A Silhouette

Here's some eerie, staticky music from American artist A Silhouette.  I can't find too much info online about the artist other than the name Denali Nebel, but the mix of lo-fi ambient, drone, and witch house is the perfect kind of spooky sound for the season.  Check out "I Don't Want to Burn with the World" below and dig in to some of the artists other tunes here on YouTube or here on Soundcloud.

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.

Salem

Michigan witch house band Salem surprise dropped a new 31-track album earlier this week in conjunction with some sort of fashion collab they're doing.  I don't really know anything about the fashion thing, nor do i care to really look into it, but the music is what we've all come to expect from the project.  "Red Dragon" consists of some old detritus that has been floating around online in various forms for the last 20 years, along with some new tunes.  Spooky, hazy, trippy stuff.  No word on any kind of physical release, but you can stream the whole thing here on the band's YouTube page.  In the meanwhile, listen to the title track below.

shlohmo & SALEM

Electronic artist and producer shlohmo has a new album coming our way on Halloween called "Repulsor."  And the first track we're getting features witch house mainstays SALEM.  Listen to "Chore Boy" below and keep a lookout for the album later this month.

Full of Scorpions

It's a rainy, gloomy morning here in Central Texas.  I think some witch house-tinged techno from Portland's Full of Scorpions should pair with it nicely.  Here's the artist's glitchy interpretation of The Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams."  Check it out below and download it here from Untitled Burial.

White Ring

Florida witch house purveyors White Ring are back with new track "Before He Took the Gun," and it's a techno banger.  Check it out below and download it here.

RITUALZ

Here's some industrial techno witch house stuff from Mexican artist RITUALZ.  New album "Radical Macabro" is out later this month.  Pre-order it here and listen to "Disintegration" below.

Kuollut

Finnish electronic artist Kuollut makes a mix of trance, new age, and witch house to craft something trippy and ethereal.  The artist sites Enigma as a primary influence, and they aren't lying.  There are some serious "pure moods" vibes all over new album "Seeds."  Check out the worldly and dreamy "Savannah" below and get the album here from United Burial.

White Ring

When witch house originators Salem returned late last year with a new album, it was a total surprise.  I guess not to be outdone, fellow witch house originators White Ring are back with a new album as well, with the upcoming "Show Me Heaven" dropping next month.  Listen to "Light Hours Linger" below and pre-order the record here.

Salem

With all the activity from the group in the last few weeks, it was probably inevitable that a new record from Salem was on the horizon, and now they've announced it with "Fires in Heaven" dropping on October 30th for stream and download.  In true Salem fashion, the pre-order for the vinyl has already sold out.  Sigh.  Anyway, pretty stoked for the record.  Check out new track "Red River" below and find the album here.

Salem

With the release of that new mixtape earlier this week, it just seemed like new music was on the horizon from witch house stalwarts Salem.  And here it is.  Check out the syrupy new jam "Starfall" and its accompanying storm chasing video below and download/stream here.  Here's hoping a new record will be soon to follow.

Salem - Stay Down Mixtape

It's been almost 10 years since witch house trio Salem released their "King Night" LP, and while they've put out occasional remixes and such, there hasn't been a whole lot of activity over the last decade.  That might be changing soon.  The group has been teasing new music for a few years, and now they've dropped a dark and trippy mixtape called "Stay Down" featuring reworks of a bunch of other artists' tracks.  It's cool.  Check it out below, and keep your eyes and ears open for new music hopefully sooner than later.

Drab City

The duo known as Drab City used to be known individually and collectively as witch house artists oOoOO and Islamiq Grrrls.  They teamed together a couple of years ago with a weird and experimental synth pop album, and now they're back with a name change and a sound very much steeped in trip-hop.  It works like gangbusters.  Listen to the eerie "Devil Doll" and pre-order the upcoming "Good Songs for Bad People" LP here (if you're in the UK) or here (if you're in the US) via Bella Union.

AL†RS

The witch house genre had its brief moment and then kind of went away several years ago, though its style and sounds sill bubble up to surface every now and again.  Arizona artist AL†RS trades in these sounds, crafting a hypnotic blend of darkwave synth pop, techno, and industrial din.  Listen to "Infinite" below and pay what you want for the new "II" album here from the artist.

oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls

Man, i had forgotten all about witch house artist oOoOO, having figured the project had just faded away with the scene from 8 or 9 years ago.  Glad to see that i was wrong.  Out this week is a collaborative album, "Faminine Mystique" with Berlin producer/songwriter Islamiq Grrrls, which the duo describe as deliberately "difficult-to-digest."  The track "Be On Through" starts normally enough, a swirl of synths around a grooving beat that eventually begins to degrade and warble into different arrays of sound.  This may be a deconstructionist kind of record and i'm digging that.  Listen below and get the album here via Nihjgt Feelings.

GRYPT

It's dark and stormy in Austin today, so here is some adequately dark and stormy music from the hard to pin down LA trio GRYPT.  The group feels equal parts horror synth, 90's hip-hop, and darkwave pop, a kind of proto-witch house act for scoring surreal, street level nightmares.  Listen to "Tin Can Tomb" below and snag the "Tin Can Tomb (And Other Modern Interpretations of Hell)" EP here via Cleopatra Records.