Out of Heaven — An Interview with Just Mustard
It was a cold, autumnal evening in 2018 when I first stumbled upon Irish five-piece Just Mustard. I remember exactly how I felt while listening to the first few moments…
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The Enduring Road — Ukrainian Post-Punk Trio Small Depo Unveil Poignant New Single “DOROGA”
The road feels like a dream, And it holds only one truth — You can’t outrun your troubles by walking, And its fatigue is no simple one. Doroga (The Road),…
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Hot Hail! Returns With Dark Synth Pop Manifestations of Misfits Classics on “Glennda?” EP
In the dim phosphorescence of Seattle’s subterranean pulse, Billy Sigil, the restless mind behind Hot Hail!, steps into their own mirror maze of camp, chaos, and catharsis. Glennda?, their Halloween-season…
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NYC’s Vexillary Shares Video for Icy Techno-pop Reimagining of Incubus’ Fiery Anthem “Pardon Me”
So pardon me while I burst into flames I’ve had enough of the world and its people’s mindless games In 1999, Incubus’s “Pardon Me” emerged as an anthem of late-millennial…
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Corrosion of the Self — Death Drive Wrestle with Identity in Video for Industrial Darkwave Dirge “Don’t Hide”
Freud called it the death drive—a compulsion toward dissolution, an ache to unmake the self. Not destruction for its own sake, but the longing to return to stillness, to surrender…
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Excavations in Decay — Memory Index Unearths Existential Post-Punk Gloom With “Erosion” LP
In an era defined by disinformation, alienation, and algorithmic despair, EROSION feels less like a record than a cultural diagnosis. With this album, Jackson VanHorn’s current incarnation, Memory Index, dissects…
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Montreal Artist NO Delivers Dark Synth Confessions with New LP “Desire Kills”
From the frostbitten streets of Montréal comes a transmission of cold intensity and unfiltered emotion. Under the moniker NO, the artist delivers Desire Kills — a new LP released this…
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Salem Gothic Rockers Identical Palms Channel Grindhouse Sleaze and Giallo Horror in their Video for “Don’t Fear The Pain”
Sadness and sorrow come and go One thing remains That’s being alone Salem, Massachusetts, Identical Palms’ latest video, “Don’t Fear the Pain,” unfolds like a lost reel from a 1970s…
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Australian Synth Project Alien Skin Unveils Icy Minimal Synth Single “Cold Hand On A Glass Wall”
tears on a white dress dead love on a rose bed sore eyes and a cold mouth fingers on a blade fingers on a blade she’s here she’s here but…
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Christmas Eve in the Haunted Woodbury-Story Estate — Darkwave Duo Le Mal Unveil Video for “Red Maple Door”
I cannot see I cannot feel I cannot breathe Pool of blood underneath the Christmas tree Le Mal’s “Red Maple Door” opens like a fever dream caught in celluloid; the…
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