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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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Synth-pop Duo Same Eyes Debut Album “Parties To End”

Michigan’s Same Eyes brings an unheard approach to modern soft-focus synth-pop that is equally emotional and danceable. This is encapsulated and exemplified in their debut full-length Parties To End, out 22…

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LastCraft’s New Wave Tarot A Divine Tribute To 80s Post-Punk

Collage artist Amanda Lee Stilwell of LastCraft Designs is a longtime veteran of tarot, having studied the craft for the last two decades. Several years ago, Stilwell decided to create…

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New Wave Project Bowl Cuts Pays Tribute to The Dearly Departed with “Blue Moon, Black Out”

Siblings Chad Fjerstad and Nicole Strandberg join forces to create a heartbreaking epitaph for their father, who passed away a few years ago. Harnessing the energy of the previous release,…

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Grauzone’s “Eisbär” and more Reissued for 40th Anniversaries

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten Polar Dann müsste ich nicht mehr schrei’n Alles wär’ so klar Swiss post-punk and Neue Deutsche Welle giants Grauzone are about to celebrate…

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Jorge Elbrecht’s “Perish” (Featuring Geneva Jacuzzi) is a Bizarre, Rollicking Homage to Cult Sci Fi and Retro Futurism

Get ready for a real dazzler: songwriter, producer and visual artist Jorge Elbrecht takes us on an epic adventure through the bizarre, ancient futuristic landscapes of…Clash of the Titans! Zardoz!…

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Artistic Post-Punk and Romantic Synthpop in Take Me With You’s “Stranger”

Raise a plastic glass Graceful angel, how’ve you been? Pittsburgh’s Take Me With You earnestly connects with others in times of crisis, both on the personal and global levels, with…

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ROSI Channels The Cold War Era With Third Album, ‘Sad Dance Songs’, and Video for “Forgotten World”

This year has proven a transformative one for Sven Rosenkötter and Mirco Rappsilber, aka ROSI. The German band’s hard work has culminated in the release of their third album, scheduled…

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ZE Records Revived With “The Future Is Mine”: Interview With Legendary Producers Michael Zilkha and John Robie

The “Fear City” era of NYC, bound together by poverty, creative diversity and a city full of chaos yielded an explosion of experimentation, overlapping of styles and sounds, and mythology…

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Party Out Of Bounds: The B-52s “Wild Planet”

On 27 August 1980, the B-52s gleefully crashed the New Wave party with their second studio album Wild Planet, opening the scene with Fred Schneider’s unmistakable bark: “Surpriiiiise! Where’s your icebox?…

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