The COLD WAVES IX music festival has been announced for September 24-26, 2021 – September 24 AT 7 PM EDT – SEP 26 AT 12:45 PM EDT featuring: FRONT 242 | CLIPPING. | STABBING WESTWARD | CONSOLIDATED | YOUTH CODE | DALEK | ACTORS | BOOTBLACKS | BARKER+CONNELLY: LUXAPAN | KORINE | PROVOKER | ODONIS ODONIS | WINGTIPS | FEE… Read more →
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 →
The Gothicat Festival #6 will be held this Saturday May 1st at 4PM ET (New York) / 10PM European Time (Rome) – the online streaming event features 3 hours of performances by darkwave / goth bands including: SHE PAST AWAY – QUAL – EMPATHY TEST – TOBIAS BERNSTRUP – ELECTROFOREZ – ASH CODE – HAPAX – NÜRNBERG – CREUX LIES… 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 →
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 →
Swedish post-punk band The Secret French Postcards have released two tracks from their upcoming new album Colours due December 11th on Cold Transmission Music. The third album by the band features 10-tracks that are inspired by punk/post punk/new wave and the goth scene from the early 80’s. Colours will be available in CD and in red-transparent or black limited-edition vinyl… Read more →
Almost 25 years since their last full-length album, iconic post-punk band The Wake present their much-anticipated album Perfumes and Fripperies. The Wake are Troy Payne, Rich Witherspoon, James TramelandDaniel C. Formed in the mid-80 in Columbus, OH and a fixture in the early- to mid-90s goth rock scene, The Wake are re-emerging with a new offering, almost 25 years since… Read more →
Bootblacks have released their 9-track melodic post-punk album Thin Skies today, this is also their first LP for Artoffact Records. The new album is produced by Jason Corbett of Artoffact labelmates ACTORS, and the band’s Bandcamp page describes Thin Skies as, “…evoking scenes of dark days and reckless nights in the urban jungle – a marriage of post-punk emotion and… Read more →
