Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips

Truro Cathedral, Cornwall UK photo by Umbugnet
- Kansas City‘s dark post punk foursome Emmaline Twist ”Starcrossed” from the vinyl album ”Dissimulation” out on Black Site
- Greek ambient / darkwave / coldwave / minimal wave artist and one half of Paradox Obscur, Kriistal Ann “Touched on the Raw” title-track of the upcoming album out October 23, 2018
- Athens, Greece experimental dystopian synth-punk OΔOΣ 55 ‘Αθήνα.’ (demo)
- Croatian synth electronic musician (previously Narrow, Umrijeti za strojem, I/II, Split Personalities) from Zagreb, Iv/An “Prolaz kroz H/A Walk Through H” Recorded in The Room, during 2017 from the sporadic 7″ single edition on Vinylograph.
- Palmira, Colombia minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Wo Ist Der Tod, Ich Bin” (Navel Records 2018)
- French coldwave / post-punk duo FOLLOW ME NOT ”We’re Dying” 2-track 7″ single out October 8, 2018 on Unknown Pleasures
- Santa Monica, CA lo-fi / goth / drone / post-punk / electronic artist Bleak Presence “Improvisation #1”
- Los Angeles, CA electronic / dream pop / darkwave / synthwave solo project by Ex Nihilo We Come, Christian Chico, TRAVESTY CHILD “Dream’s Keep” from debut EP “Lineage of Hurt”
- Spanish shoegaze / darkwave one man band OSCURIDAD ROMÁNTICO “I Had Two (But Now I Got Only One)”
- London/Liverpool, UK dark minimal synth electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “In The Strangled Air”
- Swiss dark synth / darkwave / synthpop solo project from St.Gallen, Carlo Onda “dear Old Friend”
- Australian minimalistic darkwave / synthwave duo from Melbourne, Activities of Daily Living “Space” lead single from forthcoming four-track EP on Tender Collection
- Santiago, Chile cold wave / dreampop / darkgaze project Dead Serpent “Lost” from the 2-track single “Flames”
- Albany, New York shoegaze / gothic rock / trip hop / darkwave project of engineer, producer, and songwriter VELLOCINATE “Uninvited (feat. Hayley Cody)” from the new album “Shadows”
- Melbourne based bratwave duo (formerly Heat Wave) featuring Kalindy Williams and Kurt Eckardt, Hearts and Rockets “Hearts and Rockets” theme song of the band Hearts and Rockets.
- Minimal darkwave / industrial / synthwave project of Israel native Oren Filosof Cohen, Rawmouth – “Never Know”
- Louisville, Kentucky post country / goth-folk / dark Americana 5-piece MURDER BY DEATH “True Dark” from the 6th album “The Other Shore”
- Denver-based post-punk / goth-rock band Married a Dead Man “Spywerks” from the new album “Haunt”
- French industrial / post punk / no wave duo of Federico Iovino (Popoï sdioh) + Sabatel (Cheshire cat) from Lille, DEAR DEER “Disco-discord” from the upcoming album “Chew-chew” on SwissDarkNights Label
- Oakland, CA dreamdoom / dark folk duo CALLOW “Always About The Ones Who Have It All” from the forthcoming LP “Mothdust”
- South London synth-pop / darkwave / gothic rock duo NEON TZIGANE “When Hell Freezes Over” debut single
- Greek ambient / dark electronic project of Rena Rasouli, aka VENUS VOLCANISM “O Καύκος (The Dream)”
- Los Angeles, CA electronic / synth-punk duo PELTS “Sex with Strangers” from the debut album “They Say”
- Sidney, Australia based dystopian synth music duo of Robert Monk and Alberto Martinez, aka ECHO RESCUE “We’re Closing In” debut single
- England, UK lo-fi / noise-rock / post-punk duo DON’T TRY “Losing Out Again” from debut EP “Elvis Is Dead” via Buzzhowl Records.
- Russian coldwave / dark shoegaze solo project from Moscow, MONOWAVE “Flowers of Death”
- German electro-pop duo !distain “Synth Pop Boy” new single from the upcoming album “Farewell To The Past”
- Belgian experimental post-punk 4-piece EL YUNQUE “Googol” from the forthcoming third album “O Hi Mark” on Sentimental
- Barcelona, Spain minimal electronics / synthpop duo of Wladyslaw Trejo & Lunademayo, SLOVENSKA TELEVIZA “Es el Ordenador” from upcoming ltd. 5-track one side 12″ EP “Documento” on Peripheral Minimal
- US–Swiss post-punk / minimal synth duo formed by Seth Sutton (Useless Eaters, Life Trap) and Lise Sutter (Maraudeur, The Staches), COCTEAU LATEX “Téléportation” from their first 6-track 12″ EP “Décadanse” on Waving Hands Records
- Russian post-punk solo project of Makar Kartashev from Vyborg, FADEDGE “What Love Endures” from the EP “Is No Response A Response?”
- French synth-pop / new wave duo VESTALE VESTALE & RAY BORNEO – “Les soirs de pluie” from the forthcoming album “Pour Adultes et Adolescents” out October 15, 2018 on Petrol Chips
- Boston, Massachusetts goth / dark punk / post-punk 4-piece Sisters of Shaddowwe “Beckoner” from Sisters of Shaddowwe’s ”81” (Official Release)
- Indianapolis‘ goth rock / darkwave / post-punk outfit ANGEL-MAKER “Breathlessness” from “DEMO 2018” 4-track cassette
- Redlands, CA new wave / synth-punk outfit Obscurity Stunt “Surveillance” from new single “Surveillance / Emergency Action Notification #1” on Weatnu Records
- Berlin based shoegaze / synth post-punk trio XTR HUMAN “Disturbia” from upcoming new EP “Reflections” out September 7 on Blackjack Illuminist Records
- Eskilstuna‘s electronic dream pop / synth-pop project of Swedish musician/producer Stefan Eriksson, Sister Electra • “When Romance Dies (feat. Helm)” from the new album “Beautiful Music For A Sad World”
- Freiburg, Germany synth-wave / darkwave project by Nogood Luna and Björn Peng, aka Totengeläut “Ashes” from upcoming album “Aleppo” out November 2, 2018
- French/Belgian dark electro-pop / new wave artist SIMI NAH “Amnésie” from the new 4th album “La Terre est Noire” on Why2k Music / Wool-E-Discs
- Berlin-based heavy proto-punk / post punk trio led by Swedish guitarist Linnéa Olsson (ex-The Oath, ex-Grave Pleasures, Sonic Ritual), MAGGOT HEART “The Killing Hand” from the debut album “Dusk To Dusk” on Teratology Sound & Vision
- Bogotà, Colombia kraut / darkwave / shoegaze / post-punk trio AZAR PARALELO “Lucero Underground” title track of the 2-track debut EP
- Icelandic experimental-punk band Hórmónar “Költ” from the debut LP “Nanananabúbú”
- Salt Lake City, Utah based coldwave / post-punk / darkwave project of Tyler, aka GLUME “Grave Dance” from the new EP “Redefined Displeasures”
- San Francisco, CA primitive post-punk trio LOWER SELF “Desire” from the s/t debut album
- Los Angeles‘ coldwave / post punk band Warsaw Pact “5/29” (Demo)
- Berlin based electronic / darkwave / post punk / shoegaze artist VLIMMER “Minusgrade” from the upcoming new EP “Angststand” on Repartiseraren
- Greek ambient / darkwave / coldwave / minimal wave artist and one half of Paradox Obscur, Kriistal Ann “Black Art” title-track of the upcoming album out October 23, 2018
- UK post punk / darkwave splinter project by Klaus Devore from Nottingham, CLAUSTRAPHOBIA “…So many years” (demo without vocals)
- Ukrainian indie post punk trio from Kiev, Small Depo “Был Замечен (feat. Курган)” from the forthcoming album “ДЕБИЛЬНЫЙ”
- Hamburg, Germany synthpop project of Frank Heiner, aka CABARET BIZARRE “The Darkroom”
- Riverside, CA darkwave / synth-pop solo project VOID LUST “Velvet Flesh” from debut demo EP “Delirium”
- Los Angeles based new wave / darkwave / electro-pop project of Carlo Mancia, MortalBoy “Flesh Suit”
- Dnipro, Ukraine synthpop act Kurs Valüt “Shkala”
- New Orleans, Louisiana based coldwave / minimal electronics / minimal synth project of Kelby Clark of Divorce Ring, MATERIAL BODY “Systeme Defectueux” from the upcoming cassette compilation “DKA Tape Programme Vol. II” on DKA Records
- Pomorskie, Poland coldwave / post-punk band Made in Poland “Ku swietlanej” from the forthcoming album “Kult” via Antena Krzyku
- Copenhagen, Denmark Post Punk / New Wave 5-piece BOUNDARIES “Always A Way” new single
- Norwich, UK new wave / synth-pop trio Argan & The Demi Waves “Oasis Lunchbox” from the debut s/t album
- San Francisco, CA synth-pop collaboration The Razor Skyline and Soil & Eclipse “Sea of Change”
- Portland, OR darkwave / post-punk / synth-pop duo VARI VICE “Teeth” from debut EP “What Reality Will They Use Over You?”
- Berlin based post-punk 4-piece featuring members of garage punks Useless Eaters and Dry Erase, EXIT GROUP “Plastic Coffin” from debut album “Adverse Habitat” out October 12 on Castle Face Records

Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral