Spiral69 - Alone

2015-05-15 / redheadelven / Reads: 3217

Spiral69 is an Italian project, which is created by Riccardo Sabetti, known from cold-wave formations such as: Pixel and Argine. For Spiral69 he abandoned cold wave in favor for dark/new wave with a touch of alternative rock: which is in my opinion mixture that Riccardo makes brilliantly. Some could convince...

[SNUFF] - [SNUFF]

2015-05-27 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 3299

From time to time I am affected by a feeling of stagnation in music – old discoveries no longer enjoy, and novelties seem to be shallow and predictable. Fortunately, this condition usually does not last too long, full of desperation searching for a new spark brings effect - and such...

Pretty Addicted - It All Stems From Childhood

2015-05-29 / DamienG / Reads: 3133

Off the DWA label, that re-released their début album; sponsored largely by a Kickstarter campaign; on the back of some tumultuous line-up changes and health issues, Vicious Precious returns as Pretty Addicted with semi-conceptual sophomore release It All Stems From Childhood. More concise and driven by self reflective lyricism, the...

3 Cold Men - A Cold Decade

2015-06-29 / Jenna_Malique / Reads: 2962

If someone is looking for a nod towards electro pop (or nicer position from "electro-retro wave" genre) position proposed by 3 Cold Men can appeal to. Of course, it does not have to, but I will try to convince, it is probably worth it. The first, which is a...

V▲LH▲LL- Leaning on Shadows

2015-07-04 / DamienG / Reads: 6120

Up until now V▲LH▲LL remained something of an enigma, having released a string of EPs and remix material and never clearly defining the boundaries of their witch-house derived style and method. Their début album "Leaning on Shadows", hopes to establish clearly what was merely hinted at on V▲LH▲LL's past material....

Unzucht - Venus Luzifer

2015-07-08 / Alastor / Reads: 3495

What is "Venus Luzifer" to me? At first - an attempt to go beyond rigid frameworks of Neue Deutsche Härte  - a genre that since the "Sperm" release (and it was in 1994!) underwent only minor changes. What is the reason - I do not know, but I suspect that...