Taking place from March 31- April 2, 2023, Dark Force Fest is a new music festival featuring some of the best established and up-and-coming Gothic, Industrial, Darkwave and Post-Punk artists. Put on by VampireFreaks, it builds upon their previous events, but with an increased focus on live music. The festival features such acts as HEALTH, … Read more
With her newly released fourth album, I Hate Memory!, Eszter Balint has taken on something she had been previously hesitant to do – telling stories about her past. Born in Hungary, her parents were founding members of the experimental theater company Squat Theatre. The group relocated to New York City, placing Balint into the city’s … Read more
Chris Connelly initially set out to create an album of Nico covers, but after reading Jennifer Otter Bickerdicke’s You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone, he decided to expand the project with original compositions about Nico’s life. The result is Eulogy to Christa: A Tribute to the Music & Mystique of Nico, a fantastic double … Read more
Featuring bassist Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and frontman/guitarist KAV (formerly of Happy Mondays), Blitz Vega creates heavy yet danceable music with driving guitar hooks and powerful vocals. The two musicians had discussed working together for years but only recently found their schedules aligned. So far, Blitz Vega has put out a single, “Hey Christo,” and they will be following it up with an EP recorded live in-studio (no overdubs) at the legendary Abbey Road Studio.
Snake Island, the new album from Mona Mur, sees the Berlin-based artist building upon her dark electronic sound with a newfound interest in playing guitar. Collaborating with Ralf Goldkind, Mur balances abrasive elements with moodier atmospherics. Creative production and sound design throughout gives Snake Island an absolutely unique sound. Since emerging in the early 80s, … Read more
The following interview was done in 2021, in advance of the Letters to Cleo tour last fall.They have now announced 2022 dates: 11/4 Soda Bar San Diego, CA TIX11/5 The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA TIX11/17 Portland House of Music Portland, ME TIX11/18 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA TIX // Two Day Pass11/19 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA TIX // Two Day Pass In … Read more
Best known for their synth-pop hits “Forever Young” and “Big in Japan,” Alphaville has now released Eternally Yours, a double album containing symphonic versions of classic songs. Alphaville founder/frontman Marian Gold teamed up with film and television arrangers Max Knoth and Christian Lohr and the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg to re-imagine the music in orchestral … Read more
A Free Society is the debut album from Night Crickets, a collaboration between David J of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, Violent Femmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo, and solo artist Darwin Meiners. Bringing together post-punk, psychedelic, pop, art-rock and other styles, it maintains a very spontaneous and organic feel despite being recorded entirely long-distance. Over a … Read more
Synth pioneer Howard Jones launched the multi-media project ENGAGE in 2015, and now he has released the third electronic album from the series, DIALOGUE. Thematically, the album focuses on the importance of communication, and being in lockdown afforded Jones the ability to be more experimental on the musical side. Longtime collaborator Robbie Bronniman once again … Read more
Imaad Wasif had planned on making his sixth solo album in an abandoned mansion but wasn’t happy with the results from the initial sessions. Then lockdown hit and forced him to continue recording it in isolation. Working remotely with producer and long-time collaborator Bobb Bruno of Best Coast, Wasif found himself inspired to write on … Read more