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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Frank Deserto
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Bassist of The Harrow, curator/writer at Cherry Red Records, and blogger at Systems of Romance.
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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La Mystique Féminine Vol. 3
Frank Deserto, aka Frankie Teardrop, has been a champion of obscure music, focusing heavily on the 80s post-punk, minimal synth, and coldwave scenes. He has been running music blog Systems…
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