Jaye Jayle’s ‘Prisyn’ Is a Dark Ride Into Electric Night
Jaye Jayle salvage the best materials from Iggy Pop and David Bowie's Berlin-era on Prisyn to construct a powerful and impressive engine all their own.
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IYEARA Heighten the Tension on Remix of Mark Lanegan’s “Playing Nero” (premiere)
Britsh trio IYEARA offer the first taste of a forthcoming reworking of Mark Lanegan's Somebody's Knocking with a remix of "Playing Nero".
Deeper Graves Arrives via ‘Open Roads’ (album stream)
Chrome Waves, ex-Nachtmystium man Jeff Wilson offers up solo debut, Open Roads, featuring dark and remarkable sounds in tune with Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus.
Nathalie Bruno Embraces Isolation on Drift’s ‘Symbiosis’
Symbiosis shows Nathalie Bruno (Drift.) wiping the mascara, leaving the dance floor, and striking out for solitude, occasionally dragging a few beats with her.
Electropop’s Bizou Blend the Bleak and Beautiful on “Crashing Sky” (premiere)
Bizou features former and current members of Light FM, Smashing Pumpkins and Glaare. New single "Crashing Sky" reflects their penchant for pop and darkwave.
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The 10 Best Electropop Albums of 2019
From bubbly, perky synthpop to the deepest of darkwave, electropop in 2019 reflected the general malaise by forging the brightest of pop to forget the bad times on the one hand, and embracing downtempo textures and moods on the other.
Boy Harsher Are Stealing Back the Club
Boy Harsher are challenging the divide between band and club music. They're revisiting the early 1980s and not to dwell in nostalgia, but to pick up where bands like Cabaret Voltaire left off.
Tempers Reveal Their ‘Private Life’
Private Life, the new album by darkwave duo Tempers, should appeal to both old school and new school synthpop fans.
Groupthink and Other Painful Reflections on Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth
TOPY and Genesis P-Orridge's knowing adoption of cult iconography and organizing principles quickly slid from satiric emulation to full embrace -- and we all went along with it.
Lingua Ignota’s ‘CALIGULA’ Continues Her Powerful Wailings Against Misogyny
Lingua Ignota's second full-length CALIGULA continues her blend of opera, neoclassical darkwave, and death industrial. She transforms shattering lamentations into empowered declarations against misogyny, while also complicating the dominant narratives of women's trauma.
Drab Majesty’s Darkwave Peaks on ‘Modern Mirror’
Still gothy after all these years, darkwave duo Drab Majesty's songwriting is catching up with their impeccable aesthetic on Modern Mirror.
Turkish Synthpop’s Jakuzi Keeps It Gloomy on New Darkwave Album ‘Hata Payı’
On Hata Payı, Jakuzi tackles inward shadows: heartbreak, depression, nihilism. It's bleak. It's indulgent. It's good, solid, crowd-pleasing misery, and who doesn't want a hit of that from time to time?