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New EP Shapes is Out October 17th via PaperCup Music
Aug 29, 2025
By Caleb Campbell
NYC-based musician Ian Jacobs last released music under his Monograms alias in 2023, following his 2021 album, Floors and Ceilings, with his latest full-length LP, A Fine Commitment. That record offered another taste of Jacob’s corroded ‘Nuke-Wave’ style, blending hints of industrial, dance, new wave, and post punk into a propulsive and acrid mix. More
New LP A Fine Commitment Out June 16th via PaperCup Music
May 23, 2023
By Caleb Campbell
Since 2017, Brooklyn-based artist Ian Jacobs has been a prolific creative force under the name Monograms, creating a caustic take on the sounds of ‘80s new wave. Fans last got a taste of his ‘Nuke Wave’ style in 2021 with his fourth full-length record, Floors and Ceilings, and later this year he is set to return with another new record, A Fine Commitment, out June 16th via PaperCup Music. More
New Live-to-Vinyl Single Out Now
Jan 20, 2022
By Caleb Campbell
Brooklyn artist Ian Jacobs has been making music under the Monograms moniker since 2017. In that time the project has ascended from bedroom-recording beginnings to fractured studio creations, with Jacobs crafting a dark and distorted reinvention of synthwave and post punk he has coined “nuke wave.” Fans heard from Jacobs last year with his EP, Floors and Ceilings, and this year he has returned with a new live in-studio session recording of “American Dreamz.” More
