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 →
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 →
