SUUNS – Hold/Still (ALBUM REVIEW)

SUUNS – Hold/Still (ALBUM REVIEW)

2016 is not exactly the best music year. The man with the white beard takes away all the music gods, but at the same time we are overwhelmed by many super bands and this year’s darkest records comes from the indie world. Previously, we mentioned the new The KVB and the enchanting Is The Is Are by DIIV, now we add the third CD of the Canadian Suuns. The quartet from Montreal went to Texas…

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SAIGON BLUE RAIN – Noire Psyché (ALBUM REVIEW)

SAIGON BLUE RAIN – Noire Psyché (ALBUM REVIEW)

Things are looking bright for Saigon Blue Rain these days. You never heard of them before, you say? Well that can change soon, at least if you’re willing to dive in the band’s ocean of dark sounds that let you relive those old 4-AD days you miss every second. The band soon will go on tour with the Swiss dark wave band The Beauty Of Gemina, and that’s a perfect opportunity to present the new album…

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NACHTMAHR – Kampfbereit (ALBUM REVIEW)

NACHTMAHR – Kampfbereit (ALBUM REVIEW)

Nachtmahr, the electro dance band of L’Ame Immortelle singer Thomas Raine r, surely likes some controversy. But then again, the Austrian musician loves girls in uniforms and composes electronic music with a message. Nachtmahr ist zurück und ganz Europa tanzt!, Thomas sings on the opener Tanz Für Mich. It’s a track for the dance floor: very hard beats, the right rhythm and what a nice sing-along it is. The electro dance party continues in Strenge Liebe: an…

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ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO – Vision: Libertine – The Hangman’s Triad’s (ALBUM REVIEW)

ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO – Vision: Libertine – The Hangman’s Triad’s (ALBUM REVIEW)

According to Tomas Pettersson, it is not a healthy attitude when to have too many expectations in life, simply because they usually end in sheer disappointment. Well, in the case of Ordo Equilibrio Rosarius, expectations exist, and how! The previous CD Songs 4 Hate And Devotion was the most accessible album and undoubtedly the finest. Vision: Libertine – The Hangman’s Triad’s is a new chapter in the 23-year career of the Swedish cult band, in…

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Hidden Place – “Nei Versi di Prévert” 7” release review

Hidden Place – “Nei Versi di Prévert” 7” release review

  After hearing previous Hidden Place releases this one is I must say another brilliant one. You may not know about it, as it is quite a recent one, and released on a white vinyl with absolutely fantastic artwork. It is really the one you just need to add to your vinyl collection. It features two numbers: “Nei versi di Prévert” and the B side is reserved for “Reazione”. Being electro wave/electro pop oriented with…

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Whispering Sons – “Endless Party” album review

Whispering Sons – “Endless Party” album review

  Even though Whispering Sons are a fairly young band, it really means nothing when it comes to their music making. From the first song on the album, I got a feel they have been around for much longer. It may have to do with the sound they are really devoted to, a sound that was influenced by some of the genres we thought were indeed a forgotten story. But yet, this band is reinventing…

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DPERD – V (ALBUM REVIEW)

DPERD – V (ALBUM REVIEW)

Italy and dark wave, it always was a perfect duo. Carlo DiSimone and Valeria Buono are pioneers in the genre as they both were involved in Fear Of The Storm, a cult band from the 90s. When this band, that was signed to the famous Energeia label, stopped in 1995, the two decided to start DPERD. Their first material (just a CD-R) was praised in various fanzines, and Regalero Il Mio Tempo was released on…

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DENNIS YOUNG – WAVE/Electronic Music 1984-1988 (Album review)

DENNIS YOUNG – WAVE/Electronic Music 1984-1988 (Album review)

In the early 80s, Liquid Liquid was one of the most important bands of the New York no wave scene (a reaction to the commercial new wave). The big success for the band came only afterwards. In the mid 80s Grandmaster Flash used one of their tracks (Cavern) as one of the most important samples of his super hit White Lines (Do Not Do It) and later Liquid Liquid was picked up by LCD Soundsystem,…

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Touching from a distance…

Touching from a distance…

Jean-Marc Lederman Experience “The Last Broadcast On Earth” multiplatform (digipak/website/videogame) “Time passes, inexorably passes – and I can do nothing about it,” says Tom Shear in his love letter ‘I Love You Sandy’. Earth without a doubt needs to reconnect itself through concept albums like this one. See it as a (mental) healing process – used over and over again, until the mind of each human being re-clicks into doing noble things, constructive things, ridding…

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The Arch – “Fates” album review

The Arch – “Fates” album review

  Outside Belgium they know it for years: The Arch belongs to the absolute top of the goth rock scene, even though the band is so much more than that! The latest CD Fates is again a good example of that: thirteen tracks with one common characteristic: quality! Gasoline Lady begins with a melancholic guitar that seems to come from a Chameleons record, but it turns quickly into an energetic electro-rock song that sounds like…

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