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Oakland Shoegazers Bad Visuals Are Wrapped in Beautiful Noise with “Closing Doors”

With a layered sound driven by soaring effects, fuzzy edges, and ear-blasting volumes, Oakland-based Bad Visuals blends their unique shoegaze atmospherics with a grittier punk and post-hardcore influence. Closing Doors…

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Avant-pop Artist Nicole Marxen Grapples with Grief in “Bones/Dust”

Known as one of the shiny dark innovators behind acclaimed avant-garde pop band Midnight Opera, Dallas-based musician and visual artist Nicole Marxen makes her solo debut with a new EP, Tether. The…

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Post-Punk Stalwarts Permafrost Debut Icy New Single “Femme Fatale”

Norwegian post-punk outfit Permafrost are back in the game. Today they released a new single, Femme Fatale, a track self-produced, mixed by Paul Corkett (The Cure, Placebo), mastered at Abbey Road,…

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Korine Invokes a Lovelorn Synth-pop Dream with “The Last”

Many nights I knew your touch, and we feel the same All is lost without you, and I conceal the shame Philadelphia synth-pop duo Korine invoke lovelorn synthpop dreams with their brilliant album,…

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Tim Burton to Direct Wednesday Addams Series for Netflix

Many have wondered what trajectory the life of Wednesday Addams might take. What kind of person would the precocious, deadpan wielder of headless dolls and guillotine play grow into? Netflix…

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Obituary

Françoise Cactus of Stereo Total has Passed Away at 57

Stereo Total’s genius vocalist, drummer and sonic ringleader Françoise Van Hove, aka Françoise Cactus, passed away at home from breast cancer at 57. Over her three-decade career, Françoise Cactus created…

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San Diego Dark Synth-pop act Glass Spells Drive Down a Desolate and “Empty Road”

If you’re looking for a perfect soundtrack to a night drive, look no further than San Diego’s retro-flavoured electropop act, Glass Spells. Today they premiere their new music video for…

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Canadian Dreampop Act Girlfriends and Boyfriends Debut Bittersweet Video for “Forever By My Side”

The failure of two relationships, one personal and one professional, sparked a songwriting catharsis for Canada’s New Wave outfit Girlfriends and Boyfriends. Their bittersweet single, Forever by My Side, was written…

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Festivals

Krake Cracks the Code for Online Festivals

In the age of Quarantine virtual events have become the norm, with various live streams for concerts and club events being organized worldwide. Berlin, a city known for its club…

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Darkwave and Coldwave Fuse with Kill Shelter & Antipole’s Collaboration “Raise the Skies” in “A Haunted Place”

In the icy darkness of a long winter, a coldwave fusion is born. A new collaboration has been announced between Britain’s Kill Shelter and Norway’s Antipole, an album called A…

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