BuryWhatYouHeard

Peeling Grey [US]

2010-07-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

Peeling Grey was formed in June of 2008 by Andy Smith and Mike O'Hare. Smith had taken a stab at writing lyrics and experimenting with four track home recordings throughout previous years.

The band made its debut live performance at Fonzfest with The Clash City Rockers (Clash tribute) on April 18th of that year. A string of live shows all over the Los Angeles area slowly started to develop local interest in the band, particularly from the underground Indie, Post Punk, and Goth scenes.

Peeling Grey has their sights set on further developing their sound that is routed in Post Punk. Despite their routes and influences that span many facets of that era, the group looks towards the future of music.....Akin to the original spirit of the past.

http://www.myspace.com/peelinggrey

The Lost Rivers [Ger]

2010-06-10T23:46:00.000-07:00

The Lost Rivers is a Noisy Shoegaze/Psychedelic/Experimental band from Baden-Württemberg Germany.

Made up of Phil Walkendorf on Guitars and Vocals, Hell Pilot on Bass and Izzy on drums, this trio is relentless in delivering a constant barrage of psychedelia infused, post punk, shoegazing feedback laden tunes.

My Beatific Vision (2010) is their official EP at Northern Star Records.

http://www.myspace.com/thelostrivers

Charlotte's Shadow [Ire/Ger]

2010-06-10T20:13:00.001-07:00

Charlotte's Shadow - Under the Rain 2010

Since their creation in Dublin in 2001 Charlotte s Shadow have dabbled in many genres and has drawn upon many diverse influences.

Later to reemerge in Germany the band ascertained their style that still proves to set them apart today. On many Levels it can be said that the band has been heavily influenced by the emotions that has dominated the early Gothic scene. Concentrating on concepts of romanticism, melancholy, despair and uncovering beauty in despondency Charlotte s Shadow endeavour to remain loyal to what their true definition of Goth music might be. It is through this style and commitment to the fundamental Goth genre, that the band has won over a strong fan base, and continue to receive critical acclaim worldwide.

http://www.myspace.com/charlottesshadowtheband

Telltale [US]

2010-06-10T02:56:00.001-07:00

Telltale - Altahmam EP 2010

Brooklyn’s Telltale showcases an intriguing mix of experimental no-wave, reverb-soaked post-punk, and dark shoegaze. Featuring Eric Gilstrap, Laurie Ruroden, Stephan Cherkashin, and Lauren Andino, the quartet's ear-splitting washes of guitar feedback, deadpan chants and ominous droning wastelands doesn't so much blanket you as it does envelop you, overpowering you with Sonic Youth caterwauls and JAMC-esque walls of sound. The music churns in a slow burn, awash in effects, but there’s an aggression lurking just beneath the surface that maintains an uneasy atmosphere. There’s also a healthy dose of reverb to help wash down all the gauzy noise...

http://www.myspace.com/telltalemusic

The Mescaline Babies [Ita]

2010-04-25T21:54:00.001-07:00

At the fall of 2009 Glauco (ex-Suicideathome, Broken Time Structure) and Kalle (ex-Enkil's Eye, Sleepy Crowd) decide to start a band that has nothing to do with their former projects. Basing on their common passion for bands like Scarlet's Remains, Christian Death and Mephisto Waltz, they record a bunch of pieces at home: "The Mescaline Babies" are born. After few months they complete the line-up with Daniele (bass) and Luca (drums), and now are recording their first EP at the Overground production's studio. The Mescaline Babies proposes a deathrock assault between the american sound and the european one, wich conjugates shimmering gothic atmospheres with the genuine vehemence of punk.

http://www.myspace.com/themescalinebabies

Blessure Grave [US]

2010-02-04T00:14:00.000-08:00

Blessure Grave - Judged By Twelve,Carried By Six - 2010 @Alien8 Recordings

Judged By Twelve, Carried By Six is the debut full-length release by Blessure Grave.

Founded as a duo by T. Graves and Reyna Kay in September 2008, Blessure Grave blurs the lines between the Goth, Post Punk and Neo Folk genres. The pair has since developed the project into a full band while building a cult-like following, scattering various vinyl and tape releases on boutique labels around the globe.

Citing Killing Joke, Death in June, March Violets and The Cure as influences, Blessure Grave injects a pop sensibility into songs otherwise doomed to dreariness, creating an interesting mix of old and new but dark all around. The music initially appears rather simple, but quickly reveals the fact that the songs are fully fleshed-out and genuinely memorable. Perhaps what is misleading at first is that the recordings sound as though they were created in some kult black metal band’s dungeon for maximum fog-at-dusk fidelity.

http://www.myspace.com/blessuregravesd

http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases/judged-by-twelve-carried-by-six

Los Carniceros del Norte [Esp]

2010-02-01T23:01:00.000-08:00

Los Carniceros del Norte - Poe is Dead EP - 2009

At the end of 2006, Txarly Usher, Nando Fausto and H. Zombie celebrates a secret meeting inside a cold-storage room. The mission was to make a conceptual record paying tribute to their favorite movies, recapturing the essence of the nerve and the direct thing as way of liberation.

This way there are born Los Carniceros del Norte and their album “13 Cuchilladas”, in wich they made their particular musicalization of classic horror films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, The Shining, The Night of the Living Dead… with obvious musical influences like Parálisis Permanente, The Damned, Dead Kennedys, Lords of the New Church, Sex Pistols…

After showing their monsters all around Spain and part of Europe, the visceral convulsions that take place in each of their meetings, leads them to continue their mission and tear into pieces a handful of new corpses… let’s start the 2nd Act!!

http://www.myspace.com/loscarnicerosdelnorte

The EP can be dowloaded below:

http://www.zorchfactoryrecords.com/releases/item/22-los-carniceros-del-norte-poe-is-dead-ep.html

Les Modules Etranges [Fra]

2010-02-01T22:21:00.000-08:00

Les Modules Etranges - Dawn - 2009

Les Modules Etranges is a French coldwave / post-punk band founded in 2007.

http://www.myspace.com/lesmodulesetranges

Some downloads here:

http://www.archive.org/details/LesModulesEtranges-LiveRouen2Mai2009

Blue Jungle [US]

2009-12-11T00:59:00.000-08:00

Blue Jungle - Baby Don't Cry 2009

"Psychocandy-style post-punk (plus Cramps, Mazzy, Brat and Wray) from the band that runs L'KEG gallery. Two-minute tunes with two girl singers and infinite reverb. They met in juvie and recorded this at home between hangovers. First press on black vinyl." -- (White Noise)

http://www.myspace.com/bbluejungle

I really love this band introduced by Elisabeth , not typically post-punk, but plays great noise.

Lower Heaven [US]

2009-12-04T00:56:00.000-08:00

Lower Heaven - Ashes 2008

With a haunting sound and ominously reverb drenched melodies, Lower Heaven live up to their name which they've taken from an Echo and the Bunnymen lyric. Absorbing and reinterpreting influences like My Bloody Valentine, Hawkwind, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, the band has been able to defy constraints of genre classification by keeping the song writing, arrangement, instrumentation, and production of their work unconventional and innovative. Having finely tuned a sound that is very much their own, Lower Heaven have been turning the heads of their local peers, building a strong fan base, and creating a word of mouth buzz in Los Angeles for the past year.

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http://www.myspace.com/lowerheaven0

Ashes is really a great debut album, let's eye on this band!

Is post punk dead?

2009-10-15T17:38:00.000-07:00

I really try to search out some old school post punker from the existing bands, but miserably fail to achieve. So can we say post punk is dead?
Everything should come to an end, maybe that's the answer.
Sigh.

In Camera [UK]

2009-10-15T17:25:00.000-07:00

One of the first bands to be on the iconic 4AD label!
Born in London during the summer of 1978, they played a similar brand of post-punk.

In Camera came to Ivo’s attention when they opened a show for Bauhaus: displaying a spiky, P.I.L. , Joy Division and Section 25 influenced sound on their 1980 debut single "Die Laughing" (the first 4AD release engineered by John Fryer) the group had matured considerably by the time of their IV Songs EP at the end of the year.
The Fin EP was their 4AD epitaph: a Peel Sessions (BBC Radio 1) from 9 December 1980 which Ivo licensed from the BBC.

By 1982 the quartet had fallen apart.
Easily the band's strongest release, it featured the 12-minute monolith "Fatal Day".
Gray remained affiliated with the label, co-founding The Wolfgang Press in 1983, while In Camera briefly reformed in 1991 to record some new material for the compilation CD 13 (Lucky For Some).

http://www.myspace.com/incamera4ad

http://www.4ad.com/incamera/profile/

Burning Image [US]

2009-09-23T22:41:00.000-07:00

Burning Image are a Deathrock band from Bakersfield, California.

They were an anomaly in the punk pantheon of the 1980s. At the time, hardcore punk was the rage but was becoming formulaic and dumbed down as quickly as the songs were getting faster and shorter. Burning Image had more in common with the English "batcave" bands of the period like Specimen than any hardcore unit. Their goth sound, mixed with a heavy dose of theatrical sensibilities, caught the attention of Jello Biafra, who quickly championed the band as one of his favorites, and he was instrumental in getting Burning Image to open numerous times for the Dead Kennedys. Burning Image also did shows with 45 Grave, Specimen, Butthole Surfers, and Dr. Timothy Leary, just to name a few. The band put out a 7" single with the songs 'Final Conflict' and 'Burning Image, Burning'.

In 2003 Alternative Tentacles released a CD of Burning Image's early unreleased demos titled "1983-1987." The CD contains a whole album’s worth of songs from the sessions for the rare single "The Final Conflict" b/w "Burning Image, Burning" (along with the single itself, of course). Three tracks — "Gargoyles," "Anytime, Anywhere," and "Temptation" — were recorded in July 2003. The current Burning Image website has two new songs—"Haunted" and "Zealot"—written for a new Burning Image CD.

Burning Image have re-formed and release in May their new album titled "Fantasma."

http://www.burningimageband.com/

http://www.myspace.com/burningimage

The Drowning Season [US]

2009-08-07T01:12:00.000-07:00

Formed in early 2000, The Drowning Season is a Baltimore, Maryland, gothic rock band consisting of Matt Slowikowski (vocals, programming), Michael “Chewka” Marchewka (guitars) and multi-instrumentalist Sideshow (taking on drum, bass and synth duties). Major influences include The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission (UK) and Fields of the Nephilim.

The debut full length HOLLOW was released in June 2002 on the Morphenic Release imprint. Live ventures followed and included performances alongside scene favorites like The Mission (UK), The Cruxshadows, Voltaire, Gene Loves Jezebel, Stromkern and Assemblage 23. Many of the songs on HOLLOW still receive generous club and gothic radio play, while the title track was included on both the M&A MusicArt compilation “Angel Child VI: The Need for Silence” and the Cop International issued “Dark Awakening: Volume 4.”

CURSE was the long awaited second full length album out this year.

http://www.drowning-season.com/

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Drowning+Season

http://www.myspace.com/thedrowningseason

Project:KOMAKINO [UK]

2009-07-16T01:05:00.000-07:00

PROJECT:KOMAKINO - The Struggle for Utopia - 2009

Born out of the dark thoughts of a world that could have been… PROJECT:KOMAKINO began as the solo music project of Kris Kane in March 2007.

PROJECT:KOMAKINO was unveiled at the now legendary Experimental Circle Club in April 2007 and was received with high acclaim. Kris went on to play a number of gigs with the like minded up and coming of the time, such as Ipso Facto, Electricity In Our Homes and Ulterior. After a year of angst and frustrated yet enigmatic performances, the one man band evolved into what is now a four piece, with the addition of Oscar Maya on drums, Jamie McQuade on bass and Andrew Hiles on synthesizers.

The band has been referred to as a group of shadows, clad in uniforms of espionage and driven by the duende. With songs about dystopian futures and darker times, the music is disturbing and makes the skin twitch when watching their live performances. The music is heavily influenced by 70’s British Post Punk, Constructive Design and Dystopian literature. This in turn has created a dark reverberated sound, accompanied by relentless drum beats, haunting vocals and intangible lyrics.

Debut album of PROJECT:KOMAKINO - The Struggle for Utopia is out already!

http://www.myspace.com/projectkomakino

Come to my SLSK acc: ambergw, if you want to dl this album.

93 Million Miles From The Sun [UK]

2009-07-01T23:03:00.000-07:00

93 Million Miles From The Sun - St (2009)

93MillionMilesFromTheSun - aka Nick Mainline (Guitar/Noise Vox) and Rob Hogg (Bass/Noise) both live in Doncaster in the north of England.

They both create amazing shoegazing rock and they sound like a shoegazing Mogwai with bits of early Verve, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Loop, Slowdive, The Cooper Temple Clause ect… 93MillionMilesFromTheSun are becoming quite popular in America and have become one of the very best shoegazing bands of recent times fastly becoming big favourites with people out there especially in the shoegazing scene.

93MillionMilesFromTheSun have already released an exclusive track on the “Secret Garden - The New Wave of Shoegaze (Nugaze)” compilation album along with other artists like Ulrich Schnauss and The Fauns. 93MillionMilesFromTheSun also play lots of live gigs in the U.K and are very good live.

Their self-titled debut album was out now!

Band myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/93millionmilesfromthesun

Fangs On Fur [US]

2009-06-24T23:51:00.000-07:00

Fang On Fur - 2009 - Self-titled

Female fronted goth-punk-deathrock band from Los Angeles.

Classic 80's style.

http://www.myspace.com/fangsonfur

Phaidia [Jpn]

2009-05-11T00:03:00.000-07:00

Phaidia - In the Dark - 1985

Band has Yoshida (Ruins,YBO2) on drums they make dark post punk/death rock the drumming is great some info: Phaidia was a Japanese deathrock band, formed in the early 80's. Cutting voice, powerful drums and guitars... They've been labeled "the Japanese Christian Death".

Their music was described as hard-edged, energetic goth rock with some leftover punk touches.

http://www.myspace.com/phaidiafanpage (fan site)

Wallenberg [Fra]

2009-05-10T23:45:00.000-07:00

Wallenberg is the second start for one of the most important bands in the French cold-wave scene, since Wallenberg revealed himself from 1984 to 1988 with many live records supporting Play Dead, Jad Wio, Neva and many more… and several featuring on compilations, radio shows and TV appearances, which revealed them to the French audience, before a premature split, although an album was planned with EMI.

Wallenbeg is back in 2004 with a new line up around Hervé (singer and co-composer) and the release of their first real album on Manic Depression Records. And their song also appeared on on the Strobelight Records compilation "New Dark Age Vol.3".

http://www.myspace.com/wallenbergmusiccom

http://www.wallenberg-music.com/

The Sunday Reeds [Aus]

2009-04-30T01:24:00.000-07:00

The Sunday Reeds are a female-fronted noise pop/rock band named after 1930/40s Melbourne patron of the arts Sunday Reed. The love-child of some kind of rock 'n' roll orgy between The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, The Ramones and The Velvet Underground. Driving bass lines, plenty of guitar feedback, primitive rock beats and low, velvety female vocals. If Nico had joined The Ramones, strapped on a bass, and a whole lot more noise was added, this is how it might've sounded.

Debut album Drowning In History from Australia's finest purveyors of black clad, feedback and fuzz drenched pop/rock. Like the love child of some kind of rock n' roll orgy between The Jesus And Mary Chain, Joy Division and The Velvet Underground. If Nico had joined The Ramones, strapped on a bass guitar and a whole lot more noise was added, this is how it might have sounded.

http://www.myspace.com/thesundayreeds

George Dorn Screams [Pol]

2009-04-20T22:25:00.000-07:00

George Dorn Screams - O'Malley's Bar 2009

George Dorn Screams is definitely a band for late evenings. This music is full of sincerity, calm and melancholy. George Dorn Screams is also energy coming from between post rock and slowcore. After their debut album called "Snow Lovers Are Dancing" they were called the forerunners of Serpentine Rock by Piotr Kosinski from Polish Radio 3rd Programme. "Mazzy Star meets Joy Division".

The band was created at the turn of 2005/2006. After only half a year of working on their material they decided to record it in Electric Eye Studio. In the meantime they appeared on “Songs from Bydgoszcz” with a song “The Woman with a Bow” among other bands such as: Ecstasy Project Trio, Dubska, Upside Down, Dezire, 3moonboys or Variete. They gave a promoting live performance in the 3rd Channel of Polish TV.

In July 2008 the band recorded the new material to be published on their second album in Elmwood Studio, Dallas, Texas. The recording was produced by John Congleton, a Grammy nominated producer who previously cooperated with such bands as Explosions In The Sky, The Polyphonic Spree, Logh, The Appleseed Cast, The Roots, Pleasant Groove, Modest Mouse. Band signed a contract with Ampersand Records (iSound Labels) at the end of the 2008. New album, called "O'Malley's Bar" was released on 9th February 2009.

http://www.myspace.com/georgedornscreams

The Bizarre Orkeztra [Swe]

2009-04-12T18:13:00.000-07:00

Rised from the ashes of the Swedish cult punkrock band PF Commando, The Bizarre Orkeztra was formed in the early 80's. They later released 3 albums and several singles on their own indie label Ambush before they disbanded in the late 80's.

http://www.myspace.com/bizarreorkeztra

Sad Day For Puppets [Swe]

2009-03-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

Sad Day For Puppets - Unknown Colors - 2009

Sad Day For Puppets was formed in 2006 in Blackeberg, a suburb to Stockholm (Sweden), by Martin Källholm, guitarist and songwriter. The natural focal point of the band is singer Anna Eklund, in it's turn leaning on Marcus Sandgren's ringing and fuzzy chords.

Most of the bands influences can be traced back to the early nineties, when they all were teenagers. This period has made it’s mark on the band. The guitars are once again allowed to roam free and shine. The music is all about shimmering layers of guitars, intertwined feedback melodies all dreamy and grand and sad, and ethereal harmony vocals.

The debut album "Unknown Colors" is just out this year.

http://www.myspace.com/saddayforpuppets

Film Noir [Grc]

2009-03-17T22:46:00.000-07:00

Film Noir is a Greece post-punk / new wave formed in 1985.

They released 2 albums :"Never Ending Dream" in 1986 and "Portrait Of A Child" in 1990.

http://www.myspace.com/filmnoirgr (fansite)

no more info.

The Social [UK]

2009-03-04T16:51:00.000-08:00

The Social - A Call to Arms EP 2009

The Social are Laurence Hussey, Alfie Milner, Liam Westbrook & Stuee Bevan. Hailing from north London, they possess a raw and direct quintessential Englishness that is unnerving in its passion. Building upon their influences (Joy Division & The Smiths) The Social establish their own unique image. Driving, almost frenetic, drums bound tightly together by Laurences deep, operatic vocals and compelling bass lines, create a distinctive and gripping sound.

http://www.myspace.com/thesocialuk

Review:

http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=310162

Alt-Ctrl-Sleep [US]

2009-03-02T22:46:00.000-08:00

Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - The Earth Lens 2009

Alt-Ctrl-Sleep is a husband/wife duo consisting of Joe and April Diaco. Alt-Ctrl-Sleep started writing music together in January 2006.

"The music of Alt-Ctrl-Sleep is as sweet and seductive as Galaxie 500's and the lot of dreampop bands they birthed, but with a melodic pop punch that Dean Wareham's first group never quite mastered. Think My Morning Jacket with less baggage.

www.myspace.com/altctrlsleep

But for me, they are too dreamy to stay awake..

Her Vanished Grace [US]

2009-03-02T00:44:00.000-08:00

Her Vanishing Grace - Blue (2009)

Her Vanished Grace bring you their brand of imaginative guitar rock. Nance and Chas Nieland, along with Maria Theodosiadou and Billy Loose continue to explore the terrain of sweet melodies and biting guitars. The powerful rhythms of Billy and Maria anchor the soaring textures while Nance and Chas spin tales of mystery and regret.

HVG 's new recording BLUE (2009) is dark urgent pop singed with white noise. They've crafted a sweetly menlacholic tableau of vivid memories with lush vocals and simmering tension. With Nance and Charlie’s guitar textures veering from candy colored swirl to vintage ‘60s bite, this is the blend of old and new that the band has been striving for. Click the link below to preview and purchase the new CD.

http://www.myspace.com/hvgrace

http://www.hvgrace.com/

The Eternal Fall [Spa]

2009-02-12T18:50:00.000-08:00

The Eternal Fall - The Ninth Sphere - 2007

Formed at the begining of the year 2000. First concert was in 2002.

"The music Of The Eternall Fall captures the esscence of shadows, the hidden veil of darkness, and lets them flow through a cascade of classic Gothic guitar music. T.E.F's music will appeal to fans of such classic bands as Corpus Delecti, The Esscence, Brotherhood Of Pagans, Vendemmian, Faith & The Muse, Nosferatu, Lucie Cries, Kiss The Blade, Dronning Maudland, Madre Del Vizio, Ikon etc"

http://www.myspace.com/theeternalfallband

The Shadow Cabinet [US]

2009-02-02T20:30:00.000-08:00

The Shadow Cabinet was created in mid 1999 by longtime Bay Area friends Todd Rhynes (drums)and Mark Sharp(bass). Out of an appreciation for goth pioneers such as the Sisters of Mercy and the jangly, unsettling sounds of Lords of the New Church, they have picked up where the icons of their past have left off. Todd and Mark already knew the sound they wanted with this project. The tribal yet melodic rhythm section was already in place and ready for the missing pieces. Soon, they enlisted the help of San Francisco native Michael Sessa, to bring a darkened textured approach. Lando Cerecedes was added for his unique guitar work which rounds out the sound and makes The Shadow Cabinet one of none.

The Shadow Cabinet's debut release "Solitude", is a dark rock master peice with songs touching on styles of heavy rock, gothic and pop. It displays great song writing skills, art and musicianship. Solitude was praised by critics around the globe.

www.myspace.com/theshadowcabinet1998

Exogen [Ger]

2009-01-20T20:36:00.000-08:00

Exogen is formed in the searing and sweltering heat of June 2008 in scenic and stylish Düsseldorf. After a number of highly productive songwriting sessions the band finish their debut album 'Library of Light'. It's a kaleidoscope of eighties music featuring a range of styles inspired by the compelling guitar-based hymns of the Chamaeleons, Siouxsie and Peter Murphy, by the extravagant avantgarde epics of Bauhaus. Violin and viola were introduced into the songs after a new member Suzana Bradaric joined the band Oct 2008.

www.myspace.com/exogenmusic

http://www.lastfm.de/music/Exogen

Dead Leaf Echo [US]

2009-01-13T17:18:00.000-08:00

Formed in 2005 "Dead Leaf Echo create almost a sinful surrealism. Their melodies are dreamy, the art is elaborately elegant, and the music is driven. LG, Mike DiLalla, and Ana B. all have the skills to hypnotize you into their world. "

Discography:

Faint Violet Whiff - 2006 debut

Pale fire - 2008

http://www.myspace.com/deadleafecho

http://cdbaby.com/cd/deadleafecho2

Object [Fra]

2009-01-11T18:16:00.000-08:00

This is more about coldwave flirting with post-punk. A great sense of melody. Swirling somewhere between The Chameleons and Mono with a touch of Joy Division and draped in the shadow of French coldwave

OBJECT is a Paris-based trio comprised of Stephane Pigneul (bass/voice), Benoit Perraudeau (guitar) and Jean-Christian Levé (drums).

After years of concerts and happenings, OBJECT released a debut five track EP in 2007. The press greeted the record with enthusiasm, citing influences such as Ulan Bator, Joy Division, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness and Sonic Youth. A serie of concerts followed the release with OBJECT supporting acts such as Papier Tigre, Githead and Heligoland.

Start of 2009, Object release first album "A Place To Hide" on Str8line Records recorded and produced by Amaury Cambuzat (Ulan Bator, Faust) No concession : a powerful and dark music, "in your face" lyrics, a violent Post-punk spiral which doesn't let you indifferent.

http://www.myspace.com/objectlegroupe

http://www.object.fr/

http://www.str8linerecords.com/objectuk.html

Passion Noire [Ger]

2009-01-06T21:13:00.000-08:00

Passion Noire was a German dark wave/cold wave band, formed in 1990 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1991, they signed to Dion Fortune Records and released their debut 12" „Smell of Spring“. Shortly after, the band's first album „As Time Goes by“ was released. It contains the single „Sister Moon“, Passion Noire's greatest hit.

Releases:

1991 - Smell Of Spring (12", Dion Fortune Records, BN 412)
1992 - As Time Goes By (CD, Dion Fortune Records, BN 452)
1992 - Sister Moon (7", Dion Fortune Records, BN 456)
1993 - Trip To Your Soul (CD, Dark Star, Spark 23)
1994 - Eternity (CD, Dark Star, Spark 38)
1995 - Between Pleasure And Pain (CD, Dark Star, Spark 51)
1996 - More (CD, Dion Fortune Records, BN 493)

http://www.myspace.com/smellofspring (Unofficial Fansite)

Mary Goes Round [Fra]

2009-01-06T20:48:00.000-08:00

The first appearance of Jérôme Avril and Cécile Balladino together on stage in 86 at the Rex Club in Paris playing guest for Sonic Youth can be considered as the very début of Mary Goes Round, although the name was not here yet. Maurice (bass guitar) and Gilbert Correy (drums) who played a key role in the creation of the band having introduced Jérôme to Cécile were on stage with Jérôme (guitar/singer) and Cécile (keyboard), doing their first steps named Red Light.

This gig was the only event for the band at this time. They had no real projects when they were given the opportunity to have a song released on the compilation Unreleased volume I in 87. For this occasion, the Shelter was recorded and the name Mary Goes Round was chosen. This version of the Shelter is the only studio recording MGR ever did with a drummer.

Nothing really important happened then until MGR participation in the compilation Unreleased volume II one year later. MRG recorded the Nightmare, with a drum machine to replace Gilbert who was still in the band but absent.

After this second compilation, MGR decided to produce their own album without Gilbert who definitely left the band. MGR recorded a five songs demo that led the band to a distribution deal with New Rose , the famous independant French label record. Eventually, the mini-lp Sunset, was released in 89.

http://www.myspace.com/marytourneenrond

The Sun And The Moon [UK]

2008-12-21T21:05:00.000-08:00

The Sun and the Moon were Mark Burgess, John Lever, Andy Clegg and Andy Whitaker, with both Andy's on guitars. The group was formed when Andy Clegg and John Lever, recruited Mark (a friendship had developed between Mark and Andy Clegg who had played keyboards with the Chameleons) and Andy Whitaker. The two Andy's had been working together on another project (Music for Aborigines).

The band recorded an album, "The Sun and the Moon" and an EP, "Alive; not Dead", which included a cover of Alice Cooper's 'Elected,' a song which the Chameleons sometimes covered during their live shows.

The setup of the band, two ex-Chameleons playing with two guitarists, begged comparison to the Chameleons, though the band tried to develop its own sound. The Sun & The Moon broke up in April 1989.

http://www.myspace.com/thesunandthemoonmusic

The whole story of The Sun And The Moon:

http://www.thechameleons.com/press/index.php?article=22

Varsovie [Fra]

2008-12-16T19:07:00.000-08:00

Between dark rock and post-punk, Varsovie emerged in 2004 by the creative output of Arnault Destal (lyrics/drums/arrangements) and Gregory Catherina (music/vocals/guitar), both ingrained figures of the French underground scene. (Forbidden Site)

Armed with influences such as Joy Division, Bauhaus and a generation of decadent and dark bands, journeying through a literary overdose that leaves irreversible repercussions and a pronounced taste for vertigo, Varsovie's repertoire is raw, in the image of the city (Warszawa) that, in the middle of the apocalypse, fought on, area by area, barricade by barricade, even if everything seemed to be already lost.

Joined by Thibault Chapelat on bass, and replaced by Yan Four in 2006, the band brings all of this energy and passion together on stage, radical and effervescent, in balance on the edge, the last cigarette before the long fall.

http://www.myspace.com/varsovie

Leitmotiv [UK]

2008-12-14T19:32:00.000-08:00

Post punkers from Sheffield (UK), North of England goth band, with a four-man line-up consisting of Simon Asquith (vocals & guitar), Steve Shepley (keyboards), Dean Woodhead (bass) and Paul Asquith (drums). ’Silent Run’ should be a post punk classic, otherwise ’(Living in a) Tin’ is more synth/wave oriented, and here is a version remixed from the mini album ’Caress And Curse’. They realeased two excellent singles "Silent Run" in 1984 and "To the Suffering" in 1985 and the richly textured instant mini-album "Caress and Curse". Then, the line-up changed and Louie replaced the bassist Dean Woodhead. They released a maxi-single 12" "Big Money" in 1986.

http://www.myspace.com/leitmotivuk

Miserylab [UK]

2008-12-09T16:25:00.000-08:00

Miserylab is the main music project of Porl King, formed after the disbanding of Rosetta Stone in the late 1990s.

King originally conceived miserylab as a moniker for remix and production purposes, such as work done for My Vitriol and the Mercury Music Award winning Elbow. A number of tracks were written in 2000, but were not released whilst production work remained the priority.

In 2005 King created a profile on MySpace, reworking and uploading some of his early miserylab material. In 2007 four of these tracks were made available as a free download, complete with downloadable artwork, known as the Vaporware EP.

Enthused by a positive response, and the successful relocation of his home studio to Leeds, King began writing the full-length Function Creep in November 2007. Released in April 2008 as both a download and limited edition CD, it had a more guitar-driven, post-punk feel than the previous EP. Function Creep was immediately followed by a downloadable single, an extended version of the track Be There Tomorrow.

King is now working on a second album, A Death That We Can Cure, intended to be released on November 5th, 2008. (It is consciously being released on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.)

http://www.miserylab.com/

http://www.myspace.com/porlking

Three Clouds In The Sky [Net]

2008-12-08T22:19:00.001-08:00

Three Clouds In The Sky - A Long Forgotten Day 12" (Self Released-1985)

Three Clouds In The Sky were a dutch post-punk band from Deventer. Ton (the guitarist for TCITS) was previously in the punk band Alerta where he played the bass guitar. “A Long Forgotten Day” was recorded in Joke’s Koeienverhuurbedrijf and produced by Dolf. After Three Clouds, Esther (vocals), Petra (bass)and Leon (drums) teamed up with Harry as guitarist in The Nightblooms who released several records on various UK labels.
http://www.last.fm/music/Three+Clouds+In+The+Sky

PS: Sorry Phoenix Hairpins, the search engine lead me to your old posst again, thank you for the upload:

click here

Never Blue [Che]

2008-12-08T21:58:00.000-08:00

The only information I can find is from Phoenix Hairpins, who has upload their Freaky City 12" 1985.

Freak City 12" (Bariton Records-Be 30-920-1985)
1. Freak City
2. Storm
3. Summer In Town
4. The Whale

The Prophetess [US]

2008-12-07T23:37:00.000-08:00

The Prophetess is yet another band who has abandoned the majority of it's original sound to escape back to the gothic days of yesteryear. Gone totally are the electronics used in previous work replaced entirely with melodic guitar work. The overall structure of the music remains almost exactly the same as before just without an electronic element. This seems to be a popular fade with gothic bands recently in hopes to get back to the true roots that gothic music initially stemmed from. The Prophetess seems to be doing the job remarkably well. One can even heard elements of some of the older Love & Rockets material present on a number of tracks.

Review from first LP from “All Music Guide”:

"Dripping more than a passing interest in Christian Death, Bauhaus, early Cure, and the Sisters of Mercy in their atmospheric wake, the Prophetess turn in note-perfect goth by rote, and are completely unapologetic about it. Vocalist Mark Hawks wanders through carefully constructed smoke and candle wax, indebted perhaps more to the rumbling of Peter Murphy than is prudent, but still obviously and completely taking the task at hand very seriously. Backed by all the tolling bells and ghostly whistles one would expect across a healthy ten-track set, the band also adds its own spark, using acoustic guitar and classic rock riffs to great advantage, most notably on “Avalon” and “Sylvia.” From the opening “Embrace My Love” to the slightly histrionic “Crucifixion of Sanctity” and on to the bite and punch of “Masquerade With Me,” there aren’t many corners the band doesn’t sweep out. Although it can be argued that the Prophetess are little more than a generic goth-by-numbers combo, and that their lyrics pass too often into the moon goddess arena of triteness and overly obvious allegory, it’s impossible to dismiss them. They are endearing in their way, and musically, they can’t be faulted. And while old schoolers probably won’t want to cast much more than a passing glance at the Prophetess, this album is persnickety, infectious, and ultimately not easily dismissed.”

http://www.myspace.com/thisvastness

Atomic Neon [Ger]

2008-12-04T19:55:00.000-08:00

Atomic Neon - Darkenia (Release 2008)

Having started their spaceship from planet "Darkenia", the young German band releases this OldSchool Cold Wave CD just right after their "Life on Earth EP" released on Motor Digital. These 6 extra-terrestrian musicians were on the hunt for a life saving substance - the ATOMIC NEON. In a skillfully arranged manner, adding new elements to the ColdWave sound and combining PunkRock with emotional vocals, this CD presents a range of sounds which won't definitely be forgotten.

Influenced by the sounds from the late 70's/early 80's, ATOMIC NEON is the groundbreaking band for the future.1994 was the year Rio Black & Dr. Mole, the creative center for ATOMIC NEON, first made music together. In the Fall of 2006, after forming the Synth-Pop project SPUNK2003, Black & Mole searched for a live guitarist to help. Thus, the project was reinvented and songs were reconstructed into the band ATOMIC NEON.

http://www.myspace.com/atomicneon

http://www.atomic-neon.de/

Valery & The Greedies [Rus]

2008-12-03T17:51:00.000-08:00

Four guys from northern russian village had gone through passion for the most dreary garage-punk since February 2008. And then they changed their course aside post-punk and new wave flirting with pop-music and art at the same time.

http://www.myspace.com/valeryandthegreedies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY7ehhshlRk

Novocaine Mausoleum [Rus]

2008-12-03T17:31:00.000-08:00

Novocaine Mausoleum is a band from Moscow plauing batcave/gothic/deathrock. With a flair for the dramatic and bizarre, they make an interesting addition to the underground gothic landscape. Their sound echoes the abandoned grandeur of the former Russian Empire, from gilded grand palaces to desolate ruins of factories. Influences like Cinema Strange can clearly be heard on their 6-track demo.

The band disbanded early August 2008. After several years of making themselves known, the band has called it quits.

http://www.last.fm/music/Novocaine+Mausoleum

Two vids here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_J_tjE2YE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999QX4_5I-Q

The demo can be download here:

Madre del Vizio [Ger]

2008-12-01T00:28:00.000-08:00

Madre del Vizio - Un Mondo Dove 2008 (Compilation)

Many moons ago, MADRE DEL VIZIO spread like wildfire with their track "Amore, Fede, Speranza" featured on Zillo's "German Mystic Sounds Vol. 2" compilation, which quickly conquered the whole of Germany and the rest of Europe. For a long time they maintained the position of being the only German band of that particular genre. In 1990, their first release was a split LP togther with LES FLEURS DU MAL (now known as ENGELSSTAUB), followed by the track "Madre" on the 7" compilation "Death By Dawn". In 1992 they released the CD album "Dio!Dio!Dio!" which is a cult classic today, followed by the CD "The Crypt" and the two MCDs "Feast Of Blood" and "All Around...". The successful history abruptly ended in 1997, when the band split up.

http://www.myspace.com/madre2008

Drama Of The Spheres [Fra]

2008-11-27T17:55:00.000-08:00

Drama of the Spheres - Integrale 2CD (Usual Things 1996 + Unable to Dream 1997) @Manic Depression Records

Drama of the Spheres was of the most important band in the 90s French Dark Scene.A unique piece of a kind that melt psychiatric Batcave with machines, loops, samples.For the Darwinists of music, the Drama of the Spherosaur is the missing link between The Virgin Prunes Rex and the Nine Inch Nailsosaur of the early ages... A (re)discovery of highest importance in the history of madness.

http://www.myspace.com/dramaofthespheres

Zuruck Placenta [Fra]

2008-11-27T17:41:00.000-08:00

At the beginning they were CAPHARNAÜM, then APOLLONS DEPRESSIFS. During the 80s, the name and line-up changed regularly until 1988 when they became ZURÜCK PLACENTA. ZURÜCK PLACENTA's music is a mix of powerfull Cold-wave and dark 80's gothic rock, with some industrial influences, and even some hardcore. The band had a strong personnality and a sharp and heavy sound, obvious influences, but well integrated. ZP will released a first demo in 1990, then the self-titled album in 1992, produced by Jean Taxis (Asylum Party, Babel 17, Complot Brünswick, Norma Loy). ZP splited in late 1992, leaving behind them a unique and mythical album, which deserves its rank among the weird and cult temple of French Cold-Wave. BTW: Frustration fans, members went on to start Frustration. You can hear the similarity!

http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomzuruckplacenta

Leisur Hive [UK]

2008-11-26T16:42:00.000-08:00

LEISUR HIVE were formed by Daniel Knowler and Maria Vellanz after a chance meeting 13 years after they first met as children.

With Maria's punk-spirited enthusiasm and Dan's background in Suicide-esque rock band Proton Wedding, they began Leisur Hive as an attempt to fuse angular, percussive forms with intense, emotional and visceral songwriting.

The line-up was solidified with the addition of longtime friend and collaborator Mark Bishop and drummer Robert Allen (of Australian noise duo Halo )

Their close-to-the-bone, emotional performances, echoing distorted soundscapes and throbbing, thunderous basslines have ensured that Leisur Hive remain solely focused on their own wayward path.

LEISUR HIVE's new album "THE SOFT COLUMN" was described as "Stirring, stately and throbbing with a warm grey heart, this new full length album brings to fruition the off-kilter sound of LH's live performances. ""like a hybrid between Swans and Nick Cave".

http://www.leisur-hive.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/leisurhive

De Volanges [Bel]

2008-11-25T23:41:00.000-08:00

Black romantism and psychedelic tension. De Volanges defines itself as a rock band strongly but not exclusively influenced by 80's underground rock: Joy Division, the Chameleons, Bauhaus, And Also the Trees but The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Cranes, Interpol, Editors and much of others have always counted and still do amongst their principal references. From 1990 to 1997, de Volanges has played a hundred gigs, includind opening acts for Sttellla, Dripping lips (Brian James), The Passengers, Peter Jefferies, Into the Abyss, Corpus Delicti, The Breath of Life, The Venus Fly Trap, ... During this period, about fifteen tracks have been recorded on different studio sessions, which have been used as demos, promotion and compilations in Belgium and abroad; a mini-LP, "First Paradox", has been released on a tape, in Poland by Black Flames Production, an independant label based in Poznan, but no real album came to light. Between February 1996 and May 1997, the band played in Poland three times, in Malbork, Legniça, Warsaw, Grodzieç (Castle Festival 1996), Szczecin and Katowice. In May 1996, de Volanges opened for Rosetta Stone in Camden Underworld (London). On July 12th, 1997 the last concert of this line-up stands on the main stage of Dour Music Festival (opening for Breath of Life, Das Ich, La Muerte, Sisters of Mercy); de Volanges splits and each one is occupied by his own personal musical projects. Early 2002: Yvan, Renaud and Enrico reform the band after a 4 years separation. A brand new musical repertory is created, cold-rock-alternative directed, leaving beside the dark wave references they had in the past. The band focuses its activities in Brussels and is joined by percussionist Priscillia.

April 2003: a 3-titles self produced CD is recorded, "Caresses Draw Maps". December 2005: de Volanges enter in studio. A nine tracks album is recorded and mixed in a few days by Renzo Gotto, called :"SDSS J090745.0+24507 (the Outcast)". March 2006: Str8line signs the group and produced this firts album, released in may.

http://www.myspace.com/devolanges

http://www.str8linerecords.com/devolangesuk.html

Deafear [Ita]

2008-11-24T20:18:00.000-08:00

Deafear are an Italian Dark/New Wave band circa 1983, featuring Max Casacci and Lux Colarelli. Casacci's later band Subsonic appears to be active still. It bears some similarities to the Chameleons.

Discography:

1983 Demo

1983 Stair EP

1984 The Waiting Ep

There's few hint for the history of this band and even no trial for their songs.

Here's the dl link for their 1983 demo I find from deathrock forum:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8EFW7H7G

De Brassers [Bel]

2008-11-24T17:00:00.000-08:00

De Brassers - Gesprokkeld en bespoten (Compilation 2008)

Joy Division-like post-punk band out of Hamont, a little village in the north of Limburg. Started out at the end of the 70’s, inspired by early British punk bands like The Clash and The Damned. Short-lived but not forgotten. Their self-released single ‘En Toen Was Er Niets Meer’ (1981) is considered a true Belgian cult classic.

After sporadic reunion gigs throughout the years, De Brassers are a working unit again as of 1998. In 2005 they even released a 5-song EP with new material. A compilation album surfaced three years later.

http://www.myspace.com/debrassers

The Bureau [US]

2008-11-23T23:59:00.000-08:00

The Bureau - We Make Plans in Secret (2007)

A dark, danceable quartet with roots in '80s mope-rock and sleek neo-post-punk. Slinky basslines work well in tandem with its synth parts, just like Duran Duran's best, critically underrated work. Plus, the band's impeccable hairstyles.

"It's easy to think of the Bureau as a throwback to darkly melodic new-wave bands of yore. The group's professed love of Duran Duran only reinforces this idea. In truth, the Bureau takes moody, synth-based rock & roll and infuses it with a heavy dose of sharp-cornered post-punk and austere robo-rhythms. We Make Plans in Secret delivers on the promise of the band's debut EP by framing Mike Cracchiolo's expressive, octave-spanning vocals with retro keyboard bleeps and lush synth pads, while the rhythm section maintains a propulsive, carbon-based energy."-Christian Schaeffer, Riverfront Times (reviewing The Bureau CDLP "We Make Plans in Secret)

http://www.myspace.com/thebureau

SafeAsHome [UK]

2008-11-23T20:28:00.000-08:00

SafeAsHome - Not What Happens 2008

Not What Happens is SafeAsHome's first full-length album. Composed of 11 tracks, it plays like a flow of disconnected memories, a random series of photo slides projected through the distortionary lens of long-lost childhoods or uncertain futures. From raging guitar epics to delicate, fleeting moments of introspective electronics, it is an album of fertile contradictions.

Pop-song structure persistently competes with gritty texture. Soaring melodies are overwhelmed and lost in phases of intense sonic density. Suspended synth and vocal lines are set against grinding riffs and noise, in bittersweet moments of dream versus reality.

Not What Happens is the difficulty in expressing anything more than the Unimportant. It is sudden starts and abrupt endings. It is haunted by the uneasy comfort of nostalgia, and by the frustration with what remains unresolved. It is the derelict spaces of disappointment through expectancy, of loss via pursuit.

The album itself is graced with the stunning, sprawling artwork of Roberto Calbucci, the depth and substance of which mirrors the sound's myriad of layers. Both seem to be questioning the extent to which detail is not what is concealed, but is what draws away from the greater picture, itself hiding in plain sight.

http://www.myspace.com/safeashome

Dreamtiger [US]

2008-11-17T01:32:00.000-08:00

Dreamtiger - Glisten EP 2008

"Dreamtiger is a band better described through poetic devices than through comparisons. Their first EP entitled Glisten is an ambient creation swathed in reverb and within the first line, becomes the soundtrack to indie romance. "

"Even though there's a lot of similarity to the Cocteau Twins' floaty harmonies, the band doesn't give off one of those "We're tyring to be British" vibes. Still, it's not easy to find a local comparison. It's been a while since we got any shoegazer type music sent over here. So it's a pleasant surprise that this five-song EP is full of lush, atmospheric songs. There are pretty melodies and boy-girl harmonies making it easy to get lost into. But what's surprising is that as soft as the music appears on the surface, there's an undertone of toughness thanks to heavy guitars and strong vocals."

http://www.myspace.com/dreamtigermusic

Black Nite Crash [US]

2008-11-07T00:04:00.000-08:00

Black Nite Crash - Array 2008

It’s no coincidence the band name was picked from the final and most explosive single by legendary Brit-rock band Ride. Black Nite Crash continues in the same fuzz-drenched tradition of gorgeous melodies and big guitar sounds. The band’s atmospheric, dynamic sound has seen them compared to The Church, The Pixies & The Jesus & Mary Chain. Black Nite Crash formed in 2002 in their adopted hometown of Seattle. A shared love of shoegaze bands, new wave and classic sixties garage blended together into their own version of noise-pop. "We always felt a little too post-punk to be psychedelic, a little too psychedelic to be post-punk," states Jim Biggs, "but we've always seen the obvious connections: a good melody, loud guitars and a dark sense of absurdity." Array, the band’s full-length debut, was recorded at London Bridge Studio. Recorded & produced by Dave Hillis & Erik Blood. It is being released as an LP with a free CD version of the album included. Highlights include “Falling Down”, “Soft Focus”, & “Perfect Blue.”

http://www.blacknitecrash.com/

http://www.myspace.com/blacknitecrash

Pains of Being Pure At Heart [US]

2008-11-05T17:22:00.000-08:00

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You 7" (2008)

Everything With You is a total noisey-pop classic, bursting with all the melodic magic, guitar blaze and sunshine vibes that we've come to expect from the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Everything With You is but a taster for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's debut album, which will be released in early 2009.

"Despite only having been together for the best part of a year, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are fast becoming the most name-dropped band in underground circles on both sides of the Atlantic, and only seconds into jaunty opener 'Hey Paul' (think The Pastels, The Razorcuts or indeed any pre-Madchester bands before indie became part of the mainstream first time around) it's blatantly obvious to see why. While they make no bones about where their hearts and inspirations lie, it would be churlish to call them mere revivalists, particularly with the way singing/guitarist and humble storyteller Kip engages in almost constant interplay throughout their 25-minute set with perma-smiling keyboard player and co-vocalist Peggy. Hell, their new single is even called 'Kurt Cobain's Cardigan' yet it sounds like Lazy-era My Bloody Valentine exchanging sweat glands with a pre-major label Soup Dragons in a sixth form common room. What's more, it's utterly ace like the rest of their set and turns the whole of the Red Room into spring-loaded coils of unbridled excitement." (Drowned in Sound)

http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

http://www.thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com/news

Sins Of The Flesh [Jpn]

2008-11-05T16:55:00.000-08:00

Sins Of The Flesh - The Death Of The Flesh 2007 Reissue

Not many acts boast a hybrid Japanese-British line-up, and not many spend 16 years thinking about how to follow up their first album: yet that is how long the world was waiting for SOTF to deliver on the promise of 1990's seminal debut FIRST COMMUNION. Hailed by fans and contemporaries alike as the great hope of the UK goth scene in the early 90s, SOTF seemed content to fade away into legendary status... until unexpectedly returning with a breathtakingly eclectic full-length studio album THE DEATH OF THE FLESH in 2007.

In February 2007 the band made its long-awaited debut in Germany and Holland, on the back of extensive publicity from the magazines Orkus and Astan. October/November 2007 found SOTF returning to its roots in the UK for a regional tour, including appearances with rising Canadian stars The Birthday Massacre in London and at the UK's premier scene-event Whitby Gothic Weekend...plus a trip east to headline the Radio Inferno festivals in Finland and Russia.

Russia's leading underground label Shadowplay has now released a special edition of THE DEATH OF THE FLESH featuring exclusive new bonus tracks, while a first taste of new material from the next SINS OF THE FLESH studio album IN THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND, (HOW CAN I) SMILE? is included on the new Deathwatch Asia compilation-CD DARKER WATERS.

In support of the Russian release of THE DEATH OF THE FLESH, SOTF took to the road again in September 2008 for their most extensive European tour to date: taking in 9 countries in 2-and-a-half weeks. Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland all had a first taste of SINS OF THE FLESH, while stages were shared with the likes of Project Pitchfork, Fixmer/McCarthy, Psyche and Soman in a tour once more both beginning and ending in festival appearances: in Germany and Spain.

Invariably inviting comparison with such popular contemporary alternative acts as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie, SINS OF THE FLESH offer an altogether more accessible and poppy sound: combining rock riffs and electronics with strong melodic vocals, darkly poetic lyrics and a theatrical visual presence. Current album THE DEATH OF THE FLESH is a melancholic tour-de-force: a carefully-crafted homage to the UK positive-punk scene from which SOTF was spawned, incorporating subtle musical nods to such classic acts as Joy Division, Killing Joke, The Danse Society, Bauhaus and The Cure into a thoroughly contemporary production: and a sound both classic and contemporary in equal measures - a musical tribute to the best of the alternative scene itself, past and present.

http://www.myspace.com/mysinsoftheflesh

http://www.sinsoftheflesh.co.uk/

http://www.jgoth.com/sins-of-the-flesh-death-of-the-flesh-review/media/audio-content/2007/11/30

Vivian Girls [US]

2008-11-04T18:52:00.000-08:00

Although only a band for a little more than a year, the Vivian Girls charms have already worked their magic on their short road to “out of nowhere” status. With their irresistable mix of 60’s girl-group sounds, punk, post-punk and shoegaze, the ‘Girls have mastered blurring the lines of genres and coming up with something aggressive yet beautiful; simple, gutsy music with a lot of class and melody.

http://www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc

http://www.last.fm/music/Vivian+Girls

Averkiou [US]

2008-11-04T18:18:00.000-08:00

Averkiou - Throwing Sparks @Clairecords 2008

Clairecords is excited to present the debut from Gainesville, FL's most promising young, fresh fellows, Averkiou. Inspired by everyone from Ride and Guided By Voices to Teenage Fanclub and Wire, and taking cues from the likes of Dinosuar Jr. and Sebadoh, Averkiou is like the classic indie rock band that you've always loved – you just haven't heard 'em yet. A modern indie rock masterpiece clocking in at a scorching 22 minutes, Throwing Sparks will rock you like a Category 5 cyclone. You best not blink. Not matter what, we are positive you will be begging for more.

http://www.myspace.com/averkiou

Second Skin [Ita]

2008-11-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

Over the past decade SECOND SKIN have made music for compilations, labels, film, and most importantly, for themselves... "Illa Exuro in Silentium" (She Burns in Silence) is their 29th musical release and fourth studio album.

Second Skin is an Gothic band formed from the ashes of Seattle based band Flesh of my Flesh by frontman Arron. Flesh of My Flesh appeared on one of the first ever Gothic tribute Cd's "First Last and Forever" where a who's who of Gothic Rock bands paid tribute to their own, this CD launched a host of groups Like the last dance,Eleven Shadows,Wreckage and the Shroud.

Second Skin was formed in 1992 and has played with everyone from Rozz Williams both Christian Death and Shadow Project to the Mission UK and have been featured on over 25 compilations, e.p.'s and Albums. Second Skin was also featured in the Movie title "Liberata Me" named after one of the bands songs, "Liberata Me" won best short subject at the New York Film Festival, director Pearry Teo then cast Arron in the follow up film "Children of the Arcana" Arron played the gate keeper of Purgatory.

http://www.myspace.com/scndskin

Autodrone [US]

2008-11-02T21:02:00.000-08:00

Autodrone - Strike A Match CD
@Clairecords 2008

Autodrone, formed in 2002, is based on a mutual love of dream pop and early '90s Brit rock.

Seamlessly melding the sonic dynamics of noise and pop with throbbing bass lines, jagged angular synths, searing dark atmospheric guitars and urgent banshee vocals, Autodrone has quickly developed the attention of the UK and American Press garnering universally favorable reviews. Strike A Match is Autdrone's latest studio effort. Their debut album is darker, denser and more experimental, yet catchy and hook-laden than any of their previous work. The album has received a deluge of critical acclaim and has made it onto multiple "best of 2007" lists, thought it was unreleased at the time. Autrodrone have toured both the east and west coast, and have played festivals such as Pop Noise, ATJ, NEMO and CMJ.

http://www.myspace.com/autodrone

War Tapes [US]

2008-10-21T23:21:00.000-07:00

War Tapes - ST EP 2008

War Tapes, a Los Angeles 4-piece, successfully creates epic anthems of angst, blending the attitude and edge of today’s post-hard-core scene with an appealing nod to 80’s new-wave and post-punk. All the while, War Tapes demonstrates a knack for creating huge hooks and sing-a-long choruses.

http://www.last.fm/music/War+Tapes/+wiki

http://www.myspace.com/wartapes

Have A Nice Life [US]

2008-10-15T21:46:00.000-07:00

Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness - 2008

HAVE A NICE LIFE is a shoegaze/industrial/new-wave hybrid band from Connecticut.

It is the brain-child of TIM MACUGA, black-metal experimentalist and songwriter for the classic Western Massachusetts hardcore band The Danger Strangers, and DAN BARRETT, singer of the ghost-music project Giles Corey and the now-defunct In Pieces.

The music recalls the droning melodies of My Bloody Valentine, crossed with the crushing abstraction of SUNN0)), but is ultimately unclassifiable; beautiful, yet simultaneously droning and heavy.

HANL released their first full-length record in January of 2008, a double-album entitled DEATHCONSCIOUSNESS.

The two discs (entitled The Plow That Broke The Plains and The Future, respectively) feature music spanning over five years of collaboration between the two artists, and are accompanied by a 75-page booklet on medieval Italian heretics in lieu of liner notes. The album was entirely self-released, right down to the hand-painted discs, and put out via the ENEMIES LIST HOME RECORDINGS label.

http://www.last.fm/music/Have+A+Nice+Life/+wiki

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=15024 (new album review)

Monozid [Ger]

2008-10-09T01:42:00.000-07:00

In 2003 three people met in a small room in the north-west of leipzig starting to play together. influenced by 80's new wave and postpunk."Erstens" was then the title of the first cd-ep released in 2006. They started to play around in squats and other places with bands like SWANN DANGER, DON VITO, THE VERY JOB AGENCY or LIQUID LAUGHTER LOUNGE QUARTETT. In summer 2006 ralf joined the band and now the band is complete as a quartet.

In the following months they played shows with: CHARLES DE GOAL, EVA O, FLIEHENDE STUERME, BROCKDORFF KLANGLABOR, GENETIKS, CASUAL, SCIENCE OF YABRA, DER RAKETENHUND, THEE IRMA AND LOUISE, SUICIDAL BIRDS and many more. In 2007 the second cd-ep "waiting for the circus" was released followed by gigs in spain, france, switzerland, romania and italy. In april 2008 12 songs were recorded for the debut album. Now they are looking for a label to release our recordings.

http://www.myspace.com/monozid

The Silence Kit [US]

2008-10-08T05:25:00.000-07:00

The Silence Kit plays textured, moody rock music. The band is based in New Jersey and Philadelphia, PA, and was started by Patrick McCay in 2002, as a home recording project. Inspired in equal parts by post punk, shoegaze, neo-psychedelia, avant-garde and indie rock, countless shows have been played and more than a few band members have come and gone through the years.

The Silence Kit released their debut LP "In Regulated Measure," in February of 2006. The album was very well received and garnered many positive reviews. The press favorably compared the band to the likes of The Cure, Joy Division, The Sound, Chameleons, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nick Cave, David Lynch film soundtracks, and more. A live band was assembled to support the album and they quickly began writing and recording for the second album. The band played many shows in 2005 and 2006, sharing the stage with bands like I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Early Day Miners, Windsor for the Derby, among others. The second TSK album, entitled "A Strange Labor" is being released on July 19th, 2008. It is a split release by Azteca Records and Breakeven Records, and is comprised of recordings from 2005 and 2006.

The Silence Kit is always changing, and 2007 proved to be no different. Three members left and Patrick built a new lineup. TJ Wark (guitar, synth), Don Ocava (bass) and Jay Dyer (drums) joined The Silence Kit and after a few short months of rehearsal, the band resumed playing shows and began writing and arranging new material. The current lineup is playing shows in support of "A Strange Labor" and are already recording new material for the band's forthcoming third album (with an expected Winter 2008 release date). 2008 has already seen the band opening for Gene Loves Jezebel and a brief encounter and interview with Robert Smith of The Cure. The band is looking forward to the shows and releases in the years ahead.

http://www.myspace.com/thesilencekit

Albums:

http://www.aztecarecords.com/thesilencekit/the-silence-kit-music.html

CatPeople [Spa]

2008-10-08T05:08:00.000-07:00

CatPeople - Reel No. 1 2006

In January 2006 with the support of PuPilo Records CatPeople came to record her first album after having high praises with a demo (CatPeople!), Which was chosen by the spanish music press as the second-best demo of 2005 and only five months later coinciding with the release of this disc was encouraged to number 1 in the Top Ten National. Since then CatPeople has experienced a meteoric growth that has led them to tour for Europe (Portugal, France, Germany, Slovenia..) and to be considered as the new revelation and one of the last independent music sensations of the country, confirmed by his presence at festivals such as Benicassim, Contempopranea, Sonorama Festival Do Norte, Europavox, Popkomm.

The generic and specialized press have echoed the boom of the band based in Barcelona and the unprecedented quality which has resulted in the production of her album "Reel1" labeled post-punk and new wave that had become the first national reference of this kind. The tour presentation of his record led them to play in 24 cities across Spain in just three months reaping success and put it to magazines like Go Mag as one of the best lives of 2006. Among his remarkable achievements is also a performance with Pet Shop Boys in the auditorium Natural Castrelos, in Vigo with more than 20,000 people.

Since the most absolute independence and with professional mentality, CatPeople has settled in the independent music industry with a debut that has placed in the front line and they had served as a springboard to move forward with other musical projects. In addition, the disc has been edited in the following countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Japan, United States and Australia.

http://www.myspace.com/catpeopletheband

Sounds of Emergency [US]

2008-10-02T22:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/soundsofemergency

Negative Image [US]

2008-10-02T21:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.myspace.com/negativeimage

So pity no more info available.

Fahrenheit 451 [US]

2008-09-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

Fahrenheit 451 - The Gothic Years & After - CD 2000 (Cleopatra)

Named after the famous Ray Bradbury novel, Fahrenheit 451 was an East Coast goth rock band whose influences ranged from the Doors and the Stranglers to the seminal Bauhaus (which was to goth what Charlie Parker was to bebop and James Brown was to funk). Fahrenheit, formed in New Jersey in 1984, never became as well-known as Bauhaus or Sisters of Mercy, although it enjoyed a small cult following (mostly around the Northeastern Corridor). During its three-year run, Fahrenheit went through various personnel changes; some of its key members included lead singer Athan Maroulis, guitarist Shell Stewart, bassist Pete Lisa, keyboardist Nick Ferro, and drummer Ed Enzyme. In 1986, Fahrenheit's debut EP, House of Morals, came out on the Active label. The band also recorded a follow-up EP titled A Fire in the Garden, but its contents went unreleased until 2000, when Cleopatra assembled a Fahrenheit-dominated compilation titled The Gothic Years and After. Fahrenheit broke up in 1987, although its members went on to join other bands. Enzyme joined the Undead, while Lisa joined the Cycle Sluts From Hell, and Stewart joined the Lucifer Scale. Maroulis has kept especially busy, singing lead for the Philadelphia-based Executive Slacks from 1987-1991 and the obscure Tubalcain from 1992-1994. He was still a member of Tubalcain when, in 1992, he also joined the better known Spahn Ranch, which was still going strong in 2001. It was in 2000 that Maroulis formed the Blue Dahlia, whose romantic, '40s-minded jazz-pop was a radical departure from anything he had done previously. Those who knew Maroulis for goth, industrial, and darkwave were pleasantly surprised to hear that he was equally effective as a suave, sophisticated crooner with a strong appreciation of Frank Sinatra and Billy Eckstine. Maroulis and Stewart were briefly reunited in the studio in 1996, when they recorded some Mission and Bauhaus covers and briefly resurrected the name Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit's 1984-1987 and 1996 output is available on the Cleopatra release The Gothic Years and After.

http://www.discogs.com/release/1307677

Laughing House [UK]

2008-09-16T20:23:00.000-07:00

Laughing HOUSE. 3/8/88 Sir Colin Campbell /Live Review/ S. A. Lane

This Impressive trio oozed mountains of competence in a tight and aggressive twelve-song set, playing music that incorporates trademarks of the Clash, occasional touches of Killing Joke and the vaguest bow towards U2 in some of the guitar lines. many of the songs are accusing and political, such as "Taken For Fools" in which a statement is made about Aborigines being kicked in the teeth by 'their' government.

Musically, Laughing House are professional, playing well-structured songs which, when lacking in melody, are adequately compensated for with rhythmic stops and kick-starts and raw punch. In my opinion, their only downfall is a tendency to over-indulge in the thuggish 'oh-oh-oh' backing vocals. If these were reduced in favour of more lyric harmonies (those used worked well), the finishing touch would be put to otherwise perfect material.

My favourite songs were the 'Lesson', with It's excellent melody, harmonies and the use of interweaving vocal lines, and their last number ' Do Your Worst' which erupted with an earthquake of an intro, ploughed a mean furrow and exited with a fortress of noise headed by a howling guitar which left your senses reeling. Apart from aggression, one of the band's main strengths lies in their attention-grabbing intro's. In 'Joking' ("a song about door-to-door salesmen"!), the guitar weaves an interesting mesh of picked notes over a walking drum beat and on 'See It In Your Eyes', a song with a good melodic hook of a chorus, the intro is best described as frantic!

http://www.myspace.com/laughinghouseuk

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Laughing+House

Pinoreks [Ger]

2008-09-15T23:50:00.000-07:00

Pinoreks - There Is Hope - 2005

http://www.myspace.com/pinoreks

http://www.pinoreks.de/

Dorcel [Fra]

2008-09-15T23:34:00.000-07:00

Dorcel - Sins - CD 2008

Dorcel is a “pop-wave” band based in France. They’ve been described sounding like “And Also The Trees” or “The Cure” by the french magazin Elegy.

http://www.myspace.com/dorcel

http://www.dorcelmusic.com

The Transisters [Ita]

2008-09-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

The Transistors were founded in 2005 and spent the last three years in touring all over Italy. Enrico, Meson, Alberto and Matteo opened many live-shows of such greats as Kaiser Chiefs, the Raveonttes, White Rose Movement, X-wife, Disco Drive, Vincent Vincent and the Villains, One Dimensional Man, The Alps and many more.
During all that they even found the time to record two EPs in collaboration with Geoff Turner (New Wet Kojak, Girls against Boys), which were released in July 2005 and September 2007. As influences the four are naming bands as the renowned Joy Division, P.I.L., The Fall, Elvis - what results in their Electromagnetic(New)Wave, as the band call it.
On 28th of July 2008 their first longplayer 'Under Control' was released by the german netlabel afmusic.

http://www.myspace.com/thetransisters

Download link: http://www.archive.org/details/afm022_thetransisters_undercontrol

Psychosurgery [US]

2008-09-08T00:15:00.000-07:00

New band.

Steve Rotter- Backup Vocals, Bass and Guitar
Stephen Morte- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, and Trombone...
Micah Rotter- Drums

http://www.myspace.com/surgerypsycho

The Strandge Hours [US]

2008-09-08T00:10:00.000-07:00

The Strange Hours, in their current incarnation, came together in mid-2008. The band consists of Phaedrus (composition, programming, guitars), James Mandible (vocals and lyrics), and Alan Roberge (synthesizers and loops). The band play a subversive, resonant form of experimental pop, informed by classic post-punk, industrial, goth pop, ambience, and noise.

http://www.myspace.com/thestrangehours

The December Sound [US]

2008-08-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

The December Sound - The Silver Album - Debut 2007

This cult of noise-terrorists cloak themselves in MELTING GUITARS, DANGEROUS SONGWRITING, EVIL DRONES, HYPNOTIC BASSLINES, MANIACALLY DISTORTED BEATS, HEAVILY EFFECTED/DETACHED VOCALS & OTHER-WORDLY SOUND-SCAPES. It’s dark and extreme, influenced by existentialism and avant-garde/radical/underground currents. The group has a reputation for unrelenting live shows that are a full-on assault of the senses,whilst achieving even greater depth on their debut album.

Led by Zack Sarzana’s gliding guitars and vocal stylings that range from soft and hazy to outright threatening. The December Sound creates a feeling of hollowed reverberations, echoing trough the air. Jimmy Rosi joins in creating this vicious soundscape with dreamy keyboards and melodic rhythm guitar that often calls back to Zack’s leads. Keeping the back-beat going is the hypnotic ryhtyn section which includes the spiral-like drumming of Drew Richards, along with newest member Cat Crowley, delicately playinga bass that huns chaos and quit alike.

The December Sound debut album is filled with drones and tones of dark, profound sonic depth. Already being heralded as “the best unsigned band on the planet!” by the THE BIG TAKEOVER, their debut effort certainly lives up that praise.

http://www.myspace.com/thedecembersound

http://www.thedecembersound.com/

The Sky Drops [US]

2008-08-25T21:56:00.000-07:00

The Sky Drops are Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette - a superforce of guitars, drums, and vocals. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, the band members each have their own fine pedigree and began The Sky Drops in the Autumn of 2005.

Rob Montejo's previous band Smashing Orange's retrospective album "1991" was released on Elephant Stone Records in 2005. Monika Bullette's debut album The Secrets won Philadelphia's City Papers 2005 Music Award "Best Album You Can Get For Free and Without a Guilty Conscience".

Rob and Monika's beautiful harmonies are intensified by swimming blissed-out guitars and no-nonsense drumming. The Sky Drops have been likened to a "shoegazing Everly Brothers".

http://www.myspace.com/theskydrops

http://www.theskydrops.com/

Thrushes [US]

2008-08-25T21:43:00.000-07:00

Their debut album “Sun Come Undone” was released on March 13, 2007 on Birdnote Records.

Guitarist Casey Harvey had been pestering Rachel Tracy about forming a band for years. She finally relented in the summer of 2005, agreeing to play bass, and they recruited vocalist/guitarist Anna Conner during a pickup baseball game and drummer Matt Davis shortly thereafter. Having cut their teeth in the formative Baltimore all-ages indie scene of the mid-nineties, they were itching to make meaningful music again. Several practice sessions in, they realized there was real chemistry and Thrushes was born.

*Ryan Sterner replaced Matt Davis on drums in September, 2007

http://www.thrushesrule.com/

http://www.myspace.com/thrushes

Zero Le Creche [UK]

2008-08-18T22:37:00.000-07:00

Zero Le Creche - Last Year´s Wife - The Collection - 2008

Zero Le Creche were formed in the mid eighties. The band consisted of terry Miles (bass), Richard Ollie (drummer), Andy Mitchell (guitar) and Andy Manning (singer). There most famous record was “Last Years Wife” which is still a favourite on the goth scene. Zero Le Creche were just getting noticed when unfortunately Andy the singer decided to leave. He was replaced with a guy named Jamie when they recorded “Falling”, but the band was not the same without Andy, so they split up. They are hoping to reform in the near future and have an albums worth of recorded unheard material which is being released in January 2008 via Cherry red Records. Including digitally re-mastered recordings of Last years wife, Women say and Fall to dust, also including studio recordings, live studio rehearsal songs and a live recording from Dingwalls, London.

http://www.myspace.com/zerolecreche1

http://www.last.fm/music/Zero+Le+Creche

The Preachers Twilight [Fra]

2008-08-18T22:30:00.000-07:00

They've already been passed away for many years......

PROMO BIOGRAPHY 1988

Innovative new french duo "THE PREACHERS OF TWILIGHT" release their debut three track 12"single featuring "ON THE RAZOR EDGE","GUST", and a stunning cover of Bowie 's "SCREAM LIKE A BABY"in UK.on Monday December 12 (1988) (Sedition records/Pinnacle Distribution).

THE PREACHERS are twenty three year old GARANCE DANIEL (vocal/keyboards) and guitarist/bassist ASTLLY LAURENT,aged twenty two.The Duo met last year when LAURENT' S band "THE HILL' S PREACHING " supported " THE SILENT AGE" fronted by Daniel at a gig in Paris.Daniel has been with Silent Age since its inception in October 85.Although the band established a real cult following , Daniel was unhappy with the bands musical direction and welcomed the opportunity to established a new and original creative force.

The pair found a common musical meeting point in current bands such as THE MISSION and SISTERS OF MERCY with earlier influences coming from the likes of KING CRIMSON , GENESIS and YES .Says Daniel " Our music is anything but instant , but it has an identity and character of its own. Discipline and chaos co-exist side by side . Delve into the music into the sounds and you will find it growing more every time you listen. Lyrics are very important to us , we aim to create a trance like state investigating the planets natural elements and mysteries.

Although the band received tremendous support and live acclaim in France, they decided that because of their Gothic influences and roots they would be better suited basing themselves in Great-Britain.

In August the Duo recorded and produced the new single at AQUARIUS STUDIOS in GENEVA prior to moving to London in late September .Now signed to SEDITION RECORDS, THE PREACHERS are currently preparing material for their debut album before commencing a series of UK dates in January and February(1989).

End of 1988 biography.

http://www.myspace.com/thepreachersoftwilight

Phaidia [Jpn]

2008-08-18T22:18:00.000-07:00

Phaidia was a Japanese goth band, formed in the early 80’s. Cutting voice, powerful drums and guitars… They’ve been labeled “the Japanese Christian Death”.

Discography:
+SANATORIUM ‘81 (Collaboration with the band Gilles de Rais)
+’81 and ‘82 VV.AA. albums
+PHAIDIA ‘83+R.B.F.1984 (Label bands compilation)
+DANCING DEATH(EP)’84
+CHIKASITSU NO AKUMATACHI(flex)’85
+IN THE DARK(LP)’85 city locker

They also appeared in a Tatsuya Yoshida compilation called “Devil from the East”, where he reunited quite a few projects he had been involved in, as Malinconia, Ruins, Naked City or Phaidia.

http://www.myspace.com/phaidiafanpage

http://www.last.fm/music/Phaidia

Blue Kremlin [Ger]

2008-08-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

Blue Kremlin were a mid 1980’s German Goth band. They released one official cassette, and have an unofficial live show from 1985 that is of great quality.

This band should have gone far, but was quite underground.

http://www.myspace.com/bluekremlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cwjaBTxD0Q

The Catholic Comb [US]

2008-08-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

The true origins of The Catholic Comb are shrouded in mystery. Truly, birthed of a distinguished misunderstanding of its own surroundings. Driven by the urgency of death. Inspired by the inevitability of beauty. How four strange daydreamers came together, wrote, sang, played, drank, and lived these songs is a sentimental story. Surely, some time ago, in the queerest hour of night, each staring out a separate window, a secret pact was signed as dreams and memories are signed. Even if, unbeknownst to themselves.

The Catholic Comb have compiled two collections of their adventures. A self-titled EP, and also 10 songs of “Ghost Stories”. Frantically, they have been inviting new dreamers in not-so-distant towns to join in contemplation, rambunctious ramblings, innocent violence, and drink. All in pursuit of beauty! So, bring your pillows, bring your flowers, bring your wine in spirited pursuit of the divine, and sing with me as I quote, “this is our time, it is severe!”

http://www.myspace.com/thecatholiccomb

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Catholic+Comb

Opera Multi Steel [Fra]

2008-08-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

Opera Multi Steel began your activities in 1983, in the city of Bourges, located in the central part of France. Of the first formation of the band they made part the siblings Franck (I lower, vocal and keyboards) and Patrick Lopez (vocal and keyboards), besides Catherine Marie (vocal, keyboard and percussion). Before they deciding to create him/it it Operates Multi Steel, Franck and Patrick they participated in bands with proposed musical different. Franck Lopez was integral of a called folkloric band Avaric, together with Eric Milhiet that later would be invited to integrate OMS as bear and guitarist. Already Patrick, did vocal in a band of style called ebm/electro Afghanistan. In 1987 they would also start to integrate the band guitarist Xavier Martin, that would participate in few recordings. Besides him, the band counted in elapsing of your career with the several invited musicians’ presence, to example of Carine Grieg, vocalist of the band arnel Collection Andréa.

http://www.last.fm/music/Opera+Multi+Steel

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/opera.multi.steel/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Multi_Steel

Plastique Noir [Bra]

2008-08-05T23:05:00.000-07:00

Urban Requiems - EP 2007

Plastique Noir was formed at the end of the year 2005 by some members and ex-members from underground bands from Fortaleza/CE/Brazil. Since it started, has been always looking for new ways but not the commom live bands presentation, sometimes poorly explored in their artistic possibilities not only in the musical aspects.

Unique in the style in Fortaleza, the Plastique Noir (black plastic, in french) embraces the name of the bag used to store dead bodies in morgues. The music, gloomy but pleasant to dance, involves bodies and minds carrying them to an intensive experience with their english-written lyrics which evocates the myths and facts of horror, morbidness, melancholia and madness created by the conflict of the infinite passions proper to the human existential labyrinth. Besides, each step the band takes is meticulously planned by its members, from lyrics and melodies to graphical arts and cenography, by using their very diverse professional aptitudes. This goes with their proposal to be a multimedia and artistically self-sufficient band.

http://www.myspace.com/plastiquenoir

http://www.purevolume.com/plastiquenoir

Here you can dl the mp3 EP:

http://af-music.de/releases/plastiquenoir-urbanrequiems.html

You Will Die Alone [Aus]

2008-08-05T17:44:00.000-07:00

It's an Australian shoegaze band, few info around the net, all I could find is an review abt their 3 tracks EP "Duets". http://www.messandnoise.com/releases/5657

BTW, no more mention of MBV anymore, I'm so tired of hearing this.

http://www.myspace.com/youwilldiealone

Heavïness [Swe]

2008-08-04T22:51:00.000-07:00

Heaviness - Released 2006

Heavïness are commonly thought to be a shoegaze four-piece hailing for Stockholm, Switzerland, Swaziland, Sweden. Phono-geographically speaking, their sound lies approximately half way between over there and somewhere else, provided somewhere else is located in a container. They do stick pretty close to the shoegaze ethic, both in terms of sound, aesthetics. Their first record, self titled, was released in Autumn 2006.

The lineup consists of David (the Eagle Cross; guitar+vox), Emma(cello+bass), Daniel(drums) and Rizzler(guitar). It’s hard to say whether the other David is also in the band; he does the projections for the shows. David and Daniel used to play together in both Montage and Vacuum.

http://heaviness.se/

http://www.myspace.com/heaviness

The Julia Dream [US]

2008-07-30T23:21:00.000-07:00

The Julia Dream acknowledges the past and embraces the present in their combination of retro and modern styles. The result is a penetrating new sound marked by bass-driven grooves and lush guitar textures. Underscored by captivating vocal melodies, the band produces an atmospheric landscape of words and music. With songs flowing easily from energetic and upbeat, to dark and transient, listeners and critics alike find this dynamic band hard to resist.

Currently, The Julia Dream is supporting their first official studio release, "Above From Beneath" - a seven-song EP released in April 2007. The EP has been extremely well received by press, radio, and the group's growing fan base. The Julia Dream has spent the remaining months of the year expanding on their local success wih regional performances throughout the Southeast, and a fast growing internet presence worldwide.

Band members Vernon P. Love (lead vocals), Matt Spatial (bass guitar, backing vocals), Michael Jason (drums), and Sacha Alexander (guitar) come together on stage to present a must-see live performance, bringing the band's subtle blend of emotion-filled melodies, ambient guitar layers, and energetic rhythms to life.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/juliadreammusic

http://www.myspace.com/thejuliadream

Sea Dweller [Ita]

2008-07-24T01:17:00.000-07:00

Sea Dweller is an unsigned shoegaze/dreampop band, lost into noise music and daydreaming psychedelic escapes. The band was formed in Rome, Italy, in early 2000 by core members Cristiano Carosi (vcls, gtr) and Paola Anna Victoria Mattarocia (bs, vcls), later joined in 2006 by guitarist Paolo Miceli (formerly My Violent Ego) and drummer Carlos Valderrama (Fitness Forever [EMI], The Goonies, Valderrama 5). Sea Dweller's music can be considered as a balance of ethereal guitar driven noise pop and loud climax crescendo, on the go of influences of Swervedriver, Swirlies, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth & friends. After three short tours in italy, one supporting Asobi Seksu (one little indian rec) and two with welsh post-punk act The Victorian English Gentlemens Club (fantastic plastic rec), an EP debut release entitled Underwater Town is due to January 2008, with single track Every Inch featured on compilation The Hi-Lo Tunez Plan: 8th Step .

http://www.myspace.com/seadwellerband

Orlok [Mex]

2008-07-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

The band was formed in 2000 aimed to reintroduce the movement of Gothic Rock in Tijuana.

Album:

...Y Entonces Vino La Noche
Release date: May 2000

http://www.myspace.com/orloktijuana

Death By Kite [Dnk]

2008-07-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

Death by kite
© 2007 quartermain

Emerging from the Copenhagen underground scene, hyped by a reputation of loud and manically introverted concerts and a sound that is a mesmerizing mix of popish, cathchy melodies soaked in a cocktail of noiserock and newwave, in April 2007 Death by Kite released their self tiitled debut-album. The trio, which, after a change in the beat section, now consists og Bjørn, Sidsel and Mikkel, has since then played numerous concerts, and has established themselves as a popular live act, and one of the best noisepop bands coming out of Scandinavia for years.

http://www.myspace.com/deathbykite

Garçons Coiffeurs [Fra]

2008-07-15T19:35:00.000-07:00

Born in 2006, Garçons Coiffeurs was influenced by New Wave, Cold Wave, Batcave, Punk Post… of the Eighties. The group currently prepares its 1st album " Noires" ideas.

http://www.myspace.com/garconscoiffeurs

Soul Merchants [US]

2008-07-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

Soul Merchants - Soul Merchants, smooch 017 (2007, CD)

(This two disc set features 40 songs from Soul Merchants recorded in between 1985-1987 on four track cassette tape. )

The Soul Merchants only existed for two years in the mid 80s but in that short time period recorded and released three albums, one double album, one EP, and appeared on a number of compilations.

The band is best described as they described it in the 80s: psychedelic death rock. On the surface and at the heart of it, the Soul Merchants could have been called Denver's version of the Sisters Of Mercy. But even in the 80s these guys were too old to be the new hip goth act and their 60s psych and 70s glam influences shine brightly over the darkness. Catchy pop hooks can be found in most songs too.

http://www.myspace.com/soulmerchants85

The Estranged [US]

2008-07-13T23:57:00.000-07:00

The Estranged - Static Thoughts, Dirtnap 2008

http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/2016

http://www.myspace.com/theestrangedpdx

It's something like "post punk".

The Suncharms

2008-07-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

Fans of Catherine Wheel should like this seeing as they were on the same label Wilde Club Records. Fans of Catherine Wheel should like this seeing as they were on the same label Wilde Club Records.

Sheffield's The Suncharms played a brand of indie guitar pop that was sometimes fast and thrashy, but at other times moodily atmospheric. They released two 12" singles on Wilde Club (the tiny label which launched the career of the Catherine Wheel). Their appearance at Sheffield Sound City (organised by Radio One) in 1993 was the last thing they did. Although there was no official split, the group didn't do anything after that event.

The Suncharms EP

Sparkle
Reflections
Time Will Tell
One I See
12" Wilde Club Records (Wilde 6) 1991

Tranquil Day EP

Tranquil Day
Wash Away
She Feels
Space Ship
12" Wilde Club Records (Wilde 8) 1991

http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/sounds/the_suncharms-tranquil_day.mp3

Severe Severe [US]

2008-06-26T19:18:00.000-07:00

Severe Severe - Beyond The Pink 2008

This is a band with the kind of economy of sound and wiry presentation that has its roots in the better post-punk bands of the early 80s.

http://www.myspace.com/severesevere

http://cdbaby.com/cd/severesevere

Carcrash International [US]

2008-06-24T18:35:00.000-07:00

Carcrash International is with the Cleopatra label what This Mortal Coil is with 4AD: a kind of super-group consisted the elite of the musicians of the label, concentrated around a joint project. One thus finds here Dave Roberts, bass player of Sex Gang Children; Bari-Bari and David Glass, both old Christian Death prevailing at the time in Mephisto Walz; and some additional musicians at various stages. The planing guitars of Bari-Bari, the precise and firm striking of David Glass and the low voice of Dave Roberts, serious and cordial, is placed slightly at the withdrawal in the mixing, which gives an atmosphere particular to the band, an impression of reserve which does not hide of it less one subjacent storm.

Releases:

The Title Track From "The Whip" (12") -- Crammed Discs 1983

All Passion Spent (12") -- Crammed Discs 1984

Crash (12") -- L'Invitation Au Suicide 1985

Fragments Of A Journey In Hell (CD) -- Cleopatra 1993

http://www.myspace.com/carcrashinternational

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Carcrash+International

Garten Kirkhof [US]

2008-06-22T18:09:00.000-07:00

Garten Kirhof - 'Le Dormeur - A Restrospective 1989-1994' - 2008

Garten Kirkhof was formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1989 with the intent to create, play and perform the type of music that they all liked to listen to. Garten Kirkhof was initially heavily influenced by Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and early Christian Death. They began as a strictly Goth band, but as the years passed and guitarists were changed, other influences such as Killing Joke, Bunnydrums, Red Temple Spirits and The Chameleons, to name a few, were tapped into. So the band had gradually shifted from Goth into dark Post Punk.

http://www.myspace.com/gartenkirkhof

The Black Angels [US]

2008-06-21T04:19:00.000-07:00

The Black Angels are a psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas,[1] formed in May 2004. Their name derives from the Velvet Underground song "The Black Angel's Death Song".

Friday, August 5th 2007, they played at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Among other venues, they have played at SXSW 2006 & 2008 and All Tomorrow's Parties 2008. Touring partners have included the blues rock band The Black Keys and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

The group's debut LP Passover was generally well received in the underground independent rock community and was noted for its dark tones and lyrical content. A review of the Black Angels album Passover described them as "Walking in the shadows cast by Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized mastermind Jason Pierce" and compared them to The Warlocks and Black Mountain, also invoking "dirges" reminiscent of both The Velvet Underground and the 13th Floor Elevators.[1] The band's icon is a stylized/high-contrast image of Nico.

Passover included a quote in the liner notes from Edvard Munch; "Illness, insanity, and death are the black angels that kept watch over my cradle and accompanied me all my life."

In December 2007, the group announced on their blog that their second album will be released in Spring of 2008. [1]. In March 2008 a release date of May 13th was announced for their second album, Directions to See a Ghost.

http://www.myspace.com/theblackangels

http://www.theblackangels.com/

Disco Hospital [US]

2008-06-17T05:49:00.000-07:00

The forthcoming full length album is close to completion and is due to be released world-wide in summer 2008.

http://www.myspace.com/wearediscohospital