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Bootblacks - Thin Skies

Bootblacks – Thin Skies Giveaway

Bootblacks are gearing up for the release of their fourth album Thin Skies on Artoffact Records, which has been produced with help from Jason Corbett of the band ACTORS. The first single is the title-track and it will be out July 3rd. To celebrate the group is giving away a package of delightful merchandise. All kinds of goodies in a… Read more →

Mayflower Madame - Prepared For A Nightmare

Mayflower Madame – Prepared For A Nightmare

Norwegian post-punk band Mayflower Madame new album Prepared For A Nightmare is now available on CD and vinyl. Their debut LP Observed In A Dream (2016) earned them excellent reviews and tours in both North America and Europe, now their second LP sees the band delving even deeper into their own distinctive blend of psych-noir and post-punk while also including… Read more →

Bandcamp Effort To Support Racial Equality

Bandcamp Effort To Support Racial Equality

Next Friday, June 19th (from midnight to midnight Pacific Time), Bandcamp is donating 100% of its share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice organization with a long history of effectively enacting change through litigation, advocacy, and public education. This is in support of all those rightfully demanding justice, equality, and change, and people of color… Read more →

Surviving in Europe 17-20 - VA

Surviving in Europe 17-20 – VA

Italian independent record label based in Berlin, She Lost Kontrol, has released its second compilation in the series – Surviving in Europe 17-20 featuring works by The NE-21, Piska Power, Bop+lksmn, Le Chocolat Noir, How Green Is My Toupee, Mother Juno, Autumns, Savage Grounds, Silent EM, Celldöd, Mind&Flesh, Strangers For Love, Blind Delon & Black Egg, Huren, Kris Baha, Raw… Read more →

Clan Of Xymox - Spider On The Wall

Clan Of Xymox – Spider On The Wall

Clan Of Xymox have announced their new album Spider On The Wall due July 24, 2020 on Metropolis Records for the U.S. and available for pre-order via Bandcamp. The album is an artistic triumph for the band. Dark & intimate, while masterfully exploring signature dark electro-gothic sound that has made the act adored around the world. Spider On The Wall… Read more →

She Past Away - X

She Past Away – X

Post-punk band She Past Away is set to release their new album X, featuring 22-tracks of remixes. The new album celebrates a decade of music with collaborations by influential acts and emerging artists on the current dark-wave and post-punk scene, including The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, Front 242, Lebanon Hanover, Clan of Xymox, FM Attack, Antipole & Paris Alexander, QUAL,… Read more →

Vandal Moon Black Kiss

Vandal Moon Is Back With Black Kiss

Vandal Moon is back with a new album, Black Kiss, featuring 10-tracks that bring us uptempo synths as well dark electronic rhythms that showcase the influence of the new wave, post-punk, synthpop and darkwave scenes of the early 80s and of bands like The Cure, The Chameleons, New Order, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy and The… Read more →

New & Classic Tracks: 120 Volts #025

New & Classic Tracks: 120 Volts #025

120 Volts #025 – A new playlist featuring a special selection of music starting with “Dead” – a new track off Vandal Moon’s latest album Black Kiss, “Alone” by Forever Grey, and “Insecurity” by Neon Lies. Also included on the playlist are new and classic tracks by NNHMN, The Human League, Hante., Max Durante, Ministry, Cervello Elettronico, Blush Response, Kraftwerk,… Read more →

Apple Logic Pro X

Apple Updates Logic Pro X

Apple today unveiled a major update to Logic Pro X with a professional version of Live Loops, a completely redesigned sampling workflow, and new beat-making tools. With its collection of powerful creative features, Logic Pro X 10.5 will be a massive release for all musicians, including those producing electronic music. The new Logic has new features that add powerful creative… Read more →

Dischord Records

Stream Entire Dischord Catalog Free

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 →