Catherine Ringer, the Extraordinary Voice of Les Rita Mitsouko, Has Passed Away at 68
Catherine Ringer, vocalist, songwriter, and co-founder of French new wave duo Les Rita Mitsouko, has died at age 68. Her children announced her death in a statement to AFP, confirming that she…
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“Just put up pictures when I’m lost” — Romance is for the Dogs in Montreal Duo Modern Friend’s Latest Single, “Pictures”
Love songs have spent a century turning devotion into a virtue simply because somebody found a chorus for it. Modern Friend’s Pictures takes that old bargain and puts a collar…
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Desire or Obsession? — Dark Pop Artist Midniter Puts Longing Into Motion in Video for “I Could Love You”
Don’t you know I could love you better Be your release when you’re under pressure All that you hold, we could hold together I could be, I would be if…
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“I Locked My Heart Inside a Box” — Barcelona Post-Punk Trio Low Blows Share Video for “SOS”
You won’t come back for me calling was an SOS one more stop for me one more stop for more There are songs about heartbreak that behave as though somebody…
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Celebrating 30 Years of mital-U — Exploring the Swiss Label’s Catalogue Through Grauzone, mittageisen, The Vyllies, and More!
The history of mital-U begins well before there was a label to put on a record. In July 1979, Bruno Waser met members of the Lucerne band CRAZY at a…
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Dizzy Scent Summons Spectral Folk on Her New EP “Doggy’s Cake”
An acoustic guitar can make a room feel inhabited; on Dizzy Scent’s Doggy’s Cake, it also makes you wonder what else might be in there. Fingers travel audibly across strings,…
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Tokyo Darkwavers Sex Virgin Killer Release Shinobu Narita Remix Single for “Lissajous”
No one could heal your sensible heart Angels above watching over you I will be here just to see you heal With your own will Tokyo’s Sex Virgin Killer have…
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San Diego Coldwave Act Mercury Girl Shares Atmospheric Second Single “Spirit Forward” Ahead of Debut Album “A NuTone”
There exists a certain species of electronic music that has been embalmed by its own admirers, preserved beneath enough black clothing, antique drum machines, and solemn references to 1981 that…
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“Wrapped Around My Heart” — LA Shoegaze Outfit Taleen Kali Confronts the Fractured Feminine in the Video for “Viper”
Breaking a person rarely begins with one spectacular act. More often, it is repetition that does the work: the same insult, the same reduction, the same pressure applied until endurance…
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Austin Psych-Goth Trio The Schisms Unleash a Leather Clad Texas Fever Dream in the Video for “I Learn To Love”
We speak of falling in love as though gravity should handle the labor. The harder truth is that affection asks for practice: the slow unlearning of fear, vanity, possession, and…
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