4AD is a household name for lovers of post-punk, ethereal darkwave/dream-pop, and indie/alternative rock. Born in 1980 as Axis Records, an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records, the record label was founded by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, but it soon became an independent entity owned by Watts-Russell after just one year of activity and...
British producer and composer James Brook had already left his mark on the electronic scene of the past decade with Pardon Moi, the duo he formed with German artist Thomas Freudenthal. Their sound, a sophisticated reinvention of disco with a retro elegance, acted as a sonic laboratory that foreshadowed his next project: Sex Kino,...
Evitceles, a pivotal figure in Bulgaria's experimental electronic scene since 2014, has evolved from ambient and fog-drenched techno roots toward a harsher, more confrontational sound. Their catalog graces legendary imprints like Opal Tapes, Strange Therapy, Yerevan Tapes, and AMEK Collective, while their live presence has electrified venues and festivals across...
Canadian band The Birthday Massacre is an entity firmly stuck in an easily recognizable sound and aesthetics. Granted, in almost twentyfive years of career, there have been some tweaks now and there and some experiments between albums, but at the core their formula made of rock, metal, darkwave, 80's new wave and pop, contemporary...
With nearly four decades of musical careers behind them, Gerd Van Geel and Javi Golo have developed parallel yet vastly distinct musical paths in terms of format. The Belgian musician, vocalist of the band The Arch, marked an important era in the development of the European new wave and post-punk scene of the 1980s....
Hailing from Los Angeles, Sacred Skin are a relatively new duo well versed in nostalgic, 80’s inspired, synth/new wave music. Brian DaMert and Brian Tarney started the project as Second Skin in 2021, but after some digital single they changed its name. Under this new moniker, they released the debut The Decline Of Pleasure...
From the industrial streets of Rockford, Illinois (USA), rises the melancholic echo of The Funeral March, the iconic gothic rock and post-punk band that today pays tribute to its visionary founder, Joe Whiteaker (October 21, 1968 - May 17, 2024), with the posthumous release of his definitive work: It All Falls Apart. Desde las calles...
The Swedish dream pop group Príncipe Valiente releases an exclusive remix of their track I Am You by Brooklyn-based post-punk band Bootblacks. I Am You was originally released in 2022 as a single from the album Barricades, the fourth full-length album by Príncipe Valiente and their debut on Metropolis Records. At the time,...
90's industrial rock is both celebrated and scorned, according to one's view of the subgenre as a whole. For sure, a lot of influential albums were released during that decade and a lot of prominent bands left their mark on both the underground and the "alternative mainstream". This phenomenon interested and influenced some acts coming...
Sometimes little wonders happen in the world of music, strange cases where in an unexpected context artistic inspiration gives birth to something unique, influential, and even controversial. All these adjectives fit perfectly with Zoon, the only album by Nefilim; originally published in 1996, six years after Elisium, the last record by the original line-up of...
