Black Dresses

Apparently the ladies of Black Dresses have decided to call it quits, in part due to some online harassment that one of the duo has been receiving.  That sucks, both the harassment and the disbandment.  So much wonderful noise we may not be privy to now in part because of some internet assholes.  For now at least, we can just listen to the duo's brand of glitchy, techno-tinged, industrial goth pop, like last month's "Peaceful as Hell" album.  Check out the album opening "Left Arm of Life" below and get it here from the band.

rook&nomie

Rook, of noisy industrial duo Black Dresses fame, also makes music with here synth pop duo rook&nomie.  Check out "Let Me Live" from new album "me&you" below, and download the whole thing here.

Black Dresses

When i was in high school, i got way, way into industrial music.  And thanks to bands like Nine Inch Nails and Ministry, i searched and listened to all manner of artist that made music in a similar vein, be it the Wax Trax back catalog, originators like Throbbing Gristle, plenty of German stuff, and the unifyingly awful run of mid-'90s torch carriers.  Then the style seemed to subside for a while, only to keep popping up more and more of late.  And i dig this new run of bands and artists, from the traditional to the strange.  Somewhere in the middle of those two descriptors lies Toronto duo Black Dresses, and their scorching, sneering debut "WASTEISOLATION."  It's noisy and abrasive with occasional grooves and a distinct feminine voice that hits all the doom and gloom notes in just the right way.  Listen to "Wiggle" below and get the album from band here.