Cold-Hearted Festival 2026 Announced With Cold Cave, Kaelan Mikla, Ash Code, Qual, Night in Athens, and More!
Since its launch in 2022, Dresden’s Cold-Hearted Festival has rapidly evolved into a cornerstone of the European darkwave scene, selling out year after year and steadily expanding its reach.…
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Post-Punk.com — The Best of 2025
2025 felt like a century—yet it slipped away in a heartbeat. And when I try to retrace it month by month, it doesn’t play back like a neat timeline so much as a trail of vignettes, an oasis of…
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The Cure’s Long-Term Guitarist and Keyboardist Perry Bamonte Has Passed Away at 65
It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of long-term Cure guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte at age 65 after a short illness. The news was originally reported on social media…
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Daniel Knutz Gifts a Darkwave Reinterpretation of Fad Gadget’s “Collapsing New People”
Steer clear of the sunPancake, sandpaper skinThey have no reflectionsDrink blood but pierce no veins Released at the tail end of 1983, Collapsing New People marked a pressure point at which a…
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Tokyo’s Lilii Mar Releases Icy Gothic Rock Single “White Glow” on Limited Cassette
A cold shimmer runs through Lilii Mar’s latest release, like Shinjuku neon on December snow—guitars cutting an angular swath, and vocals drifting in with a baroque sense of drama, swelling…
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Anja Huwe of Xmal Deutschland Announces First North American Tour in 40 Years
Anja Huwe has announced a long-awaited return to North America in March 2026—bringing a live set that draws from her solo work while reaching back into the fierce lineage of Xmal Deutschland,…
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Industrial-Grunge Artist Staytus Explores Belief, Desire, and Obsession in Video for “The God, The Artist, & The Creator”
Electro-industrial artist Staytus steps into charged territory with her new single The God, The Artist, & The Creator. The track circles worship, desire, and authorship, treating creation…
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Burning Flowers and Fractured Faces — Marie Ann Hedonia Collaborates with Casey Desmond in Video for “FYF (Salt in the Wound)”
The silence is empty, where love used to be Now you never check up if I’m drowning at sea Or if I have an attack, or my vision goes black Cuz you don’t care anymore Fidelity is a vow made in…
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Crying Vessel Confronts the Consequences of Environmental Collapse in Video for “Bringing Down The Nation 2.0”
Won’t succumb to hate Nothing to embrace My life’s nothing but a maze Reaching for that place On a small, blue world suspended in a vast and indifferent cosmos—what Carl Sagan once…
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Mexico’s Ernie.fr Channels Late Night Darkwave Romance on Debut EP “Nocturne Stereo”
Mexico’s Ernie.fr steps forward with Nocturne Stereo, a debut that lands like a late-night radio broadcast that grabs you by the hand as the veil between the hour and dreaming blue. Five…
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