Reviews

Synths, Sorrow, and Reverb in Australian Post-Punk Act Static’s “When I’m Falling”

"Drown your sorrows in reverb." Melbourne's Joseph Ling needed a change. After spending years fronting punk and grunge bands, the…

3 years ago

Luz Futuro’s ‘Falsos Techos’ EP is Devoted to Dreams

Sueños. Dreams. Luz Futuro’s music is not quite of this earth. “I often use images that I remember from dreams…

3 years ago

German Post-Punk Project Vlimmer Bookends Personal Metamorphosis With XIIIIIIII

Almost exactly five years ago, Alexander Leonard Donat announced an 18-part series with the first two EPs of his project Vlimmer.…

3 years ago

Dark electronic trio MATTE BLVCK Release “I’m Waving, Not Drowning”

San Diego dark electronic trio MATTE BLVCK have recently released their debut album I'm Waving, Not Drowning, a dark collection…

3 years ago

Electro-Wave Artist Chris Shape’s “Shaped to Deform”

After years of trying on many different hats during his twenty-five years in the music industry: producer, live performer, sound…

3 years ago

ROSI Channels The Cold War Era With Third Album, ‘Sad Dance Songs’, and Video for “Forgotten World”

This year has proven a transformative one for Sven Rosenkötter and Mirco Rappsilber, aka ROSI. The German band's hard work…

3 years ago

San Diego Synth-Pop Trio Glass Spells’ “Mirrors” EP

San Diego Synth-Pop act Glass Spells conjures 80s retro beats with hints of, Indie, post-punk, electro-pop, and contemporary electronic music—in many…

4 years ago

The Music Of Ghosts, Dead Malls And Fuzzy Memories: Ruminations On Vapourwave

The humans of Planet Earth have successfully created a new ecology of signs. Where nature once populated our vistas and…

4 years ago

Plastic Ivy Engage the Mysteries of Past, Present, and Future on “Spots of Time”

It's been two years since Plastic Ivy's last release, the icy The Glass Horizon. Since then, Ivy, aka Lira Marie Landes,…

4 years ago

Montreal Collective No Master, No Servant Channel Deep Belgian Electronic Influences in Debut Album

Montreal-based electro/EBM collective No Master, No Servant has just released their debut album, entitled Love Transforms Us, But Into What?,…

4 years ago