Watch: Follow Me Not Unveil New Single/Video "Glasgow Smile"

French cold wave/post punk/shoegaze duo Follow Me Not have aired the video for their new single "Glasgow Smile". 

The song is taken from their new album 'AWAY', out today (May 13). Grab your copy here.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Mängelexemplar Air Music Video For "Hej Hej Hej"

German minimal/synth wave/electronic  duo Mängelexemplar have aired the video for their latest single 'Hej Hej Hej'.

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 2020 album 'Non Plus Ultra', out via Carisma Studios. Buy it here if you haven't already.

Watch the clip below.

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Watch: Fluid Ghost Airs Music Video For "Hard Rain"

Fluid Ghost the dark-dance/minimal wave side project of Adriano from French duo Echoberyl, has aired the video for his latest single "Hard Rain".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from his second mini-album 'End-Stage Photophobia', which came out in November last year via Mother Solitude Records. Get your copy here.

Watch the video below.

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Watch: Fluid Ghost Drops Music Video For "Forbidden"

Fluid Ghost the dark-dance/minimal wave side project of Adriano from French duo Echoberyl, has dropped the video for his latest single "Forbidden".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from his debut mini-album 'Homeclubbing', which came out in September. Get your copy here.

Watch the video below.

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Watch: Fluid Ghost Unveils Visuals For "My Best Nightmare"

Fluid Ghost the dark-dance/minimal wave side project of Adriano from French duo Echoberyl, has unveiled visuals for his addictive track "My Best Nightmare".

The song is taken from his debut mini-album 'Homeclubbing', which came out last month (September 16). Get your copy here.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Xeno & Oaklander Drop New Single/Video "Poison"

Brooklyn's minimal/electronic/synth wave duo Xeno & Oaklander (aka Miss Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride) have dropped the video for their new single "Poison".

The song is taken from their upcoming seventh studio album 'Vi/deo', which will be out on October 22nd via Dais Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Watch/listen below.

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Xeno & Oaklander Announce New LP 'Vi/deo', Stream "Infinite Sadness"

Brooklyn's minimal/electronic/synth wave duo Xeno & Oaklander (aka Miss Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride) have announced the release of their seventh studio album 'Vi/deo'.

The follow-up to 2019's  Hypnos, will be out on October 22nd via Dais Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Vi/deo further distills their iconic noir synth pop into a streamlined suite of gleaming, graceful retrofuturism. Inspired by ideas of synesthesia, scent, star worship, and obsolescent technologies, the duo of Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride began conceiving the blueprint of Vi/deo while sequestered at their Southern Connecticut home studio during the pandemic. 

The context of isolation, streaming, and remote dreaming seeped into their chemistry, manifesting as both homage to and meditation on a certain cinematic strain of technicolor fantasy: the screen as stage, distance disguised as intimacy, where tragedy and glamor crossfade into one.

Opening with the precision synthetic melancholy of “Infinite Sadness,” the album marks a peak fluidity between the pair’s fusion of analog electronics and poetic melody, both refined and oblique, classic but contemporary. 

Vi/deo captures the bittersweet beauty of youth and utopias, the wistful transformation from miracle to memory, where love turns unreal and music becomes myth: “Sounds of the underground / Will echo in future days / Feelings of misery / Will fade into the haze

Check out the album's tracklist and watch a lyric video for "Infinite Sadness", below.

Vi/deo tracklist:

01. Infinite Sadness

02. Poison

03. Afar

04. Technicolor

05. Television

06. Gain

07. Movie Star

08. Raingarden

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Watch: Distant Stars Reveal New Single/Video "Tension"

Franco/Australian minimal wave/synth pop/cold wave two piece Distant Stars have revealed the video for their new single "Tension".

The song is taken from their double A-side single 'Tension//Anxiety',  out now via Detonic Recordings. Grab it here.

Watch the clip below.

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New Entry: Nabta Shares "Constant Journey (Inhalt Remix)"

French electro-minimal-wave duo NABTA have shared the Inhalt remix of their track "Constant Journey".

The remix is taken from the upcoming EP 'Dance and Fight', out on May 28th via Crowhunt Records. Get it here.

Inspired by EBM, 80's and punk, they offer two punchy tracks for this release: Dance and Fight and Constant Journey

To match perfectly with their universe, Sierra on the first remix of Dance & Fight reveal the industrial mind of the original track, play with the tempo behind precise beats surrounded by a huge synth bass.

On the second remix, the master Inhalt revisited Constant Journey with his midnight rework version recorded at the Infinite Power Studios: a perfect italo bass gimmick, embellished by the original voice and pure analog synths to conclude with melodic synth.

Stream it below.

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Watch: NABTA Reveal Music Video For "Playground"

French electro-minimal-wave duo NABTA have revealed the video for their latest single "Playground".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 2020 album 'No Excuses', out through Oraculo Records. Get it here.

Watch the clip below.

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Watch: Mängelexemplar Unleash New Single/Video "Allein"

German minimal/synth wave/electronic  duo Mängelexemplar have unleashed the video for their newest single 'Allein'.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: NABTA Unleash New Single/Video "Shaming Me"

French electro-minimal-wave duo NABTA have unleashed the video for their new single "Shaming Me".

This track was recorded as a special edition for MuTaNT Transmissions Online Festival 2020. Get it here.

Watch/listen it below.

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KOOL ROCK RADIO ► 100 BEST ALBUMS OF 2020 (A to Z)

KOOL ROCK RADIO ► THE 100 BEST ALBUMS OF 2020 (A to Z)

2020 has been a long (or very short?) and complicated year, but at least there were lots of excellent songs and albums to distract us from everything going on in the world. We want to thank all of those incredible bands that despite the circumstances have managed to release fantastic records. With hundreds of new albums to choose from, it was impossible to select only 50, so we have picked 100 essential albums for 2020. 

Here are Kool Rock radio's staff 100 favorite albums of 2020, listed in alphabetical order:

1. Adult. ► 'Perception is/as/of Deception' [electro-punk/synth punk]
2. AK/DK ► 'Shared Particles' (Little Miss Echo Records) [electronic/synth/disco/punk]
3. Artificial Pleasure ► 'A New Joy' [electro/indie rock/dance]
4. Astari Nite ► 'Here Lies' [post punk/dark wave]
5. Bachelor ► 'Futurism' [new wave/post punk/electronic]
6. Bambara ► 'Stray' (Wharf Cat) [noise punk/alt]
7. bdrmm ► 'Bedroom' (Sonic Cathedral) [dream pop/psych/shoegaze]
8. Berlin Taxi ► 'In Pursuit' [indie pop/synthwave/electro pop]
9. Bootblacks ► 'Thin Skies' (Artoffact Records) [post punk/cold wave/new wave]
10. Catastrophe & Cure ► 'Somewhere Down the Line' [indie rock/alt]
11. Cathedral Bells ► 'Velvet Spirit' (Good Eye Records) [dream pop/shoegaze]
12. Cathedrale ► 'Houses Are Built The Same' (Howlin' Banana/Rockerill) [post punk/power pop/garage punk]
13. Catholic Action ► 'Celebrated by Strangers' [indie rock/glam]
14. Chemtrails ► 'The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable' (PNKSLM) [lo-fi/psych pop/garage rock]
15. Choir Boy ► 'Gathering Swans' (Dais Records) [indie pop/synth/new wave]
16. Cold Beat ► 'Mother' (DFA Records) [post punk/indie rock/synth pop]
17. Crystalline Stricture ► ‘Nouveau Neon’ + ‘Petrol’ (TONN Recordings) [cold wave/minimal synth/electronic]
18. DAS DAS ► 'Das Das' [electro garage/minimal synth/punk]
19. Death Bells ► 'New Signs of Life' (Dais Records) [dream pop/post punk]
20. Deeper ► 'Auto-Pain' (Fire Talk) [post punk/indie rock]
21. Dehd ► ‘Flower Of Devotion’ (Fire Talk) [indie pop/trash pop/post punk]
22. Devon Williams ► 'A Tear In The Fabric' (Slumberland Records) [jangle pop/power pop]
23. DMA'S ► 'The Glow' (I Oh You Records) [indie rock/jangle pop]
24. Dream Wife ► 'So When You Gonna...' (Lucky Number) [indie rock/garage]
25. Elephant Stone ► 'Hollow' (Elephants on parade) [indie rock/psych]
26. Fontaines D.C. ► ‘A Hero's Death’ (Partisan Records) [rock n' roll]
27. French Police ► 'Haunted Castle' [indie rock/post punk]
28. Gengahr ► 'Sanctuary' (Liberator Music) [indie rock/psych-pop]
29. House Of Harm ► 'Vicious Pastimes' (Avant! Records) [post punk/new wave/synth pop]
30. Houses of Heaven ► 'Silent Places' (Felte Records) [krautrock/post punk/shoegaze/psych]
31. Hundredth ► 'Somewhere Nowhere' [rock/melodic hardcore]
32. Jennifer Touch ► ‘Behind the Wall’ (FatCat Records) [dark wave/electronic/synth]
33. Jetstream Pony ► 'Jetstream Pony' (Shelflife Records) [Alternative/garage pop]
34. John MOuse ► ‘The Goat’ (Keep Me In Your Heart Records) [indie rock/synthwave]
35. Keep Dancing Inc ► 'Embrace' [indie pop/dance]
36. Kidsmoke ► 'A Vision In The Dark' (Libertino Records) [indie pop/jangle pop]
37. Korine ► 'The Night We Raise' (Born Losers Records) [new wave/synthpop/electro pop]
38. Las Kellies ► 'Suck This Tangerine' (Fire Records) [post punk/new wave]
39. Lithics ► 'Tower of Age' (Trouble In Mind Records) [experimental/minimalist/punk]
40. M!R!M ► ‘The Visionary’ (Avant! Records) [coldwave/darkwave/post punk]
41. Magic Wands ► 'ILLUMINATE' [dream pop]
42. Man Of Moon ► 'Dark Sea' [psychedelic]
43. Mängelexemplar ► 'Non Plus Ultra' (Carisma Studios) [minimal/synth wave/electronic]
44. Mannequin ► 'From a Distance' (Sentimental Records) [coldwave/post punk/minimal synth]
45. Medicine Men ►'A Different Port' (Last Night From Glasgow) [new wave/kraut rock/psych]
46. Mint Julep ► ‘Stray Fantasies’ (Western Vinyl) [dream pop/electronic/synth wave]
47. Moaning ► 'Uneasy Laughter' (Sub Pop Records) [post punk/shoegaze]
48. Morrissey ► 'I Am Not A Dog on a Chain'
49. Mush ► '3D Routine' (Memphis Industries) [art rock/post punk]
50. Naked Roommate ► 'Do The Duvet' (Trouble In Mind) [dance/post punk]
51. Nation of Language ► 'Introduction, Presence' [post punk/new wave/synth-pop]
52. Never Never Man ► 'Division' (Catch 21 Records) [psych pop]
53. Nile Marr ► ‘Are You Happy Now?’ [indie rock/rock n’ roll]
54. NNHMN ► ‘Deception Island Part 1’ + ‘Deception Island 2’ [electronic/dark ambient/experimental/synth]
55. Nothing ► 'The Great Dismal' (Relapse Records) [shoegaze/post punk/alt]
56. Peaking Lights ► ‘E S C A P E’ [dub pop/psych/electro pop]
57. Peeling ► 'Worshipper' (Labyrinth Records) [noise pop/post punk/psych]
58. Peppy Pep Pepper ► ‘Granny Chic’ (Modern Tapes) [minimal synth/synth wave]
59. PINS ► 'Hot Slick' (Haus of Pins) [post punk/noir pop]
60. Pompeya ► ‘Bingo’ [electro pop/new wave]
61. Pottery ► ‘Welcome To Bobby’s Motel’ (Partisan//Royal Mountain) [indie rock/garage punk/psych]
62. Private World ► 'Aleph' (Dais Records) [indie pop/new wave]
63. Public Practice ► 'Gentle Grip' (Wharf Cat Records) [no wave/post punk/alt]
64. Riki ► ‘Riki’ (Dais Records) [new wave/post punk/synth pop]
65. Ringo Deathstarr ► ‘Ringo Deathstarr’ (Club AC30) [shoegaze]
66. Sahara ► ‘Pure Glass’ (Hand Drawn Dracula) [dream pop/post punk/lo-fi]
67. Sea Girls ► 'Open Up Your Head' (Polydor Records) [indie rock/alt]
68. Shopping ► 'All or Nothing' (Fat Cat Records) [post punk]
69. Silque ► ‘Odyssey’ (We Are Suburban) [alt rock/pop]
70. Silverbacks ► 'Fad' (Central Tones) [indie punk/alt rock]
71. Siracuse ► ‘Forever’ [indie rock/alt]
72. Sleaford Mods ► 'All That Glue' (Rough Trade) [indie rock/punk]
73. Social Station ► 'Social Station' (Young and Cold) [post punk/dark wave/ new wave]
74. Soft Kill ► 'Dead Kids, R.I.P. City' (Cercle Social Records) [post punk/dark wave]
75. Solo Ansamblis ► ‘Olos’ (Artoffact Records) [art rock/post punk/electronic]
76. Spacey Jane ► 'Sunlight' (Inertia) [garage pop/indie rock]
77. SPECTRES ► 'Nostalgia' (Artoffact Records) [post punk/coldwave/goth]
78. Spunsugar ► 'Drive-through Chapel' (Adrian Recordings) [shoegaze/alt]
79. Superdrone ► ‘Solargaze’ [baggy/psych/stargaze]
80. Surf Rock is Dead ► 'Existential Playboy' [indie pop/surf rock]
81. Tame Impala ► 'The Slow Rush' (Interscope) [psych-rock]
82. Terry vs. Tori ► 'Heathers' (El Genio Equivocado) [bedroom pop/dream pop/lo-fi]
83. The Asteroid No.4 ► 'Northern Songs' (Cardinal Fuzz/Little Cloud) [psychedelic/rock]
84. The Buttertones ► 'Jazzhound' (Innovative Leisure) [rock n' roll/punk/surf garage]
85. The Courteeners ► 'More. Again. Forever.' [indie rock]
86. The Network ► 'Money Money 2020 Pt II: We Told Ya So!' [new wave/alt/rock]
87. The Sea at Midnight ► 'The Sea at Midnight' [post punk/coldwave/synthwave]
88. The Search ► “Heart's Racing” [post punk/indie /dark wave]
89. The Secret French Postcards ► 'Colours' (Cold Transmission) [post punk/dark wave/gothic]
90. The Vacant Lots ► 'Interzone' (Fuzz Club) [electro post-punk]
91. The Wants ► 'Container' (Council Records) [art-pop]
92. Then Comes Silence ► 'Machine' (Oblivion/SPV//Metropolis) [post punk/dark wave]
93. Topographies ► 'Ideal Form' (Funeral Party Records) [shoegaze/post punk]
94. Tourists ► 'Another State' (Modern Sky UK) [dream pop/indie/psych]
95. True Body ► 'Heavenly Rhythms For The Uninitiated' (The Funeral Party) [post punk/dream pop/alt]
96. Vintage Crop ► 'Serve To Serve Again' (Upset The Rhythm/Anti Fade) [indie rock/punk]
97. Vundabar ► 'Either Light' (Gawk Records) [indie rock/surf]
98. Working Men’s Club ► “Working Men’s Club” (Heavenly Recordings) [post punk/new wave]
99. Wrangler ► 'A Situation' (Bella Union) [electronic synth]
100. Yumi Zouma ► 'Truth or Consequences' (Polyvinyl Records) [dream pop]

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KOOL ROCK RADIO ► 40 BEST EPS OF 2020 (A to Z)

KOOL ROCK RADIO ► THE 40 BEST EPS OF 2020 (A to Z) 

Here are our Best 40 EPs Of The Year, listed in alphabetical order:

1. Atmos Bloom ► ‘Atmos Bloom’ EP (Spirit Goth) [bedroom pop/lo-fi/dream pop]
2. Beverly Kills ► 'Elegance in a State of Crisis' EP [post- punk/indie pop]
3. Black Light Smoke ► ‘Heat Flash’ EP + ‘Lines & Shadows’ EP (Nein Records) [electronic]
4. CD Ghost ► 'Dreams We Share' EP [dream pop/synth wave/indie pop]
5. Cindygod ► 'EP 2' (Fire Talk) [post punk/dream pop/experimental]
6. Clan Of Xymox ► 'Spider On The Wall' EP (Metropolis Records)
7. Cloud Factory ► 'Cloud Factory' EP (Howlin' Banana) [post punk/garage pop]
8. Coach Party ► 'Party Food' EP (Chess Club Records) [indie rock/indie pop]
9. Cold Comfort ► ‘The Submerging’ EP (Worn Pop) [cold wave/post punk]
10. Cut City ► 'Absolutes' EP [post punk/new wave]
11. David Shaw and The Beat ► 'Love Songs With a Kick Vol. One' EP (Her Majesty's Ship) [indie/synth pop/electronic]
12. Egyptian Blue ► 'Body Of Itch' EP (Yala Records) [psychedelic-punk/post punk]
13. Gang Of Four ► 'Anti Hero' EP
14. Handful of Snowdrops ► ‘The Impossible Dream’ EP + 'Asymmetrical' EP [post punk/wave]
15. Home Counties ► 'Redevelopment' EP (Alcopop Records) [indie rock/punk/alt]
16. Leroy Se Meurt ► ‘La Chute’ EP (Enfant Terrible) [minimal/electronic/synth punk]
17. Little Sister ► ‘Money, Jeans, Sex & Guns’ EP [indie pop/alt]
18. Loose Fit ► ‘Loose Fit’ EP (FatCat Records) [no wave/post punk]
19. MEMES ► ‘Memes’ EP [noisy post-punk]
20. Mufti ► 'Silence' EP (Her Majesty's Ship) [indie/electronic]
21. Neurotic Fiction ► ‘Romance’ EP [no wave/post punk/power pop]
22. New Order ► ‘Be a Rebel’ EP (Mute Records) [electronic/synth] 
23. Night Tapes ► 'Download Spirit' EP (Breaker Breaker) [dream pop/alt]
24. Planet ► 'Maybe Someday' EP [indie rock/pop]
25. PVA ► 'Toner' EP (Big Dada) [post punk/dance]
26. Reptaliens ► 'Wrestling' EP [lo-fi/indie pop]
27. S. Product ► 'Suicide Beat' EP (Terrible Records) [punk/synth pop]
28. Sacha Muki & Gioe ► 'Le Castle' EP (Nein Records) [electronic/techno/acid/dark disco]
29. SDH - Semiotics Department Of Heteronyms ► 'Against Strong Thinking' EP (Avant! Records) [synth wave/post punk]
30. Smut ► 'Power Fantasy' EP [alt pop/noise pop/shoegaze]
31. Soft Set ► 'Love and Dancing' EP [dream pop/indie rock/shoegaze]
32. Talk Show ► 'These People' EP (Council Records) [post punk/indie rock/new wave]
33. Tender Tones ► 'Youth Retirement Club' EP (Shore Dive/SomewhereCold) [indie pop/shoegaze/synthpop]
34. The Gathering ► ‘Night Light’ EP (Cold Transmission)
35. VERO ► 'Heaven on Earth' EP (PNKSLM Recordings) [alt pop/indie pop]
36. Violetiger ► 'Transformation' EP (Modern Tapes) [minimal synth/post punk]
37. Vlimmer ► "XIIIIII/XIIIIIII" EP (Blackjack Illuminist Records) [coldwave/darkwave/electronic/post punk]
38. Walt Disco ►'Young Hard and Handsome' EP (Blood Records) [post punk/glam rock]
39. Wild Nothing ► 'Laughing Gas' EP (Captured Tracks)
40. Youth Sector ► 'Mundanity' EP (Young Poet Records) [art-rock]

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New Entry: Detachments Release New Single "Human Being Watched"

London based post punk/minimal wave/cold wave band Detachments have released their new single "Human Being Watched".

The song is the opening track on the new 'Young & Cold Records Vol.5' compilation, out now. Grab your copy here.

Take a listen below.

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Watch: Mängelexemplar Drop Music Video For "Mein Herz"

German minimal/synth wave/electronic  duo Mängelexemplar have dropped the video for their latest single 'Mein Herz'.

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent album 'Non Plus Ultra', released in March this year via Carisma Studios. Buy it here.

Watch the clip below.

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Plastic Ivy Announces New LP 'Spots of Time', Shares "Too Deep for Tears"

Philadelphia minimal wave/electronic/cold wave artist Plastic Ivy has announced the released of her new album 'Spots of Time'.

The 8-track record will be out on 18 September 2020 via Kraftjerkz. Pre-order your copy here.

Spots of time is as much a lyrical treasure as it is an analog synth dream, brought to life through abundant melodies and arpeggiations, alluring vocals, and a somber emotional tone that courses through the veins of the album.

Plastic Ivy’s influences are wide ranging; sonically, the nod to cold wave, the new romantics, and early indie is clear. Lyrically, the album draws influence from William Wordsworth to historian Timothy Snyder to jazz composer Billy Strayhorn.

Check out the album's tracklist and listen to new single "Too Deep for Tears", below.

Spots of Time Tracklist:
01. Ode: In Advance of Loss
02. Images
03. Too Deep for Tears
04. Whispers of the Heart
05. Spots of Time
06. New Eyes
07. Today, 9 May
08. There I'll be

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New Entry: Unidentified Man Shares New Track "T. V. H .A."

Belgium minimal wave/synth pop/electro act Unidentified Man has shared his new track "T. V. H .A."

T.V.H.A. stands for ''Triomftocht Van Het Amateurisme'', and is a instrumental demo version, a vocal sequel will follow later this year.

Get it here and take a listen below.

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Watch: NABTA Premiere "Hate/Love" Music Video

French electro-minimal-wave duo NABTA have premiered the video for their latest single "Hate/Love".

The song is taken from their new record 'No Excuses', last week (July 2) through Oraculo Records. Get it here.

Watch it below.

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Watch: Mängelexemplar Share "Zu den Sternen und zurück" New Video

German minimal/synth wave/electronic  duo Mängelexemplar have shared the video for their latest single 'Non Plus Ultra'.

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent album 'Non Plus Ultra', released in March via Carisma Studios. Buy it here.

Watch the clip below.

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