New-Wave

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago