Reviews
Sturm Café, “Zeitgeist”
Sturm Café are as breezy and fun as they are wry on their latest LP of hook-driven EBM.
Decent Ruins, “Too Weird To Live”
Czech duo Decent Ruins offer caustic wit and rapid-fire genre cycling on their debut.
Observer: Puerta Negra & Menthüll
Capsule reviews of new EP releases by Puerta Negra and Menthüll.
Belgrado, “Intra Apogeum”
After a lengthy layoff, Spanish post-punk act Belgrado trade out some of their fury for new wave synth colours.
2nd Face, “utOpium”
German electro-industrialist 2nd Face deals in exacting detail and arrangement on their sophomore LP.
Bara Hari, “Lesser Gods”
The LA darkwave chanteuse’s first LP is a potent mix of scorn and lushly produced pop-darkwave.
Zack Zack Zack, “Album 2”
Austrian duo Zack Zack Zack marshal their evocative blend of post-punk, darkwave, and near east instrumentation on a solid sophomore record.
Monolith, “Concrete Playground”
The classic rhythmic noise sound of Eric Van Wonterghem’s Monolith feels au courant once again.
Blind Delon, “La Métamorphose”
The latest from French post-punk act leans heavily into goth rock.
Devours, “Homecoming Queen”
Vancouver’s iconoclastic mutant synthpop alien returns to earth on his latest album of heartbreak and radical sincerity.
The Bellwether Syndicate, “Vestige & Vigil”
Goth rock veterans The Bellwether Syndicate take a grand tour of styles past and usher them into the present.
Observer: Yabibo Hazurfa & WLDV
New releases by Yabibo Hazurfa and WLDV are considered.
