TVAM & Riki

Here's a dark an icy new collab from Manchester's TVAM and LA's Riki.  "The Sorrow" sounds like the soundtrack to some '80s goth teen's dark night of the soul brooding session.  Check it out below and get the single here, along with a remix in download or cassingle form from TVAM's Psychic Data label.

Belbury Poly

Belbury Poly (Jim Jupp) has a new album of electronic music heading our way with the forthcoming "Sorcery."  The artist adds elements of fantasy and dungeon synths to his usual mix library sounds, kosmische psych, UK folk, and old school analog synthesizers.  Good stuff as per usual.  Check out "Dreamthief" below and pre-order the LP here from Ghost Box.

Jeremiah Chiu

Here's some new music from LA by way Chicago artist Jeremiah Chiu.  Upcoming album "Edge Conditions" find the artist fusing jazz and electronic music into strange, otherworldly pieces of sound, like some kind of improvisational new age.  Weird and wonderful stuff.  Check out "Plastic Mind / Elastic Machines" below and pre-order the LP here from International Anthem.

R. Missing

New York's R. Missing is proving to be quite the prolific artist, dropping single after single, and album after album these last couple years.  It can be hard to keep up.  Anyway, it's still fun to try, and her latest, "I Can Feel Your Solar System," is a lovely mix of dreampop and dark, dancey synth pop.  Check it out below and download it here.

Ancient Channels

Here's some excellent new music from Brisbane band Ancient Channels.  The quintet make a mix of death rock, darkwave synth pop, post punk, shoegaze, dreampop, and more, essentially a dream blunt rotation of musical subgenres.  Check out the dark, gloomy, and reverb-drenched "Hex Beat" below and grab the band's "Static Spirit" LP here from False Peak Records.

Daily Jam - Heaven

Here's some film score inspired synths from Johnny Jewel, the once upon a time member of Chromatics and Glass Candy.  Check out "Heaven" below, our Daily Jam.

Ringfinger

Here's some gothy new lo-fi and dreampop-tinged darkwave from Vancouver artist Ringfinger.  Dig on the excellent new single "Three Stones" below, download it here, and be sure to check out the R.E.M. cover on the B-side.

White Ring

Witch house was a very niche genre of electronic music about 16-17 years ago.  It's not as prevalent as it used to be, as far as it ever was, but it also never really went away.  Hell, there's always a big internet to-do anytime Salem releases something.  Anyhoo, noted Florida witch house band White Ring have a new album heading our way next month.  Pre-order the forthcoming "FATE" LP here from the duo, check the ghostly image of the twin towers on the album cover art above, and listen to "Eyes 4 U" below.

Daily Jam - Fire

Work is still a bear for me right now, and while my travel is wrapped up, i've got a veritable mountain of data entry and accounting research in front of me.  Best to listen to new age relaxation music while i dive into it.  Listen to "Fire" below, from Christopher Pidgeon's 1981 album "Life Forces" below, our Daily Jam.

Why Bother?

Iowa band Why Bother? have a very cool synth/psych/garage rock/post-punk fusion thing going on for them, and i am here for it.  New album "Beyond Step One" dropped earlier this month, and it's a total banger with weird, surreal, spoken word pieces strewn throughout.  I don't think anything else sounds quite like it.  Grab it here from Feel It Records and listen to "Come Undone" below.

Soft Vein

Dig on some new synth pop from California based artist Soft Vein.  The upcoming "All We've Known of Heaven" LP is out next month on Artoffact Records.  Pre-order it here and listen to "Another Summer" below.

Polypores

Here's some new ambient music from UK artist Polypores.  "A Hole in the Air" is tranquil and a little trippy, and sounds like something it would be nice to gradually awake to.  Check it out below and get the "Wildlife" cassette here from Aural Canyon.

The Operator Sound INC.

Are you ready for some weird space-age lounge vibes from The Operator Sound INC.?  Of course you are.  Dig into the groovy, far out sound of "Space Age Switchboard (Please Hold)" below and pre-order the upcoming "Esoteric Audio for Spaceage Witchcraft" LP here from Library of the Occult.

Black Doldrums

Let's blacken those skies just a little bit with some gothy new darkwave from UK duo Black Doldrums.  The band's new album "Repetition Compulsion" drops in October (naturally).  Pre-order it here from Fuzz Club Records and listen to "Repetition (Single Version)" below.

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Here's some new music from Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, the guys behind the "Stranger Things" score and one half of Austin synth band S U R V I V E.  Pre-order the upcoming "Marche 22" LP here and listen to the sprawling, brooding "B4" below.

Boy Harsher

Massachusetts darkwave synth pop duo Boy Harsher have been one of our favorites around here for the last few years, and now the band has a new record heading our way in September with the forthcoming "Get Mean."  Let there be much rejoicing...and moody dancing.  Check out "Hard Beat" below and pre-order the LP here from Nude Club Records.

Daily Jam - Don't Go

Here's some '80s synth pop for your Wednesday.  Listen to what in my opinion is one of the best synth lines of all time in pop music with "Don't Go" by Yazoo (Yaz to us North Americans), our Daily Jam.

Psychic Mirrors

Miami, Florida's Psychic Mirrors have a very fun electro-funk/disco/yacht rock thing going on that plays like hot summer dream.  Check out "Shoot Your Shot" below and grab the single here from Amnisia.

NINA x Radio Wolf

Here's some dreamy new synth pop (emphasis on the pop) from Berlin-based artists NINA and Radio Wolf.  Dig on the wistful '80s haze of "The Ghosts of Prom Night" below and grab the "Jukebox Dream Vol. 1" LP here from NewRetroWave.

Daily Jam - Somebody (Vocal Version)

Wake up!  It's time for some synthy Italodisco from Italian duo Video.  Check out the 12" extended "Somebody (Vocal Version)" below, our Daily Jam.