SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND? March 7th 2025

Byronic Sex & Exile, Ariel Maniki And The Black Halos, Sjoblom, Ming City Rockers, Kylma Krypta, Claustraphobia, Iris Paralysis, Trouble Fait', Sixth June, L.A. Witch, Ideal Living and much, much more

Let’s kick off with insanely creative BYRONIC SEX & EXILE, offering us the new ‘MP for Hindon (Wilts)’ EP, so named because two authors responsible for seminal Gothic novels [William Beckford (‘Vathek’), Matthew Lewis (‘The Monk’)] both served as MPs for said rotten borough.

A quality new single from ARIEL MANIKI AND THE BLACK HALOS.

Sweet new post-punk single from SJOBLOM.

Cool new noisy fun from MING CITY ROCKERS.

Debut EP from KYLMA KRYPTA now available in its gull glory.

Atmospheric new single from CLAUSTRAPHOBIA

Not sure why you’d want any but if you fancy some creepy background noise I think it’s fair to say ASEPTIC VOID have you covered.

Bookmark POSTCARDS from Beirut for later this month. Quality post-punk.

Bounciness from CALL IT.

Cutely minimal video (and song) from IRIS PARALYSIS

Nice respectful Sisters cover by THE MAN & HIS FAILURES.

Dark synthy fare from Texas’ NIGHT RITUALZ.

A series of new releases from the excellent SWISS DARK NIGHTS label….

THE SPOILED (skittish Italian darkwave).

Interesting moody EPcoming in April from BLOOD TEARS AFTER.

New vid from TROUBLE FAIT’.

New album from WALTER SICKERT & THE ARMY OF BROKEN TOYS. Expect vibrant surprises.

Bookmark for May 15 for the dreamy darkness of SIXTH JUNE.

March 14th brings you the new album from THE FUNERAL MARCH OF THE MARIONETTES.

Excellent post-punk from LA’s L.A. WITCH.

Coming in April from Montpelier’s DENUIT.

Sweet dark EP from IDEAL LIVING.

Rousing stuff on the punkier edge of post-punk from Norwich’s OTHER HALF.

New from GOTHNETIC.

New from AGE O.P.F.

Cool new post-punk from Strasbourg’s HEIMBERG.

Sweet post-punk darkness from AGE OF SLEEP.

Nicely strange post-punk from CASSELS.

Post-punk cuteness from BALDUVIAN BEARS.

Bumpy shoegaze from PALE BLUE EYES.

Simple remix EP from URBANDONED.

New from GOTHZILLA.

Beguiling dark Americana from Austria’s SLOW BURN DRIFTERS.

Second new single from PHILEAS FOGG before their new album.

Standard coldwave from SQUARE HOLLOW.

The latest of a recent string of singles by BRIDES. I’m either going deaf or he;s getting quieter.

And there’s no use being greedy so that’ll do you for now.

Have a great weekend.

I go now …