Synth demon Alex is keeping a busy schedule, it seems. Over the past week, the Edinburgh based artist dropped 2 singles and one full EP on his Bandcamp page. The first release is a full EP that sees ALEX push his sound to new extremes. ‘Death
Some sad news has struck the Retrowave scene today, as electropop powerhouse Chromatics have just announced their separation after a successful 20-year run. The announcement was relayed on Instagram in a post signed by Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller and Nat Walker. Though the post did
From The Goonies, BMX Bandit and Rad to Stranger Things and Stephen King’s IT, Bikes are essential components of eighties culture. Nothing brought freedom, excitement and adventure to an eighties kid quite as a shiny two-wheeler did. On his newly released sophomore concept album ‘CODENAME
Monowoman’s third full-length album ‘In Eternal Sleep’ is yet another reminder from Neon Retro Records never to underestimate the chops of Russia’s retrowave scene. Presenting itself in very familiar colours with its Blade-Runner-meets-2814 album art, this album will most likely fly under the radar of
The Godfather of horror John Carpenter has teamed up with Glaswegian Synthpop act CHVRCHES for a remix of their newest single ‘Good Girls’. The (somewhat unlikely) collaboration came into fruition as part of the promotion of CHVRCHES’ upcoming fourth album Screen Violence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUwRjH9sAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du4kNAyjVCg In turn, the band
"The Book of Revelation" is the latest abhorrent release from the delightfully deviant Urban Matrix - an underground German producer quickly stomping up the ranks of the electro-industrial and darksynth scenes. We don't know too much about the fellow, but his specialty seems to be
Wolf Club is back for the second time this summer with the stunning synthpop / synthwave / indie rock masterpiece, "Just Drive (Part 2)!" We've been incredibly excited for this release since we learned it was coming this summer - and it looks like we
Today is the day, retroheads! Nottingham based electropop band WOLFCLUB are back with Just Drive (Part 2), brought to you by NRW Records. Vocalists Dora Pereli & Jaki Nelson return to lend their vocals to yet another set of odes to glossy days gone by.
Earlier this month, Czech artist Клет (KLET) made his debut in the Retrowave scene with a personal, fresh take on the old retro synth formula. Drawing inspiration from the Sovietwave genre as well as his personal musical upbringing in former Czechoslovakia (east of the iron
At 1980 is set to release their latest synthwave / synthpop bombshell "Late Night Calls" next week on August 6th. But don't wait until then - preorders for physicals are already up and running out of stock! At 1980's Beginnings in Synthwave / Synthpop At 1980 is
No more than 4 months since dropping his crushing Kaidan, Russia’s Acryl Madness returns with a brand new collaborative album with Starfounder. Lips \ Steel is draped in apocalyptic sci-fi vibes, with Starfounder most often laying out the ambience to the sonic scene through which
The lush and dreamy synthwave classic "Sophie Teenage Dream" from Morgan Willis is back! A brand new collectors edition just dropped over on the NRW bandcamp page - a much-needed release as the original pressings are currently going for nearly $100 on Discogs! According to