by Stephan Boissonneault

There isn’t enough goth-led music nowadays, so when an absolute heater of darkness comes out of nowhere, it’s time to bend the knee and kiss the ring. Combining a web of industrial chaos and a palette of screechy death rock sermons, Dermabrasion is a duo from Toronto who knew their self-assigned mission well; create a thematic, noisy candelabra of a concept album that draws from the bizarro world of the macabre. Dig out the all-black outfit I know you own, slap on some thick eye shadow and mascara, throw on Pain Behaviour, and go haunt some graveyards.

By Cam Delisle

Just in time for her L.A. Pride debut, the alt-popstar drops the visual for “Versed”—a sweaty anthem that pulses with desire.