ASTR is an electronic/alternative duo from New York City. Blending electronic music, cinematic themes and pop melodies, they have created a sound that balances the fine line between underground dance and indie cool. Described as “sexy, electronic yet eerie” their brand of “dark pop” has been compared to The Weeknd and Robyn.
Darkwave/Gothic Rock band formed in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1993 by Johannes Berthold. Scarcely another band among the German-speaking Alternative /(Dark)Wave-scene has polarized media and audience within the last eighteen years as much as ILLUMINATE. Either praised up to the skies or torn apart as „Schlager“ (a German derogatory term for bad pop songs) – be that as it may, for the last decade, Jo-hannes Berthold and his band have left their mark on the Dark scene...
Black Books is a 5-piece southern indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas USA at the end of 2010. The band consists of Ross Gilfillan (vocals/drums), Meg Gilfillan (keyboards), Clarke Curtis (keyboards/synths), Kevin Butler (guitar), and Mike Parker (bass). Debut album due Summer 2013.
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There are multiple artists with this name: 1) ROME is a Luxembourgish dark folk/martial act founded in late 2005 as the main output for the songs of Jerome Reuter and was joined by co-producer Patrick Damiani as official member in early 2008. ROME signed to the Swedish label CMI in 2006 to release an EP entitled "Berlin" (June 2006) and the albums "Nera" (November 2006), "Confessions d'un voleur d'ames" (April 2007), "Masse Mensch Material" (March 2008).
There's something tongue-in-cheek about the name Porn Ikebana, creation of Surabayan glum indie pop youngsters, Denis (Bass), Eri (Casiotones, Claves), Giovanni (Drums, Percussion), Andre(Rythm ), Haris (Melody) and Era (Vocal, Lyricist). Having founded just a year ago, they bonded over a love of fancy twee pop and folk, they flirt ideas and different styles of music to see what they can get out of them..
Alphastate is a three-piece angular indie/alternative rock band from London, UK, drawing on the effects-heavy mid-80s 4AD sound with a nod towards contemporaries like Interpol and Bloc Party. Fronted by singer Ani Kempton, with Elliot Dwight on bass and Jonathan Akerman on guitar - and the Alesis SR16 cranking out the galloping, staccato beats.
There are at least 4 Bands with this name. One doesn't seem to want to represent themselves. The other is a solo artist, born Feb.10, 1984, who started making music in 2003 without having any knowledge of how to play his guitar or keyboard. How he has managed to make it this far is just by trial and error...lot's of error. Charleston is also a guitar pop four-piece from Japan. http://www.audioleaf.com/Charleston/ Charleston is also a dark pop trio based in London, UK.
Blaqk Audio is an electronic project from Oakland, United States, created by and consisting of Davey Havok as lyricist and vocalist and Jade Puget writing music and programming synthesizers. Both Jade and Davey are members of the band AFI. Blaqk Audio were signed to Interscope Records, their debut album, CexCells, was released on August 14, 2007. The first single from the album is 'Stiff Kittens', revealed by Jade on the BA myspace blog.