Night Ritualz

San Antonio's Night Ritualz makes darkwave inspired post punk and death rock.  New album "Time Is a Thief" dropped last month on Metropolis Records.  Snag a copy of the LP here and listen to the wonderfully melancholy "Un Tiro" below, a track that sounds like a mesh of old Spanish pop and lo-fi synth pop.

Magic Wands

LA's Magic Wands have that sound that works its way to the very center of my psyche: kinda shoegaze, kinda darkwave, kinda lo-fi, kinda death rock.  Just cool, cool stuff all around.  Check out new single "Wishing Well" below and download it here from Metropolis Records.

Magic Wands

We first heard the dreamy, shoegaze-tinged darkwave synth pop of LA duo Magic Wands around these parts earlier this year with a couple of lovely singles.  And now they're back with a new full-length effort, "Cascades."  Check out the moody opener "Across the Water" below and get the LP here from Metropolis Records.

Magic Wands

Kicking off the work week with some some dreamy, shoegazey darkwave from LA duo Magic Wands.  Listen to the murky "Moonshadow" below and download the track here from Metropolis Records.

Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor

Bauhaus's Peter Murphy has a new album coming our way in May that for now we know next to nothing about.  The one thing that we do know is that it includes new single industrial new wave synth funk tune "Swoon" featuring an assist from Nine Inch Nails front man and Oscar winner Trent Reznor.  Check it out below and pre-order the single here from Metropolis Records (it's officially out tomorrow).

Clan of Xymox - She

I gotta say that i was not expecting to hear a new song from Clan of Xymox today, but a new jam from the classic darkwave and gothic synth pop band is most welcome.  Check out "She" below and get it here from Metropolis Records.

Vaniish

In the mood for some good, moody, goth synth-pop that owes its existence to The Cure?  Sure you do.  Vaniish hale from San Francisco and features Keven Tecon (formerly of The Soft Moon).  The band's debut album "Memory Work" is dark and vast and feels like it should be jamming in some dank, smoky warehouse party somewhere on the outskirts of town.  Listen to the title track below and get the album from Metropolis Records.  You can also grab the album on vinyl here.