Ronny Moorings (Clan Of Xymox), an exclusive retrospective interview
It all began in 1983 under the name Xymox, a musical project founded and spearheaded by Ronny Moorings. Shortly after,...
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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry share ‘Driving Black (Ding’s Remix)’ – their first new single in 33 years
The Leeds-based post-punk act Red Lorry Yellow Lorry have just released "Driving Black (Ding’s Remix)" – their first new single...
The Cold Field – Alive (Album – Digital/CD/Vinyl – Cold Transmission Music)
"Alive" is the third album from the Australian duo The Cold Field, and from the very first notes, it transports...
Nonpareils aka Aaron Hemphill (Liars co-founder) shares new track from new album
"Rhetoric & Terror" is the all new album from Nonpareils aka Aaron Hemphill (Liars co-founder) which is out 20 September...
Shhadows & Small Planets team up again for a cover of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin’s ‘Grey Cell Green’
Shhadows and Small Planets reunite to deliver a cover of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin's classic track, "Grey Cell Green". This new...
Medejin – The Garden (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Medejin is a Seattle (USA) based formation which at the end...
Post-punk act The Veldt shares new single from Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) produced album – out now
Based between NYC and Raleigh, postpunk outfit The Veldt present the single "Angel Heart", previewing their Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)...
Vlimmer – Zerschöpfung (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
#image_title Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Gothic, Post-Punk, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Vlimmer is the main project of German musician and...
The Veldt ‘Aurora Borealis’ single previews long-lost album, produced by Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie
(Photo by Alice Teeple) The Veldt has released their new single "Aurora Borealis", originally from 1989 and produced by Robin...
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...
Black Needle Noise invites Lisa Kekaula (Basement Jaxx) for newest EP, ‘Rise Up’
"Rise Up" is the latest in a long line of tracks from producer legend John Fryer and his Black Needle...
7 Essential Darkwave Tracks
Darkwave music is a genre that combines elements of post-punk, new wave, and gothic rock. It often features bleak and...
Kemi – Kemi (Album – Inåt Bakåt)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Kemi is a Swedish project which this year unleashed their self-titled debut album featuring...
Post-punk act Candy Coffins releases all new single and video for ‘Tangled Up in Teacups’
(Photo by Lauren Ellis) South Carolina's ost-punk act Candy Coffins presents "Tangled Up in Teacups" from their self-released album "Once...
Black Needle Noise collaborates with Ruby Friedman and Colin McGuinness for ‘Fair Winds’ single
"Fair Winds", a Black Needle Noise track originally written to be the theme song for a TV show about the...
Resplandor – Tristeza (Album – Reptile Music)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nearly fourteen years after their last album, Peruvian formation Resplandor -operating from The...
Pop post-punk infested duo Sky Creature prepping double EP ‘Bear Mountain’/’Childworld’
Here's a nice discovery, Sky Creature, which is the duo consisting of Majel Connery (synths/vocals) and Matt Walsh (guitar). The...
Winter Severity Index – Disgelo (Album – Manic Depression Records / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Electro-Wave, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Disgelo” is the third album by Italian formation Winter Severity Index. The...
Click Interview with H/P: ‘Our Goal Has Always Been To Not Make The Same Album Twice’
H/P are the initials of Happiness Project. The French Electro-Pop project signed on BOREDOMproduct is already busy for years and...
Principe Valiente – Barricades (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Shoegaze, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Nearly five years after their last album Swedish formation Principe Valiente...
Los Angeles based post-punk act Still release new EP ‘A Symptom Of Fate’
(Photo by Jaron Baker) The Los Angeles based post-punk band Still has released their new EP, "A Symptom Of Fate"....
A Ritual Sea – A Ritual Sea (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Dark-Wave, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This self-titled debut album by the French-Irish duo was released last...
Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser returns with first material in 13 years
13 years ago, that's how long Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser has not released new solo music, but that is about...
Cocteau Twins legend Robin Guthrie marks 60th birthday by releasing ‘Springtime’ EP
(Picture by Violette Guthrie) Scottish trailblazer Robin Guthrie, best known as a founder and sonic dreamweaver of the legendary trio...
Out today: ‘Riviera’ dream pop EP by Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie
Today brings the release of Robin Guthrie's "Riviera" EP, his third release this year after October's "Mockingbird Love" EP and...
Belgian shoegazers Cecilia::Eyes share new official music video ‘Parenthesis’
A few weeks after sharing their first single "Missing Pieces", Belgian shoegaze quartet Cecilia::Eyes now unveil another excerpt of their...
Stabbing Westward announces first new album in 20 years: ‘Chasing Ghosts’ – Check ‘I Am Nothing’ single
To be released March 18, 2022 via COP International Records is Stabbing Westward's first new album, in 20 years: "Chasing...
Hamburg based dreampop duo Seasurfer launch new video for ‘Drifting’
Shortly after Seasurfer’s third album "Zombies" has also been released on vinyl in addition to the earlier CD edition, the...
‘a-ha The movie’ opening all across the world – the director tells about the journey
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange/Motlys press info) ‘a-ha The Movie’ is scheduled for cinema openings this week in...
Reconverb – Airport Oxygen Bar (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Cold-Wave, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Reconverb is a Danish solo-project driven by Helge Vammen. After an instrumental...
‘Click Interview’ with The Illusion Of Silence: ‘Spirituality’
Italian multi-instrumentalist Luca Bonandini this year released his fourth production to date. He has been always attracted by every kind...
‘Click Interview’ with Seasurfer: ‘Guitar Music From England Was Just Cooler Than German Stuff’
Seasurfer is a band driven by Hamburger (Germany) based musician Dirk Ritter. He worked together with different female singers and...
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise announces new single ‘Machine’ featuring vocalist Attasalina & violinist Meredith Yayanos
(Courtesy Attasalina) Black Needle Noise’s first release on COP International Records is a fact. Out now is a new single...
Seasurfer – Zombies (Album – Reptile Music)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: After having released two noticeable studio-albums on Saint-Marie Records the German duo Seasurfer...
The Breath Of Life – Sparks Around Us (Album – Wool-E Discs / Manic Language Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Post-Punk, Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after the brilliant album “Under The Falling Stars” (2017)...
3+Dead – 3+Dead (Album – Swiss Dark Night Records / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Based in Roma (Italy) 3+Dead saw the daylight in 2017. Set up...
‘Click Interview’ with Wintry: ‘We Must Move Ahead And Listen More To New Music’
Internet is getting artists closer, giving birth to new bands. Before the new millennium it was nearly impossible to imagine...
Elsiane finally returns with an all new single: ‘Sinai’
(Photo by Elsiane) Elsiane is one of those few bands which immediately caught my attention after War-n from Hungry Lucy...
Stabbing Westward signs record deal with COP International to release first 1st new LP since 2001 – produced by John Fryer
(Photo by Pharmadiver/Kim Hansen Photography) Good news from Stabbing Westward, the band has inked a deal with COP International for...
Wintry – Timeline (Album – Wave Records / Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, goth-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Wintry resulted from the collaborative efforts between German singer Anne Goldacker (ex-Obsyre)...
V/A Dark Nouveau (Digital Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, dark-pop, minimal-electro, dream-pop. Background/Info: “Dark Nouveau” features a fine selection of twenty four bands from all over...
Living With Eating Disorders to re-release back catalogue EP’s – first 3 are available now
Andrea Kerr and Jared Hawkes, the duo behind the UK outfit Living With Eating Disorders (aka LWED) are in the...
PIG vocalist Raymond Watts featured on new single Black Needle Noise – listen here
Black Needle Noise, featuring legendary producer John Fryer (Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, This Mortal Coil), has teamed up with PIG...
Basnia – No Falling Stars And No Wishes (CD Album – Alchera Visions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, shoegaze, rock-wave. Background/Info: Basnia is a Polish project set up in 2017 by songwriter Baśnia Lipińska (vocals, percussion)....
‘Click Interview’ with FTR: ‘mp3 Is Obviously Not The Best, But We Must Admit It’s Handy’
FTR (Future) is a French trio that saw the daylight in 2012. Based in Paris, Yann Canevet (bass, vocals), Pauline...
Massive Attack launch ‘Mezzanine’ anniversary tour with… Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser !
If you think Massive Attack, you instantly think "Teardrop", the massive hit Massive Attack had in 1998. "Teardrop" features lead...
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...
Candélabre – Candélabre (CD EP – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze. Background/Info: French trio Candélabre saw the light of day in 2017. All of the members were previously...
Sophya – Broken Mirrors (CD Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, ethereal-gothic, goth-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Israel, but based in The Netherlands this is the first new studio album...
Heligoland – Coriallo (CD EP – Commission 45 / Soleil Après Minuit)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Hailing from Melbourne (Australia) and now based in Paris (France) Heligoland has released 3 albums and...
Black Needle Noise – Lost In Reflections (Digital Album – Black Needle Noise)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Black Needle Noise has been introduced as ‘music for the movies you haven’t dream of yet…’...
Nice Cold Nation – Crossroads (CD EP – Nice Cold Nation)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: French formation Nice Cold Nation strikes back after two previously released albums. The albums “Sunless” and...
Crash City Saints – Are You Free? (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, wave-pop. Background/Info: Seven years after their debut album “Glow In The Dark Music” this new opus by Crash...
The Breath Of Life – Under The Falling Stars (CD Album – Magic Language Records/Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 1985, The Breath Of Life became one of the most important gothic formations...
Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins, Bella Union label) presents debut album ‘Ojalá’ by Lost Horizons
To be released 3rd November on Bella Union is the debut album "Ojalá" by Lost Horizons. Lost Horizons is the...
Bella Lune and The Juniper Strain personnel join up to form the cold wave act Annadyne – first 2 songs available for free now
Annadyne is the brand new project by Jon and Fuchsia (who has been regularly featured on Side-Line in the past...
Collection d’Arnell-Andréa’s breakthrough album ‘Villers-aux-Vents’ finally gets a white vinyl treatment – orders accepted now
The French neoclassical darkwave band Collection d'Arnell-Andréa break-through album was without any doubt the majestic 1994 release "Villers-aux-Vents". It's a...
Black Needle Noise returns with ‘Warning Sign’ track featuring Kendra Frost
"Warning Sign" is a brand new track by the John Fryer powered project Black Needle Noise with Kendra Frost on...
John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborate on ’21st Century: a Man, a Woman and a City’ album – out in 2 physical versions
John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborate for the very first time on the new 17 track John Foxx compilation album,...
80s New Wave/Goth Rock band The Veil prep best of ‘History’ album for early December
Wave Records are preparing an essential best of release of the US/British 80s New Wave/Goth Rock band The Veil. The...
