It has been an honor to watch the synthwave genre grow and evolve over the past few years. We are continually astounded by the sonic innovation our community shows - and 2023 has been no different! There's a touch of every subgenre of synth in
It has been an honor to watch the synthwave genre grow and evolve over the past few years. We are continually astounded by the sonic innovation our community shows - and 2023 has been no different! There's a touch of every subgenre of synth in
The Top 10 Collaborations of 2023 are
Shin Masked Rider (2023) Back from the ether and here on the nostalgia streets with another bundle of retro content to think back on. Currently streaming on Amazon Prime is the recent film by Hideaki Anno (Evangelion, Shin Ultraman, Shin Godzilla) and the newest live-action interpretation of
The Panda Theory by Pascal Garnier, is one of these novels which you can only read once, just like Iain Reid’s I’m thinking of ending things, yet it perches on the opposite side of the concept-inducing spectrum.
Ruffian riders immediately overrun the peaceful scenery of old west California at the story's start. Clint Eastwood drops the viewer into a conflict between gold mining interests headed by Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart), and a dwindling group of settlers trying to make their way as
Once every few years an album comes along that reminds me of why I started writing about music the first place. “Wavefinder” – the astounding collaboration between Sferro and Makeup and Vanity Set (MAVS), is definitely one such album. On the face of it, you wouldn’t
In high spirits and high regards, I recommend this new film from the Mase Brothers. 2023's DRAGON COP is, in the words of it's creators, "A love letter to 80's/90's Hong Kong and U.S. martial arts movies". And it succeeds in doing so. I can't tell
Makeup and Vanity Set and Sferro’s latest album “Wavefinder” is simply astounding. It drops today at 12pm ET / 9am PT over on Stratford Court Records. We’ll have a full review out later – but for the moment you’re just going to have to trust
With a shocking heist and car chase, the film blasts the viewer into the action. This doesn’t let up for the first ten minutes. At first, one may think that Jack Sholder's The Hidden is just another 80s action flick. But after the cool down
British singer/songwriter Ollie Wride announces his US solo debut at West Hollywood’s legendary Troubadour, having last sold out the venue as frontman with FM-84. He has penned some of synthwave’s most popular tracks including “Running in The Night”, “Never Stop” and “Stranger Love”, while his
It's official! Masebrothers new Movie "Dragon Cop" will have a live Premiere on the NewRetroWave YT channel this Friday at 1:00PM EST! This will be a live stream so make sure you attend to be one of the first to witness the greatness! You can
In the four years that have gone by, something cold, alien and deadly has been frantically cutting through the fabric of reality. As the night grows ever darker a brutal, systematic rhythm can be heard coming from a distance. A sound of metallic heels colliding against black