Psy’Aviah revisits 2011 hit ‘OK’ on ‘Is Everything Going OK?’ EP + all new video
(Photo by Gwenny Cooman of GNY Photography) On the recent “Bittersweet” album, the Belgian act Psy'Aviah revisited two of their...
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Mexican dark elektro act C-Lekktor releases new EP ahead of full album release later in October
"Are You Ready For The Bass?" is the name of a brand new download EP by one of the leading...
Reichsfeind returns with 6-track EP ‘This’ feat. Remixes by VDOC and Amnistia
The German electropop/futurepop act Reichsfeind is back with a new extended play, "This" on the Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix....
Dark electro act Avarice In Audio back with all new album ‘Our Idols Are Filth’ in October
Reduced to its core duo after the release of “From The Rib Of Adam”, Gerry and Lawrie have worked on...
Swedish EBM act ELM lands all new album as a 3CD boxset, ‘Penetrator’
The Swedish EBM act ELM is back with an all new album via Alfa Matrix later in October. "Penetrator" is...
Die Krupps side-project Die Robo Sapiens launches debut album on Vinyl and as 2CD boxset in October – pre-orders available now
After a couple of teasing EP and video clip releases, the Belgian Alfa Matrix label announces us today the full...
C-Lekktor signs to Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix and announces brand new album for October – in pre-order now
One of the leading bands from the Mexican dark elektro scene, C-Lekktor, has landed a record deal with the Belgian...
The chart swindle – signed Richard Branson – that rushed krautrock act Faust in the charts (and a bit of terror)
Out now is the re-release of Faust's 3rd album "The Faust Tapes". It's far from sure that this re-released krautrock...
Greek dark electro act Siva Six release video for ‘Superstition’
Out now is a brand new video for "Superstition", a track taken from Siva Six' previous album "Dawn of Days"...
Out now – all new album by Norwegian synthwave / dreamwave project Lights A.M
The Norwegian synthwave / darkwave / electronic dream-pop project Lights A.M returns with “Clouds”, a 10-track new album today. Lights...
Miseria Ultima celebrates Alfa Matrix record deal with brand new EP: ‘Witch Heart Apparition’ + video
Two weeks ago we announced that the Finnish dark electro duo had signed a record deal with the Belgian label...
Norway’s Lights A.M releases brand new video ‘Another Life’
The Norwegian synthwave / darkwave / electronic dream-pop project Lights A.M has released a brand new video for the track...
Australian dark electro duo Avarice In Audio lands ‘The Language Of Violence’ EP on Bandcamp
Now a duo since the release of “From The Rib Of Adam”, Gerard Hawkins and Lawrie Masson return with a...
Cubic pays tribute to the vibrant electronic scene in the Belgian city of Ghent with the 4-track single ‘Exit – Ghent’
Throughout his work with Cubic, the Belgian artist Franky Deblomme always has distilled his own eclectic influences within the wide...
Germany’s vintage body pop act Rector Scanner offers all new ‘Fluormenschen’ EP
Out now on Bandcamp is the extremely attractive 8-track EP "Fluormenschen " by the Berlin-based vintage electronic project Rector Scanner....
Electro pop act Reichsfeind releases ‘Darken’ album today and it’s a smasher !
After two strong albums, Frankfurt-based Timo Revna aka Reichsfeind joined the Alfa Matrix label releasing the single “Persona” as a...
Out now – all new album by electro industrial act First Aid 4 Souls: ‘I Am The Night’
Out today is the all new album by the Hungarian electronic industrial artist István Gazdag aka First Aid 4 Souls....
Industrial / dark electro act Siva Six launches all new video clip ‘Club Macabre’
The dark electro / industrial duo Siva Six returned with their 5th album "DeathCult" (out via Alfa Matrix) in November...
Increased backlash in Russia against anti-war musicians (meanwhile western bands play dead and pretend there is no war)
Photo by Imad Alassiry on Unsplash Many non-Russian fans want Russian bands to speak up against Putin and the invasion....
How the alternative scene launched two mega-projects to gather funds to help Ukraine (interview with John Fryer and Bernard Van Isacker)
Two charity releases to help Ukraine have taken the Bandcamp charts by storm in the past few weeks. There is...
Side-Line presents: ‘Electronic Resistance’ – a 55-track Ukrainian darkwave / post-punk compilation
This weekend Side-Line released "Electronic Resistance", a 55-track compilation featuring darkwave / post-punk acts from the Ukrainian underground scene only...
Dark techno project Matthew Creed returns with a ‘Walking In Circles’ – exclusively available on Bandcamp
While the recently released album "The Chapel of Lines" is accessing both the dark techno and the industrial music crowd,...
New free ‘Face The Beat’ compilation peaks at nr 1 on Bandcamp’s industrial charts (within 12 hours after its release)
Our free download compilation "Face The Beat: session 7" has stormed the Bandcamp industrial music charts in no time reaching...
Bandcamp is joining Epic Games: ‘This could become epic!’
Major news from Bandcamp. Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp co-founder and CEO has just announced that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who...
Psy’Aviah returns with 2CD album ‘Bittersweet’ including an extra 3rd volume
(Photo by GNY) Out on April 1st - but already available in pre-order via the Alfa Matrix label's webshop -...
Meta threatens to pull Facebook and Instagram from the European market – what does this mean for the music industry?
This will interest artists and labels active in Europe. Facebook parent company Meta Platforms is considering leaving Europe if the...
Aesthetische are back with an all new album – For fans of Front 242, Delerium and FLA
Exactly one year ago Asthetische released the - very well-received - “Overflow” EP (available here on Bandcamp). Our main reviewer...
The bands that caused the bankruptcy of Factory Records: New Order and Happy Mondays
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label...
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...
And the best 25 albums of 2021 are…
Over the past 12 months Inferno Sound Diaries' Stéphane Froidcoeur selected nearly 750 productions of which 600 also got a...
Alfa Matrix celebrates its 20th anniversary with free compilation download ‘matriXX – 20 Years of Alfa Matrix’
Out now for immediate download is the free compilation "matriXX - 20 Years of Alfa Matrix (Best of Electro, Synthpop,...
No sleep, lots of stress, but the new site is live
As you will have noticed Side-Line looks completely different since this noon. The change was not scheduled, on the contrary,...
Biggest Belgian alternative music festival Pukkelpop cancels – bands, bookers and subcontractors claim the organizer Chokri Mahassine overplayed his hand
There is a stream of criticism towards the way Pukkelpop organizer Chokri Mahassine has managed his festival in the past...
