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Second Still Announce Two New EPs and Premiere New Single “Opening”

LA-based post-punk darlings Second Still are slated to release a new EP this Spring on Belgium’s Weyrd Son imprint. Entitled Equals, the EP consists of five brand new cold tracks…

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Mark E. Smith of The Fall has passed away

Mark E. Smith, singer and brainchild of Manchester based post-punk band The Fall, has died today at the age of 60. The news broke via band manager Pamela Vander (via…

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Torture Comes and Torture Goes – A David Bowie Mix

David Bowie would have been 71 today, and the world is still feeling the loss a thousand times over. To mark the occasion, the Bowie camp has released an excellent,…

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Listen and Download “So Bare Is My Heart” – a Multi-artist Tribute to Portishead’s S/T

Influenced by the same lineage of bass-heavy dub music, trip-hop and post-punk often go hand in hand. Few bands were able to walk that line as well as Portishead, whose…

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Azar Swan premiere haunting, powerful new single “Territorial”

Brooklyn/New Orleans-based duo Azar Swan continues their politically-charged, industrial-fused pop explorations with their latest single “Territorial.” The track is the first taste from Savage Exile, the duo’s third and most…

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40 Years of Goth: Essential Albums from the Subculture’s Beginnings

Goth is an extremely complicated subculture and “genre”. Many heated debates have been had among friends as to which bands qualify, where is the line between post-punk, goth, and industrial…

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Shadow Age premiere the war-torn video for “The Fall”

US-based post-punk band Shadow Age have just announced a comprehensive US tour to promote the release of their new EP, their first release since 2015’s Silaluk 7”. To coincide with…

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Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook | Sleeps With the Fishes

On October 12th, 1987, Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook released the sublime Sleeps With the Fishes on 4AD. Perhaps the most underrated record in the classic 4AD oeuvre, Sleeps With the Fishes…

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Listen to Bootblacks’ post-punk opus ‘Fragments’ ahead of their European tour

Brooklyn-based post-punk band Bootblacks have been dazzling the world with their powerful live performances since their inception in 2010. They’re the perfect package- punchy records, compelling imagery, unstoppable live energy,…

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The Disobedient Machine: An Interview with John Foxx

“I think obedient music is some of the most boring music in the world.” Born Dennis Leigh in 1948, John Foxx has been at the forefront of the synth movement…

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