse 10/24 – Atlanta, GA – @varietyplayhouse @speakeasypromo 10/25 – Tampa, FL –… Read more →
Qual has announce a combined US and Canada Tour for 2025. For tickets visit https://linktr.ee/Qual September 24 – Montreal – Bar Le Ritz PDB September 25 – Toronto – The Garrison September 26 – Philadelphia – Johnny Brenda’s September 27 – Atlanta – The Drunken Unicorn September 29 – Dallas – Three Links October 1 – Austin – Elysium October… Read more →
UK darkwave duo, PALINDRONES have announced the release of their latest full-length album, Chapter Two: The Slender Blade. The album is preceded by the single “Animus” which was released in February. Chapter Two: The Slender Blade is the next part of the story which began in 2023 with the album, Chapter One: With Fearful Velocity, a mythical science fiction tale centered around humankind’s first contact… Read more →
Having issued ‘Let The Flowers Grow’ (a surprise duet with Boy George) as a standalone single in late 2024, original post-punk icon Peter Murphy followed it in mid-February with ‘Swoon’, a majestic slice of synth-punk/funk that also served as a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for his fans. ‘The Artroom Wonder’ is available as a brand new single from today (21st… Read more →
Sacred Bones Records has announced a very special boxset that 4AD are releasing. Xmal Deutschland’s Gift: The 4AD Years is available for pre-order in a 3xLP Transparent Red Vinyl edition, housed in a red slipcase with a 24-page booklet, out on May 09. The extraordinary impact Xmal Deutschland had upon British audiences in the early Eighties is difficult to convey… Read more →
Propter Hoc just announced Seduction and Betrayal. The main thread that weaves through this album is the idea of the physical, of being present and being embodied, of culture as experienced through physical objects like photographs, books, clothing, and through physical activity like dancing. We are all bodies in motion, expressive, attracted, compelled, seduced, and sometimes, betrayed. Meanwhile the digital… Read more →
