The icy art-rock Australian band HTRK has announced at their official Facebook page that they’ll be finishing the recording of their new album in New York this June. They will then debut the new material at a gig in Sydney come July.

Does this mean a Winter 2013 release for a new HTRK album? If so, it would be the cherry (or multi-colored sprinkles) on top of an already excellent year in dark music. In the meantime, here’s the video for “Bendin,” directed by Nathan Corbin, from their 2011 album “Work (Work, Work).”

‘Pale Horse Phantasm’ from Arborea’s new album ‘Fortress of the Sun’ on ESP-Disk’.

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The opening track from Creep’s debut album ‘echoes’ dropping August 13, 2013. Each song features a guest vocalist collaborator, including The xx’s Romy Madley-Croft, Sia, Tricky and Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow). For more CREEP, follow them at:

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Happy World Goth Day! 
The Goth scene came my way at a time in my life when I really needed it, and gave me a purpose, some great times, and some wonderful friendships that persist to this day. I think Goth is a truly unique confluence of art, performance, and style, one that resonates in a way other subcultural identities have not. No matter how far I stray sometimes, a piece of my heart will always remain attached to Goth.

Happy World Goth Day! 

The Goth scene came my way at a time in my life when I really needed it, and gave me a purpose, some great times, and some wonderful friendships that persist to this day. I think Goth is a truly unique confluence of art, performance, and style, one that resonates in a way other subcultural identities have not. No matter how far I stray sometimes, a piece of my heart will always remain attached to Goth.

New book about the history of 4AD coming out this September:
“The first official account of the iconic record label.

This Mortal Coil, Birthday Party, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Breeders, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Germano, Kristin Hersh, Belly, Red House Painters.

Just a handful of the bands and artists who started out recording for 4AD, a record label founded by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1979, a label which went on to be one of the most influential of the modern era.

Combining the unique tastes of Watts-Russell and the striking design aesthetic of Vaughan Oliver, 4AD records were recognisable by their look as much their sound. In this comprehensive account concentrating on the label’s first two decades (up to the point that Watts-Russell left), music journalist Martin Aston explores the fascinating story with unique access to all the key players and pretty much every artist who released a record on 4AD during that time, and to its notoriously reclusive founder.

With a cover designed by Vaughan Oliver this is an essential book for all 4AD fans and anyone who loved the music of that time.”

I’m so excited! I’ve already pre-ordered my copy.
New book about the history of 4AD coming out this September:
“The first official account of the iconic record label.

This Mortal Coil, Birthday Party, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Breeders, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Germano, Kristin Hersh, Belly, Red House Painters.

Just a handful of the bands and artists who started out recording for 4AD, a record label founded by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1979, a label which went on to be one of the most influential of the modern era.

Combining the unique tastes of Watts-Russell and the striking design aesthetic of Vaughan Oliver, 4AD records were recognisable by their look as much their sound. In this comprehensive account concentrating on the label’s first two decades (up to the point that Watts-Russell left), music journalist Martin Aston explores the fascinating story with unique access to all the key players and pretty much every artist who released a record on 4AD during that time, and to its notoriously reclusive founder.

With a cover designed by Vaughan Oliver this is an essential book for all 4AD fans and anyone who loved the music of that time.”

I’m so excited! I’ve already pre-ordered my copy.

What I Bought This Week: “Ghost Colored Halo” by lovesliescrushing and “Namesake” by Ten Kens

“Wave upon wave of vocal exhalations echo within swirling colossi of guitar-generated haze. Melodic lines twinkle and blur amidst masses buried beneath thick layers of reverb, tape hiss, and warm overdriven fuzz.” - Projekt Records

“Ten Kens’  Namesake is an unapologetic trance of post-rock meets prog rock with a whole lot thrown in between. Basically, it’s beautiful.”Dissociative Identity Productions

Did you pick up anything new this week? Anything you think I missed? Let me know! 

RIP Ray Manzarek, producer of X’s debut album “Los Angeles.” 

Darkwave pioneers Lycia are not only re-issuing their classic 1996 album “Cold” in June, they’re releasing their first new full-length album since 2003’s “Empty Space.” The new album, entitled “Quiet Moments,” will be released digitally and in a limited-edition CD format on August 20th by Handmade Birds. 
At their official Facebook page Tara Vanflower of Lycia shared her impressions of the new material this past October:

“This is Tara posting for Lycia. I haven’t even heard the album! Mike is keeping it under type wrap. What I have heard (one unfinished track) is like Stark Corner/Cold moodwise mixed with some solo MV and something wholly new. Vague much, vanflower? LOL I’m as excited as anyone to hear this!!!!”

The reformed Lycia’s last release was the 2010 EP “Fifth Sun.” Here’s “We Sleep in Winter” from that EP.

Darkwave pioneers Lycia are not only re-issuing their classic 1996 album “Cold” in June, they’re releasing their first new full-length album since 2003’s “Empty Space.” The new album, entitled “Quiet Moments,” will be released digitally and in a limited-edition CD format on August 20th by Handmade Birds

At their official Facebook page Tara Vanflower of Lycia shared her impressions of the new material this past October:

“This is Tara posting for Lycia. I haven’t even heard the album! Mike is keeping it under type wrap. What I have heard (one unfinished track) is like Stark Corner/Cold moodwise mixed with some solo MV and something wholly new. Vague much, vanflower? LOL I’m as excited as anyone to hear this!!!!”

The reformed Lycia’s last release was the 2010 EP “Fifth Sun.” Here’s “We Sleep in Winter” from that EP.

NUMINOSIS for 05/19/13

Explorations in Light and Shadow

Playlist for 05/19/13 

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SJ Tucker - Summon the Wild Hunt (Theme Music)
Monica Richards - EndBegin
Unwoman - Silently Conjure
lovesliescrushing - Ghost Colored
Vår - Katla
Lux Interna - Blackbird
MS MR - Bones
Wolvs - Stumble
Wardruna - Fehu
Partly Faithful - Wasting Ground
Skinny Puppy - paragUn

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Goths @ Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig. Photo by Hendrik Schmidt / DPA.That embarrassing moment when you forget that the world’s largest Goth festival is currently underway.  Here are all the bands we’re missing. 
Press coverage:Leipzig hüllt sich in Schwarz und SpitzeEs ist wieder düsterWave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig hat begonnen

Goths @ Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig. Photo by Hendrik Schmidt / DPA.

That embarrassing moment when you forget that the world’s largest Goth festival is currently underway.  Here are all the bands we’re missing

Press coverage:
Leipzig hüllt sich in Schwarz und Spitze
Es ist wieder düster
Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig hat begonnen