Near Dark, the Oakland-based record label, booking and festival head up by Gina Marie of post-punk trio Ötzi have announced the dates and line-up for the 3rd annual Near Dark Fest. The music festival is being held in Oakland, California September 12th – 14th and will feature Pink turns Blue (DE), The Vanishing (20 year anniversary & reunion), Hagar the Womb (UK) , Cemetery… Read more →
We start off 120 Volts #023 with three new title tracks, beginning with “New World” by FM Attack featuring Vandal Moon, “Plein Nord” by Xarah Dion, and “Disko Anksiyete” by She Past Away. The playlist also includes new and classic track by Depeche Mode, Palais Ideal, Blush Response, Pankow, Sonsombre, Virgin in Veil, Ghostland, Second Still, Cat Rapes Dog, X Marks The… Read more →
Swiss Dark Nights has announced the new HAPAX album Monade. The album features eight months of work to produce 10 brand new tracks including the single “Shining Lover” with a deeper and more sophisticated introspective sound from the band . Monade is available for pre-order via Bandcamp and will be released June 30th, it will be available in glassmaster CD (end of June) and dark-red… Read more →
She Past Away has released their new album Disko Anksiyete almost four years since Narin Yalnızlık. The 10-track album featuring their iconic 80’s influenced sound with songs about dance floor anxiety, desperation, and dilemmas is currently available via Bandcamp in digital format. Fabrika Records will be releasing the album on standard black vinyl, and as a limited-edition of hand-numbered 1000 copies in clear red and clear… Read more →
Metropolis Records will soon be releasing Dark Nouveau – a 24-track compilation of tracks bringing together a diverse group of goth, darkwave, industrial, post-punk, and synthwave bands. The digital release is dedicated to the late songwriter and producer Scott Walker. The compilation is available for pre-order via Bandcamp at https://metropolisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dark-nouveau and will be available across all digital and steaming outlets on June 21, 2019.… Read more →
The Rope, alternative rock / post-punk band from Minneapolis, have released their debut full-length album Lillian. With musical influences of the late 70s and early 80s including Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, and the Cure – the band delivers a well-rounded LP following their 2011 and 2015 EP’s. Made up of Jesse Hagon (vocals), Michael Browning (guitar), Sam Richardson (bass), and Ben… Read more →
Red Maze Records from Brussels, Belgium is set to release the second compilation of the WAVES radio show hosted by Fernando Wax and Phil Blackmarquis – who select and play new, exclusive and unreleased gems from favorite bands and artists in the wave / post-punk / synth / electro / ambient styles. The 12-track album will be out May 15th in digital… Read more →
Artoffact Records has released Artoffact Records 2019 – a new compilation available today via bandcamp at name-your-price. The 31-track collection features music from a wide variety of artist including Actors, Kælan Mikla, The Foreign Resort, Apoptygma Berzerk, cEvin KEy, Front Line Assembly, Cyberaktif, Ritualz, Rational Youth, Ötzi, Bootblacks and many more. Artoffact Records 2019 by Artoffact Records 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 →
