The French cyberpunk wizard Fixions is back with “Sleepwatcher,” and absolute mind-melter of an album! A fantastic blend of cyberpunk and darksynth, this is not one you want to miss. Mixing breakneck melodies and intricate atmospheres with intense percussion, “Sleepwatcher” sounds like a sledgehammer of synth
“We’re all wounded here.” Spencer & Locke established itself as a series that has a definite understanding of emotional storytelling early on, with the characterization being front and heartbreaking center in the middle of the comic’s first run. That first arc showed how trauma informed Locke.
As a relatively new player in the game, Sierra earned her place amongst the Lazerdiscs Records roster thanks to her freshly acquired yet efficient chops in electronic music production with Strange Valley. Staying close to her French roots, the young talent has shown a knack
Sometimes it's easy to forget the 80's and synthpop revolution in general happened across the world at the same time. While most of the well-known synth music from that time originated in the west, Haruomi Hosono was pumping out pure gold on the other side of
The Melbourne-based synth progenitors Power Glove have returned after nearly 4 years with the stunning “Playback,” their first full-length album! This release runs the gamut of synth, returning to Power Glove’s roots and simultaneously updating their sound with a unique multi-genre perspective that is well
Welcome wavers to the Third NewRetroWave Weekly Selection! Every week on Friday afternoon we will be bringing you five of our favorite recent synth tracks. From outrun to darksynth, we have your weekend covered with our Weekly Selection! Check out our first picks below, in no
I need a shovel for all these cartridges. No, a backhoe. We're taking another, longer, more loving look at the NES game library this month, and there's so much to love. Even the cheese. From the top-notch classics to the knockoff nostalgia, everyone's got a favorite
The newest EP to seethe from the hatred and gloom that is Sierra's mind is simply entitled "Gone." This EP is a stunning foray into darkness, an atmospheric mirror of high-production slow-motion violence. It feels like the perfect evolution to 2017's "Strange Valley", gaining ground and solidifying
Alan Palomo, aka Neon Indian has been a staple in the synth scene since 2009. The release of his seminal "Psychic Chasms" helped solidify the chillwave sound, and led to the "Summer of Chillwave." But, before Palomo was Neon Indian, he was in a little
The UK-based Outland team is bringing some truly fantastic acts to Toronto this July for a radical festival, Outland 2019. This festival is going to be jam-packed with some huge names in synth, like Timecop1983, FM Attack, Kalax, Michael Oakley, Dana Jean Pheonix, Mecha Maiko, and
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Welcome wavers to the second NewRetroWave Weekly Selection! Every week on Friday afternoon we will be bringing you five of our favorite recent synth tracks. From outrun to darksynth, we have your weekend covered with our Weekly Selection! Check out our first picks below, in no