Ministry’s Seattle performance was more than a nostalgic trip; it was a vital resurrection. By fearlessly embracing and powerfully re-contextualizing their synth-pop roots, Jourgensen and crew delivered a night of immense fun, cathartic energy, and undeniable relevance.

Ministry • My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult • Die KruppsShowbox SoDo, Seattle WA, 28 May.2025Photos by John Donovan Malley

It all could have turned into incredible musical chaos, but instead, the band on a whole are able to keep in sensible and musically tight, bringing that fresh air to some old (and not so old) musical concepts. Nostalgia with a twist.

(Photo by Lindsay Wallace)   SPECTRES | Facebook Instagram   Vancouver-based post-punk band SPECTRES are set to release a new album titled Nostalgia via Artoffact Records on March 13th. Today we are excited to stream the album in it …

Anvil Strykez takes the listener on a neon-lit synthwave journey into the kind of sinister metropolis that once seemed like the grim future that awaited us all. The album isn’t purely an exercise in nostalgia; but its perfectly realised universe may appeal most strongly to those who have felt its appeal before.

A welcome journey with adventurous melody, rich creativity and varied sonic palette. Nostalgia is the most balanced, most immersive and most rewarding release from Ovum yet. If you enjoy instrumental post-rock/post-metal or metal, then please give this a listen. By Dave Guzda

There’s no getting away from it. One quick flick through the gig guides of any music magazine throws them up. You know what I’m on about…reunion tours and worse still, classic album shows. Every week another old hero of the pop chart dusts of his or he …