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Montreal’s Scene Noir Summons Gothic-laced Dreampop and Post-Punk Across Six Spellbinding Tracks in “Supernatural”

Forming in Montreal’s glacial underground in 2011, Scene Noir has threaded twilight atmospheres through strands of dream pop, cold wave, and shadow-clad post-punk. Their newest offering, Supernatural, crystallizes their nocturnal…

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Gods, Nightmares, and Silhouettes — Seattle Post-Punk Project Only Monsters Releases Haunting “Past, Present, and Obsolescence” Compilation Album

14 billions years of growth Recycled star stuff from host to host Endless cycle of life and death Stars to oceans and babies breath In an era overshadowed by hollow…

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TIAN QIYI Rides out on the Eurasian Steppes with “Dharma” Featuring Jah Wobble — New Album “Songs For Workers'” Showcased

British avant-garde experimental musicians Tian Qiyi return with their latest single, Dharma, graced by the legendary bass vibrations of Jah Wobble. Marking the final taste before their second LP, Songs…

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French Artist Thalie Némésis Blends Coldwave with Greco Armenian-laced Industrial Textures in “Catarsi Apotropaica” EP

Should I be silently alone Anesthetized for too long Come and make my bed in crime It’s the only way to kill time Thalie Némésis, the multifaceted musical alchemist and…

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Los Angeles Trio Drypoint Evokes Classic 90s Shoegaze Melancholia and Daydreams With Their Self-Titled Debut EP

I fight to get awayI feel that slow-motion descentEmpty thoughtsEvading all the pain Los Angeles, ever a cradle for musical reinvention, welcomes Drypoint’s self-titled debut EP, a thrilling collision of…

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Hellbound and Heavensent — Chicago Darkwavers Replicant Embark on a Dystopian Synth Journey in “Daybreaker” LP

Every time I’m haunted by goodbye. And every time, you’ll still be gone. Replicant‘s DAYBREAKER is a midnight waltz through Chicago’s neon-lit digital wastelands, marking their third bold plunge into…

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Kraków’s Berbeluha Conjures Folk-Synth Dirges With Haunting Theatricality in “Dramat z Nietzschego” LP

Whatever I touch turns into goldWhatever I think, it happens right awayWherever I crouch, a creature suddenly appearsWherever I look, a spring bursts forth In an era dominated by echoes…

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Brooklyn Duo fashn Displays a Diverse Array of Moody Post-Punk, Synth, and Alt-Rock Sounds in “Sequel” LP — Plus Interview

Brooklyn’s fashn exists in the spaces between genres, drifting through nebulous melodies and restless rhythms with a self-aware shrug and a knowing smirk. Formed by longtime friends Thomas Peters and…

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Enigmatic French Coldwave Project Villa Vide Explores Intricate Emotional Corridors with “La disparition” LP

Behind the lifeless façade The rooms are haunted By our past presence Of our lives a ghost dance Villa Vide, Orson Wald’s elusive coldwave venture, emerges from the twilight mist…

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Spanish Dark Synth Maestro Nightcrawler Releases Mini Remix Album of Cold Transmission Music Artists

Spain’s Nightcrawler plunges headfirst into the dark waters of electronic reinterpretation with his latest remix odyssey. A veteran conjurer of spectral synthwave since 2011, Nightcrawler’s oeuvre has long been steeped…

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