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[rivetgoth]

2024 New Music Releases I Loved

It's that time of year again! Here's the list I've kept all year of brand new music that I adored throughout 2024, so nobody can tell you that there’s no new alternative music or that alternative music genres are dead. There is SO much good shit; this year has radically altered my music listening with the innumerable mind blowing releases. And realistically I’m well aware that this is barely even beginning to scratch the surface. This is just the stuff I personally listened to, but I know I’m missing TONS of stuff.

Purple text means it was a favorite of the year, but that doesn't mean I don't love the non-purple ones (they wouldn’t be listed if I didn’t recommend them!). It just means I haven't spent as much time with them, and/or they didn't shape my year in quite the same way as the purple ones did :)

Genres are being used pretty loosely to give broad ideas, don’t get too hung up on them.

Albums and EPs:

January 26: TR/ST — TR/ST EP (dark electronic, synthpop)

February 16: Zanias — Ecdysus (dark electronic, new age psychedelia)

March 1: Kontravoid — Detachment (EBM, dark electronic)

March 29: CD Ghost — Vignette II (synthpop, darkwave)

April 5: Then Comes Silence — Trickery (post punk, gothic rock)

April 26: Houses of Heaven — Within/Without (dark electronic, darkwave)

April 26: Profit Prison — GILT (dark electronic)

May 3: MVTANT — Electronic Body Horror (EBM, post-industrial, dark electronic)

May 17: PIG — Red Room (industrial rock/metal)

May 22: Void Palace — Machine of Vision (industrial, EBM, dark electronic)

May 24: LLORA — LLORA (EBM, dark electronic

June 3: Qual — Techsick (EBM, dark electronic)

June 6: Primer — Round and Round (synthpop)

July 12: Male Tears — Paradisco (italo disco, synthpop)

July 12: Shock Doctrine — Sapience (post punk)

August 23: Geneva Jacuzzi — Triple Fire (synthpop, art pop)

August 23: Uniform — American Standard (industrial rock)

August 30: Cold Gawd — I’ll Drown On This Earth (shoegaze, post-hardcore)

August 30: IAMX — Fault Lines2 (post-industrial, dark electronic)

September 6: tassel — A SACRIFICE: UNTO IDOLS (post-industrial, gothic rock, power noise)

September 12: So Below — In Hell (dark electronic, synthpop)

September 13: Bill Leeb — Model Kollapse (post-industrial, EBM)

September 13: TR/ST — Performance (dark electronic, synthpop)

September 16: Dildox — Bound to Submit (EBM)

September 20: Haujobb — The Machine In The Ghost (post-industrial)

September 27: PIG — Feast of Agony (industrial rock/metal)

September 27: Matte Blvck — Vows (darkwave, dark electronic)

October 4: Sleek Teeth — Sleek Teeth (dark electronic)

October 4: Wingtips — On Trial (darkwave, dark electronic)

October 22: Vision Video — Modern Horror (darkwave, post punk)

October 25: Normal Bias — Kingdom Come (darkwave, dark electronic, synthpop)

November 1: The Cure — Songs Of A Lost World (darkwave, post punk)

November 15: Xeno & Oaklander — Via Negativa (in the doorway light) (minimal synth, synthpop)

December 6: The Legendary Pink Dots — So Lonely In Heaven singles release (new age psychedelia, electro-industrial)

Singles:

January 26: spiralteeth — ladyofthelake (darkwave)

February 7: S Y Z Y G Y X — Your Sex Is An Accelerant (dark electronic)

March 1: Bootblacks — When You Want (post punk, darkwave)

March 8: Lower Tar — Human Hours (industrial techno)

March 8: spiralteeth — Monochrome (darkwave)

March 22: ACTORS — In Real Life (post punk, darwave)

April 11: S Y Z Y G Y X, Nightcrawler — Destroy Me (dark electronic)

April 18: Debby Friday — To The Dancefloor (alt pop, dark electronic)

April 26: Patriarchy — Hurt Me (dark electronic, trip hop)

April 26: S Y Z Y G Y X — Let’s Lose to disco (dark electronic)

May 8: Touching Ice — nothing matters more than love (dark electro pop)

May 10: Drab Majesty — Photograph (post punk)

May 17: Male Tears & Grizz — Sioux So Pretty (darkwave hip hop)

June 21: ACTORS — Dead Inside (post punk, darkwave)

July 31: Catherine Moan — Angeles (synthpop)

August 9: Dildox — Devilish (EBM, darkwave)

August 22: Madeline Goldstein — 1996 Expectations (darkwave, synthpop)

August 22: Pixel Grip — Stamina (industrial pop, EBM)

September 4: Safe Mind — 6’ Pole (dark electronic)

September 12: clipping. — Run It (industrial hip hop/rap)

September 13: Lower Tar — Rat King (industrial techno)

October 4: ACTORS — Object of Desire (post punk, darkwave)

November 12: clipping. — Keep Pushing (industrial hip hop/rap)

December 6: Male Tears — Little Doll (synthpop, italo disco)

And finally, my personal top five albums of the year out of all of these:

5: CD Ghost's Vignette II — Dreamy, bright, and so nostalgic while still sounding very very now. Just kind of a perfect EP to be honest. "Constellations" is one of my favorite songs to come out this entire year.

4: tassel's A SACRIFICE: UNTO IDOLS — Like no other. I was able to witness one of the best shows I've ever seen, period. from this band earlier this year. So much style, coolness, and energy, with a fresh, heavy sound. Literally nobody is doing it like them. Meshing classic gothic rock, industrial, and power noise into one unrelenting nightmare album.

3: Profit Prison's GILT— Sleeper hit favorite for me. I had never even heard of Profit Prison until this year but this album is just so good from start to finish. Fallen asleep to it on long bus rides numerous times; it somehow has both a fun high energy quality and a sort of wistful melancholy. Super timeless, consistent, and pretty. Kinda can't get enough of it.

2: IAMX's Fault Lines2 — Was waiting for this one and it did not disappoint. I will fucking die on the hill that Chris Corner's recent outputs have been some of the best of his entire career. With irregular beats, heaviness, experimentation, modular synth, some of his best vocal performances, this album has, like, everything. "Neurosymphony" was my most listened to song this year, and "Infinite Fear Jets" and "Conflict Medication" are also two of my favorite things to come out of this year. But really, the whole album is just to die for. Incredible work as ALWAYS.

1: TR/ST's Performance — Album of the year. Performance is a perfect album. You kind of just need to hear it for yourself, start to finish, to believe it. A perfectly captured snapshot of the very end of a doomed relationship and all of the heartbreak, grief, relief, and regret that follow. I kind of don't have much else to say on this one. Experience it for yourself. TR/ST's magnum opus. Angel told me to say it's his Norman Fucking Rockwell!. The best single album to come out of this year for me. Instant classic in every way.

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Genius Korea celebra los 12 años de BTS, destacando el viaje en solitario de cada miembro.

[FEATURE] 12 Years of BTS: How Each Member’s Solo Journey is Shaping Their Future Together

[ARTÍCULO] 12 años de BTS: Cómo el viaje en solitario de cada miembro está dando forma a su futuro juntos

"Mientras la comunidad del K-pop e incluso Corea en su conjunto parecen clamar por el regreso de BTS tras la reciente baja de 6 de sus 7 miembros del servicio militar obligatorio, el regreso del grupo parece inminente. Las acciones de HYBE alcanzaron su valor de cierre más alto desde abril de 2022, a pesar del año extremadamente turbulento que ha vivido la corporación, y Corea se ha convertido en el paraíso de BTS, con pancartas y carteles que cubren cada centímetro de la bulliciosa capital, Seúl. Todos esperan con ansias los detalles de su álbum de reunión de 2025."

"Entonces, en honor al 12° aniversario de BTS y su reunión después de su pausa grupal de 3 años, veamos las 7 identidades únicas de cada miembro de BTS que han sido meticulosamente esculpidas y refinadas a través del esfuerzo de pistas en solitario y álbumes en solitario, con la esperanza de obtener un vistazo a qué historias nuevas y únicas buscará albergar este álbum de reunión."

Jimin

La música solista de Jimin siempre impacta, ya sea con su mística en "LIE", su elegancia en "Serendipity" o su descaro en "Filter". Cuando quiere, la voz de Jimin puede volverse "picante", un estado que puede volverte adicto a su timbre vocal andrógino.

El arte solista de Jimin brilla en temas como "Like Crazy", un destacado tema de synth-pop que explora la turbulencia emocional de las relaciones. Producida por Pdogg y Ghstloop , la canción tejió un diálogo susurrante cinematográfico con ritmos de club y un latido de sintetizador hipnótico. Líricamente, profundiza en temas de perderse a uno mismo, aferrarse a un ideal y escapar hacia luces y sueños, capturando la vulnerabilidad de Jimin mientras equilibra el deseo y la desilusión. El cambio dramático entre el pre-estribillo eufórico y los versos inquietantes subraya su dinámica expresividad vocal, demostrando su capacidad para transmitir desesperación y resiliencia con el mismo matiz: una verdadera joya pop oculta con profundidad.

Lanzado en 2024, "Who" fue el sencillo principal de su segundo álbum, MUSE , que combina elementos dance-pop, R&B y hip-hop. La producción limpia y atmosférica de la canción y la voz emotiva de Jimin la elevan a un memorable territorio pop, explorando la idealización romántica y la nostalgia conmovedora. Inspirándose en la danza contemporánea e interpretativa, Jimin usa cada movimiento para expresar la tensión emocional de la canción. Si no hubiera sido por el lanzamiento del álbum durante su servicio militar, Jimin podría haberse catapultado fácilmente al estrellato como solista.

Jung Kook

Apodado cariñosamente el Golden Maknae, uno de los apodos más emblemáticos del K-pop, Jung Kook es un todoterreno, lo que hace que su estilo solista sea un poco difícil de precisar, pero hay algo que es constante: su habilidad vocal.

Sus lanzamientos de Soundcloud se usaron a menudo para mostrar su excepcional habilidad vocal y su experiencia en la manipulación de la producción emocional a través de la técnica vocal, y a menudo eran versiones de canciones populares de artistas occidentales como "2U" de David Guetta y "Lost Stars" de Adam Levine. Al mismo tiempo, habiendo crecido bajo un grupo de hyungs, la hermandad y la madurez fueron temas que a menudo aparecieron en sus pistas en solitario lanzadas como parte de los álbumes de BTS, como "Begin" de WINGS y "My Time" de MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 .

Su primer álbum en solitario, GOLDEN, toma la capacidad de Jung Kook para digerir cualquier concepto y crea una extensión de Jung Kook en su personaje de estrella pop. También explora el tema de la madurez de una manera diferente: el primero entre BTS en realmente dar el paso de crear versiones deliberadamente explícitas de sus canciones, en GOLDEN , el Golden Maknae en cambio toma la iniciativa esta vez, guiando a sus hyungs. Su facilidad para poder navegar por el paisaje de la música pop, con himnos pop "Seven" y "Standing Next to You", es realmente un fenómeno para diseccionar. Después de ver a Jung Kook entrar en el centro de atención en los EE. UU., podría decirse que Jung Kook podría haber sido un artista pop nacido en el cuerpo de un artista de K-pop.

Créditos de la fotografía: BIG HIT MUSIC; coescrito por@ANC613&@ssaa10dec

[declanlikesmusic]

never got into vaporwave probably, what projects should i listen to for an introduction??

I always love this question. Finding the best primers to the whole of the vaporwave landscape and introducing new people to them is one of the many things with this genre that I just find so fun. I'm going to try to be as succinct as I can, but I am going to shoutout a lot, specifically twelve, so go ahead and take your time with these.

Macintosh Plus – Floral Shoppe (2011)

The biggest vaporwave album of all time. I will tell you now that this album is by no means perfect, it has quite a mixed reputation among fans & outsiders of the genre, but this is the album to single-handedly define the genre's core ethos in such a highly-concentrated way. If nothing else, this should give you a taste of what inspires and influences the genre most.

Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 (2010)

By all accounts, this is the very first vaporwave album and to this day, nothing sounds quite like it. A classic array of disorienting, hazy & psychedelic loops of old popular songs that still sound fresh and wholly enveloping.

猫 シ Corp. – HIRAETH (2014)

This one here is to help people gain a better understanding of what your typical standard vaporwave album often sounds like. It's quite varied in a number of subtly different styles & approaches to traditional vaporwave with some ambiance sprinkled in as well.

SAINT PEPSI – Hit Vibes (2013)

Now we're getting into the individual subgenres of vaporwave and while there's a few traditional vaporwave tunes sprinkled in here for variety, this album birthed & defined the genre of future funk with some of the best dance bangers you'll find in the scene. Lots of classy tunes on here, it's an absolute jam.

Blank Banshee – Blank Banshee 0 (2012)

Up to this point, every album I've shared has been intensely sample-based. This album still carries some samples, but it has original beats & synths to establish another subgenre known as vaportrap. It's a great beat tape with some classic tunes and I also recommend its sequel too, which is my favourite vapor album of all time.

ESPRIT 空想 – virtua.zip (2014)

Carrying on from the last album, this one almost doesn't use samples at all and when it does, it's usually an extra sound or instrument at most. I'm putting this here to establish that even basic vaporwave can be crafted from original compositions and the results are short but great.

t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 – 現実を超えて (2014)

What makes vaporwave the way it is and not like any other genre adjacent to it is its intensely heavy focuses on atmosphere more than anything else. So naturally, you're going to see a lot of bridges to ambient music. This first example is the subgenre of slushwave, which crafts the same excellent vaporwave tunes, but additionally filters them through such a wash of effects that transform them into psychedelic & blissful dreamscapes.

식료품groceries – 슈퍼마켓Yes! We're Open (2014)

The next subgenre in this vein is mallsoft, which answers the question of vaporwave being set in the tall & wide spaces of shopping centres by placing relaxing tunes in pools of reverb and letting them sprawl from the loudspeakers of the area's corners. This album is the first big one to establish that with a unique setting and gorgeous sample choices.

2814 – 新しい日の誕生 (2015)

The last of these ambient subgenres is dreampunk, which is a lot like vaportrap in that it heavily relies on its own compositions with very few samples while still retaining the genre's focus on nostalgia, this time set in the melancholic & rainy nights of the urban city through what is at least the second biggest album in the entire genre.

death's dynamic shroud – I'll Try Living Like This (2015)

I'm gonna end this list with a few of the genre's weirdest corners. Vaporwave is constantly wide open to new & unique ways of experimentation and this album stands as the best example of that. Wholly unique aesthetic choices, completely innovative sampling techniques and an overall opus of incredibly strange, surreal & psydchedelic soundscapes.

Infinity Frequencies – Computer Death (2013)

After that, I'll close this list with two examples of an abstract subgenre known by two names. They're synonymous to the greater community & world of music, but I see them as two different approaches. They're both defined by the creation of intensely haunting, isolated & eerie loops of mysterious soundbites extracted from the likes of television & radio. Signalwave is what I use to describe the more accessible & musical end of that sound and this start of a trilogy is the best example for it.

░▒▓新しいデラックスライフ▓▒░ – ▣世界から解放され▣ (2012)

On the other hand, I will leave you with what I consider to be the most divisive vaporwave record of all time. This album defines what is more commonly known as broken transmission and it is much more obtuse, glitchy, dark & surreal to listen to depending on the album. You're going to listen to this and either love it, hate it or sit inbetween. People have taken it as a joke while others view it as a work of art. Approach this one at your own discretion.

That's it! Those are the first 12 vaporwave albums that I will almost always recommend every single one of you to check out first. The greater landscape of vaporwave doesn't start & end with these albums, but instead, they give you the best surface level primer to help dip your toes in to such an amazing genre of music.

[synethzsworld]

Aunque no lo crean el Master que se trabajó del primer video clip de SYNETHZ se transfirió al formato VHS original para luego ser nuevamente ser transferido al formato digital y captar todas esas imperfecciones y colores propios de la cinta VHS!! Aquí el resultado:

Únete al canal de SYNETHZ en YouTube ...

Just listen!!!

[rustbeltjessie]

Other than synth punk and post punk, most of the stuff I’m currently listening to is ‘ambient country,’ which I didn’t even know was its own genre until a couple days ago. And then I looked up this primer on Bandcamp and discovered some new-to-me ambient country artists.

[finniestoncrane]

I'll let my date decide I'm 22 years old. Pan. Genderfluid. Short and fat. I'm canonically autistic and canonically have ADHD (I'm sorry I like referring to it w=as canon). You already know that though. You already are SO FUCKING AWARE of my obsession with old monster movies. I mean... I didn't go on an hour long tangent about movie titles ibn a game, and are therefore copywrite friendly, and what films they could be meant to be for no reason. And you are so incredibly aware of the research I did for Gen-1 and Gen-2 synths, and me picking apart Nick Valentine's voice lines to determine anatomy of gen-2 prototype synths. I believe I've also told you that I'm still considering being an auto-mechanic.

What you probably don't know though is that I took an engineering class in high school and I kicked ass in competitions. Like there was this hydraulic robot arm made of wood, syringes, and plastic tubes. Despite the fact that the tubes kept falling off the syringes, my team got like... 2nd place in my class and 4th place schoolwide. There was also a competition for making a boat out of just cardboard and duct tape. Not to brag but our boat could hold 3 people (when it was only required that 2 people go in the boat) and we got the second fasted time schoolwide. We didn't even have paddles technically, unlike some groups who made carboard paddles. We had just a thick pieces of cardboard covered entirely in duct tape. Literally was my favorite class. This wasn't my decision cuz it was a group project but still.

In video games I am a sort of item hoarder because I'm terrified I'll need something later and then I never need it later. Not me having an inventory full of Junk in Fallout 4.

You are also probably aware of my insistence that ghoul cum is radioactive and how the terminal on the Prydwen proves this. Which is good for me and my item hoarding tendencies because I have so much RadAway. Cuz we all know that I'm a ghoulfucker. Also a robotfucker but that's a different story that started with Transformers and got me into cars because I wanted a way to fuck Transformers in vehicle mode because I'm just horny like that (affectionate). A weird hobby I also have is miniatures. I wouldn't call it miniature painting just yet because I have done a whole lot of not painting. I have paint for sure. I seem to be refusing to pick a color scheme and sticking with it. I have not bought primer yet. I have so many miniatures. I am preparing to get more because there's one of Cooper Howard and John Hancock and Nick Valentine and Sturges. But Sturges is in a different box from Hancock and Nick, and then Cooper is in a different one from everyone else. And the box Sturges is in is REALLY hard to find. And the box Cooper is in isn't technically out yet. Like... I already have Toad and Magento from Marvel Crisis Protocol that are unpainted. And then I have a whole bunch of Seraphons in a box that I cannot for the life of me pick a paint scheme for. And I don't even know why I bought Necrons. I don't know how to even play Wasteland Warfare. Or Marvel Crisis Protocol. Or Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. Or Warhammer 40k. I just like the models. Hell, I don't even know how to play D&D and have no one who will play with me as of right now. But I have 2 D&D books (one is official, the other one isn't) and a Fallout TTRPG pdf file with rules for how to play. It's not technically official but I think the guy got permission to make it. It was free. I was considering making a campaign for that based on where I live but then I realized I'd have to build creatures from the ground up, and find a way to play test them when I literally don't personally know enough people who even really care about Fallout in general. Also the terrain makes it hard to slap a vault anywhere.

zim my tiny beloved, i already knew who i would pair you with, but if i'd had any doubts this message would have sealed your fate because you know who else would have infodumped before explaining anything about themselves...? 💚🩷 🔞minors dni🔞 send a request • masterlist • kofi link • tag: finnie2k (to follow or to block)

Kent Connolly is literally the autistic mascot. He's the cutest, silliest, sweetest little guy, so that already tells me you'd be perfect for one another.

I think one of the best things about Kent, and you, is your ability to retain soooooo many details. You're both so passionate about learning everything you can about specific subjects, and you're both determined enough to learn everything you can.

I can picture you both either braving it to go out to the library or saving up your caps to pay for a mostly intact book that will answer a niche question you both had about Grognak the Barbarian.

You're both so brave too, willing to go through a lot for the things you love and for your happiness.

If there's one ghoul who will understand the need, and the joy, of infodumping, it is Kent. He'd be such a sweet listener, he'd ask informed questions, he'd participate respectfully in whatever lecture you were giving, and he'd do it all with the sweetest smile. And when you were ready to listen to him, he'd have a very well-written little speech all prepared.

I can't think of a happier way to spend your time in the wasteland than by sharing your interests, learning about each other and their favourite things, or just engaging in some paralell play, the autistic national sport.

And I know he'd write extra episode of the Silver Shroud for you if you just desperately needed more of that particular hyperfixation.

I just think Kent would be the kind of guy who would be appropriately impressed and appreciative of how much you know about Captain Boomerang and his entire family history, and the only person who could maybe try and know more than you on that subject.

[corocaos]

no_hay_identidad_01: Krayon

Krayon es una banda originaria de Mérida, México, conformada por Manuel Garrido (sintetizadores y voz), Carlos Mondragón (voz y bajo), Adrian Melo (guitarra y voz), Carlos Gomez (guitarra y voz) y Jacob Franco (bateria) Estuvieron activos entre 2005 y 2010, aunque dan un show una vez al año desde ese entonces con algunas variaciones en su alineación. Durante su existencia sacaron un album, dos EPs y un single, el album contiene algunas canciones que regrabaron de su primer EP y fue sonado en la mayoría de las radios independientes de México ademas de ser el único en existir en formato físico. Su sonido puede ser descrito como Neon Pop-Punk o Synth Emo ya que el uso del sintetizador es una de sus principales características. Puedes escuchar la honestidad y las ganas de querer hacer música de un grupo de jovenes. Espero no equivocarme, pero aunque tienen letras bastante tristes, su música es muy divertida y parece que la pasaron increíble haciéndola.

[goodbysunball]

Parched & parcel

Things are getting noticeably heavier and weirder, and we're the better for it. Some metal, finally, paired with some fine Aussie experimental noise and a band that'll make you believe in the dream of NYC again. It's the best season for this kind of stuff, so dive in.

dprk, Shitville Tourist LP (Studio Fabrik)

May I introduce to you Shitville Tourist (title of the year) by dprk, apparently a duo of Nick Dan (xNoBBQx) and Richard Fielding (Severed Heads) with support from a few mates. It feels like a journey in time back to where Twisted Village and Kye once roamed, where the journey largely justified the end product and the listener could take it or end up spending big later. While there is no question this record took me a few listens to unravel, what didn't take much to pique my interest was the gentle loop on "Crazy Little Corkscrew," something that sounds like a lullaby played with a steel drum, being poked and prodded by various electronics over its seven minutes. The track, like all four tracks on here, doesn't really go anywhere over its duration, but floats, writhes, twists and soaks in the sounds being made: pure joy in the noise made by machines. The title track and "Blumen Schmerz" are darker, more cavernous, where synths bleep and blot and drum machines whirr and exhale steam, creating the illusion of life where there is none. The latter has some creepy guitar parts splayed out on the pulsing synth backbone, but the investigation leads to no further conclusions; there is no categorization here. The finale, "Gulag In Space," provides not only another great title but a track nearly worthy of dancing, especially after the mind-fuck of the first three tracks. The beat bounces off all surfaces, as slippery as the rest of the record, but there is a sparkle on "Gulag" that winks at the listener as Shitville Tourist winds down. Something magnetic, or just plain alien, about the whole affair, but whatever it is, the sheer number of times I've played this have more than justified the hefty price tag. Great debut; let's hope for more from these true underground freaks.

Excarnated Entity, Mass Grave Horizon LP (Nuclear Winter)

Greece's Nuclear Winter puts out a ton of releases, so much that I've seemingly looked them over in the last few years. But taking stock, they've been responsible for the physical releases of a number of near-and-dear U.S.-based death metal acts like Blasphematory, the mighty Anhedonist, and now, Excarnated Entity. Excarnated Entity features a former member of Anhedonist, and there's definitely a similar approach to death metal with the two acts: mournful, grandiose but without the heavy-handed use of keyboards or Gregorian chant-like vocals. Excarnated Entity is also singularly focused on the horrors of war - not to be confused with the glorification of such in war metal - and provides ample heft to the incalculable loss of life. The band's demo, also reissued by Nuclear Winter in 2020, was a good primer for their debut LP, but the LP is devastating. The instrumental opener "Abjection" runs an elegant Mournful Congregation-style guitar line into the ground, simultaneously distraught and triumphant, and sets the stage for the rest. For anyone paying attention to the recent death-doom resurgence, Mass Grave Horizon fits right in and sets itself up near the top of that heap. While I think that there's a bit of momentum wasted in the middle section of "Corridor of Flame," that's really the only complaint I can level at the record. Everything else is properly filthy: gurgling vocals over blastbeats slam headfirst into downtuned chugging riffs, and a elegiac solo rises from the cracks in the pointlessly blood-stained soil. It's between "Irradiated Shadows" (the part before the solo, yeesh) and the punishing title track for my favorites here, but there's not a dud in the bunch. It's worth noting that the band does four-minute sprints as well as they can stretch tracks out to twice that length - a versatility that elevates Excarnated Entity above the one-note lifers rehashing the same formula on every track. Bleak, miserable and, given the state of the world, timely death-doom is what you get on Mass Grave Horizon, and if you think you've heard it before, it's worth hearing again in this singularly focused and dimming light.

VoidCeremony, Threads of Unknowing LP (20 Buck Spin)

I've got to give Nic at Repressed Records credit for pushing this one, as anything combining descriptors like "jazz" and "prog" with "metal" usually makes me run for the hills. But, this new VoidCeremony LP is checking all the boxes while flirting with all of the above, while (as Nic notes) throwing in a fretless bass solo on nearly every song to boot. The band plays death metal, firstly, and while there are some space-y outros and instrumentals, everything feels of a piece rather than forcing together disparate parts. The label press mentions that the band plays "with the gliding, controlled chaos and smooth fluidity of a jazz quartet," and that checks out, but I don't smell anything particularly jazzy about the record. Rather, I get a big whiff of Gorguts when listening to this record, another band that seamlessly combined progressive, thrash and death metal with grooves, resulting in something impressively complex without making it feel like a homework assignment. "Writhing in the Facade of Time" probably best displays all of these aspects, from the fading-in tech-death opener, to the sky-scraping guitar solos, to the crushing close of the track before the group's whisked away on a mystical Moog coda. The band shifts from strength to strength without any bloat, and just as importantly, without any clean vocals. Threads of Unknowing is my go-to workout record this year, the fluidity of the drumming providing blastbeat stress and necessary space in equal measure. Strap in, take a trip; whether you buy into the lyrics or overarching theme is up to you, but either way it's one of the most thrilling death metal records of the year.

Weak Signal, War&War LP (12XU)

Cool "reissue" of an album digitally released in 2022, hopefully given a wider reach with the push of 12XU. War&War is Weak Signal's third LP, and it sounds like a band comfortable with themselves, their capabilities and their sound: they can rip off a garage-punk track like "Don't Think About It" and slow things to a simmer on "Consolation" with ease. That the band sounds so self-assured did make this record feel a little too easy the first few times; but, like label mates Lewsberg, the complexity of the tracks shines through on iterative spins. Seemingly small choices like the backing vocal melody on "Names" or the sparkling Cass McCombs guitar on "Spooky Feeling" begin to feel like bold, powerful moves amidst the background of resignation/resilience across the album. The mostly spoken, barely sung vocals paired with the often bluesy guitar lines give the record a rough, workingman feel - which, for me, means that things ain't going your way but what are you gonna do about it - but there's no glory in it, just a general disdain for how things are. It's definitely a bit of a downer, though I think the band would prefer "realist," and two lyrics from the middle of the record seem illustrative of the this approach: "I'm no weirdo/I'm no freak/but things keep happening to me" from "Songworld," and "If you think I care/that's where you're wrong" from "Yr Deal." I don't find that the lyrics convey apathy, rather an infinite patience or aplomb in the face of everything spinning uncontrollably off-axis. War&War feels similar in spirit to what True Widow was doing on the heavy sigh of As High as the Highest Heavens..., though without the depressive bent of that record. A bit of despair creeps in on the cover of Johnny Thunders' "It's Not Enough," which bleeds into the gray, abstract noise of the title track, but the band puts their dukes up again on closer "Who the Hell Are U?," a fitting end to the record to reinforce the group's street savvy instincts. Weak Signal's delivered a doozy, and one of my favorite new-to-me discoveries of the year so far.

[screamingforyears]

IN A MINUTE:

A NEW MUSIC ROUND_UP…

“BODY” is a choice cut from @blueheronholyghost’s recently released LP titled ‘Teresa’ (@candlepin_records) & it finds Michael’s Chattanooga-based project bringing the quietly/loud goods across 4 mins of crunchily distorted GrungeGaze.

“SEX MAGIC” is the lead track on @clittercritters’ freshly dropped self-titled EP & it finds the Jackson, Miss-based trio of Lacy Hundies (bass/vox), Sarah Grace (guitar/vox) & Tingle (drums) gettin’ theirs across a 2:24 clip of pizza_coring & riot_grrrling FemmePunk.

“MISSING” is the lead single from @_detects’ forthcoming EP titled ‘Blending In’ (5/3 Way-Off Recs) & it finds the Hattiesburg, Miss-based project post_gaze_punking across a 3:20 clip of synth-laden, low-end anchored & vocally vaporous DoomPop.

@doubt_hc are here w/ a brand new standalone single titled “DELUSION” (@getbetterrecords) & it finds the Baltimore-based quintet of Claire, Jon, Logan, Nijol & Pocholo bringing the blistered goods across an economically paced 1:52 clip of sludge lathered HardCore.

“ROUND & ROUND” is the lead single/title-track from @___primer___’s forthcoming EP (6/6 @bornlosersrecords) & it finds vocalist/producer Alyssa Midcalf’s LA-based project waxing upon “cyclical dissatisfaction & the compulsive search for void fillers” across 3 mins of synth-tastic ElectroPop.

“ENDLESS JOURNEY” is the title-track from @spiritual_slum’s freshly dropped EP & it finds the Melbourne-based artist hailing the all-mighty DR-55 across 4 ½ mins of darkly minimal, ghostly textured & emotionally cooed ColdWave.

[possessedscholar]

Valkyr Build so far. Levels on mods and arcanes are being improved as able.

Other Notes:

Non-Talons Melee weapon should have the other two Gladiator Mods and possibly Blood Rush (I think, I'm pretty sure I've been seeing Talons trigger Blood Rush despite lacking it themselves.)

Talons's other loadouts are designed to work with each other faction, ideally would have Primed Smite but I lack that for Grineer.

Sentinel serves as primer, Diriga with Arc Coil, Manifold Bond, Synth Deconstruct to help drop orbs, and Momentus Bond.

Sentinel weapon should be loaded with as many elements as you can get for Manifold Bond. Consider the Radiation mods from Albrecht's Labs.

No I'm not sure what's making the Crit Multiplier do that, I think it relates to how the Archon Shards I have are set up.

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Jimin apareció en la edición especial de la revista TIME “The Year in Review” como el primer solista K en alcanzar el puesto número 1 en Billboard Hot 100.

“Like Crazy: BTS Jimin es el primer miembro de la exitosa banda en tener un éxito número uno en solitario, una pista de synth-pop que duele por no poder ir más allá de un amor perdido”.

[paranoiamagica]

Descubri el Synthosaurus gracias al canal de Christian de Perspectivas pixeleadas en Central Sonora, aquel video dedicado al Dungeon Synth, me parece evocar imagenes de un libro que me compro mi padre de dinosaurios en la casa del libro alla a finales de los 80, alli aparecían lo que parecia una foto en B/N de un Triceratops atacando a otro dinosaurio en lo que debe ser un fotograma de aquuellas peliculas en Stop No Motion de los 60.

Christian tiene un talento innato para lo que hace creo que llegara bastante lejos, me suscribi a su canal casi desde su nacimiento y fui participante en el canal casi durante un año pero por motivos econcomicos puramente tuve que dejarlo, lo unico que hecho falta en Christian es que de una opinion moral ,(AL estilo como Kant entendia la moral) de los videojuegos aunque quien soy yo para pedirselo, tanto la eleccion de los temas que trata como la manera de exponer sus videos lo elevan al nivel mas alto de la blogosesfera del Youtube español parlante.

Mi opinion en un primer momento de la moral como la entendia Kant en la Critica de la Razón práctica es que algo totalmente valido no como muchos aspectos de la filosofia de Nietszche hacen, La moral para Kant es Objetiva y para Nietszche subjetiva. El aplicar la moral de Kant a la práctica si puede ser un desastre, en el sentido de aplicar una moral catolica o protestante al espectro humano de la situación actual. Si creo que existe de alguna manera una moral objetiva dependiendo del momento y el lugar que se utilize aunque esto podría confundirse peligrosamente con ideología , Ahora bien es curioso pero también opino justo lo contrario que la moral es algo subjetivo no existe ningun codigo que aplicado al grueso de la población sea funcional-, cada persona es un experiencia en si misma y siempre habra cosas diferentes a las de otras experiencias que hagan elevar la voluntad de poder, ahora bien dos cosas

Llevar esto a sus ultimas consecuencias puede ser peligroso y entrar en conflicto con otras personas

No se puede extrapolar la moral indivdual a la de un conjunto

Para mis los videojuegos violentos si son nocivos, como conjunto pero nfuncional como experiencia personal. Date cuenta que es un Standar que mueve millones para hacer de la violencia algo normal hasta llegar al punto de insensibilizarnos, aqui es donde entararia la catarsis no te preguntes por que..(Tal vez por que me lo dijera mi primer psicologo con 22 años despues de sufrir un brote piscotico , hablando de videojuegos en este mismo punto entraba en juego la catarsis y lo he debido de interiorizar muy profumendamente en mis creencias)

Me parece muy peligroso y dice mucho de nuestra naturaleza violenta al respeto .Carlos Vermut en su pelicula Manticora, en una converación con el protagonista en el que le pregunta si no recuerdo mal , Si estuvieras ahora en un videojugo ¿Que harías?. Muchos de nosotros hariamos cosas que no nos atreveriamos a hacer en la vida "real" matar , romper, violar, infringir... Ahora bien si lo pudieras hacer lo mismo sin consecuencias en la vida "real" creo que esas mismas personas entre las que me incluyo haria justo exactamente lo MISMO.

[alexadd77]

Girl Skwadd - Sweet Talk 7" 1980 (1979) Hansa/Ariola - Spain. Fake Post Punk con, Girl Skwadd un trio femenino con un único sencillo lanzado a finales de 1979 y de las que no hay la mas mínima información en la red.

Nueva entrada en Spanish bombs blog (link en bio)

Combo creado por Colin Jennings y Steve O'Donnell que componen y producen este single en una linea entre el Post-Punk y el Power Pop recordando algo a unas Dolly Mixture, el primer tema Sweet Talk, mas Synth Pop con un estribillo pegadizo y en la segunda cara, Love condition que tras su inicio un poco raro se convierte en un genial tema Power Pop superior al que da titulo al disco. #girlskwadd #sweettalk #postpunk #pop #fakevinyl #punkgirl #newwave #powerpop #spanishbombsblog #punkrock #7" #45rpm #instavinyl #rock #rockgirl #rock #vinylcollection #vinyljunkie #vinylrecords #synthpop #vinylcollectionpost #recordcover #recordcollection #vinilo #recordcollector #artwork #design

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[ardeportal]

La masificación del underground: a horas del Obras de Winona Riders

Los santos patrones de la psicodelia under alcanzan la consagración más tradicional y se presentan mañana en el Estadio Obras

Por Ginny

Cara de la escena emergente post-pandemia (post-punkdemia para los amigos), Winona Riders es la primera banda de su camada en alcanzar quizás el mayor hito de éxito para el rock argentino: presentarse en el Estadio de Obras Sanitarias.

Explotaron en el mundillo del nuevo-under con el primer ápice de apertura post-pandemia. Desde Zona Oeste—ahí donde Divididos afirma que está el agite—impusieron su kraut/garage/psicodelia/synth-rock-algo-stoner, alimentándose de la necesidad de catarsis que dejó el encierro.

Tienen 3 discos: "Esto es lo que obtenés cuando te cansás de lo que ya obtuviste" y "El sonido del éxtasis" de 2023; y "No hagas que me arrepienta" de 2024. Ninguno fue un éxito masivo: no trascendieron el nicho para llegar a los programas de streaming, las historias de influencers o los challenges de TikTok. Son la banda de moda entre los chicos cool, el culto de ultratumba, una horda de camisetas con la cara de la actriz Winona Ryder que va tomando las calles de a poquito, pero con insistencia.

El Obras sorprende porque ahí llegaron históricamente los fenómenos de masas antes de volverse irrevocablemente masivos (ver apartado). Pero Winona Riders no suena en la radio, ni gana discos de oro. Vienen de presentarse en Niceto, Teatro de Flores y Vorterix, pero hace-no-tanto sacudían el parquet del Espacio Cultural Moscú y las paredes endebles de Salas Tifón.

Lo más cerca que estuvieron de la viralización fue, en la típica idiosincrasia porteña, gracias a polémicas: la bandera norteamericana con el Sol de Mayo llorando en el Lollapalooza 2024, las avalanchas en su show gratuito de Parque Centenario y una desafortunada entrevista que dieron a Página 12 en 2023 donde afirmaron: "Entre 2010 y 2019, acá el under no existía."

Arrogantes, son tan amados como odiados,tan así que LaVoz.ar publicó una suerte de "debate" con posturas a favor y en contra de su asenso. En el medio les dicen "caretas" (su show de mañana está auspiciado por Levi's), recriminan que se vendieron por tocar en los principales festivales y ser portada de la Rolling Stone, o que reniegan del medio del que salieron por negar al under anterior.

Los que la ven de afuera cuestionan sus posturas y declaraciones políticas, en tiempos donde cada opositor puede ser blanco de los ataques libertarios. “Yo te vi la bombachita con esvásticas/ Te la dio tu papi/ Yo lo vi/ También lo vi a Cozzani y Etchecolatz” cantan en V.V, hit de su último álbum dedicado a la vicepresidenta Victoria Villaruel; como afirmando que nada va a amedrentarlos.

¿Por qué Obras?

Obras Sanitarias fue el primer "micro-estadio" de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: con capacidad para poco menos de cinco mil espectadores, es un paso previo a las canchas de fútbol, un escalón más alto de los teatros y las salas tradicionales. Quizás por eso el imaginario popular instaló la idea de que llenar Obras es sinónimo irrefutable de éxito.

Lo hicieron Sumo, Soda, Virus y Los Violadores. En la época del rock barrial, significó la consagración de Los Gardelitos y Callejeros; y más cerca en la historia, fue la consolidación de la identidad realmente "rockera" de bandas como Airbag.

Obras también tiene su veta trágica: allí se presentaban los Redondos cuando una razia de la Policía Federal detuvo a Walter Bulacio, en abril de 1991. Cinco días después, el joven falleció a causa de las heridas, convirtiéndose en protagonista de canciones y una suerte de mártir del movimiento rollinga.

Transe colectivo

En reciente entrevista con La Nación, los Winona prometieron un show de 4 horas para Obras, algo más que viable teniendo en cuenta que prolongan cada uno de sus (ya largos) temas en zapadas interminables. Winona Riders en vivo no es un recital, es un viaje lisérgico capaz de disfrutarse aún sin el adobe de sustancias.

Si bien el quinteto llega a su máxima expansión en el estudio—con la suma de un sitar, la mano de Tomás Pojaghi, gurú de los sintetizadores y una segunda batería, a cargo de Alan Mansur—intentan trasladar la experiencia al vivo cada vez que las dimensiones del escenario se los permiten.

Muy T.Rex, con algo de The Doors, otro tanto de la Velvet y la ineludible guía de Anton Newcombe; Winona Riders está construyendo—apresuradamente o no—un nuevo fenómeno sónico en estas latitudes: sin miedo a la fusión, se sumergen en temas prácticamente instrumentales, pero balancean el uso de la palabra para ostentar experimentaciones con sustancias de diseño y poner en evidencia los entramados de un sistema político cuestionado.

Guste o no, la llegada de una banda de la escena underground post-pandemia al templo del rock es histórica. Winona Riders puso a rodar una piedra que puede y debe replicarse entre sus colegas.

Valientes, rupturistas y, ¿por qué no?, un poco antipáticos; los Winona ya tenían todos los ingredientes para ser una gran banda de rock. Mañana, a las 20hs, dispondrán de 120 minutos para ponerle la frutilla al postre.

Winona Riders en el Estadio Obras Sanitarias. Mañana viernes 9 de mayo, a las 20. Entradas desde 25.000 pesos en CoolCo

[el-toca-discos]

Recién me entero.

Claude Strilio o Claude S, es el lider de Anything Box. Con ellos ha sacado varios álbumes, EP y sencillos, y continúa actuando en todo el mundo. Peace fué su primer disco, que fue lanzado por Epic en 1990. Recién me entero que sacaron Peace MMXVIII y que fue relanzado el 18 de enero de 2018 como una versión remasterizada. El álbum incluye «Living in Oblivion», el mayor éxito de la banda, que tuvo éxito tanto en los boliches como en la radio. El disco en sí, esta buenísimo, synth pop del bueno. Les dejo «Carmen», mi prefrerida, que acá fué un éxito. Seguro la conocen. En su bandcamp tienen de todo para escuchar. Dense una vuelta.

Disfruten!.

[agendaculturaldelima]

   #SinMusicaNoExisto

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💥 Celebrando el primer aniversario con Concierto - Feria - Poesía Oscura - Performance - Desfile - DJs Sessions con las mejores canciones en los géneros: New Wave - Post Punk - Dark Wave - Gothic Rock - Synth Pop - Cold Wave - Industrial - Future Pop - Space Synth - Electro Dark – Vanguardia - Italo Disco - Britpop - Indie Rock - New Romantic - 80s - 90s - 00s. 🔥🎼☢️⚙️

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🗣 Recital Poético: Poetas del Kaos (Juan Espejo / Mariano Viale / Lirio Inmortal /

Aldana Roque / Caperucita Siniestra / César Daniel García📜✒

🎩 Desfile Gótico: Kofradia de Vampyroz

💃 Performance: El Vals de Saurom

👰 Bodas de Madera: Victor & Dzhany

🎶 Concierto: Ultimo Refugio

🎧🎹 Dj Set: José Sosa / Baphomet / Elizabeth Bathory / Vampiro Siniestro / Emperatriz EM / Jhamiro Dark Side / Deceptions / Gustavo Boss / Deus X Machina / Caro Malecci / Miki Loarte F (Reptiles House) / Johnny Zm Djdarkbox / Oberkon (Paulo Chavez Reyna) / Alariko / B Side / Kasuya / AKM💽💿

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📆 Sábado 22 de Febrero

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