Oakland, California deathrock / post-punk band ESSES have announced the release of their new album Bloodletting for the Lonely due August 6, 2021. Bloodletting for the Lonely is recorded and mixed by Skot B. at Kempton House, Oakland and is available for pre-order via Bandcamp as a digital download, standard 12″ vinyl, limited release vinyl, as well as a limited… Read more →
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 →
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 →
Los Angeles post-punk band VR SEX have a new EP due April 30th – the 4-track EP Cyber Crimes is available for pre-order in several vinyl versions and digital download via Bandcamp. You can now listen to “Minor Case” off the EP. The band writes, No one is exempt from the world wide web of destruction. A once -innocent digital… Read more →
Drab Majesty’s first ever release was the 2012 self-released cassette tape Unarian Dances. Originally limited to 100 copies, tracks from this tape would eventually make their way onto the Completely Careless CD collection as bonus cuts along with the 2015 Dais Records debut, the Unknown to the I cassette. Now these songs are finally available on vinyl in 45 RPM… 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 →
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 →
