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“Bathing You in My Desire” — Gloria de Oliveira Finds Passion in St. Pauli in Her Video for “Sacred Hearts”

I had hoped to be seen by you Unbroken gaze like a sweet arrow Could you ever feel my eyes on you Bathing you in my desire Desire has a…

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Berlin Post-Punk Outfit Golden Apes Climb From the Depths Toward the Light on “The Sun Came Up Tremendously”

…O sun, that healest all distempered vision, thou dost content me so, when thou resolvest,that doubting pleases me no less than knowing! -Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy Golden Apes have spent…

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Obychno Odyn Faces the Empty Morning in Video for Desolate Coldwave Single “Уходят люди и часы”

People leave, and time has the appalling manners to keep moving. A night of company gives way to an empty morning; the room that briefly felt habitable becomes a place…

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East Bay Deathpunks Normal Weirds Stare Down Mortality on New Album “Frown Time”

Deathrock has always had a practical relationship with bad news. A macabre sense of mortality supplies the subject matter, punk supplies the impatience, and everyday life keeps renewing the subscription.…

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Fiona’s Phobias Turns Burnout and Obsession Into a Gothic Rock Opera on “DEMOnS Vol. 1”

Somewhere between the panic attack and the curtain call, Fiona’s Phobias have found a rather entertaining place to set up shop. Their six-track EP DEMOnS Vol. 1 dresses burnout, self-disgust,…

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Brooklyn’s The Amatory Murder Share New Live Album “We’ve Lost Our Minds”

Once a song reaches the stage, its authors have to negotiate with a whole new set of circumstances: the room, the volume, the audience, and whatever mood everyone brought through…

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And It Was Night Bets Against the Devil in Video for Dark Noir Pop Single “The Fever”

A Faustian bargain begins with the ancient human suspicion that the universe can be persuaded to overlook consequence. We trade tomorrow for today, permanence for appetite, conscience for advantage, imagining…

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Winter Sect Invite the Dead to Dance in Their Video for “Graveyard Girl”

Winter Sect have discovered one of goth’s better-kept secrets: graveyards can be funny places. Not funny in the sitcom sense, unless your sitcom happens to involve velvet sleeves, low fog,…

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“It All Turns Black” — Lana Del Rabies Explores Desire and Self-Erasure in Ghostly Video for “Annihilate”

An ache moves forward He steps back I step forward It all turns black He steps forward I step back Some relationships develop their own terrible choreography: one person advances,…

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“Somewhere in Between” — Venus Volcanism Blurs the Boundaries of Love and Consciousness in Video for “Dreams”

Dreams may be among the strangest territories available to us. Each night, the mind constructs worlds without asking permission from physics, geography, biography, or common sense. We meet people who…

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