Japan Suicide – Santa Sangre
Japan Suicide from the city of Terni in central Italy didn’t warn us about the content as we were having the espresso No. 11 of the day. They should have. The envelope exploded in our hands …
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Video Premiere: DMLLL – Although
Turkish violinist Damla Bozkurt (aka DMLLL) is out with her debut EP, Short Tales of Winter, today on Verses Records, and we’re pleased to premiere the video for its lead single. Short Tales of Winter is a five-track album …
Mary And The Ram (MATR) – The Cross
Another totally angular and intensely interesting record launches next week as York’s Mary And The Ram drop their The Cross single via Anonymous Records. This is the first release from the British alternative duo, alternative in all, …
Artist of the Week: ZIALAND
ZIALAND — a gifted singer and talented musician with a tremendous voice hailing from Oslo is our Artist of the Week. She travels around the world working with artists from Australia to the U.S.–where we tracked …
2017 golden bullets: The maxi-singles
They say first love is forever, and who hasn’t fall in desperate love with that small vinyl? “Daaaaad, the turntable is going mad!” “Yes [LOL] and ‘switch it to 7,’ Mike”, hehehe that thing!!! A maxi-single …
…and 20 of our favorite 2017 extended plays
Here are some EPs from 2017 that shook the stereo, by artists who stepped into the music scene with their first release, or by some acknowledged names who decided to be fair with their output …
Twenty of our favorites from 2017
I believe that lists are good as long as the collector doesn’t rank the artists, and as well as the list is actually…a playlist for the readers to check and enjoy the content. I can’t …
Spirettes — Spirettes EP
After recording their last album in a barn, Spirettes (formerly Katey Sleeveless) are out with their debut studio album. The trio–Kate Perdoni (guitar), Kellie Palmblad (bass), and Emily Gould (drums)–is yet another great act coming …
We Are Parasols — Inertia
Portland’s We Are Parasols is out with its brand new Inertia LP on No Movement Records. The three gang members are D. (the witch) on vocals and bass, Jerman on pianos, synths, programming, samples and …
Noise Journal Playlist: December 17
Strange and bitter days in the land where Jesus lived. Bombs, dead, fanatics, and the western “civilized” nations making crazy profits off of the people’s abjection. Who’s going to hell and who’s in heaven? A …
Fuzzy Christmas: A shoegaze-themed holiday playlist
It’s taking us a little longer to get into the holiday spirit this year, and maybe you’re experiencing something similar. Here’s our annual nudge for you: Ethereal, fuzzy, and moody is how we like our …
Autumn — The Fall (single)
Calling all all dear old-school and modern new-wavers, gothics, silk-and-perfumed black leatherettes, poets, and ethereal creatures! Here’s another pretty good one: Autumn is out with a new three-track single, The Fall, on Sett Records. The Minneapolis act …
Equinox – It’s Hard To Be Happy When Your Head is Full of Sin
This is an amazing record for sure! Equinox from the U.K. releases his debut LP, It’s Hard To Be Happy When Your Head Is Full Of Sin, on January 19 via Recordiau Prin. The Mancunian …
Noise Journal Playlist: December 10
Occasionally in December, I take to the streets, my soul comforted by the winter silence. The traces of snow are my past…or somebody else’s future? In the city I dwell, where all is programmed to …
The Mayhem Lecture Series — Structures and Behaviors EPv1
Dave Wesley is an American experimental producer based in Portugal who, after his meanderings in the dub/techno scene (also as a DJ), has settled his musings in the wide ambient-drone experimental sonic fields. He produces …
Watch Clark — First Week of Winter
Seattle’s Watch Clark is out with its second album, First Week of Winter. I’m really, really keen on their genre which has given me the chills so many times, made me sweat so much in clubs, …
Noise Journal Playlist: December 2
Noise Journal wishes a good month to everybody dear–the cold Christmas month when the western, “civilized” world is getting ready to celebrate the birth of that dude who, if he saw what religion and the …
Bruno Merz – Breathe Less
Now this one’s a pretty talented and elegant singer-songwriter from New Zealand who’s currently based in the UK., Bruno Merz recently released his new Breathe Less single, following October’s Whisper Turn, which itself followed 2014’s Highways LP. …
Artist of the week: The Telescopes
For 30 years, Stephen Lawrie has been creating edgy music under the moniker, The Telescopes. He’s widely viewed as a pioneer in the broad alternative scene, with a sound reminiscent of Suicide, The Velvet Underground, and The …
Giddy up, Space Cowboy: SpaceFest is right around the corner
Here’s an event for all you space-cases, space cadets and space cowboys: The seventh SpaceFest is hitting Gdańsk like that big ass ship in Alien: Covenant, with psychedelic sounds that will blast through your chest like …