NYC post-punk artist Jean Lorenzo, known as Silent EM has released his first LP – The Absence. Lorenzo played guitar and bass in post-punk and punk bands and his solo project Silent EM is influenced by 80’s French coldwave and he creates his music with synthesizers and drum machines. The new album is available on Fire or Stone vinyl version pressed on high-quality 180-gram… 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… 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… More
Mannequin Records synth / new wave project Void Vision, headed by Philadelphia producer Shari Vari, have a new music video out today for the track “Body Says” from the upcoming album The Other due later in 2019. Directed by Hanna Hamilton + Floor Eleven the video features eerie and comedic characters moving along the pulsing electronic track. Void Vision will also begin a… 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,… 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 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… 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 More
Reconverb is the cold-wave / post-punk / ambient-instrumental solo project by Helge Vammen from Aarhus, Denmark. Having been inspired by the eclectic and a love for 70’s and 80’s synth sounds including Kraftwerk and Jarre – Reconverb has a new 5-track EP titled Heraldik which includes a S Y Z Y G Y X vocal remix on the track “Odd Birds”. The release made… More
There is a new release out from Glaring – the experimental / post-punk / coldwave solo project started in October 2018 by Anna Nin, who also produces her other music project under the name NONE. The new Glaring album L’enfer, c’est les autres is being distributed on limited-edition cassette by German label Squall Recordings and features ten dark ambient tracks and is… More
