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Wind Atlas – Arche-Fossil Review
Sounds like… Gothic The review Wind Atlas covers a lot of ground with their new album ‘Arche-Fossil’. The Spanish electro-goths change course from track to track to create their most expansive album...
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Introducing… BYSTS
Sometimes a tagline for a band can speak volumes and that is exactly what pulled me into BYSTS when I found them. I can’t think of anything better to describe the duo so I’ll simply credit The Sound...
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Introducing… Ken Fury
Ken Fury is a man who follows his surname. His experimental hard edged music is both dark and aggressive. There is part of his music that could happily take you clubbing but the synths are surrounded...
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SPC ECO – 5月EP May EP Review
Sounds like… A claustrophobic exhale The review Rose Berlin and Dean Garcia have been making music as SPC ECO for a while but started 2020 with a new project. Each month they seem to be putting out a...
View ArticleIntroducing… Violent Vickie
Sitting in the darkly lit corner of darkwave and drone techno you’ll find Violent Vickie. No, she isn’t the titular character from this summers horror movie, instead, she creates unsettling...
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Jennifer Touch – Behind the Wall Review
Sounds like… If Jenny Hval, Human League and Fischerspooner collaborated. The review It took me all of five minutes to know that I’d enjoy ‘Behind the Wall’, the debut album from Jennifer Touch. She...
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Amnesia Scanner – Tearless Review
Sounds like… A twisted industrial nightmare you’ll want to dance and riot to. The review Amnesia Scanner are a Finnish duo who spent their first few years as an anonymous act taking club music,...
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Introducing… Centre Excuse
Centre Excuse are an electro-rock duo from small Rutland in the UK and I’d describe them as ‘if Soft Cell and Depeche Mode came after the 2000’s emo scene’. Mixing together 80’s electronica with some...
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Trevor Something – Microwaves Review
Sounds like… A depression you can dance to. The review Retrowave. Synthwave. Dreamwave. ALL of the waves. There are lots of subgenres that all bleed into each other when you think about synth based...
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Introducing… The Sea At Midnight
If you like bands like The Cure, Joy Division and Depeche Mode then chances are you’ll enjoy The Sea At Midnight. Vince Grant, the man behind the project has no qualms with wearing his influences on...
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Introducing… Bizou
Bizou is a fascinating mixture of musicians who have been in other bands you may have heard of elsewhere, coming together to create their own sound together. I’ll let you guess who is who as a...
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Introducing… The Nursery
On the week of Halloween its great to have a dramatic darkwave rock band to be releasing something demonic for us to spook to. ‘Demons’ is the new single from The Nursery. Formed by...
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The Sea At Midnight – The Sea At Midnight Review
Sounds like… A love letter to early post-punk. The review The Sea At Midnight, the moniker for Vince Grant, unabashedly wears its influences on its sleeve. A fan of early post-punk music such as Joy...
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Tom Vek – New Symbols Review
Sounds like… One of bedroom pops royalty having a blast. The review Tom Vek has progressively made his albums cleaner and more pristine over the course of his musical career. Moving from the funky...
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Kabbel – End of Norms Review
Sounds like… ‘Queer Sadcore’ (Kabbel said it not me!) The review I stole the ‘sounds like’ catchphrase directly from Kabbel’s own bio because it fits his music perfectly. French multi-instrumentalist...
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Introducing… Prospertine
If darkwave goth pop was allowed to enter this years Eurovision, Prospertine would be my pick for top honours. Prospertine are Arlen Leigh (vocals) and Jeremy Bastard (guitars and programming). The...
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Introducing… Mandolynne
Mandolynne (great play on the instruments name) is a new indie alternative musician from Ontario. She uses music as a way to channel her own personal tragedies and trials to catharsis and with her new...
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Sébastien Guérive – Omega Point Review
Sounds like… Dark ambient at its cinematic finest. The review ‘Omega Point’ is an instrumental dark ambient album that is inspired by the format of a sci-fi movie soundtrack. Sébastien Guérive is a...
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Introducing… Creux Lies
Mixing together dance-worthy post-punk and coldwave, Creux Lies have a great sound that could introduce both genres to a new audience. In a way, the quartet from Berlin reminds me of Depeche Mode but...
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Introducing… TRAITRS
File this one under darkwave. TRAITRS are a fantastic duo from Toronto who give me a very specific vibe. Imagine New Order in their most obscure eras crossed over if they signed to 4AD to represent...
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