Drab Majesty have release their new video, ‘Oxytocin’. Directed by Leigh Violet, ‘Oxytocin’ is elegantly stylized and features Drab Majesty’s Deb Demure and Mona D and cameos from Kennedy Ashlyn (SRSQ), Jackie Dunn Smith, Dan Phillips (True Widow) and others. “We’re invited subtly inward, beyond the persona into a vulnerable zone, calling to the surface subtle insights about the alternate environs Drab Majesty seem to inhabit. A mood piece eschewing narrative in favor of…
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She Past Away video for “Disko Anksiyete “and US tour dates
She Past Away, the duo of Volkan Caner and Doruk Ozturkan will be heading to the U.S. in July on tour. With three of their seven US shows sold out far, She Past Away seem to be spearheading a new wave of post punk and goth revival. And ahead of the tour they have released new single and video, Disko Anksiyete. Watch the video here. Forgoing the simplicity and traditionalism of standard issue dark…
Read MoreJunky Love return with their fourth single ‘Nowhere To Go’
Describing the lyrical content of the song, vocalist Axel states: “it is about self medicating and substance abuse. As anxiety and mental health issues reign over our sanity, many of us seek to numb that pain away. A marriage of drugs and alcohol is often the painkiller we fall in love with.” It does what you would want from a psychedelic rock track and it strays into desert rock territory at time, taking a…
Read MoreAgent Side Grinder “A/X” – album review
Agent Side Grinder are back with the new album ‘A/X’. Following on from their eponymous 2008 debut and through to the much more synth based ‘Alkimia’ in 2015, Agent Side Grinder have shown a constant evolution in their sound in their 11 year career and gaining a reputation as being a powerful live band. ‘A/X’ is a very synthy album. ‘Synth wave’ if you’re trying to be cool. And it uses it’s electronic footing…
Read MoreNERO BELLUM “NFRN°” – album review
Nero Bellum (of Industrial-Metal act Psyclon Nine) presents his eponymous solo project. Recorded live over two years, each piece in this collection is an exploration of synthesis in the modular domain. Each piece was improvised, with no overdubs, & without the use of computers in the creative process. The result is ominous, heavily atmospheric, percussive, dark, experimental modular electronica. “We live in a time in which electronic music has become foolproof & ‘perfect’ with…
Read MoreTHE MYSTERY OF THE BULGARIAN VOICES featuring LISA GERRARD – live at Queen Elizabeth Hall London
The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices released their first album of new studio recordings in over two decades in 2018. Better known to many as Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, ‘BooCheeMish’ saw the esteemed Bulgarian choir performing together with erstwhile 4AD Records label mate Lisa Gerrard on several tracks, thereby uniting two of the most distinctive vocal acts working in music. The choir and Lisa are combining again to play a special one-off show…
Read MoreCubanate announce new EP “Kolossus”
The industrial techno-rock duo Cubanate have announced the release of their first new music in over two decades in the form of an EP entitled ‘Kolossus’. It follows their ‘Brutalism’ retrospective collection in 2017 and a brief return to live action for the first time since the late 90’s. Discussing his working relationship with guitarist Phil Barry, front man Marc Heal states that they had started thinking about writing new material after the positive…
Read MoreJean-Marc Lederman Experience “13 Ghost Stories” – album review
“You come back to Earth, as a ghost, for 24 hours. What do you do?” That’s the simple yet intriguing question asked by Belgian industrial pioneer Jean-Marc Lederman to every vocalist and novelist joining his ’13 Ghost Stories’ project. Would you seek revenge towards those who wronged you? Would you try to fix your own wrongs? Would you seek out a loved one one last time? Maybe you would simply… float? Some responded with…
Read MoreMachinista “ Anthropocene” – album review
Machinista have returned with third album ‘Anthropocene’. Billed as a dark pop journey, it certainly ticks a lot of the pop boxes along it’s way. Catchy hooks, big choruses and a certain head nodding charm that keeps the listener entertained. Any release hovering around this genre is always going to attract comparisons to the heavy weights of the genre, which you will notice I am deliberately avoiding in this sentence, but luckily vocal duties…
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