Los Angeles-based electronic rock band, Orgy, has a lot of new music in the pipeline, and they’ve just released their first single of 2021, “Karma Kastles.” Lyrically inspired by people they’ve known in LA over the years, the song had already been included in their live show before Covid-19 put the brakes on live music. … Read more
Holy Wars is the dark pop-rock project of vocalist/songwriter Kat Leon and guitarist/producer Nicolas Perez, who are also accomplished writers/composers for TV and film. However, with increased attention garnered by WWE using the Holy Wars track “Welcome To My Hell” and the success of the subsequent “Little Godz” single, the duo is striving to make … Read more
Since this interview was published, Josh Caterer has released another live album, The SPACE Sessions. Recorded at Chicago venue SPACE, this performance followed the same format of playing to an empty house but a live-streaming audience. It features the same musicians, and includes covers such as Etta James’ “At Last” and Frank & Nancy Sinatra’s … Read more
Batavia is a Jacksonville, Florida-based gothic/industrial band comprised of husband and wife duo Terri and Ed Cripps. Having put out several EPs last year, they have now released a remix album, Batavia And Their Friends. It features such artists as Grendel, Mach Fox, Spankthenun, Syinx and Beta Virus re-working Batavia’s music. The following is an … Read more
A ‘one-woman army’ of dark electronic music, I Ya Toyah will be releasing a new EP, Out Of Order, on March 26, 2021. Based in Chicago, I Ya Toyah is Ania Tarnowska, who was born in Poland and began studying music at a young age. Having fronted several dark rock/metal bands, she looked to electronics … Read more
Damage, the latest release from Dissonance, builds upon Cat Hall’s talent for bringing pop hooks into dark electronic music and building layered vocal parts, as well as her love for the maxi-single format. The track is a collaboration with Melodywhore, and they ended up with enough remixes for two releases – Damage (1st Assault) and … Read more
A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression is a unique new collaborative album from Portland artist/producer King Yosef and LA duo Youth Code. It brings together Yosef’s trap-metal influences with the more electronic/industrial/EBM sound Youth Code is known for and expands into directions neither has gone before. It’s dark and abrasive but also very … Read more
A prolific recording artist and composer for video games, trailers, and film, Megan McDuffee is set to release her first vocal-driven solo album, Inner Demons, on May 21. She has just put out the first single from it, “13th Hour“, a track inspired by the movie Labyrinth. McDuffee has won awards for her work on … Read more
Over the course of his long career, British artist Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) has worked with a variety of electronic musical styles and has been part of numerous collaborations. His projects beyond his own recordings include scoring contemporary dance productions, sound installations, and musical partnerships such as Scanni (with Anni Hogan). Scanner’s 1996 “Trawl” (a collaboration … Read more
Having relocated to Belgrade, Serbia, The Black Heart Procession’s Tobias Nathaniel has teamed up with a group of talented musicians from the city’s garage-rock music scene to unleash The Red Step. The project marks Nathaniel’s debut as a vocalist, and his voice is perfectly suited to the dark blend of post-punk and garage-rock. The Red … Read more