The Funeral Warehouse – Hours & Days (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-Wave, Shoegaze, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: The Funeral Warehouse is a French trio which already released a...
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Karma Voyage – Karma Voyage (EP – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Karma Voyage is a new Italian duo, which by the end of 2021 unleashed...
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...
New single for witch house project Shhadows feat. Reiya: ‘Daze Gone’
Out now via Re:Mission Entertainment is a brand new single by the witch house / dark pop project Shhadows, aka...
Swedish dark-pop act Principe Valiente returns with ‘Barricades’ in mid-March on Metropolis Records
Out on March 18th via Metropolis Records is the newest album by the Swedish dark-pop act Principe Valiente. Titled "Barricades"...
Side-Line premiere for new single AMMO, ‘A Cold War City’
(Photo by Deva Holliday) Today the LA/NYC based ethereal shoegaze act AMMO presents their sophomore single, "A Cold War City"....
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...
‘Click Interview’ with Red Mecca: ‘Music Gives Me Courage And Strength’
Swedish formation Red Mecca was originally set up by Jan Strandqvist (music) and Frida Madeleine (vocals). Frida Madelaine left after four...
Mexico City based noise pop / shoegaze band Howless announce debut single/video ‘Levels’ and LP
(Photo by Andrea Gonar) Out on February 18 2022 via Static Blooms Records is the debut album by the Mexico...
Amusement Parks On Fire – An Archaea (Album – EGB Global)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, Dream-Pop, Rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: British formation Amusement Parks On Fire strikes back with a new...
Distance Dealer – Mind Dawns (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: New-Wave, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Distance Dealer is a new (international) project between Blackjack Illuminist Records owner...
Darkwave / industrial acts Vlimmer and Verneblung join Nirvana cover album ‘Nevermind Reworks’ – the synth-way
2021 marks the 30th birthday of Nirvana's "Nevermind" album. Time to pay them a tribute so the booking agency Noisegroupie...
Shoegaze trio Soot Sprite share new single ‘Night Thirst’
The shoegaze trio Soot Sprite have shared another cut from their recently announced brand-new EP, "Poltergeists", set for release on...
Vlimmer releases debut album, and it’s full electronics
Out now is the Vlimmer release “Nebenkörper”, the debut album by the Berlin based act Vlimmer. You might kn ow...
Candélabre – For To Have Time Is To Have Wings (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Three years after their self-titled debut-EP –released by Solange Endormie, the French...
n5MD owner-operator and ex-Gridlock member Mike Cadoo aka Dryft returns with ‘From Stasis’
Excellent news from Oakland, California as n5MD owner-operator and ex-Gridlock member Mike Cadoo returns as Dryft by way of the...
Belgian shoegazers Slow Crush release new single / video ‘Swoon’
(Photo by Maria Nemm) Belgian shoegazers Slow Crush have just released "Swoon", the 2nd single and music video off their...
Red Mecca – Away (Album – Massproduktion)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop, Indie-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Here’s album number six for the Swedish formation Red Mecca. Driven by...
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...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Rich Bova / Neikka RPM: ‘I Believe That The Side-Line Scene Is Not Interested In Fast Disposable Music’
Rich Bova definitely is an artist I had to interview for this ‘celebration interview’-series. He’s the operator/machinist of Neikka RPM,...
LA based shoegaze act Fime returns with all new single ‘Born 2 Love’
(Photo by Eleanor Petry) And we stay in the shoegaze atmosphere today. After a year of uncertainty the Los Angeles...
Belgian shoegaze act Slow Crush to release sophomore album ‘Hush’ on October 22 – check the title track ‘Hush’
(Photo by Maria Nemm) Out via the Quiet Panic label is "Hush", the first single from the newest album by...
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...
Andy Bell announces debut album proper under GLOK alias, shares single ‘Maintaining The Machine’
GLOK is the electronic alter ego of Andy Bell, not the Erasure frontman nor the former Anne Clark keyboardist but...
Minimal techno act Rival Consoles returns with a rather juicy single, ‘Pulses of Information’
(Photo by Özge Cöne) Side-Line has always been about letting you discover new exciting sounds. Here's one which most of...
Italian shoegaze / post-punk act Sorry, Heels return with 2nd album ‘She’, 6 years after their debut album
The Italian shoegaze / post-punk act Sorry, Heels is back with an all new album, their second after two self-produced...
Shad Shadows – Toxic Behaviours (Album – Silver Veins Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Dark-Wave, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: The Italian duoLuca Bandini -Alessandra Gismondi is mainly known for...
‘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...
‘Click Interview’ with Vlimmer: ‘There’s Music For Every Mood And Emotion In My Life’
Vlimmer is the sonic brainchild of German musician, producer, label owner, visual artist and book author Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s...
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...
Mayflower Madame – Prepared For a Nightmare (Album – Only Lovers Records / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-Punk, Psychedelic-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after the debut album “Observed In A Dream” the Norwegian...
Click Interview with Kill Your Boyfriend: ‘”Killadelica” Should Have A Kind Of Roller Coaster Of Different Emotions’
KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND has been set up in 2011. The Italian formation went through a few line-up changes and is...
Belgian shoegaze act Slow Crush to reissue out-of-print ‘Aurora’ LP + New ‘Aid & Abet’ video
Out on March 19 Via Quiet Panic is a reissue of the out-of-print "Aurora" LP by the Belgian shoegaze act...
‘Click Interview’ with SCHONWALD: ‘Nature Has Purified Minds And Souls During The Pandemic’
SCHONWALD is an Italian duo based in Ravenna. Ale Gismondi and Luca Bandini are now active under the SCHONWALD moniker for several years....
Seatemples – Trópicos (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, Post-Punk, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Seatemples is a Chilean formation active since 2014. Three years later they...
Kill Your Boyfriend – Killadelica (Album – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, Industrial-Rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Italian formation Kill Your Boyfriend has been active since 2011. The band...
Schonwald – Abstraction (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Dark-Pop, Cold-Wave, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Alessandra Gismondi and Luca Bandini are now active under the Schonwald...
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...
DüllHaus reflect on a near death experience in their music video ‘Let Me Go’
Los Angeles based post-punk act DüllHaus have announced the release of their new single "Let Me Go". The band combining...
V/A Spotlight (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, cold-wave, minimal-electro, post-punk. Format: 2CD. Background/Info: In a rather short lapse of time Cold Transmission Music has released...
Loveblind – Sleeping Visions (Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-rock, rock-pop, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Loveblind was set up in 2017 by Saint Marie Records...
Corde Oblique – The Moon Is A Dry Bone (Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, chanson, folk, neo-classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the seventh full length album by the Italian collective...
Follow Me Not – Vanishing Smile (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: After having self-released several early albums, the French duo Nicolas Guerroué...
VvvV – The Wreck (Album – Metro Beach / A Tant Rêver Du Roi)
Genre/Influences: dream-pop, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: VvvV is a French duo hailing from Bordeaux. After a self-titled debut...
Darkwave act Clusters Of Fornication to stream first ever live performance
Clusters Of Fornication, a darkwave act featured on the free download compilation "Face the Beat: Session 5" as released by...
Chandeen releases video for ‘You’re In A Trance (feat. Kitty)’ as new album ‘Mercury Retrograde’ is launched
Out now is the brand new album by the shoegaze/darkwave act Chandeen. The band's new album "Mercury Retrograde" is the...
Solitude In Apathy – Solitude In Apathy (EP – Solitude In Apathy)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, shoegaze, dream-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This self-released and self-titled work also is the debut production from the...
Available for free download: Clusters Of Fornication’s track ‘Catacomb Song’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 15th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Rev Rev Rev – Kykeon (CD Album – Fuzz Club)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock & shoegaze. Background/Info: Rev Rev Rev is an Italian formation influenced by good-old shoegaze music. They self-released a...
Brand new Chandeen video launched: ‘Vanish’ + new album expected in February 2020
The shoegaze/darkwave act Chandeen is back with an all new video for the track "Vanish". The track is taken from...
Darkwave solo artist Caress releases new Song ‘Love’ – listen here
Out now is a brand new song by darkwave songstress Caress aka Tara Jane from the Shoegaze/Post-Punk band Blood Candy....
We Melt Chocolate – We Melt Chocolate (CD Album – Annibale Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, shoegaze. Background/Info: Set up by friends in 2014, We Melt Chocolate has released their official and self-titled...
Brass Box – The Cathedral (Vinyl Album – Dune Altar)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Brass Box is a Los Angeles (USA) based formation, which is already active for a couple...
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)....
Closed Mouth – [One] (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop, gothic. Background/Info: Closed Mouth is a French project set up by busy bee Yannick Rault (Triple...
‘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...
FTR – Manners (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, cold-wave, post-punk, gothic. Background/Info: Set up in 2012 FTR is a trio from Paris (France) consisting of Yann...
Lobby – Fragrance (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Lobby is a French band set up in 2017 and signed to the new label...
A peek behind the scenes with Apoptygma Berzerk and collaborators about the making of ‘SDGXXV’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Interview photos by Sigrid E. Ø. Reinertsen) Apoptygma Berzerk, the first leading exporter...
Vlimmer – XII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: The twelfth EP in the series of eighteen set up by Vlimmer comes together with...
Your Life On Hold – My Name Is Legion For We Are Many (CD Album – Solar Lodge)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock. Background/Info: Jan Dewulf is a Belgian artist who’ll be always linked to the electro-pop project Diskonnekted and the...
Amusement Parks On Fire – All The New Ends (CD EP – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, rock-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 and falling into oblivion after some noticeable productions, this English formation struck...
Lizard Pool – Spark (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dream-pop, shoegaze. Background/Info: Hailing from Leipzig (Germany) Lizard Pool signed to Out Of Line to unleash their second...
Bad Sav – Bad Sav (CD Album – Fishrider Records / Occultation Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, cinematographic. Background/Info: Bad Sav features Hope Robertson and Lucinda King (both involved in the cool band Death And...
The Rain Within announce North America tour With VNV Nation
Synthpop/Synthwave artists The Rain Within announce they will be touring with VNV Nation on their upcoming North America Noire tour....
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...
