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Klammer - Modern God British post-punk dark pop outfit Klammer release 'Modern God' single  For fans of: The Damned, New Model Army, The Mission, The Chameleons, The Cure. Label: Under Dogz Records. Formed by UK Producer Steve Whitfield (The Cure, The Mission, Terrorvision, Jane Weaver) in 2014, drawing from the members' shared...

It’s been a long time coming, but David J (Haskins) is returning to his roots.40 years since the formation of Bauhaus, he has announced two one-off solo UK concerts in between festival dates with Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy and their newly-announced world tour, including' Back to Beck, a historic...

Five years after the compilation album "Open Wounds", Italian 'suicide pop' trio Spiritual Front will release its new album, "Amour Braque" via Auerbach Tonträger / Prophecy Productions. French for 'Mad Love', "Amour Braque" is conceptually described as "a sincere and cruel analysis of what love/sex relations are, a path that switches between tenderness and rot".    Formed in...

Shriekback was formed in 1980 by ex-XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews and bassist Dave Allen on his departure from Gang Of Four, in collaboration with guitarist Carl Marsh from Out On Blue Six. Under the auspices of the visionary Y Records label (home to The Slits, The Pop Group and Pigbag), the group found their voice experimenting in...

30 years after their breakout hit "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)", Information Society is back with a new single on Tommy Boy, just in time for their busy summer tour schedule. The new release, “Nothing Prevails”, sounds like vintage Information Society, vamped up for the new era. With a history...

Japan Suicide ''Santa Sangre'' Unknown Pleasures Records Japan Suicide Releases 'Santa Sangre' album via Unknown Pleasures Records FOR FANS OF: Savages, Interpol, Editors, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Underground Youth, Soviet Soviet FOCUS TRACKS: Circle, Blown Away, Dealer, For Every Flaw, Lost Daughter FOR SHARING Bandcamp https://hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/santa-sangre-post-punk-upr-080-cd Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/unknownpleasuresrecords/japan-suicide-circle This Be...

More than 30 years after their inception, English neofolk kings Sol Invictus release their long-awaited new album, "Necropolis", described by the group's dean Tony Wakeford as "a record based on and brought forth from London and the serpent Thames that snakes its way through its heart" and possibly the...

The Venus Fly Trap - Icon (Glass Modern 2018), Out Now... Produced by Martin Bowes / Attrition. ICON, the new album from VENUS FLY TRAP following on from NEMESIS which came out in 2008 and a limited red vinyl best of METAMORPHOSIS in 2016. Mythology has been part of VFTs psyche alongside...

Genre: Gothic,new wave,electro Release Date: August 18, 2009 After 25 years of activity in the underground scene Clan of Xymox came back in 2009 with their new stunning album which combines the early melancholic 4AD sound of the band with the glimmering synthesizer sounds of the 90s and the power...

And One - Zerstorer (Maxi-Single) (2011) FLAC genre: electronic/pop release: 2011 label: Out of Line Music One of the most popular bands in the alternative electronic scene for many years comes back in 2011 with a new EP called ''Zerstörer''. After the live concerts of And One in 2010 we should expect the...