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Darkwave/Synth-Punk collaborative music project Silent Figures has dropped a stirring cover version of the legendary Roky Erickson’s ‘Goodbye Sweet Dreams.’ The project is led by Oakland-based musician and DJ Davey Bones (bassist of The Ink Bats and founder of The Hanging Garden dance party and radio show). Largely electronic, Silent Figures explores themes of isolation and personal turmoil […]
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio release a new album “Nihilist Notes” today and share a new single ‘I remember, the perpetual Search for the Meaning in Nothing’. “Nihilist Notes” is dark, oppressive, and raw. It’s a deceleration of war orchestrated by drums and horns rather than guitars and pianos as we are used […]
Electric Valley Records presents desert riders Electric Mountain’s new record, “Valley Giant”, due out digitally and on vinyl (four variants) on 27 May 2022. Emerged from Mexico City in 2013, Electric Mountain teems with the ‘70s haze and the ‘90s desert/stoner hardness. The power trio exults in fuzzy guitars, thunderous drums, and thick dirty bass […]
Black Lion Records presents IATT’s anticipated 3rd full-length, “Magnum Opus”, which comes May 27 on CD and Digital formats. Upon their formation in 2008, IATT (pronounced “eye at”; formerly known as I Am The Trireme) quickly began to heave their mass out of the dark abyss and shape themselves into a great leviathan […]
Italian-based Darkwave duo Iamnoone has just released their new digital single ‘The Need’. The song is taken from their successful latest album “Dead Season” (released in November 2021) and comes with the brand new b-side “The Edge of the World”. The single is accompanied by an atmospheric video. “‘The Need’ crawls under our skins like […]
Avant group Hifiklub has shared a new track, ‘Weird Five,’ featuring the legendary Iggor Cavalera (MixHell, Cavalera Conspiracy, Pet Brick, co-founder of Sepultura). The song is a part of the French trio’s audio-visual collaboration, “ScorpKlub I & II Original Soundtracks”, with the Montreal animator James Kerr (Scorpion Dagger). The double-sided record — which features Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone […]
Alternative Rock legends The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a 32-date North American tour. Jane’s Addiction are set to be the supporting act. The Smashing Pumpkins’ most recent album, “Cyr”, came out in 2020 via Sumerian. The tour will begin in October in Dallas, TX, and will conclude one month later at the Hollywood Bowl […]
Post-Rock band Æon Spoke is now releasing their debut album digitally. A vinyl counterpart will be released at a later date by Season of Mist. In the meantime, the record can be streamed and downloaded exclusively via Bandcamp. In conjunction, the band is now sharing a music video for the song ‘Emmanuel.’ […]
Alira Mun returns with another masterfully crafted release, this time in the form of her deep electronic single ‘Eclipsa,’ wherein massive synths run roughshod through a frenetic arrangement. The Romanian artist appeals to emotive yet dancefloor-friendly vibes, opening with a cathartic, robotic sound slowly being accompanied by soulful vocals belting our […]
‘The Failure Of Stiff, Tired Friends’ is the second single off Yoo Doo Right’s upcoming full-length, “A Murmur, Boundless To The East“, scheduled for June 10th, 2022 via Mothland. Today, right before the band kicks off to play the first live show on their upcoming European tour in about a week, Yoo Doo Right revealed […]