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Portland-based PROJEKT RECORDS   home to Thanatos, Steve Roach, Aurelio Voltaire, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Lycia, Erik Wøllo and many more, celebrates PROJEKT RECORDS' 40TH ANNIVERSARY . Over the years, a two-genre approach has consistently covered both the electronic/ambient and goth/darkwave realms. Projekt’s noteworthy and boundary-pushing darkwave acts established the label in the 90’s...

 Ursa  (Let Us Out) and Sarah's (Hexapheen ) partnership was born from a mutual admiration coupled with the desire for a more creatively fulfilling project in which they could explore different styles and ideas, unbound by the constraints of an already established multi-player band, all the while learning new skills and gaining experience. Thus, in 2016 the theatrical duo from Montreal,  SU w...

NYC- based chill-lounge master Roman Angelos and renowned producer Scott Solter just released today their full LP called "Supermarkets, Underwater, " on Happy Robot Records. The 9-track collection follows the 2022 album "Music For Underwater Supermarkets," which combines electronica and exotica, painting a sonic dreamscape transposing the mundane act of grocery shopping to an a...

Antipole (Norway) and Paris Alexander (UK) released their latest collaboration LP called "Crystalline" on Young and Cold Records.    Having worked closely together since 2017 releasing amongst others the albums Northern Flux (2017) and Radial Glare (2019) to critical acclaim, Karl Morten Dahl and Paris Alexander took a step aside to do others things the last few years. Antipole released...

I spoke to alternative post-punk duo The Bellwether Syndicate who just released their latest album called Vestige and Virgil on Sett Records and Nexilis Records  Schubert Music Europe . Formed in Chicago, Illinois, The Bellwether Syndicate consist of  William Faith (Vox, guitars), Sarah Rose Faith (Vox, guitars), Philly Peroxide (Keyboards, percussions), Stevyn Grey (drums) and Corey Gorey (Guitar...

South Carolina's alternative pop duo The Yets consist of Robin Wilson and Craig Anderson Snook who met when Robin returned to her home state after some years in Georgia. Now based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, their music combines elements of ethereal pop and popular rock classics with a sound embracing  Fleetwood Mac and the Cocteau Twins in equal measure. Breeding and bearing a distinct...

Raised in Ducor, a small agricultural town in central, CA, the youngest of three, Jess was taught at an early age to be resilient and independent. Gifts in her family came in the form of musical instruments and Jess found herself carrying on the practice from her grandmother, familiarizing herself with the piano, guitar and ukulele. In elementary school, she learned how to read and write music by...

"Chicago Glampires" PLASMATA founded by frontman, TRENT JEFFRIES, teams up with Sisters of Mercy's Ben Christo and Aly Jados (Blood People) , the latest in Plasmata's current series of new remix singles from 2021's Portraits of Pain EP, produced by William Faith (Faith and the Muse and Bellwether Syndicate). The original incarnation of Plasmata formed in Chicago back in 20...

UK-France electronic duo, " The Noise Who Runs” released their full LP called "Preterertrospective." This follows their EP, "These Will Be Your Gods" and "High Time in Lo-Fi" their EP they released in mid 2022.  The Noise Who Runs is the project of songwriter and performer Ian Pickering, best known as a member of and songwriter for the 90s British trip hop band S...

The 8th full-length album by North Carolina's The Mystery Plan is called "Haunted Organic Machines" released on 10mm Omega Recordings.  I spoke to Jason Herring, one of the founders and producers (Along with Rob Tavaglione ) of the Charlotte-based collective that formed in 2010 initially as a duo (Jason Herring and Paul Jensen) . Then Jason's wife, Amy Herring joined the band....

Coventry, England's dark electronic pioneers ATTRITION founded by Martin Bowes in 1980 will be releasing their latest album, The Black Maria later in 2023 which will feature the reunion of the original ATTRITION line up  for the first time in nearly 35 years with Martin Bowes, Ashley Niblock and Julia Niblock Waller. ATTRITION is influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesth...

"Pennies By The Pound" was formed by Frontman and songwriter Johannes Susitaival and Vesa Ranta in 2017 with the lineup expanded in the next few years by first Tomi Laaksonen and then Alexander Meaney, both musicians from previous projects. Having written for a variety of bands, Johannes began exploring his passion for alternative and progressive rock, which led to their self produced &q...

Hollywood rock n' roll icon, author and multi-disciplinary artist, professional dancer and musician Pleasant Gehman talked to me about her latest book  ”Rock ‘N’ Roll Witch: A Memoir of Sex, Magick, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll.”  As one of the first punks in Los Angeles to document the scene she helped create in her fanzine Lobotomy, which lead to writing for the top mainstream rock publications....

American indie rock trio, "Quiz Show" released their debut album of the same name, recorded at the NJ-based Magic Door Record Label with award-winning producer Ray Ketchem.   Quiz Show comprises of founder and lead vocalist Chris Matthews, originally from the legendary DC alternative rock band Shudder To Think, Jesse Krakow (Shudder to Think) and Kevin March  (Guided by Voices). Accordin...

Musician and former Hawaii resident Dave Derby was inspired by the artistic heyday of the 70s and the 80s era in New York City and formed the indie pop collective called Gramercy Arms. Gramercy Arms released their third album called "Deleted Scenes" via Magic Door Record Label. The album was produced, recorded and mixed by award-winning director Ray Ketchem and  mastered by award -winnin...

I spoke with singer-songwriter Léanie Kaleido of the UK-based Indie pop duo, Karamelien.   Based in East Grinstead , Karamelien is made up of singer-songwriter, Leanie Kaleido and guitarist Mark Foster.  They released their debut single "Ascension Heights," a song inspired by and featuring  Top Topham's track of the same name. While technically a new project, "Ascension Heights...

Martin Saint is the frontman for Montreal-based indie rock/ post punk quartet, The Ember Glows. Martin's latest album is called "Radio Murmurs," his fourth solo release since 2019, including his experimental spoken album "Fly Tales" that came out that same year. This new collection emerged during the pandemic with the specific intention to produce a full-length album.  He...

Alternative rock duo A Cloud of  Ravens will be unveiling their forthcoming album called "Lost Hymns" on April 28, 2023, via Nexilis Records/ Schubert Music Europe. The album is a collection mastered by Actors' Jason Corbett at the Jackknife Sound studio in Vancouver. Their latest single is out now called "Requiem For The Sun" which followed the singles "Nature of Art...

I interviewed French dark wave project, Distance H , founded by Parisian producer ManuH   and I also interviewed singer, songwriter Liset Alea .  ManuH's musical universe finds its source in post punk, dark wave, cold wave, ethereal and shoe gaze, sometimes borrowing some more electronic sounds.  His debut EP "Intimacy" was released January 2023, where he invites female singers to e...

Alternative Rock musician Rob Munk released his new "Phased Out" album via Montclair, New Jersey based Magic Door record label, a grassroots imprint founded by Guided by Voices Kevin March and producer Ray Ketcham and Renee Lab from Elk City.   "Phased Out" is a record that somehow comes out of nowhere from an artist that has been almost everywhere. This is modern rock that res...

"Elk City’s cool and elegant sound draws on 1980s “dream pop” and bits of 1960s folk- rock" ~ The New York Times They are founding members- vocalist and artist Renee LoBue and producer and drummer Ray Ketchem   from the New Jersey-based collective Elk City.  Since their formation in 1999, Elk City has released 5 albums, 3 EPs and numerous singles. Pursuing a glimmering rock thread, Elk C...

Alternative pop artist Faith Marie originally from Provo-Utah but now based in  LA began developing her skills at the age of 13, launching a successful YouTube channel that would attract over 100,000 subscribers over the next five years, in addition to millions of listeners via Spotify. Her first singles included the moody piano ballad "Antidote," the orchestrally adorned "Little Gi...

I interviewed the legendary English music Journalist, author, environmental activist and founding member for the perennial post-punk band The Membranes John Robb. When John is not touring with his band (they recently toured in Europe with The Stranglers, The Chameleons and Fields Of The Nephilim), he’s presenting, moderating or writing for his popular UK music site Louder Than War. John has previo...

 Daniel Darrow is a founding member of the Art rock collective, The Pull of Autumn. The band released their 4th LP called Beautiful Broken World via RBM Records, 15 tracks that involves a number of iconic artists, including Phillip Parfitt of The Perfect Disaster, Stuart Moxham of Rough Trade postpunk band Young Marble Giants, Luke Skyscraper James of I.R.S. recording artist Fashion and John Neff,...

Vancouver, Canada based, Hem Netjer creates dark electronic folk music. Inspired by the #MiddleEgyptian word for god's servant (Priest) they combine ancient stories, traditional instruments with modern technology. Haunting female vocals blended with deep throat singing and catchy synth lines create sounds that "moves the body and the soul."   Raven Rissy   is the lead vocalist, song...