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Pink Stiletto

Pink Stiletto is a San Francisco-based analogue synth-driven project fusing 80s New Wave, Italo Disco, Post-Punk and early EBM aesthetics with bilingual lyrics and a seductive, magnetic edge. Fronted by Valery Kvochkova, the project channels the eccentric energy of ZE Records and Eastern Bloc disco, merging glamor, grit, and bold experimentation of European electronica. Featured on "Metro Subterranean" a Compilation 12inch release on Hyperspace Communications and Dark Entries followed by sold-out shows with members of The Units, Tuxedomoon, and Los Microwaves, earning praise as one of San Francisco's most exciting new acts, with a European tour ahead and new music in the works.

Dead Finks

Dead Finks, the long-running "post-punk" project based out of Berlin, are on their way back with a fourth record, one that maintains their trademark blend of hysterical cynicism and strident earnestness. Their unique position on the spectrum between sarcasm and sincerity has, for a while now, gained them scraps of attention within the underground. They carve an odd niche in their home city especially; Berlin isn’t known these days for guitar-driven music, and at its worst, the city often feels like it can’t decide whether it’s a giant club, a dysfunctional commune, or a content farm for a venture-capital-backed start-up.

But the Finks are nothing if not tenacious, and forging ahead for an unlikely fourth time has resulted in their strongest and most accessible work to date; New Plastik Abyss, an album teeming with ideas and bristling with a nervy, colourful confidence.

The propulsive, often abrasive sound of their previous records has been tempered somewhat by shimmering guitars, hyper-melodic vocal lines and an increased emphasis on clarity and dynamics that absorbs classic pop songwriting, shoegazy textures and avant garde art-music into their canon.

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