Way the hell back in 2001, Omaha synth-punks the Faint played one of the most exciting live shows I have ever seen at the Brooklyn venue formerly known as Northsix. (It's the Music Hall Of Williamsburg now.) The Faint were some wild-ass wraiths, throwing themselves all around a stage that had been utterly enveloped in…

A couple months ago, Omaha synth-punk legends the Faint released a new track, "Chameleon Nights," and it turns out that was a precursor to a brand-new album, their first since 2014's Doom Abuse. It's called Egowerk and today the band is sharing a new song from it, "Child Asleep," that also happens to kick off…

Omaha synth-punk were a key part of the early-'00s electroclash wave, and they were also a key part of the early-'00s Saddle Creek wave that also brought us their buddy Bright Eyes. These two waves should've been fundamentally opposed to one another -- moving in opposite directions across the ocean -- and yet there the…

Dance-punk vets the Faint released their first album in nearly six years this past spring, the appropriately titled Doom Abuse. Their new video for “Scapegoat” carries the same vibes as the music, beginning as a claustrophobic basement rave scene that will at random moments accelerate to dizzying fast-motion as quickly as it ...

12 years ago, Omaha synth-punkers the Faint played one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen, so it warms my heart that they’re still whipping out supercharged new wave. The band just released the new album Doom Abuse, and we’ve posted their “Help In The Head” video, as well as their new tracks &...