Alice Teeple, Author at Post-Punk.com

NYC’s Vexillary Twists the Mythic Journey Inward in Video for Venomous Track “1000X”

New York City’s Vexillary understands that pressure alters matter. On 1000X, mastermind Reza Seirafi treats EBM less as a fixed code than as a volatile compound, something to be heated,…

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Seattle’s Ghost Fetish Returns With the Soft-Focus Synthpop Dream of “Someone”

Seattle’s Ghost Fetish returns with Someone, a song that wears its longing lightly but leaves a lasting impression. There is something quietly spellbinding in the way it moves, balancing romantic…

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Seattle EBM Duo God Tongue Shares Corrosive Cyberpunk Video for “Grip”

Seattle’s God Tongue comes writhing back into view with the official video for Grip, landing like somebody slipped a tab of acid into the circuitry of an old warehouse PA.…

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Liverpool Post-Punk Duo So, Reverie Capture the Bittersweet Ache of Lovelorn Devotion in Video for “Runaway”

So, Reverie arrives out of Liverpool with a compelling, authentic backstory. You can hear it in the grain of their music: two young lifers, Andy Power and Cain Garcia, learning…

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Midge Ure Weighs the Cost of Empty Rhetoric on “Just Words” — Announces First Album in 12 Years “A Man of Two Worlds”

There are musicians who spend half a lifetime turning themselves into their own wax museum, shuffling out the old glories in decent lighting and hoping the crowd still wants the…

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Johnny Dynamite Dials-in Moody New Wave Heartache in Video for “Helpline”

1-800-WANNA-CRY Johnny Dynamite has a knack for making emotional ruin look stylish enough to lean against, and this song arrives with the kind of bruised glamour that suggests somebody still…

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Kim Gordon Is Surveilled in a Shopping Mall in Video for “PLAY ME”

Rich popular girl Villain mode Jazz in the background Chillin’ after work Kim Gordon has spent so many decades sounding cooler than the rest of us ever will that by…

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“From Hell I Fell Under” — Rochester’s Tranquilatwist Casts an Ethereal Goth Spell in Video for “Bend”

No longer numb now I can see Now I know how much hurt is inside of me Your feelings are dead to me, dead to me.. dead to me.. dead…

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“They’ll Never Bury Your Truth” — Portland’s Darkswoon Mourns Non-Binary Teen Nex Benedict With Video for “Antivenom”

Where do your dreams go when you die They’re still happening on some other timeline You should still be here We hold you Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teen, took their…

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“Plug Me In, Let Me Dream” — Hungarian Artist Man + Machine Forges EBM, Darkwave, and Post-Punk into “Birthmarks” EP

In a world of twisted dreams Nothing’s quite what it seems For nearly a decade, Man + Machine has been stalking the edges of Hungary’s underground with a stack of…

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