Born Losers Records Archives

“Losing Humans for an Arms Race” — Johnny Dynamite Shares Video for Melancholic New Wave Track “Sunday Gloomy Sunday”

Steady for your arms embrace But it’s Sunday gloomy Sunday America likes to call itself civilized while selling the machinery of ruin with a glossy, toothy smile. We bless ourselves…

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Johnny Dynamite Dials-in Moody New Wave Heartache in Video for “Helpline”

1-800-WANNA-CRY Johnny Dynamite has a knack for making emotional ruin look stylish enough to lean against, and this song arrives with the kind of bruised glamour that suggests somebody still…

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Calgary Post-Punk Outfit Preoccupations Release “MUR/PONR” 7-inch — Watch Video for “Mur”

There’s a cold pulse to the new double single MUR/PONR from Calgary’s Preoccupations, the kind that feels like standing in a train station after midnight; fluorescent hum, concrete breathing, the…

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Sean Nicholas Savage Conjures 80s Pop Nostalgia With Johnny Dynamite Directed Video for “I Love Everything About You” — Tour Dates Announced!

Sean Nicholas Savage frequently blurs the line between diarist and dramatist, but on his latest tour-de-force, The Knowing, he delivers something dazzling in its simplicity and startling in its daring.…

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Philly Post-Punks Wax Jaw Flex Their Queer Muscles in Exuberant Video for “Lace Up”

Wax Jaw’s Lace Up barrels forward with the unshakable urgency of a last-call confession and the knowing grin of someone who’s been there before. Born out of Philadelphia’s restless live…

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Philadelphia Post-Punk Duo Korine Shines Eternal in Their Video for “Blue Star”

Now that it’s gone and the moon is on There’s no signs of life Just a flame in the dark Philadelphia’s Korine, the duo of Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye,…

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Johnny Dynamite Drifts Through Alleyways in His Video for Heartfelt Synth-Pop Anthem “The Lure”

Philadelphia’s Johnny Dynamite and the Bloodsuckers has long peddled in tales of dim-lit romance and cheap perfume epiphanies. On his latest single, The Lure, he leans deeper into his bag…

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Indie Rock Ensemble Goon Releases Trippy New Single “Closer to” — Tour Dates Announced

Ghost mouse running all around And now dead in the ground We plot, we plan, we pencil things in…and life, impish and indifferent, scrawls chaos across the calendar. Kenny Becker…

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Calgary New Wavers Preoccupations Announce New Album “Ill At Ease” — Listen to the LP’s Second Single

I Think We’re Ready for the Asteroid At first, the chewing, the chattering, the cruel, clumsy clutter gnawed at him like mice in the walls…each habit a hammer to the…

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Philadelphia New Wavers Korine Cut Away Illusions and Attachments in Their Video for “Twist The Knife”

Darkness is all that’s underneath Two hearts could never lose I’m not thinking of something This story is ending Korine, the Philadelphia duo of Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye, stitches…

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