California Synth-Pop Artist Matthew Nowhere Releases Luminous “Crystal Heights” LP — Watch Video for “Transforming” Featuring Lunar Twin
Matthew Nowhere, hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area and now residing amidst the verdant tranquility of Nevada County’s Sierra Mountains, presents his radiant debut album, Crystal Heights. A sonic…
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Happy When it Rains — Nick Cave, New Order, Go-Go’s and More Shine at Cruel World Festival 2025
Cruel World Festival, now in its fourth iteration, returned triumphantly to the lush grounds of Pasadena’s Brookside Golf Course at the Rose Bowl this past Saturday. Settling comfortably into its…
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Parisian Post-Punk Artist Anton Combines “Glacier” and “Volcan” EPs into Full-Length Release
Parisian darkwave prophet Anton Steinbock surges forth with his brooding solo project Anton, spinning sorrowful synth symphonies since 2021. Drawing from the bleak brilliance of Joy Division and Lebanon Hanover’s…
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Pittsburgh’s ShadowMouth Critiques How Digital Life Distorts Reality With “Your Words, Not Mine”
I’m so tired I can’t think anymoreCan’t escape, can’t find the doorVoice grows silent and my heart is a stoneAlways your words and never my own Straight out of the…
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Industrial Rockers Hasswut Hallucinate Ghostly Glitches in Their Claustrophobic Video for “Sauerstoff”
Spanish industrial insurgents Hasswut ignite an incendiary fusion with their ferocious new single, Sauerstoff. Born from Alicante’s abrasive underground in 2013, Hasswut harnesses harsh metal riffs with relentless electronic rhythms,…
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History of Guns’ Max Rael Releases Synth-Driven “Slightly Less Than Human,” Teasing Debut Solo Album
I’m not like you I could never be like you I spent a long time learning how to pretend It’s exhausting British electronic provocateur Max Rael plunges headlong into poignant…
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OMD to Embark on North American Tour This Week Following Triumphant Set at Cruel World Festival
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, those witty wizards of wistful futurism, are back on the road, bringing their blueprint of synth-pop perfection across North America this summer. Andy McCluskey and…
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Suede Announces Post-Punk Driven Tenth Album, “Antidepressants” — Watch Video for “Disintegrate”
Take it all nice and slow Like those endless hot summers Like nature returned to dust We walk on polluted beaches, feeling our bodies disintegrating Suede, enduring luminaries of British alternative…
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The Dandy Warhols Pack Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom for 30th Anniversary US Tour Finale — European Leg Kicks Off in July
Saturday in Manhattan’s Lower East Side belonged entirely to The Dandy Warhols. They spent the early evening performing an intimate acoustic warm‑up inside the Public Hotel on Chrystie Street, a…
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Ministry Eulogizes “With Sympathy” Era With Glorious Set at The Brooklyn Paramount Theatre
Al Jourgensen has finally made peace with the synth-pop skeleton in his closet, and he’s parading it through the streets in full daylight. The man who once torched the With…
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