The latest installment from Agnes Obel sees her continuing to deliver on an expansive - yet somehow minimal - cinematic and soothing sound. (No BandCamp link, so I’m posting YouTube) youtube.com/playlist?lis... #musicsky

The Meaning of Flowers - YouTube

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Yes I lived through the early 2ks as a young adult and therefore have an itch I need to scratch from time to time for hipster trash. FRANKIE ROSE always hits the mark for this. frankierose.bandcamp.com/album/hila #musicsky

HILA, by Frankie Rose

10 track album

frankierose.bandcamp.com

This is from 2024 but I still rings true today, despite the result of the lawsuit featured in the video ag.ny.gov/press-releas... youtu.be/u--se25_px8?...

What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Since I never see Restive Plaggona mentioned at all I really feel like they remain my own personal hidden gem. Very creative techno with subtle nods to industrial. This latest from the project is no exception. severalminorpromises.bandcamp.com/album/primal... #musicsky

Primal Nature, by Restive Plaggona

10 track album

severalminorpromises.bandcamp.com

An incredible new work from STATIQBLOOM who has no shame melding heavy industrial noise with driving rhythmic pressure. statiqbloom.bandcamp.com/album/splint... #musicsky

Splintered Fingers, by STATIQBLOOM

8 track album

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An impressive addition the Himakult discography. Blistering noisy industrial with overtly sexual themes. himukalt.bandcamp.com/album/torn-a...

torn asunder: the half girl, by himukalt

5 track album

himukalt.bandcamp.com

A short but incredible collaboration between 2 of my favorite dark folk artists! societyofthesilvercross.bandcamp.com/album/temple... #musicsky

Temple Hymns Vol. 2, by Society of the Silver Cross & Blood and Sun

2 track album

societyofthesilvercross.bandcamp.com

A soaring work of ethereal neoclassical from Silver Rein silverrein.bandcamp.com/album/ii-lon... #musicsky

II: Lonesome Bridge, by Silver Rein

8 track album

silverrein.bandcamp.com

The first single for the upcoming Dernière Volonté album just dropped and it is a melancholy anthem of cinematic proportions. soundcloud.com/tescogermany... #musicsky

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Since the mid-1990s, Dernière Volonté, the project led by Geoffroy D., has created music at the crossroads of shadow and light, bringing together martial rhythms, electronics, French melancholy, and a

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On Chelsea Wolfe's latest offering she merges a significant nod to subtle pop and rock influences while staying within her haunted realm. chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark #musicsky

The Dark, by CHELSEA WOLFE

10 track album

chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com

Absolutely devastated by the news of Sean Ragon's death and that there will no longer be any Cult of Youth. He was extremely gracious and warm on the one occasion I met him in Japan at Hospital Fest. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

Cult of Youth's Sean Ragon Dead at 45 │ Exclaim!

The neofolk band's final album remains 2022's 'With Open Arms'

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A harrowing journey of monolith and textured drone from a pillar and master of dark electronics Kevin Tomkins. 4ibrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kevin-... #musicsky

KEVIN TOMKINS (Ex-Sutcliffe Jugend) - Memento Mori, by 4iB Records

4 track album

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RIP Dolly Parton #musicsky youtu.be/Y3ardckySYY?...

From 2009 but entirely new to me is this supergroup of musicians operating under the aptly named "This Immortal Coil" who have created an incredible offering of dark jazz/folk Coil cover songs. mattelliott.bandcamp.com/album/the-da... #musicsky #coil

The Dark Age of Love, by This Immortal Coil

11 track album

mattelliott.bandcamp.com

An great new collection of gothy post-punk anthems from Stare Away stareawayband.bandcamp.com/album/in-abs... #musicsky

In Absence, by Stare Away

7 track album

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I somewhat recently discovered the Berlin techno-influenced darkwave sounds of Rue Oberkampf and have been really enjoying it. This recent collection of singles released is no exception. rueoberkampf.bandcamp.com/album/the-si... #musicsky

The Singles 2018-2026, by Rue Oberkampf

8 track album

rueoberkampf.bandcamp.com

Another enchanting chapter in the Nighttime discography. Indie folk drenched in nostalgia and subtle melancholy that only Ms. Goodman can deliver. nighttimes.bandcamp.com/album/lookin... #musicsky

Looking Glass, by Nighttime

10 track album

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I have been enamored to everything this artist has released as of late. Ritual ambience done right. aloneinthehollowgarden.bandcamp.com/album/therio... #musicsky

Theriomorphic Temples, by ALONE IN THE HOLLOW GARDEN

8 track album

aloneinthehollowgarden.bandcamp.com

I wanted to take a break from posting new music and look back to Caverna Delle Rose' 2021 album "Elysian Chants" which is such a criminally overlooked work of ethereal neoclassical/folk. Still a favorite here that is frequently spun. cavernadellerose.bandcamp.com/album/elysia... #musicsky

Elysian Chants, by Caverna delle Rose

8 track album

cavernadellerose.bandcamp.com

Portland Oregon's Hail present their new album Child of a Cursed Temple which blends the industrial, noise, and avant-garde elements found on the past two albums and unites them with the black metal intensity the band has always maintained. hailpdx.bandcamp.com/album/child-... #musicsky

Child of a Cursed Temple, by Hail

4 track album

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Cold wave savant Casket Cassette offer a new album of melancholic dance hits. casketcassette.bandcamp.com/album/reducer #musicsky

REDUCER, by Casket Cassette

10 track album

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Iksandr continues to morph to new genres with their new album Sacraal presenting a beautiful landscape of ethereal and cinematic orchestral folk. iskandr.bandcamp.com/album/sacraal

Sacraal, by ISKANDR

7 track album

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Synth duo Incirrina take their cold wave sound to the next level with their new album Trace. incirrina.bandcamp.com/album/trace

Trace, by Incirrina

11 track album

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A short but welcomed new offering from the master of dark martial industrial! inslaughternatives.bandcamp.com/album/november

November, by Lussidotter & In Slaughter Natives

4 track album

inslaughternatives.bandcamp.com

Melodic punk with some goth energy thrown in for good measure. flexidiscos.bandcamp.com/album/dos-di... #musicsky

Dos dies, dues nits, by SÖT

4 track album

flexidiscos.bandcamp.com

I thought I was lucky just to have seen them live in Seattle and now to have a document of their set from that time as well. Thank you Oranssi Pazuzu and KEXP!! youtu.be/2LfNUEoQNFI?... #musicsky #metal

Oranssi Pazuzu - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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With their new album "Endurance" The Foreign Resort can easily be placed on my top 3 list of bands that are trying to sound like The Cure. Who's on yours?! theforeignresort.bandcamp.com/album/endura... #musicSky #thecure

Endurance, by The Foreign Resort

10 track album

theforeignresort.bandcamp.com

An album of Ukrainian coldwave that just gets better as it goes! dkenergetyk.bandcamp.com/album/--7 #musicsky

Квадрати, by ДК Енергетик

12 track album

dkenergetyk.bandcamp.com

If you've ever wondered what David Hasselhoff would sound like if he was Bavarian and goth then DIAF has you covered. Absurdly addicted high-energy German synth pop with a coldwave edge. diaf.bandcamp.com/album/das-fe... #musicsky

Das Feuer der Berge, by DIAF

17 track album

diaf.bandcamp.com

Songtradr has fired all the engineers at Bandcamp and while they say they are focusing resources on that beloved platform, we don’t know what is going to happen. I am worried. Now is the time to support member-owned cooperative music distribution platforms like @Subvert.fm