It’s that season again where one year ends as another begins and we all tend to look back on our reflections in the passage of time. Torched Magazine/ Torched Music has grown exponentially, again, this past year to places that we’ve never dreamed of. The highlight of 2021 for us was pulling off two epic back to back DJ events at St Felix in Hollywood (Darkness In Hollywood) with only a small window of time, due to COVID conditions. The events hosted the amazing and legendary talents of John Fryer (This Mortal Coil, Black Needle Noise), Mark Gemini Thwaite (Peter Murphy, The Mission), Roy Mayorga (Ministry), Ashley Bad (Lords Of Acid), DJ Nocturna (Mod Snap, KTUH HI), Brian Hodges (The Blue Hour), Azam Ali (Peter Murphy), Skum Love (Schecter, SkumLove), Anjela Piccard (Black Needle Noise), and DJ Robin (Club Twitch). There are several big projects on the burner for 2022 that we look forward to announcing soon!
With this being said.. Sandi, Liane, Jen and I, along with the entire Torched team, would like to thank everyone for your support this past year and wish you all the very best for a happy, healthy and prosperous future! And without further ado.. here’s our TOP PICKS FOR 2021!!!.. And in no particular order, we love you all the same! Happy New Year Everyone!!! Cheers!
The Dark Flowers – Death Valley 69 Ft David J With Char
The Awakening – A Victory Of Love
Black Needle Noise – Machine with Attasalina
The Jazz Butcher – Time
MOAT – Helpless You
Robert Levon Been – Arise Sun
Beauty In Chaos – Orion Ft Whitney Tai
Clan Of Xymox – Lockdown
Cheb i Sabbah & Peter Murphy ft. Azam Ali – Keep Coming Back
Space Summit – Life This Way (Ft Marty Willson-Piper)
Saintfield – Into The World
Automatic – Highway (Kevin Haskins Dub Remix)
Pieter Nooten – Marselle Hodges – Fade Away
Maheekats – The Swans
Ashley Bad – Deadly ft Mark Gemini Thwaite
The Black Watch – Now & Then
Dr. Strangefryer – Frankenstein
Sun Atoms – The Cat’s Eye ft Alex Maas
Then Comes Silence – When You’re Gone
Veda Rays – Dissonance
LoneStation – Blue Giant – KWM remix
Chiasm – Noise ft John Fryer
Frontline Assembly – Alone
Twin Tribes – The River (feat. Skeleton Hands) (Skeleton Hands Remix)
Ministry – Search And Destroy
Skumlove – The Dark
The Blue Hour – Wheel & Web
Attrition – The Alibi
Julian Shah-Tayler – The Devil Knows ft David J
Cinthya Hussey – My Love Is A Ghost Town (Julian Shah-Tayler Spooky Remix)
Mickey Dolenz (Dolenz Sings Nesmith) – Tapioca Tundra
The Alarm – History Repeating
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Don’t Forget Love
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