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Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’
Youth Valley has released ‘Cerberus,’ a moody new single that blends shoegaze, post-punk, and 1980s influences reminisc…
Terror Announces Tour Supporting New Album ‘Still Suffer’
Veteran hardcore band Terror has announced an upcoming tour with Pain of Truth, End It, and Start Today as supporting a…
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When Tough Guys Fugazi Rumbled Through My Warehouse » PopMatters
A personal recollection of an unexpected encounter with the post-hardcore punk band Fugazi at the a…
Lozenge – For Lack of Trying
Leeds-based band Lozenge delivers another shoegaze assault with their release ‘For Lack of Trying’.…
Sunset Phase - Abstract Strike - A dissociating outsider house album filled with atmospheric fantasy, club nostalgia and life melancholia
Sunset Phase releases ‘Abstract Strike’, a new outsider house album created during a difficult emot…
Interview: Liam Creamer (Ken Park)
Liam Creamer, performing as Ken Park, pursued a music career with family support and relocated acro…
That’s How We Make It Our Home: Will Oldham Selects 13 Valiant Records from Louisville, Kentucky | The Quietus
Will Oldham, born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1970, curates a selection of 13 records from the local…
Nothing: a short history of decay
Nothing are natural leaders in a revitalized shoegaze scene, but their new album is more reminiscen…
Lana Leone: Paper Cranes
Lana Leone's ‘Paper Cranes’ explores underground music and pop culture through themes of existentia…
Bringers of Disease: Sacred Heart of the Abyss
Bringers of Disease presents their album ‘Sacred Heart of the Abyss,’ exploring underground music a…
Antoin Gibson returns with her huge new single, “Venom-laced Tears”
Antoin Gibson, a London-based artist, has released her new single ‘Venom-laced Tears,’ a cinematic …
Acid Techno with: Alynment – Dr. Seuss (Original Mix)
Alynment, a Pittsburgh-based producer known for House and Drum & Bass, releases an acid techno …
Modeselektor Invent a New Kind of Greatest Hits » PopMatters
German electronic duo Modeselektor releases a new LP that reimagines their greatest hits with an in…
Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC for March
Noel Gardner's March punk and hardcore music column reviews new releases including the album Draüma…
Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble – Signals | The Quietus
South Korean cellist, improviser, and composer Okkyung Lee collaborates with London's Explore Ensem…
Snowcuffs are back with new EP and latest single ‘Sunless’.
Snowcuffs has returned with a new EP featuring their latest single ‘Sunless’. The track showcases a…
Detroit techno interlude with: P0lyRhythm – Soul Circuit Memory
P0lyRhythm, a techno artist from Finland, delivers a Detroit techno banger titled ‘Soul Circuit Mem…
Single: Lozenge – For Lack Of Trying
Leeds-based alt-rock and shoegaze trio Lozenge releases their second single of the year titled ‘For…
Martin A Parker - Bunny's Lament - Bunny’s Lament is an imaginary soundtrack for fragmented lives, to characters that have never existed, imaging the way they might react to situations familiar, dramatic, impossible.
Martin A Parker's ‘Bunny's Lament’ is an imaginary soundtrack that scores music for fictional chara…
WTP - Dust Devil [Paper-Cuts] ~ Bolting Bits
WTP releases their 11th album ‘Duality’ on Paper-Cuts label, featuring 6 tracks that blend downtemp…
darialism - becoming - Darialism's debut EP ‘becoming’ is a journey inward — a sonic exploration of rediscovery, contradiction, and self-definition via various electronic genres.
Darialism's debut EP ‘becoming’ is an introspective sonic journey exploring themes of self-discover…
New Age Doom featuring H.R. – Angels Against Angels | The Quietus
New Age Doom collaborates with Bad Brains frontman H.R. on their album Angels Against Angels, creat…
Chè Aimee Dorval’s latest single, “Carnal Needs”
Vancouver-based artist Chè Aimee Dorval has released ‘Carnal Needs,’ her second studio single since…
Becky Raisman releases her new pop-leaning EP, “Earth Goddesses”
Becky Raisman releases her new three-track EP ‘Earth Goddesses,’ a pop-leaning collection that blen…