Bleib Modern & M!R!M have announced their Autumn Tour 2021 set to begin in late October through November with dates in Germany, Austria, and France. This will be the first time Bleib Modern get the chance to play their new tracks live. M!R!M is also separately embarking on performing live alongside Kill Your Boyfriend beginning later this month. The Autumn… Read more →
Wave Tension Records has released Studio Session, the first live recording LP by German post-punk duo Suir. Formed in 2016 in Cologne, Denis Wanic and Lucia Seiss produce atmospheric guitar and synth driven tracks that interplay coldwave and dark psychedelia. Currently at work on the beginning stages of their third album, the live Studio Session was the result of the… Read more →
British indie rock band Desperate Journalist from London, formed in 2013 have released ‘Fault’ the first single taken from their new album Maximum Sorrow! Due July 2, 2021 on Fierce Panda Records, Maximum Sorrow! is available in several vinyl limited editions as well as CD and can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp. Maximum Sorrow! by Desperate Journalist Read more →
A Cloud of Ravens is the duo of Beth (bass guitar) and Matthew (guitar/vocals) signed with American independent label Cleopatra Records to issue their new 10-track offering Another Kind of Midnight, out March 16, 2021. Formed by children of the ’70s and ’80s – longtime proponents of underground culture, Brooklyn, NY’s A Cloud of Ravens weave arcane tales of love,… Read more →
Die in the Disco hosted by Yami Spechie presents via YouTube its first free online festival for which it has summoned the best talents of Darkwave, New Wave, Post-Punk, Synthpop and where you can enjoy exclusive videos and unreleased songs live. The transmission will simulate a virtual party where you can enter a zoom link and be able to see… Read more →
Electronic musician, synthesist, producer, composer, and guitarist Jeff Burchett wrote and recorded Ashes & Equilibrium for the 2021 RPM Challenge (www.rpmchallenge.com), between February 1, 2021 and February 10, 2021 and the resulting 10-track album was mixed and mastered by him at The Cat Mansion in Clifton, VA. The album is influenced by current events as well as fantasy and fiction… Read more →
Independent alternative music label Wave Records has released The End Is The Beginning – the debut album from Norwegian post-punk band Mirror of Haze. The band was formed in 2020 by Vadym Markov who also produced and mixed the album in Oslo – the release represents the mood of the months of living in a pandemic-world with musical influences reminiscent… Read more →
Post-punk / darkwave artists Twin Tribes have a new release due April 9th, 2021 of their remix album Altars, featuring work by Ash Code, She Past Away, Bootblacks, Wingtips, and others. Altars will be released through Negative Gain (North America), Manic Depression Records (France), and Young & Cold Records (Germany) on CD, Vinyl, and digitally. Preview and pre-order via Bandcamp. MD138 – TWIN TRIBES “Altars”… Read more →
BMG will reissue Quiet Life by Japan on March 5th 2021 featuring a brand new Abbey Road half-speed remaster of the original album, alt mixes, b-sides, singles, rarities and live material – including the sought after ‘lost’ Live at Budokan show from March 1980 previously only available as the 4 track EP Live in Japan. The album is available for… Read more →
Paris-based Manic Depression Records has assembled Bipolar Sounds 2020 – a free (pay-as-you-like) compilation that gathers one song of each of its 2020 releases. The 15-track Bipolar Sounds 2020 is available via Bandcamp. Bipolar Sounds 2020 by Manic Depression Records Tracklist: 01 Selfishadows “Time to Change” Taken from MD130 Again 02 Velvet Kills “Bitch Face” Taken from MD120 Bodhi Labyrinth… Read more →