SLOAN – “SCRATCH THE SURFACE” MURDER RECORDS Canadian indie-rock royalty Sloan share a brand-new song, “Scratch the Surface,” the latest release from their upcoming studio album Steady, coming out on October 21 through murderecords/Universal Music Canada. Fans can pre-order/pre-save Steady HERE. [...]

DEINE LAKAIEN – “SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN” PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS Deine Lakaien are an iconic German dark music act. The legendary electronic duo has managed the rare feat of being accepted as serious artists as well as proving to be immensely popular over more than three and a [...]

SOFT CELL – “BRUISES ON MY ILLUSIONS” BMG “Bruises On My Illusions” heralds the first Soft Cell album in two decades. The highly influential duo of Marc Almond and Dave Ball will be releasing Happiness Not Included on February 25th. “Bruises On My Illusions” possesses a [...]

THE FOREIGN RESORT – “SEND YOUR HEART TO THE RIOT (CREUX LIES REMIX)” ARTOFFACT RECORDS The Foreign Resort combines the shadowy mysticism of The Cure’s Pornography era with a driving production aesthetic akin to LCD Soundsystem. Intricate reverb-enveloped guitar lines glide over Steffan [...]

BEATBOX MACHINERY – “ACE OF SPADES” WERKSTATT RECORDINGS Beatbox Machinery was formed in February 2010 by Toxic Razor (courtesy of Paradox Obscur/Metropolis Records). Hardware synth wave soundscapes blended with analogue monophonic waves and digital analogue sequences. Everything is recorded with [...]

TRAITRS – “MOUTH POISONS” FREAKWAVE RECORDS Not long ago, we premiered the single “Oh, Ballerina” by Toronto’s own TRAITRS and now, moving on, it’s only a logical progression that we should also dig the new single “Mouth Poisons” from one of the hottest buzz-bands amongst [...]

SPIRITUAL CRAMP – “EARTH TO MIKE” DERANGED RECORDS San Francisco punk outfit Spiritual Cramp return with their first new music since late 2018, when they released a collection of recordings to date entitled Television via Deranged Records. This new EP, Here Comes More Bad News, was recorded with [...]

BLAKLIGHT – “RESET” INDEPENDENT “Reset” is the second single from BlakLight’s forthcoming second album, Into The Void. Pulsing synths, dark melodic vocals, shimmering guitars and throbbing beats blend to craft a song of melancholy optimism. One of the first tracks written for [...]

CHEB I SABBAH – “KEEP COMING BACK” (FEATURING PETER MURPHY & AZAM ALI) SIX DEGREES RECORDS The late Cheb i Sabbah was one of the most important and influential artists on the Global Fusion scene. His six classic albums for Six Degrees Records combined the traditional music of South East Asia, [...]

THE STRANGLERS – “IF SOMETHING’S GOING TO KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE)” COURSEGOOD UK punk progenitors The Stranglers‘ new video/song, the mesmerizing “If Something’s Gonna Kill Me (It Might As Well Be Love”), is inspired by the passing of late keyboard player [...]