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Italy’s Seneca Effect Escapes into an Existential Blend of Alt-Rock and Post-Punk With “Disertare” LP

Hailing from Morbegno, Italy, Seneca Effect carves a compelling space in contemporary post-punk and alternative rock. Featuring Matteo Oreggioni’s vigorous vocals, Loris Mattarucchi’s charged guitars, Simone Della Vedova’s bold basslines,…

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California Synth-Pop Artist Matthew Nowhere Releases Luminous “Crystal Heights” LP — Watch Video for “Transforming” Featuring Lunar Twin

Matthew Nowhere, hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area and now residing amidst the verdant tranquility of Nevada County’s Sierra Mountains, presents his radiant debut album, Crystal Heights. A sonic…

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Parisian Post-Punk Artist Anton Combines “Glacier” and “Volcan” EPs into Full-Length Release

Parisian darkwave prophet Anton Steinbock surges forth with his brooding solo project Anton, spinning sorrowful synth symphonies since 2021. Drawing from the bleak brilliance of Joy Division and Lebanon Hanover’s…

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Pittsburgh’s ShadowMouth Critiques How Digital Life Distorts Reality With “Your Words, Not Mine”

I’m so tired I can’t think anymoreCan’t escape, can’t find the doorVoice grows silent and my heart is a stoneAlways your words and never my own Straight out of the…

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The Dandy Warhols Pack Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom for 30th Anniversary US Tour Finale — European Leg Kicks Off in July

Saturday in Manhattan’s Lower East Side belonged entirely to The Dandy Warhols. They spent the early evening performing an intimate acoustic warm‑up inside the Public Hotel on Chrystie Street, a…

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Ministry Eulogizes “With Sympathy” Era With Glorious Set at The Brooklyn Paramount Theatre

Al Jourgensen has finally made peace with the synth-pop skeleton in his closet, and he’s parading it through the streets in full daylight. The man who once torched the With…

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Italian Post-Punk Ensemble God in a Black Suit Drifts Between Light and Dark With New Album “Thresholds”

On their second full-length, Thresholds, Italy’s God in a Black Suit veers dramatically away from comfortable territories, plunging headfirst into the visceral currents of emotional change. Early in 2020, from…

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Georgi is Lost in a Crimson Forest in Her Video for Dark Synth-Pop Single “Shadows”

Only in darkness I see clear The shadows remind me your still here And you’ll only love me if I kneel So let me get down show me how to…

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Cyborg Amok Galvanizes the Goth-Synth Underground With New Album “Pins & Needles”

New Jersey’s Cyborg Amok returns with “Pins & Needles,” an enthralling album galvanized by remarkable collaborations and intricate rhythms wrapped in an ethereal ambience. The father-son duo, Greg and Brydon…

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DEVO Whips the Audience into a Frenzy at Sold-Out Show at Brooklyn Paramount

A victim of collision on the open sea Nobody ever said that life was free Sink, swim, go down with the ship But use your freedom of choice The sky…

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