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photo by Caitlin Stokes The darkwave/synthpop projectMEERSEIN, brainchild of the Oldenburg-based artist and radio presenter Jan Schütz, is proud to announce that his new EP “Ocean” is available as digifile/digital from April 10th. With MEERSEIN, a solo project rooted deeply in emotional honesty and atmospheric… Read More »German Darkwave/Synthpop Artist MEERSEIN Magnifies The Spiritual Force Of The Sea With New EP “Ocean”; Out Now As Digifile/Digital!

Los Angeles, CA / April 23, 2026) – Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey is sharing fresh insight into the changing sexual landscape for adults over 50, pointing to a growing openness around pleasure, menopause, later-life intimacy and conversations… Read More »Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey Spotlights New Shifts in Pleasure, Aging, Sexual Freedom

photo credit Ian Enger Portland OR — The single, “Rare Earth Metal”, is classic OGRE essentialized. It’s blown-out, grating, and chaotic, but packed into a tight arrangement. The trio steamrolls through punk assaults, exclamatory vocals,… Read More »OGRE “Rare Earth Metal” steamrolls through smoggy soundscapes, less like an earth metal and more like an alloy

New album out this Friday via These Hands Melt. Vinyl & CD pre-order still available Ahead of its arrival, Stuttgart-based dark rock quintet Astraya have presented a full stream of their sophomore album, “Atropine”. The band’s second… Read More »ASTRAYA stream new album “Atropine” in full ahead of release

New York postpunk duo Frenchy and the Punk have released a new video for their powerful single ‘War on War’ via Pittsburgh-based label Distortion Productions — arriving at a particularly heavy moment for the band, just ahead of what… Read More »FRENCHY AND THE PUNK releases ‘War On War’ as tour halts amid personal fight with cancer

photo credit Lexy Byrd Boise, ID — Are they a family, a cult, a coven? Maybe a mysterious mixture of all three. Boise, Idaho’s AKA BELLE are releasing their new double album All Time is… Read More »BOISE’S AKA BELLE RELEASE THEIR WHIMSICALLY DEFIANT DOUBLE ALBUM ‘All Time is Now, Now is All You Have + The Time for Love is Always Now’

photo credit Scott McManaman Los Angeles CA — Too often artists will cover a song, especially a classic, just to ride the coattails of something better than them. Too often the attempt is merely an… Read More »JESIKA VON RABBIT lifts the REM classic “Drive” into an ethereal space of yearning and loss

Written by Mikael Johnston and the late Wayne Static of Static-X for Mikael’s band Mephisto Odyssey during their time together at Warner Brothers Records in 2000, this lost hit that dominated terrestrial radio and was… Read More »The Forgotten Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Theme Featuring Wayne Static Finally Resurfaces in Remastered Release

Jarboe, the influential avant-garde artist, has shared a new video for the track “Francesca Sun”, from her latest album “Sightings”, released on 3rd April via Consouling Sounds.  “Sightings” is available to order in Black LP and… Read More »JARBOE releases new video for “Francesca Sun”