Midgardsblot 2024: Viking metal festival with a touch of synth and goth too
The Midgardsblot festival, held at Borrehaugene (old viking grave mounds), outside the city of Horten, Norway, is mostly known for hosting acts within the...
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The Cassandra Complex announce USA leg of their World Tour 2024 – Tickets available now
(Photo by Roger op den Camp) COP International Records and Strict Tempo announce the USA leg of the CX40 World...
Gavin Friday (Virgin Prunes) launches title track first solo album in 13 years: ‘Ecce Homo’ – Out now
Irish musician and artist Gavin Friday (Virgin Prunes) is back with his first solo album in over a decade, "Ecce...
The Cassandra Complex announce second leg of their World Tour 2024
(Photo by Roger op den Camp) COP International Records, International Booking Department, and Resistencia Booking have announce the second leg...
Blutengel and Solar Fake release joint single ‘Nothing Left’ – Out now
Out now is a joint single from Blutengel and Solar Fake: "Nothing Left", see the video below. Released through Out...
How Gambling Regulation In Ireland Is Changing
Here In Ireland, gambling has long been a pastime for many. While the industry has been growing for years now,...
Worldcoin halts Orb-verification in India, Brazil, and France for now
Worldcoin recently stopped offering Orb-verification in India, Brazil, and France, only months after launching the scanning device in these markets....
Leeds-based female fronted synthpop act Lucky Iris returns with EP ‘Maybe I’m Too Much’
(Photo by Jack Carr) Out today is the brand new 4-track EP by the leeds-based synthpop act Lucky Iris, "Maybe...
French dark atmospheric / ambient artist Iris Capricorn launches debut album ‘Decades’
Out now is the first Iris Capricorn album "Decades". The release comes after the release of 3 singles, the first...
UK female fronted synthpop act Lucky Iris back with all new single: ‘Blowing kisses’
Leeds based synthpop duo Lucky Iris return with the "Blowing Kisses" single, which is the last single before releasing their...
Electro indie pop act Phoeno returns with ‘Follower’ – watch the video
A while back we wrote about the debut single, "Alive", by the electro indie pop act Phoeno. Out now is...
Irish indie electro act Phoeno launches excellent debut single ‘Alive’
Phoeno is the indie electro project of Adam Matthews and Liam Corbett which only appeared on our radar just now....
Electro pop act Lucky Iris amasses 34.000 Spotify plays with Valentine’s Day single
(Photo by Courteney Frisby) Here's a discovery which will please the electro pop fans, Lucky Iris. This Leeds based electropop...
The 10 best synthpop / electropop albums of all times (and 5 more)
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. During the late 1970s bands such as...
New EP announced for Helix (A23’s Tom Shear and vocalist Mari Kattman): ‘Bad Dream’
On November 5th, Helix will self-release a brand new digital-only EP entitled “Bad Dream”, featuring 4 brand new tracks and...
Iris is no more – synthpop band confirms split after rumours start to circulate on social media for over a week
The American synthpop band Iris, one of the best synthpop acts to emerge in the past 25 years, is no...
Iris Manta – Memoirs (Album – Iris Manta)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Memoirs” is the third album by Greek artist Manos Zafirakis. The album comes three...
Chemical Waves – Stories From The World Before (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having released last year albums on Unknown Pleasures Records and ScentAir Records,...
Italian post-punk act Chemical Waves returns with an all new album
The Rome (IT) based post-punk act Chemical Waves returns with an all new album on April 30th via Wave Records....
Female-fronted synth pop act Able Machines debuts with ‘Pathological’ album
The debut album of the Los Angeles based female-fronted synthpop act Able Machines is out now: "Pathological". Able Machines is...
Electropop act Enhok launches brand new – and excellent – single ‘The Night’ via SkyQode records
Out now is Enhok's newest single "The Night" which follows "Black Waters" and "Gone", both were released in 2020. The...
Iris Manta ready to shop new album to record labels
Iris Manta has recently completed its third album and is now in search of a record company for a possible...
God Module – The Unsound Remixes (Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: God Module last year unleashed the successful opus “The Unsound”, which has been...
‘Click’ Interview with Iris: ‘Chasing Trends Doesn’t Work Well For Us’
Twenty years after their debut album “Disconnect” released by the now defunct A Different Drum, Reagan Jones and Andrew Sega...
Iris – Six (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: American duo Reagan Jones (vocals), and Andrew Sega (music & production) have achieved their sixth full length album,...
Synthpop act Iris returns with brand new album: ‘Six’ – Check the opening track!
After a long hiatus (also on social media channels), Iris returns with a brand new (6th) album, "Six". You can...
Iris Manta – Kilonova (CD Album – Iris Manta)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, electro-pop, minimal-electro. Background/Info: “Kilonova” is the second full length album by Greek artist Manos Zafirakis. Iris Manta is...
I:Scintilla – Swayed (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2003, Chicago (USA) based I:Scintilla gained recognition through their works released on Alfa...
Stella Diana – 57 (CD Album – Vipchoyo Sound Factory)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Italian formation Stella Diana has been set in 1998. The trio is back on track unleashing...
Blue Images – Her Light (CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: It all started in 2013 as a solo-project, but New-York (USA) based Blue Images finally became...
‘Click Interview’ with Kilmarth: ‘Music Is A Legal Drug That Has The Immense Power To Make Us Escape’
Belgian solo-project Kilmarth is driven by Cédric Wattergniaux. I know Cédric for quite a long time. We both got involved...
Red This Ever – Attack! (CD Album – Nevitable Records/RTE)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Red This ever is an electro-pop driven formation hailing from Baltimore (USA). “Attack” is their sixth...
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