Deceits share ‘One Day You’ll Hurt As Much As Me’ video and autumn tour dates
Los Angeles post-punk band Deceits have released a video for "One Day You'll Hurt As Much As Me", the single...
Year: 2026
A Flock of Seagulls’ ‘The Story of a Young Heart’ turns 42 on 20 August
A Flock of Seagulls, the English new wave and synth-pop band from Liverpool, released its third studio album "The Story...
Black Marble share ‘It Always Comes to Me’ video ahead of ‘Life in Small Spaces’
Two days before the album lands, Black Marble has released a video for "It Always Comes to Me", the last...
Gydja – Níu Kom Ek Heima Fyr Niflhel Neðan (Digital-CD Album – Winter-Light)
New Zealand artist Abby Helasdottir has been active for many years; she released her debut work twenty-five years ago, and...
What Are the Most Common Causes of Accidents at Intersections?
Image source Intersections are among the busiest and most complex areas of any roadway. Drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians must...
Steps to Take After Being Involved in a Highway Crash
Image source A highway crash calls for quick, clear action. The steps that matter most are getting to safety, calling...
ÆRIA issue ‘Ivy’ and a video from the self-released debut mini-album
ÆRIA released "Ivy" on August 4, 2026, the second of six tracks on the self-released EP "Ivy: The First Mini-Album"....
Portion Control interview: ‘It’s closer to handling someone else’s archive that happens to have your name on it’
Portion Control have always been slightly awkward candidates for canonisation. Formed in London in 1979, their early use of synthesisers,...
Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo share ‘The Greatest Delight’ video ahead of ‘Psychedelia in White’
Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo released the video for "The Greatest Delight" on 18 August 2026, the third single from...
Chris Connelly sets 21-track Lou Reed tribute ‘Doo Wop in the Dark’ for 16 October
Four years after his Nico record, Chris Connelly has returned to the Velvet Underground orbit from the other side. The...
AVANT Festival returns to Lecce from 9 to 11 October with free entry
AVANT Festival holds its sixth edition in Lecce, southern Italy, from 9 to 11 October 2026, with free entry across...
Attrition and Annie Hogan reissue WWI album ‘Millions of the Mouthless Dead’ digitally
The album started with a shell that hit a British trench in Belgium in June 1917. Attrition founder Martin Bowes...
Chameleons take ‘Arctic Moon’ across Europe this autumn
Manchester post-punk veterans Chameleons are heading back onto European stages this autumn for an extensive run of dates in support...
Soft Science release third single ‘Fade’ ahead of album ‘Sand’
Sacramento dream pop group Soft Science released "Fade" on 18 August 2026, the third single taken from their fifth album...
Sea Of Sin – The Shape Of A Lonely Soul (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Sea Of Sin)
Frank Zwicker and Klaus Schill began their journey as Sea Of Sin more than 30 years ago. Although the German...
Rue Oberkampf announce ‘Wehmut’, a six-track album on Young And Cold Records
Rue Oberkampf release "Wehmut" in mid-October 2026 on Young And Cold Records, their third full album for the Augsburg label...
Ironic Sweden release ‘Walk With Angels’ on 21 August through Town And Towers Records
Ironic Sweden, the Swedish synthpop and darkwave duo built around producer Dan Ritzen, release "Walk With Angels" on 21 August...
Sina Matix releases ‘Killing The Curse’, an EBM-leaning single about starting over
Sina Matix, the Jacksonville dark electro project, released "Killing The Curse" on 7 August 2026 as a standalone digital single....
Rosetta Stone announce ‘Executing Nostalgia’ and release first single ‘Shadowban’
Rosetta Stone, the gothic rock project Porl King has fronted since 1988, release "Executing Nostalgia" on 25 September 2026 through...
Vogon Poetry release ‘Further Than Before’ on 28 August
Swedish synthpop trio Vogon Poetry release "Further Than Before" on 28 August 2026 through Audite Records. The track takes its...
Siva Six and Das Ich announce two Spanish dates in September 2026
Siva Six and Das Ich share a bill in Spain for the first time on 11 and 12 September 2026,...
Alex Okami releases ‘Permanent Disease’ and confirms September US tour dates
Phoenix post-punk and darkwave artist Alex Okami released "Permanent Disease" as a digital single on July 30, 2026, and the...
The House Flies announce ‘Derelict Crawl’ and second album ‘Lions and Ore’
The House Flies, a four-piece post-punk and dark alternative band from Moline, Illinois, release "Derelict Crawl" on 4 September 2026...
Casual Confrontation releases ‘ARREBATO’, first single from ‘BASTION’
Nashville project Casual Confrontation, run by songwriter and producer Frankie Diez, released "ARREBATO" as a digital single on August 14,...
Silke Bischoff release a remastered ‘Under Your Skin’ as the ‘Tears’ compilation moves to 25 September
Silke Bischoff issued a remastered "Under Your Skin" on 18 August 2026 through Dependent Records. The track first appeared on...
COH reissues ‘Iron’ on vinyl for the first time through We Are Busy Bodies
COH reissues "Iron" on 30 October 2026 through the Toronto label We Are Busy Bodies, remastered and pressed on vinyl...
Nachtmahr interview: ‘The setlist is the script for the movie we present every night’
When Thomas Rainer and I spoke in 2024, "Verboten!" was presented as a decisive stage in Nachtmahr's development, a record...
Till Lindemann issues ‘Live in Krakow’ concert film and live album on 25 September
Twenty 4K cameras, six GoPros, two 360-degree rigs and a drone were pointed at the stage of the TAURON Arena...
Medical vs. Adult-Use Cannabis: What the Difference Means When You’re Standing at the Counter
Most people walking into a legal cannabis shop for the first time assume there is one menu, one price, and...
Karin Mérat, singer of XVII° Vie and Les Secrets de Morphée, has died
Karin Mérat, the French singer and multi-instrumentalist who fronted the darkwave group XVII° Vie and ran the neoclassical project Les...
Gnoomes share the ‘Shakshuka And Pie’ video, the third single from ‘Losey’
Gnoomes released the video for "Shakshuka And Pie" on 18 August 2026, the third single lifted from "Losey", the album...
Clockwork Echo return after two years with the ‘Acolyte Protocol’ single and video
Clockwork Echo released "Acolyte Protocol" on 11 August 2026, a self-released digital single that ends a gap of more than...
Dina Summer release ‘Rat Race’, the closing track of the ‘Children Of The Night’ mini-album
Dina Summer released "Rat Race" on 5 August 2026 through Iptamenos Discos. The 2:56 track mixes taut synth sequences with...
Why a Five-Euro Download Still Matters to Underground Music
Streaming places an enormous catalogue behind a single monthly subscription, yet paid downloads remain important across industrial, EBM, darkwave and...
Best AI girlfriend apps tested: Free limits, paywalls, and memory performance
Many individuals exploring the realm of digital companionship often begin their search with the expectation of immediate, unrestricted access to...
Post-World Cup, South Africa’s Betting Market Shifts From Acquisition to Retention
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 17, 2026: The FIFA World Cup delivered another huge moment for the betting industry, but for...
Simple Maintenance Tips for European Car Owners in Houston
Image source Houston is known for its long commutes, busy highways, and hot summers. The city’s intense heat, humidity, and...
Clan of Xymox’s ‘In Love We Trust’ turns 17 on 18 August
Clan of Xymox's "In Love We Trust" turns 17 on 18 August. The Dutch dark wave band released the album...
Electronic Death Black Dogs – The Bornless One (Digital/CD Album – Winter-Light)
Scottish artist Roddy Graham has been active for more than 30 years, releasing a substantial body of work under various...
Six South African Casino Brands Tipped for 2026 Hold Strong Into Q3
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 17, 2026 — At the start of 2026, SouthAfricanCasinos.co.za identified a group of gambling brands it...
BOREDOMproduct closes its webstore to the EU and postpones the new Foretaste album
The French electropop label and mail-order BOREDOMproduct has closed its webstore to customers in the European Union and postponed its...
Andy Bell’s ‘Love Oneself’ / ‘Delicious’ 12-inch single delayed to August 28
Andy Bell's double A-side 12-inch single of "Love Oneself" and "Delicious", pressed on pink vinyl and due out on August...
Ghostbells release ‘Curses’ single and video via Out Of Line Music
New York darkwave duo Ghostbells released "Curses" on August 14, 2026 through Out Of Line Music, as a digital single...
How Much Skill Is Involved in Modern Social Casino Games?
The honest answer is less than the interface suggests, and the gap between those two things is itself a piece...
Microwaved builds ‘Day of the Woman 2028’ around fifteen female artists reworking one track
Des Moines electro-industrial project Microwaved has announced "Day of the Woman 2028", a collaborative album set for 1 January 2028...
Stabbing Westward date ‘Wither ReWired’ for 10 September on 180-gram vinyl and digipak CD
Stabbing Westward release "Wither ReWired" on 10 September 2026 through COP International. The industrial rock band have re-recorded their 1996...
nolongerhuman rebuilds four older tracks for the vinyl-only ‘Insect Archives’ EP
Portland electro-industrial project nolongerhuman releases "Insect Archives" on 2 October 2026 through COP International. The EP exists on vinyl only,...
The Cassandra Complex set ‘Generating Station Complex’ for 30 October on vinyl and CD
Post-punk and industrial act The Cassandra Complex release "Generating Station Complex" on 30 October 2026 through COP International. The album...
The Electrozixx, the Floreffe synthpop duo behind fifth EP ‘Frenchy Touch’
The Electrozixx are a synthpop and electropop duo from Floreffe, in the Belgian province of Namur, and their fifth EP,...
Manufracture Music release two-track anti-AI statement ‘The Scene Lies (A.C.I. Manifesto)’
Austrian industrial project Manufracture Music released "The Scene Lies (A.C.I. Manifesto)" on Bandcamp on 14 August 2026. The two-track release...
Dead Astronauts set October release date for fifth album ‘Shallow Grave’
Darkwave and synthwave duo Dead Astronauts release their fifth studio album, "Shallow Grave", on 2 October 2026 through Cold Transmission...
iamnoone announce new album ‘Gloomy Days’ on Cold Transmission Music
Italian darkwave and cold post-punk project iamnoone release their fifth album, "Gloomy Days", on 4 September 2026 through Cold Transmission...
Bragolin announce 30-date North American Hope Tour with Carrellee
Dutch darkwave duo Bragolin will play their first concerts in North America this autumn. The North American Hope Tour runs...
Oddysseys release self-recorded 16-track album ‘However You Want It’
Chicago post-punk band Oddysseys released their album However You Want It on 15 August 2026. The record runs 16 tracks...
Blone Noble releases ‘Subterranean World’ with a video by Redamo Rosa
Los Angeles new wave artist Blone Noble has released the single Subterranean World, co-written and produced by Dakota Blue and...
Wailin Storms release ‘The Arsonist’, their first album for Season of Mist
Wailin Storms, the southern gothic rock quartet from Durham, North Carolina, released their fifth album "The Arsonist" on 10 July...
PIG interview: ‘I am fairly intolerably self-critical and demanding of myself and others’
PIG is Raymond Watts, and Watts has been part of the industrial scene since the early 1980s. He started the...
Brooddark – Deliro (Digital/CD Album – Winter-Light)
Yaroslav Gavrilyuk, aka Brooddark, is an artist from Belarus about whom little background information is available. In 2025, he released...
Beyond Border – Aftermath (Digital/CD Album – NoCut)
Beyond Border started out as a duo in 2019 and has since grown into a trio comprising Kai Vincenz Németh,...
Magic Wands release ‘Diamond Rain’, the first track from an album due in early 2027
Magic Wands released the single "Diamond Rain" on August 14, 2026 through Metropolis Records. The Los Angeles duo of vocalists...
ITCH put debut ‘House of Ghosts’ on Escape.ai
ITCH have made a debut record called "House of Ghosts" available to stream on Escape.ai, a distribution platform and creator...
Elsiane singer Elsieanne Caplette announces a solo project and 2027 tour plans
Elsieanne Caplette, singer and composer of Montreal trip-hop duo Elsiane, announced on August 12, 2026 that she has begun a...
Portion Control release ‘Displaced Hybrid Refugee’ video as their first archive box set arrives
Portion Control released a video for "Displaced Hybrid Refugee" on August 14, 2026, the same day their first archival box...
EMMON teams with Agent Side Grinder for ‘Relics’ remix ahead of ‘ICONMIXED’
Swedish electro artist EMMON released "Relics (Agent Side Grinder Remix)" on 14 August 2026 through Icons Creating Evil Art. The...
Ray Noir and Danny Blu release ‘Gothstar’, final single from upcoming EP
London-based queer alt-metal artist Ray Noir releases “Gothstar” on 13 August 2026, a rave-metal single featuring New York alternative artist...
Bizou announce ‘Widow’ EP on Moonboot Records and share ‘Death Mag’
Los Angeles band Bizou will release the six-track EP "Widow" on Moonboot Records on 25 September 2026. The band recorded,...
