The Livelong June – Self Oppressor (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Indie-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Five years after their great debut album (cf. “The Art Of Living”) Swedish...
Month: May 2023
Turkish synthwave/postpunk duo Zack Zack Zack releases sophomore album later this week
(Photo by Ilkan Sucullu) "Album 2", out via the Vienna-based Trost Records on May 25th, is the second album by...
Lol Tolhurst to release new book: ‘Goth: A History’
Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure, is to release a new book titled "Goth: A History" on September 23rd. The...
Portuguese darkwave act Order in Chaos launches all new single and video ‘Like a fever’
The Santarém District (Portugal) based darkwave act Order in Chaos presents us "Like a fever", the latest single and video...
Mass-X-Odus – Urban Hell (EP – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Dark-Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Sonic Groove boss Adam Mitchell (Adam-X, Traversable Wormhole) strikes back with his Mass-X-Odus...
Opera Multi Steel – Les Passions Tristes (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Legendary, French, trio Opera Multi Steel are back on track unleashing their...
Bad Pritt – Debris (Album – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Luca Marchetto strikes back with a new work under his sonic alter-ego Bad...
Click Interview with Rina Pavar: ‘I Want To Create Songs That Come Alive Through Contrasts’
Rina Pavar is a German, female, solo-project I got the opportunity to discover by the last year released album “Vivid...
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland to release ‘Police diaries’ incl. 2 deluxe editions holding 10 pre-The Police demos
Rocket 88 Books, a London-based publishing house who previously released excellent (photo) books books from Devo, The Clash, Lacuna Coil,...
The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer
Andy Rourke, bassist of The Smiths, has passed away at the age of 59. The news was shared today (May...
Cult shoe gaze act Cranes return with ‘Peel Sessions 1989-1990’
The cult shoegaze act Cranes is set to return with a new release, "Peel Sessions 1989-1990", a seven-track collection slated...
Ex-Dance Or Die members return as Darkness On Demand with a modern EBM 6-track EP ‘Final Way’
Darkness On Demand, the Berlin-based project by artists Wagner and Falgalas, who are former members of Dance or Die, is...
German synth-pop band Reichsfeind releases free download single ‘The Beauty of Blur’ via Bandcamp
German synth-pop band Reichsfeind has released a new free download single, "The Beauty of Blur". The track is a rework...
SpankTheNun premiere video for ‘Chrome (Extize Remix)’
Last week the Dallas-based dark electro act SpankTheNun launched the original "Chrome" video, today Side-Line can exclusively present the remix...
ITCN – Survivor (Album – ITCN)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: ITCN is a Spanish formation which is already active for more than ten years....
Empusae – Mortusae III (Album – Old Captain)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Tribal, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe aka Sal-Ocin strikes back with a new chapter from...
Rock Rules The Reels: Why Do Electronic Acts Avoid Casinos?
In the past decade, the world of online casinos has seen a surge of heavy metal bands partnering with casino...
AriyAgnA – AriyAgna (EP – AriyAgnA)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: We welcome the debut-EP of the Polish AriyAgnA-project featuring five songs. Content: The main...
Attrition releases live album ‘Live in the Cage. 07.02.23’
The veteran dark industrial music group, Attrition, which was formed in late 1980, reunited in its original line-up in 2022....
New Body-Banden single expected in a few weeks; ‘Beers, Boots and Bones’
The Danish experimental music group, Body-Banden, is set to release a new single "Beers, Boots and Bones" on May 26th....
Poison the Vicar readies new single for a June release: ‘Graveyard Dance’
The Shanghai, China based EBM - industrial act Poison the Vicar will present their newest single "Graveyard Dance" in June...
Trieste-based gothic industrial rock act Mal di Luna unveils video for their debut single ‘Moonlight’
Trieste-based music group, Mal di Luna, known for its goth industrial rock influence, recently unveiled a video for their debut...
What Is Zero-Based Budgeting?
In the world of personal finance, budgeting is a crucial tool for managing your money effectively and reaching your financial...
Karma Voyage – Lights In Forgotten Places (Album – Shyrec / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Shoegaze, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Italian formation Karma Voyage strikes back unleashing their debut full length...
Norma Loy – Ouroboros (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk, Minimal-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Legendary French 80s formation Norma Loy are back on track. Seven...
S.A.W. project by ex-Tangerine Dream member Johannes Schmoelling and Kurt Ader has a new album out in June: ‘Hydragate’
Out on June 30th via the MIG music label is the S.A.W. album "Hydragate". S.A.W. consists of Johannes Schmölling (formerly...
Düsseldorf tape label KLAR! 80 gets brand new compilation treatment curated by Stefan Schneider
Bureau B is set to launch the compilation titled "KLAR! 80 – Kassettenlabel Düsseldorf 1980-1982" in both CD and LP...
When members of Killing Joke and Joy Division collaborate you get K÷93
Recently, queries have come in about K÷93, a project Italian distributor Audioglobe highlighted in their latest distribution newsletter (their 800th!)...
Vogon Poetry – The Guide (Album – Vogon Poetry)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Driven by Roger Tell Vogon Poetry unleashed their fifth full length album to date....
New album by The Mystic Underground, ‘Everyone Deserves A Stage’, is out now via Re:Mission Entertainment
The new album by The Mystic Underground, "Everyone Deserves A Stage", is out now via the fine label Re:Mission Entertainment....
Interview with Cold Cave’s Wesley Eisold: ’It’s a dream to support Depeche Mode’
(Photo by Travis Shinn, interview by our correspondent János Janurik) You might think that appearing as a warm-up act in...
Long lost Depeche Mode documentary goes online in the BBC Storyville series
The previously unreleased 2006 documentary "Our Hobby Is Depeche Mode" by video/installation artist Jeremy Deller and psychotherapist/filmmaker Nick Abrahams is...
Memoria – From The Bones (Album – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electro-Pop, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: More or less four years after the excellent debut-album “Cravings” Swedish Memoria...
