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Lisbon heavy post-punk/industrial ensemble LOUVADO ABISMO has announced the details of their self-titled album, scheduled for 31 May via Half Beast Records on vinyl/digital with a CD release to follow. As the first preview from the album, the band shares ‘Corrida Lenta,’ the album’s third track. Despite being a new formation, LOUVADO ABISMO […]
VUUR & ZIJDE (“Fire & Silk”) present ‘Zusterzon’ as the first single taken from the Dutch blackened post-punk outfit’s debut full-length “Boezem”, which has been scheduled for release on July 12, 2024. “Perpetual images dance like a dervish above the clouds, set to driving drums and lilting guitars”, guitarist and keyboarder Nicky write. “A sudden quickening of bonded hearts – moving out […]
For nearly a decade as a music journalist, I’ve been fortunate enough to witness the evolution of countless bands and artists. Now I’m thrilled to share a few thoughts on “A Tiger Walks The Streets” by the British post-punk band Supercaan. Describing Supercaan’s music to the average passerby is impossible, […]
‘80s L.A. post-punk/industrial band SAVAGE REPUBLIC is set to release “Live in Wrocław January 7, 2023”, their first live album in many years, on 23 January 2024. This multichannel live recording documents the feral power and passion of a seasoned band at its zenith, capturing not only the legendary energy of SAVAGE REPUBLIC’s live […]
A project concept formed in 2021, BUTTERFLY BULLDOZER is a story of space travel energized by the post-punk and psychedelic sounds of Captain Fuzz, 0B-1, Zarkor, Rocket, and Professor Tricks aboard the spaceship. Ranging from the modern groove of Squid and the loudness of Slift to the noisy pop of Pond, […]
‘Where Does a Body End?’ is an intimate portrait of the band SWANS, from their roots as a brutal, confrontational post-punk band that emerged from the same early 1980s era NYC that gave us Sonic Youth (and, somehow, Madonna) through their ill-fated bid at mainstream success in the 90s indie-rock gold rush, […]
YEARS OF DENIAL is the alter-face of French musician/DJ/producer Jerome Tcherneyan and Czech performance artist/DJ Barkosina Hanusova. Their music is known for its moody, atmospheric, and hypnotic soundscapes, driven by distorted, echoey vocals, pulsing beats, and brooding synth melodies. The band’s lyrics often revolve around isolation, despair, addiction, and mental […]
A few weeks after the official release of the album “MASQUERADE“, Swiss alternative-rock / post-punk/ industrial duo Grey Lips shared an animated video illustrating the song ‘Constrained’. Grey Lips is a duo composed of Perrine Berger (Adieu Gary Cooper, Perrine 3000) and Matthieu Hardouin (Zatokrev, Impure Wilhelmina, Fallan, Hateful Monday, Orchestre tout puissant Marcel Duchamps), playing […]
It seems like whenever I try to sum up 4 Beat Grace exactly – and I’ve tried several times – ultimately, I fail. The Zurich-based band not only covers the post-punk genre but dives deep into the possibilities of all sounds microtonal. That implies applying their extraordinary technique to alternative […]
UK-based artist Kill Shelter has recently unveiled a beautifully melancholic yet powerful new album, “Asylum.” With influences ranging from alternative, post-punk, darkwave, and contemporary electronica, alluding to the classic sonorities of Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, or New Order, Kill Shelter spuns into an even more fantastic creative direction. While […]