After their fantastic 2019 album "Electric Dreams," Berlin-based Siamese Youth is back with a tasty new single, "Take On Me Too!" "Take On Me Too" is the first single from another album in the works - planned to release some time in 2021 on NRW Records. This
“Hey, do you still play D&D?” I've heard this more often lately. A lot of my friends and acquaintances suddenly have a much more open-minded opinion about my hobby now that everyone's been forced into bored desperation. But one thing I've never been is a gatekeeper.
One of Trevor Something's side projects, Staring At Screens, has just released a truly remarkable full-length album, "Room!" The previous Staring at Screens album grabbed our hand and pulled us down into a glitched-out, frenetic, and glossy world of sex hotline samples with "Fantasy Hotline," but this
Let Em Riot is back with an all new album, "Years Later" - releasing here on August 7th! It's been a while since our last Let Em Riot release, "The Futurist," back in 2018. With his signature dreamy synth and laid-back Californian vibes, it was long overdue
Peter Zimmermann is back with yet another astounding authentic 80s release - "PornCoreSynthRock2!" He's also giving a shout-out to our fans - offering a crazy 25% discount on all his releases (including vinyl) with the code "NRW"! This album sounds incredibly authentically retro - but that's
"Magnatron 3" is finally here! After months of waiting since the first announcement, the album was finally released today. We had heard some fantastic singles ahead of release from Waveshaper, Wice, and Powerglove with PYLOT, and I am pleased to report that the rest of the
Pumping straight from New Jersey is EchoDDT with "Ultra Zone Skate Complex!" - out now via Virtua94 Records. This explosive project is the bedroom brainchild of Zac Eisenstein, formerly of the pop-punk band Man Overboard. Now, yours truly is not particularly a fan of pop-punk, or of
VIQ's latest album "COASTLINE" (Out now via the fantastic chillsynth label Stratford Ct.) is making waves - perfect for you beach getaway this summer. Although this album is very similar to Tycho's 2011 masterpiece "Dive," "COASTLINE" brings something to the table that even Tycho was missing
The UK based ADMO is still fresh to the chillsynth scene - but in 2019 he was brand-spanking new. Two of his first EP's were particularly fantastic - "77" and "Atlantic Drift" - popping up in two of our weekly top 5 playlists on their
There’s a new sovereign in Thra and a new creative team at the helm of BOOM! Studio’s latest arc of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The comic, in general, maintains the dizzying sense of wonder that fans of the Jim Henson film and some of
In the spring of 1989, a film that was supposed to make waves in the creature feature genre only made ripples. Critically lambasted, George P. Cosmatos’s Leviathan didn’t even make its budget back in theatrical revenues. It didn’t help that it was the year of
"Sides" is the latest from VHS Glitch - what he called a "