Hercules & Love Affair have shared a music video for the song One, featuring ANOHNI. The song is taken from Hercules & Love Affair’s latest album, In Amber. Download and stream In Amber here Directed by surrealist photographer Tim Walker, the music video stars artist Salvia and choreographer
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When Andy Butler imagined what he might look like as a rockstar, he saw himself as Hercules. A forlorn, lovesick, and queer Hercules, to be exact. The juxtaposition between the machismo of the Greek demigod and his pining over a male lover in one specific legend is what drew Butler
In Amber, the upcoming new album from Hercules & Love Affair, seems to be breaking new ground for the iconic dance act led by Andy Butler. Lead single Grace showcased Butler’s voice like never before, while Poisonous Storytelling saw Butler reunite with frequent collaborator and best friend ANOHNI on what
Last year, electronic noise rock band HEALTH released their fifth album DISCO4: PART I, a magnum opus for the Los Angeles outfit that saw them collaborate with high profile acts across the electronic, industrial, and metal scenes, including 100 Gecs and Perturbator. The result was a reinvention of sorts, an
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The new generation of goth artists currently emerging are mostly millennial/Gen-Z cusps, raised on a diet of the noxious nu-metal of early 2000’s and My Chemical Romance, supplemented with the drama of Evanescence and HIM. But specific to this generation of alternative, children of the darkness is a sort of
In 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive swerved into the cultural conversation. With its long, endless shots of Ryan Gosling cruising broody along wet, neon soaked L.A streets, the moody neo-noir arrived at the crest of the aesthetic revival that would come to be known as synthwave. An essential part of
Sometime in the mid-2010’s, Boy Harsher was the coolest thing. Simultaneously straddling the growing trend of mid-fi darkwave and the post-punk synthpop of Crystal Castles and The Knife, Boy Harsher’s formula couldn’t have been more perfect for the time. 2014’s Lesser Man EP was a louche, gothic aural feast that
Image courtesy Italians Do It Better Amidst news that popular synthpop outfit The Chromatics were breaking up, it was glaringly obvious that Jonny Jewel was missing in action. The American record producer and founder of the Italians Do It Better label seemed to be preoccupied with Madonna, at least by
Image by Toma Kostygina Featuring new material from electronic music veterans to captivating and bewitching new voices, we round up the releases that caught our attention this week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat: Sofi Tukker / Carl Cox – Drinkee (Carl Cox Remix) Sofi Tukker
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Image by Fede Reyes If there’s one thing absolutely clear about Curses, it’s that he is an artist who honours the past in everything that he does. The DJ and producer’s early days in the New York punk rock scene eventually led him to the rave, and upon relocating to
