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Today's Elliptical Cinema: The Rise of the Synths. Synthwave doc narrated by John Carpenter and why did it take me so long to stumble across this.

Also: spotted a wild @aaronvehling.com onscreen.

Le Matos' New Album Is Actually Very 'Damn Good' In this review of Le Matos' followup to their 2013 debut album, Join Us, Vehlinggo asserts that the new album is very damn good.

We can all confidently declare that @lematosband.bsky.social's new album is very 'Damn Good.' vehlinggo.com/2026/03/03/l...

Oh yes, it's really quite lovely. #wistfulwave #lematos #montreal

Le Matos' New Album Is Actually Very 'Damn Good' In this review of Le Matos' followup to their 2013 debut album, Join Us, Vehlinggo asserts that the new album is very damn good.

We can all confidently declare that @lematosband.bsky.social's new album is very 'Damn Good.' vehlinggo.com/2026/03/03/l...

Review of the new Le Matos (first in like 13 years) coming Monday, but for now.. some good stuff for ya. Ambient electronic, classic synthwave, modern synth-pop

The List: Coleurs, Eric Angelo Bessel, Cyrille Champagne, Romaance, Monde Ray The latest edition of The List maintains my interest in recommending some variety. This means you’re going to find some French EBM, some cinematic ambient electronic works, and even new synthwave that...

Hot new tunes for you! vehlinggo.com/2026/02/26/c...

The List: Coleurs, Eric Angelo Bessel, Cyrille Champagne, Romaance, Monde Ray The latest edition of The List maintains my interest in recommending some variety. This means you’re going to find some French EBM, some cinematic ambient electronic works, and even new synthwave that...

A nice feature for Coleurs via @aaronvehling.com
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#retrowave #synthwave #newretrowave

Take a break from the BS to read about this blending of two foundational bands for me (and maybe you).

Jeff Schroeder Finds His Inner Magic Ex-Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder discusses joining Chromatics founder Adam Miller's Inner Magic project in this Vehlinggo interview.

Chromatics and Smashing Pumpkins. Not two bands you'd generally include in the same sentence, aside from Aaron listing his fave bands. That is, until now. #chromatics #smashingpumpkins #innermagic vehlinggo.com/2026/02/19/j...

Jeff Schroeder Finds His Inner Magic Ex-Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder discusses joining Chromatics founder Adam Miller's Inner Magic project in this Vehlinggo interview.

Chromatics and Smashing Pumpkins. Not two bands you'd generally include in the same sentence, aside from Aaron listing his fave bands. That is, until now. #chromatics #smashingpumpkins #innermagic vehlinggo.com/2026/02/19/j...

Jeff Schroeder Finds His Inner Magic Ex-Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder discusses joining Chromatics founder Adam Miller's Inner Magic project in this Vehlinggo interview.

ICYMI: Where the Pumpkins meet Chromatics, an interview with Jeff Schroeder about his new project with Adam Miller. They bonded over a shared love of guitarists like Michael Rother and Vini Reilly. #chromatics #smashingpumpkins #innermagic vehlinggo.com/2026/02/19/j...

Inner Magic is a merging of the worlds of Chromatics and The Smashing Pumpkins, and they have a new single with Ruth Radelet out today. Also, there's this interview I did with Schroeder!

Ruth sings on the new single, too, btw

The single is actually on Spotify now, if you want to hear it and don't care about Bandcamp, where it also is.

Schroeder was in SP for nearly 20 years. Miller founded Chromatics. Together, they're Inner Magic. Today, Schroeder talks with Vehlinggo about their new collab, his SP past, and even Frippertronics.

The List: Mr. Eff, Drum & Lace, Colin Riley, Italo Overdrive Today’s edition of The List is a rich tapestry of emotion and sonics. You will find some familiar names (especially if you’re a longtime Vehlinggoland resident) and some now. Mr. Eff — Meditation For ...

New recommends: Drum & Lace, Mr. Eff, Italo Overdrive, Colin Riley

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The List: Mr. Eff, Drum & Lace, Colin Riley, Italo Overdrive Today’s edition of The List is a rich tapestry of emotion and sonics. You will find some familiar names (especially if you’re a longtime Vehlinggoland resident) and some now. Mr. Eff — Meditation For ...

New recommends: Drum & Lace, Mr. Eff, Italo Overdrive, Colin Riley

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I'm sending this message with no so great news about the support for our upcoming US tour. Due to visa uncertainty, we unfortunately had to make the very hard decision to remove Dreamkid from the line-up. Some of you wondered what happened. We announced him and a day later we took all posts with Dreamkid down. This was by advice from his immigration lawyers. They said it wasn't a good idea to promote him as support when the visa is not approved yet. So we took the posts down. This is out of Dreamkid's (and our) control l, but even though he applied with an expedited process he still doesn't have a visa approval yet. And with our tour approaching fast we had to make this decision. We are very sorry for this. That being said.... We are excited to announce The Bad Dreamers will be supporting us for the entire tour!

If you’re wondering why Dream Kid is no longer supporting Timecop1983 on his American tour. (Via Bandcamp)

I think my favorite piece of media criticism was by James Gandolfini who, asked about the possibility of doing a Sopranos prequel, said, “What, are we gonna wear wigs and girdles? It’ll be like Star Trek.”

Actions have consequences.
In this case, finally!

The List: Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, Traitrs The List is loaded with a blast of sonic bliss today. You’re going to experience some psychedelia, a little dreaminess, a dash of the experimental, and a splash of darkness. Just another Friday. Bayon...

Good stuff right here. Feat. music by Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, and Traitrs. vehlinggo.com/2026/02/13/b...

The List: Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, Traitrs The List is loaded with a blast of sonic bliss today. You’re going to experience some psychedelia, a little dreaminess, a dash of the experimental, and a splash of darkness. Just another Friday. Bayon...

Good stuff right here. Feat. music by Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, and Traitrs. vehlinggo.com/2026/02/13/b...

A wide horizon shot from POLTERGEIST (1982) of two men standing outside a graveyard

This shot alone should've enshrined Tobe Hooper as one of mainstream American cinema's most dynamic visual directors.

These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.

Vaperwave www.wired.com/story/hacker...

The List: Fiona Joy Hawkins, Color Theory, Tomo Akky, Allix, EM_LEN, Ice Island, Neural Pantheon What’s this? Another list already? What am I, prolific? (Very much not. This very clearly isn’t 2019.) Nevertheless, these five offerings are engaging releases that are quite worth your time. I went w...

Latest edition of The List is up! went kind of all over the place with the genres, but it's a fun time. vehlinggo.com/2026/02/06/h...

The List: Fiona Joy Hawkins, Color Theory, Tomo Akky, Allix, EM_LEN, Ice Island, Neural Pantheon What’s this? Another list already? What am I, prolific? (Very much not. This very clearly isn’t 2019.) Nevertheless, these five offerings are engaging releases that are quite worth your time. I went w...

Latest edition of The List is up! went kind of all over the place with the genres, but it's a fun time. vehlinggo.com/2026/02/06/h...

Get on it!

Synthwave List: New Arcades, Magnavolt & Megan McDuffee, MEGAS & Krosia, Sandor Gavin and jacket., Polar Baron, Edward Grant I’ve decided to do a version of The List for the Synthwave.net section of Vehlinggo. I went with some bigger names and balanced those out with a few lesser-known artists that are worth your time. Ther...

Hot new #synthwave recommends for you, feat. the music of New Arcades, Magnavolt & Megan McDuffee, MEGAS & Krosia (Lofi Girl comp), @sandorgavin.bsky.social & Jacket, Polar Baron, Edward Grant. Good stuff all around.

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RIP James Sallis, author of the novel Drive that was later adapted into the film. He died Jan. 27.