Sacramento Shoegazers Soft Science Make Room for Less in Video for “Without,” Highlighting Their Fifth Album, “Sand”
The mind can be a terribly indulgent landlord: old arguments settle in, borrowed expectations take the best room, and worry renews its lease without ever paying a cent. After a…
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Multimedia Artist and Synth Chanteuse Carmen Burguess Returns with Alluring Single “El Mar”
Porque no vienes a buscarme? Por qué me ignoran así? Me niegan el sol y el mar… Over the course of their nearly 20-year-long tenure, Argentinian (by way of Berlin)…
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Death Becomes Her — An Interview With Trve Darkwave Artist Die Tödin on Her Self-Titled Compilation via Heartworm Press
“It is about hiding nothing” German grammar gives death a masculine identity, an administrative decision Die Tödin has taken the liberty of correcting. With an arresting voice, a fine ear…
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ZEU Turns Industrial Decay into Coal-Stained Gothic Rock on “Blind Among the Rust” and “Beyond Life and Death”
We all want something better, bright and shiny dust. Fake names to hide within, blind among the rust Northeastern Pennsylvania has always seemed peculiarly suited to its own species of…
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“A Message From the Stars” — Milan Art-Rock Quartet October Put Love on Ice in Their Video for “Universe”
Silence has a talent for passing itself off as peace. Two people can share a room, exchange the necessary pleasantries, and conduct an entire argument without troubling the air between…
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Baltimore Electro-Industrial Duo Pygmy Children Revisit Their Earliest Recordings on “Malignant : Redux”
There is a particular kind of youthful ambition that treats a synthesizer’s limitations as somebody else’s problem. If the arrangement feels crowded, another drum track might settle the argument; if…
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Berlin EBM Artist XTR HUMAN Confronts the Digital Masquerade on New Single “Fake”
Being yourself has become a surprisingly laborious business. The photograph needs editing, the opinion needs prompting, and loneliness must be presented to resemble an enviable evening. A social media profile…
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Italian Darkwavers Soft Scent Arrive Late to the Funeral Party in Video for “No Flowers in June”
“Some endings don’t wait They arrive before you do” There is a peculiar humiliation in realizing that a relationship has ended while you were still making plans for it. Familiar…
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Bad Decisions Bite Back in New England Darkwave Trio Ghost Painted Sky’s Video for “Kissing Lions”
Turn it off, this channel’s boring, see? This is not how my life was supposed to be So I take this poison inside of me There is a delicious stupidity…
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“Bathing You in My Desire” — Gloria de Oliveira Finds Passion in St. Pauli in Her Video for “Sacred Hearts”
I had hoped to be seen by you Unbroken gaze like a sweet arrow Could you ever feel my eyes on you Bathing you in my desire Desire has a…
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