Darkwave act NØIR has announced that the band will be a headliner at this year’s DC Masquerade Ball, taking place on Saturday, August 24. Hosted by Bound, the 21+ annual event is the capital’s longest running fetish dance party, celebrating sex positivity and fetish and kink culture with a variety of DJs, BDSM/fetish fashion, play, demonstrations, and band performances, with tickets available now [..]

 
Having made the announcement of the band’s partnership with U.K. industrial imprint Armalyte Industries earlier this year, Jared Louche has now revealed via social media the fruits of this association with the first new Chemlab album release since 2006, titled Tape Decay. While a release date has not been announced, Louche has hinted the possibility of the album’s availability at the band’s upcoming performances in September [..]

 
Currently supporting his solo album debut, alternative/electronic artist Curse Mackey is continuing a busy touring schedule for the remainder of 2019, beginning with a performance at the ColdWaves Festival in Chicago, IL on September 19, followed two nights later in Baltimore, MD with Pop Will Eat Itself and Chemlab. Subsequently, he will be acting as direct support for My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult for the east coast leg of the band’s Strange Affairs Tour, Mackey having done so for the west coast leg earlier this year [..]

 
After returning in 2018 with the release of his first new album in a decade, darkwave artist Anders Manga continues his latest stream of songwriting and production with the announcement of a new album, titled Andromeda. As a preview of what new sounds the album holds, Manga has released the “Breathless” single as a name-your-price item on Bandcamp [..]

 
Norwegian post-punk act Antipole – the project of Karl Morten Dahl – has released “Syndrome,” the first single from the upcoming album, Radial Glare. The single features Paris Alexander on vocals, with the accompanying music video set in the Norwegian woods and starring dancers Anne-Christel and Nina Florry. The album follows the band’s critically acclaimed 2017 Northern Flux [..]

 
Over the course of 25 years, Norwegian electronic act Apoptygma Berzerk has reinvented itself with the incorporation of varying musical styles; once darlings of the futurepop scene of the late ’90s to becoming an electro/indie rock sensation, to releasing the purely instrumental retro/electronic Exit Popularity Contest in 2016. Now, the band has announced a new EP, titled Nein Danke! (“No thank you”), that blends aspects of analog instrumentation with the electronic pop sounds of the late ’70s and early ’80s [..]

 
Italian electro/rock duo Soaware has premiered the video for “Voltures” from the band’s upcoming self-titled debut album via Alt Revolt Magazine. The sepia-toned time lapse video was filmed and edited during a trip through the western United States by Deborah Chiari, drawing influence from the desert landscapes, which the band states has “always fascinated us [..]