Tag Archives: 2025

Here’s Some Superb Archival 90s Goth From Sunshine Blind In Advance Of New Material

Here’s something fantastic that just came out on Monday…following a possible 30 years in the digital deep freeze of a 90s DAT tape. The band Sunshine Blind were part of the 90s Goth Scene that saw Goth and Darkwave churn … Continue reading

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Want To Hear Something New? Well So Do The Bass Kittens!

If you’ve been following PPM’s journey through space and time you may recall seeing comments from one jsd [a.k.a.. Jon Drukman] for most of that journey. He’s a Bay Area musician, and though he’s got enough similarity of taste to … Continue reading

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Scenius Offer Their Warm Inviting Synthpop On “Swift As Light”

I may be a bit thick, but it sure seems like Franco/Anglo synth duo Scenius are drip feeding us singles from an upcoming album. Possibly with a luminous vibe. There have been three in the last four months, and each … Continue reading

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Les Longs Adieux Expand Into Quartet For Rocking New Project, Anna Never

We first caught wind of Les Longs Adieux; the Roman band with the French name who earned my avid interest with their excellent 2024 album, “Vertigo.” Their latest single, “La Luna” added a bass player to the duo core of … Continue reading

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Claudia Brücken’s “Night Mirror” Reflects On The Concerns Of The Wee Small Hours

Claudia Brücken: Night Mirror DLX – UK 2xCD [2025] Disc 1: Album Disc 2: The Nighttime Mixes Claudia Brücken immediately lent the music a sense of hushed drama with her recitation of the lyric “my life started today” as her … Continue reading

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Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 5]

We are back to the seemingly endless tour shirt culling thread. Yes. I guess after not wearing t-shirts for a decade, I went a little off the rails. buying tour shirts for almost every show. Often in multiple designs if … Continue reading

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“Piqued” Is One Last Serving Of Post-Punk Warmth From Jeffrey Runnings

I’ve been intrigued to hear much of what Independent Project Records has been releasing of late. The US Post-Punk scene of the era that they document was primarily a West Coast scene that flew totally underneath my radar at the … Continue reading

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