DIY label Velouria Recordz based in Montreal, Canada has released Northern Noise Volume 1, a compilation of post-punk, shoegaze, new wave, and dark-wave bands artists from the province of Québec. The 20-track album is available via Bandcamp as digital download at name-your-price. Northern Noise Vol. I (V/A) by Velouria Recordz Read more →
Los Angeles post-punk band Second Still have announced a new album – Violet Phase. You can hear the first single , “New Violet” now. Written in the winter of 2018-19 in Joshua Tree and Idyllwild, California the new album sees Second Still evolving their sound and progressing forward into uncharted sonic territory. The album will be released May 17, 2019 and pre-ordering is now available for… Read more →
Fine Cult is the musical project spearheaded by Illinois native Luke Woodson – with extensive influences including The Cure, Slowdive, and The Legendary Pink Dots, Love & Rockets, Bryan Ferry, Skinny Puppy, and The Soft Moon – Woodson has crafted a sound that gives off elements of post-punk, shoegaze, alternative rock, gothic, and dream pop. On his newly released album Essentially (Black Album)… Read more →
NYC / Brooklyn electronic artist and DJ David Castillo also known as Confines (as well as Primitive Weapons vocalist, member of White Widows Pact, and principal partner at Saint Vitus Bar) has a new 3-track EP Geography of Nowhere 1 due April 4, 2019 featuring pounding dance floor industrial-techno sounds. You can listen to the first track “Easy Veins” and pre-order… Read more →
Under The Skin have released their second album Negative. The Polish post-punk band deliver a great selection of coldwave and minimal synth sounds across six tracks. N E G A T I V E by undertheskin The band will be touring in Europe to promote the album on the following dates: Saturday 20 April 2019 Kalte Sterne Festival 2019 Das… Read more →
Out of Berlin comes a new electronic project by “two lost boys making music” called Desolation Years. Their new 4-track EP of the same name delivers a great darkwave and post-punk sound. Desolation Years is available now via Bandcamp. Desolation Years by Desolation Years Read more →
Danish post-punk trio from Copenhagen The Foreign Resort will release their next full length album Outnumbered on Artoffact Records April 5th, preceded by the single and music video by the same name and followed up with shows and festival appearances in Europe and North America throughout 2019. The band combines the shadowy mysticism of The Cure’s Pornography era with a driving… Read more →
Swedish gothic rock band Brotherhood from the city of Eskilstuna have released their latest album In The Violet Hour featuring nine songs that showcase the intention to create a classic and timeless album. Recorded in their own Spider Studio the album is dark, deep, melancholic with epic soundscapes utilizing chorus bass, melodic synthesizers, and raw guitars creating a modern gothic rock sound based on the roots of goth… Read more →
Baltimore-based Blackmask Records has released the newest album by Swedish post-punk trio The Secret French Postcards – the 10-track album titled Contradictions is great addition to the genre. Contradictions is available via the Blackmask Records Bandcamp page. Also check out the bands extensive self-releases on The Secret French Postcards Bandcamp page. Contradictions by The Secret French Postcards Read more →
Reconverb is the cold-wave / post-punk / ambient-instrumental solo project by Helge Vammen from Aarhus, Denmark. Having been inspired by the eclectic and a love for 70’s and 80’s synth sounds including Kraftwerk and Jarre – Reconverb has a new 5-track EP titled Heraldik which includes a S Y Z Y G Y X vocal remix on the track “Odd Birds”. The release made… Read more →
