10 Modern New Wave & Synthpop Artists

[@Accumortis]

I absolutely love Boy Harsher. They're such a great example of a project that seamlessly blends the sounds of multiple music scenes. From the more electronic, atmospheric elements of darkwave, to early minimalwave/coldwave-style analogue synth melodies, EBM/minimal techno/new beat basslines, and other elements of dark music styles... It's all awesome work so far. I missed them when they came through my area as well! Super disappointing, but I'm hoping they'll be back again.

[@withsapphires]

i saw boy harsher last year, good sound and great show!

[@AbstractCatsMedia]

Great channel! Ritual Veil, really stand out with a unique sound. The others are good, but a bit to divertive of the 80s/90s. As someone who was going into my teens around 1981 I really loved find the sounds of punk, post punk, newwave and synth wave. At 53 I still love this music and finding new bands doing this! Also, so many of the current Indiepop/dream pop bands are just amazing and have an amazing evolution of the indiepop of the late 80s and 90s like Alvvays, Mac Demarco, Arial Pink, Johnnathan Bree, Charley Bliss etc. I really wish the current synthpop/ goth pop bands would add more of there own touches. Over all very very good stuff in the mix :)

[@DN-fs2kb]

I love boy harsher, it was actually the first band that got me into this music!

[@bloodangel7731]

Love your videos and will check out the bands in the video

[@beccab2151]

You should do an "intro to goth music" video. As a newer goth I've felt overwhelmed by the amount of music before and confused by the music labeled goth that wasn't goth.

[@CadaverKelly]

Thank you for watching! 😊 I have two videos like this you may want to check out! One covers a short history of how the music evolved and the other explains a few of the subgenres and the sounds that go into them. Here they are: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZDNlWmmg95orsk kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWWTpXpqlpmhh5Y

[@TheSafetyWord]

Wow this was an amazing list of artists and very informative. I think I just found about 5 new favourite BANDS!! thanks so much

[@djmaus7909]

Thank you for making this list!

[@johnshaw1327]

Well done Kelly! I love it when you do lists like this.

[@shannonfairywalker2466]

ooh this is just what I needed as I've been in a new wave and Synth-pop mood recently! Thanks :)

[@arminrist4043]

Shannon Hammit from actors did some solo songs wich are brilliant she is called Leathers. She is also a very talented tattoo artist.

[@ianjohnson9077]

Thank you for sharing these bands. I love synthpop and I look forward to checking these out as I was unfamiliar with most of them. Judging by your list, you may enjoy some other modern synthpop bands like Drab Majesty, Hearts of Black Science, Zynic, and TR/ST. Have a great day. Cheers!

[@richrichie7386]

I enjoyed this!!! Thank you again! 👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤

[@danielgeiger7739]

Thanks for those pointers. Only knew Actors (like the same album) and also totally dig Boy Harsher, which I did see live in Portland (unfortunately with very poor sound). Schwarzer Sand [= Black Sand] Trauermarsch [Funeral March] is very NDW [Neue Deutsche Welle, New German Wave], like Andreas Dorau und die Marinas with his cult "Fred von Jupiter" or Falco. New exponent of that style is Konstantin Unwohl. The German lyrics are frequently very tongue in cheek, chuckle funny, but it gets lost in translation. Sorry! Bought Ritual Veil, so thanks for that recommendation! Some recent synth pop I like include Bara Hari's Pandora's Box, Velvet Velour's Pleiades, Love Spells' Lua Azul, and Vore Aurora's Eidolon.

[@AnthroFiend]

Thank you for these videos! I always love some good synth work, regardless of genre, but I've been behind on the synthpoppy side of newer music!

[@lil_weasel219]

There are so many others. NNHMN's album shadow in the dark, Sexual Purity's 2021 stuff, Terror Forms, S Y Z Y G Y X, buzz kull, minuit machine/hante, sydney vallette, etc. Fragrance's song So Typical is also very good. they are all so good.

[@pitersalvatore6077]

I discovered Boy Harsher and Korine by listening to goth playlists on KZbin. They are awesome, I love "Uncrossed" from Korine and "Lost" from Boy Harsher. 🖤

[@DopamineOverload]

Might I suggest a brilliant band you didn't mention: Soviet. Hardly anyone knows them.... but as far as the rebirth of synthpop, they've gotta be recognized, with their 2001 album We Are Eyes, We Are Builders. Great stuff. Additionally (even though they broke up)-- Blacklist (former members of Antarctica and National Skyline). Really dope. They haven't been active in a while but they had an awesome EP almost 15 years ago. Great video and channel, btw! Subbed.

[@CadaverKelly]

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check them out

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Before the video I got an ad for a home spray tan machine. 🤣🤣👌

[@-RONNIE]

Very good list Kelly 👏👏👏

[@djdave__3819]

Have you done a video diving into Futurepop?

[@jessicalizarraga9160]

Thanks for these recomendations i will check their music out, greetings from Phoenix Az 💜🖤💜🎃

[@BGlasnost]

Great list! Some other bands you might like: Drab Majesty, Cold Cave, Night Drive, Tr/st, Tempers, The KVB

[@lil_weasel219]

i love Always Then by the KVB. Insanely good.

[@BGlasnost]

@@lil_weasel219 me too! They are so good

[@danieledwards4274]

Thanks for this!

[@esma8888]

Boy Harsher 🖤

[@00angeloftheodd]

I love your channel 💓

[@codygross571]

Boy harsher rocks. So does the death comes crawling two albums so far. Bone pixie is someone I found that is ethereal and wave in ways awesome new project for sure

[@edwinakemp8554]

Thank you so much for this. I have been listening to synth pop, new wave, new romantic etc since the 80’s and get so frustrated with modern music. Omg. I’m sounding ANCIENT now! 😂 But I am excited. These bands sound so good!

[@JaspaJestaJensen]

👍🤟

[@StefanOJacare]

Can you tell me the name of the live songs in the video from Korine and ACTORS?

[@aimerlicious]

Edwin Rosen is an unknown Artist that makes very good music. You should definitely check him out

[@SecretSocietyofGoths]

it does suck you didnt get to see boy harsher. i saw them about a year ago in dallas annnddd that night has a really good story

[@AjiLaStrange]

*bookmarks*

[@qlazz]

First. You are hot. Second, I loved your reviews. I have discovered Canal Moon because of you, thank you.

[@qlazz]

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