From Austin, Texas, deep behind enemy lines, comes this single from SINE. This is the first self-produced offering from the project of former base brat, Rona Rougeheart. It is a grinding, breathy track with a touch of industrial camp.
Erik Ã…ngman returns with a single from the forthcoming 20Hz album. “Every Shadow Has a Tale to Tell” is a collaboration with Louise and Peter Marchione from the amazing Swedish act, Thermostatic. It is also an atmospheric pop track destined for your Bali beach bar playlist.
The fabulous Canucks, Actors, return with a smashing track influenced by Pete Shelley’s “Homosapien.” The Americans might have the edge at ice hockey, but they don’t have any acts this sharp in the post-punk game.
The leftfield pop project, Rohn‑Lederman, brings together two artists from different corners of the dark electronic world.
Emileigh Rohn is a Detroit-based vocalist, songwriter and producer best known for her long‑running project, Chiasm, for which she crafts intimate, industrial‑leaning electronic songs. Rohn’s work tends to fold personal – often anxious – lyricism into sparse, moody arrangements, giving her voice a confessional, slightly haunted presence.
Jean‑Marc Lederman, by contrast, is a Belgian composer and producer with decades of work in European alternative and electronic music. His experience ranges from acts like Fad Gadget, The Weathermen and Kid Montana to ambient and soundtrack‑style projects. Where Rohn’s background mostly is solo writing and production, Lederman’s is rooted in shifting collaborations, sound design, and sweeping vistas summoned through synths and programming.
The duo’s new album, Volcano, trades the duo’s usual synthetic shimmer for something rougher around the edges. Across its 12 tracks, you can hear them leaning into a more cathartic register, framing Rohn’s vocal intensity with guitars that snarl rather than simply decorate. Earlier releases like Venus Chariot and Forbidden Planet often felt like intricate electronic architecture – loaded with industrial pulses, cinematic synths, and controlled atmospherics. Volcano, by contrast, feels more like a pressure valve being released.
The lead single, “Paper Plane,” sets the tone. Rohn’s voice is almost a whisper as she shares the news that she is a toy boat. The instrumentation is stripped back and creates space for her story to unfold.
The guitar‑influenced arrangements blur the line between electro project and alt‑guitar band in a way similar to Frank Tovey’s mid-career shift towards stringed instruments. Our favourite track is – perhaps ironically but also predictably – the most synth-oriented. “To Greener Grass” is simple in its structure but endearing in its tone.
If earlier Rohn‑Lederman recordings invited you to ease into their world, Volcano is more direct. It’s not their sleekest album, but that’s rather the point – in many ways, it’s their most human.
Volcano is released on 6 March 2026.
Sheffield’s industrial pioneers are packing up their pedals, tape-loops, and sequencers. Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson have confirmed a live album, But What Time Is It Really?, will be released by Cabaret Voltaire on 24 April 2026 via Memetune.
The recordings are drawn from last year’s sold-out 50th anniversary UK run of dates. The track listing hauls through the expected canon – “Nag Nag Nag,” “Sensoria,” “Crackdown” – plus a new live piece, “Tinsley Viaduct.” Long-time Mal collaborator, Benge, engineered and mixed the album. The late Richard H. Kirk is present in spirit.
The accompanying tour spans North America in May and September, Europe through June, and a final UK run in October with Gazelle Twin in support, closing in Sheffield. Mallinder and Watson have confirmed there will be no further studio recordings under the Cabaret Voltaire name.
The band began in 1973 and had a varied career, ranging from dadaist experiments to futuristic techno. Watson left in 1981 to work in broadcast media. Mal departed in 1994 to pursue an academic career in Australia. Kirk kept the name alive until his untimely death in 2021. Watson and Mallinder reconnected in 2025, and the current tour is the final lap for one of Britain’s most influential acts.
Cabaret Voltaire – 2026 Tour Dates
March 2026 – Europe
1. March 6, 2026 – Elevate Festival, Graz, Austria
May 2026 – North America
2. May 4, 2026 – Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
3. May 6, 2026 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
4. May 8, 2026 – Roseland Theater, Portland, OR, United States
5. May 10, 2026 – Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO, United States
6. May 12, 2026 – The Bellwether, Los Angeles, CA, United States
7. May 15, 2026 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, United States
June 2026 – Europe Continued
8. June 2, 2026 – silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
9. June 5, 2026 – Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France
10. June 13, 2026 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
11. June 19, 2026 – Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
October 2026 – UK & Ireland Final Tour
12. October 7, 2026 – The Academy, Dublin, Ireland
13. October 8, 2026 – The Limelight 1, Belfast, UK
14. October 10, 2026 – Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
15. October 11, 2026 – Arts Club Liverpool – Theatre, UK
16. October 13, 2026 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
17. October 14, 2026 – The Globe, Cardiff, UK
18. October 15, 2026 – Bath Forum, Bath, UK
19. October 17, 2026 – Boiler Shop (w/ Gazelle Twin), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
20. October 18, 2026 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
21. October 19, 2026 – Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
22. October 21, 2026 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, UK
23. October 22, 2026 – Roundhouse, London, UK
Latvian-born Victoria Nordmann offers Italo-influenced pop to lift your spirits in the gloom of winter:
The sun is on my face
I‘m in a happy place
My heart is beating fast
This joy is made to last
Pelotone, the project of Josefine Lärkstierna, returns with a collection of remixes from her 2025 debut EP, Nära [EN: Close].
Nära Remixed opens with a retooled version of “Rädsla” [EN: “Fear”], crafted by SYSTEMatisk. The original has acquired a bass line that resembles Depeche Mode’s “The Sun & The Rainfall.” It has also yielded some of the intensity that provoked feelings of anxiety in the track’s synthetic pulse. The result is a more pop-oriented approach.
“Närmre” [EN: “Closer”] gets a fresh gloss from lost bit, who finds a deep lounge angle that will be perfect for the chill-out room in your quinzhee.
“Svarta Ögon” [EN: “Black Eyes”] is worked over by Majestoluxe (aka Conny Fornbäck) with what seems to be the ghost of Executive Slacks.
Celldöd (aka Anders Karlsson) takes the reins for “Havet” [EN: “The Sea”]; amping up the tension and exposing the vocals like the brickwork of a warehouse.
Nano Ona (aka Erika Axmark) plays with “Sommaräng.” Pelotone recently returned the favour on the Nano Ona track, “Diamond Dust.” The entire EP has the vibe of an exchange conceived at the Stockholm club, Synth After Work, and it represents the cross-pollination that comes from having so many talented artists in close proximity to each other.
Not a million Swedish miles from the sound of Fever Ray, this. Nano Ona‘s “Diamond Dust” gets the remix treatment from Pelotone.
The original is found on the post-Covid album, Now, Not Later. Pelotone adds vocals to the original and takes it into an even icier, bleaker landscape. Frostier than the Judderman after a sip of Metz.
This is not a love song. Hana Piranha are back with a view of romance through a cracked mirror. Hold the wilted flowers and melted chocolates – Dogtablet are on the scene to administer electro-industrial aid.
The Swedish duo, Ankomst, give their own spin to the Kent classic, “Hjärta” [EN: “Heart”]. The song was written to give succor to missing persons and the relatives left behind. Ankomst performed it at Kentfest, a 2026 event in Gothenburg, and quickly issued it as a single.
Jenny Palmé’s vocals are strong here, while Mikael Lastin’s electro,instrumentation puts a poptronica twist on the original.
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