The line up for the 2019 edition of the A Murder of Crows NYC Goth & Post-punk Festival has been announced. The event takes place Saturday, August 31st – Sunday, September 1st, 2019 at the Brooklyn Bazaar in New York City. Blacklist (The Reunion Show) Ash Code Kælan Mikla Twin Tribes Fangs on Fur Ötzi The Hunt Ritual Veil Sonsombre The Long… Read more →
We begin 120 Volts #022 with post-punk band Ghostland – “Leave Behind (Hollow Moon)” off their debut album Dances On Walls on Manic Depression Records. We also have new and classic tracks from: Xeno & Oaklander, Boy Harsher, None, Ötzi, VR SEX, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Blac Kolor, Confines, Fixmer / McCarthy, Public Image Limited, Data Fragments, Stairwell H,… Read more →
BLACK LINE, the Los Angeles experimental industrial outfit of Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Bon Harris (Nitzer Ebb), Ken ‘hiwatt’ Marshall (Skinny Puppy) and musician, producer and engineer Cyrusrex have a new EP out 4/12/19. After releasing their 2017 album Treason, Sedition, and Subversive Activities, BLACK LINE supported Depeche Mode on their 2018 European tour and now release The Sedition EP,… Read more →
Seattle’s Tony D’Oporto darkwave / post-punk music project Suffering For Kisses has just released a new EP titled Love, Loss & Regret where he continues on the journey of creating the blend of coldwave synth tracks and dark new wave sounds that we were introduced to on his debut 2018 album Forever Waiting. We talk with Tony to learn more about his music, style and future… Read more →
Post-punk band Data Fragments provide a glimpse behind their music. Emerging from Athens, Greece, Data Fragments are a new wave / post-punk band consisting of Panos Dedepsidis (guitar/vocals), Stathis Leontiadis (bass/drum machines), and Panos Dimopoulos (synths/machines). Their debut self-titled album was released this past month. Just one listen to the new album and it is immediately clear this band have a nostalgic… Read more →
On May 15th, 2019 Mecanica Records will be releasing Communication 87-92 – a special selection of classic tracks and remixes by 80’s-90’s electronic / techno music project Robotiko Rejekto. Founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1987 by RaHen and Talla 2XLC, Communication 87-92 showcases an assortment of tracks including chart topping singles, “Umsturz Jetzt!” (1988) and “Confusion” (1989). The collection is available as 30-track… Read more →
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 →
