Red-on-black alarm-clock digits anticipated Chromatics’ arrival on the Park West stage Friday night. The stark aesthetic of that introductory “Tick of the Clock” mirrored the strangely ...

Sometimes it’s better just to move on. Chromatics‘ Johnny Jewel was apparently all set to release Dear Tommy, the group’s follow-up to 2012’s Kill for Love, back in 2015 but, the story goes, he ...

Chromatics at Radio City last month (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Chromatics have also released a drumless version of Kill For Love. Here’s what Johnny Jewel told Pitchfork about the album: It’s ...

This week's New Sounds also features Tom Petty, Stephen Malkmus, and Foals. To ignite the hype, they’ve also dropped a new song titled “Time Rider” that finds vocalist Ruth Radelet riding on a ...

Synth-pop stylists Chromatics are breaking up, three of the four members announced on Instagram. “After a long period of reflection, the three of us have made the difficult decision to end Chromatics, ...

At the end of the decade, the shadow left by Chromatics’ inimitable output feels hard to overstate. The trio’s widescreen, darkly-lit brand of Italo disco has lingered, influencing everyone from ...

It’s a curious choice to open a double album of electro-pop with a Neil Young cover, but as Chromatics’ Ruth Radelet sings, “There’s more to the picture than meets the eye.” Kill for Love, the ...

Chromatics became one of the more revered electronic/synth-pop groups of the 2000s thanks to their 2007 album Night Drive, and subsequent releases have also earned critical acclaim. Now, though, the ...

Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller and Nat Walker have announced that their band, Chromatics, are no more. The band, which was formed in 2001, released 10 albums since their formation. Their most recent ...

According to producer Johnny Jewel, “Music is medicine.” Or at least that’s what the sparse statement that came with the band’s surprise release says. On Tuesday at midnight, Chromatics unveiled ...

Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on Email Share on Bluesky Five years later, Kill For Love took that nocturnal sound and made it more accessible and epic in turn. The latter could not have ...

Ruth Radelet—formerly of Chromatics—has announced her debut solo EP, The Other Side, with a video for her new single “Stranger.” The five-track EP is due out October 7. Check out the album art, ...