Maifest has been an annual festival brought to you by the Maifest Chicago, organized to promote Chicago’s German heritage. Maifest is the traditional German celebration of the arrival of spring. Maifest is still celebrated throughout… Read More »Oh, there’s music and there’s dancing and a lot of sweet romancing. When they play the polka they all get in the swing!
Chicago’s MV Wells steps out front with Le Dauphin, his debut solo album, arriving May 29, a sharp, melody-first mix of indie rock, orchestral pop, and singer-songwriter craft that leans as much on Harry Nilsson… Read More »Chicago’s MV Wells Delivers Le Dauphin, A Sharp and Lush Orchestral Pop Debut
May 29th, 2026 – Dark industrial band, CHOKE CHAIN has unleashed their new & highly-anticipated release, Decomposition. The EP is the aural equivalent of existential dread. CHOKE CHAIN is no stranger to tackling such topics, but the band takes it to… Read More »CHOKE CHAIN Confronts Existential Dread With New EP, ‘Decomposition’
Officially licensed from Irwin Chusid, who oversees the catalogue of the late Afrofuturist artist/composer/bandleader Sun Ra, Cold Spring negotiated rare and unreleased tracks from the Sun Ra archive to be remixed and treated by Masami Akita… Read More »SUN RA MERZBOW : ‘Strange City’ – jazz power meets brutal excess on expanded 10th anniversary 2xCD reissue out 26th June 2026 on Cold Spring
Original post-punk icon Peter Murphy issued ‘Swoon’ in February 2025 as the first single from ‘Silver Shade’, his widely acclaimed eleventh studio album released three months later on Metropolis Records. A majestic slice of synth-punk/funk, the song… Read More »PETER MURPHY : ‘Swoon (Magic Wands Remix)’ – remix of song from 2025 album by iconic post-punk singer out 29th May 2026
Finnish symphonic metal band Memoira has released a new single IKIGAI (Memories). The release celebrates life and memories and opens the door to a well-known Japanese philosophy of life. Ikigai is a Japanese philosophical concept… Read More »Memoira celebrates life and memories with new single – IKIGAI (Memories)
Vancouver Celtic punk lifers The Real McKenzies return with their new album On Yer Bike, arriving May 29 on Stomp Records. Their first full-length release since the closing of Fat Wreck Chords, the record marks… Read More »Bagpipe-Blasting Punk Veterans The Real McKenzies Return With New LP On Yer Bike
Trans-Atlantic electro-goth / industrial duo DEATH B¥ LØVE presents their debut album ‘444’, newly released on CD via American label Distortion Productions. Sublime, spiritually charged, and emotionally captivating, this record fuses gothic, industrial, and trip-hop sensibilities into a singular… Read More »DEATH B¥ LØVE releases electrifying ‘444’ album on CD – A journey through shadow & transcendence
May 29, 2026 – Boundaries, who recently announced the July 17 arrival of Yearning: the unbeautiful after (Sumerian Records), have shared a third preview of the 14-track album with the release of “Only endless” and… Read More »BOUNDARIES RELEASE “ONLY ENDLESS” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM YEARNING: THE UNBEAUTIFUL AFTER (JULY 17, SUMERIAN RECORDS)
David Thrussell (Snog, Black Lung, Soma) and Darrin Verhagen (Shinjuku Thief) present a vivid retelling of the classic horror tale ‘The Call Of Cthulhu’, one of the most popular works by the iconic American writer H. P. Lovecraft.… Read More »DAVID THRUSSELL & SHINJUKU THIEF : ‘The Call Of Cthulhu’ – retelling of classic horror tale by H. P. Lovecraft released on 2xLP out 19th June 2026