WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips #3

Valeska Suratt (1916)

  • Gateshead, UK Post-punk / Darkwave / Ambient project of songwriter Esmé Louise Newman, aka PENANCE STARE “Cradlewell (Lacrima)” off of the forthcoming album “Solanaceae” via Crow Versus Crow                          
  • Leeds, UK goth post-punk trio FEHM  “Blue Hour (Nothing Lasts Forever)” from the upcoming debut album.      
  • Graz/Berlin synth post-punk duo IMPOSITION MAN “Promise of Salvation” from the upcoming album “Imposition Man” on Wien’s Cut Surface label.                                                                                                         
  • Madison, Wisconsin electro / new beat / ebm / synth-pop project by Caustic’s Matt Fanale and Null Device’s Eric Oehler, KLACK “Lost Without You” from the new EP “Introducing The 1984 Renault LeCar”                               
  • Synth-pop / darkwave / new wave project from Baltimore, MD, THE NOT “Help” (demo)                                   
  • New York‘s dark electronic / synthwave female artist Bad Penny “Injuries”                                                             
  • Spanish analogue dark synth solo project URCO “Somos”                                                                                   
  • Tallinn, Estonia alt / new wave / post punk band Rainday Station – “A Little Bitter” first single off sophomore album “Bitter” out January 25th                                                                                                                               
  • Phoenix, Arizona-based dark synth-pop trio fronted by Irishman Keith Walker, SNAKE HEART SOCIETY “Wish” new single
  • Swedish post-punk 4-piece from Stockholm, ISOLATED YOUTH “Seasons” from debut EP “Warfare” on Fabrika Records                                                                                                                                                       
  • Berlin based American synth-pop / dream pop artist SOME EMBER “Submerged” title track from the new EP, the companion piece to November’s “Submerging the Sun” LP on Third Coming Records
  • Vermont‘s coldwave / minimal wave / synthpop solo project † Triumphant Race † “When You Turn Your Head”                                                                                                                                                                         
  • Spanish based experimental / industrial / post-punk / electro punk project (Bionihil+Enrique del Castillo aka Las Barbas Indomitas ), aka AMOR ‘3 – 0_1’ from upcoming cassette “Transamorem” via Btx3R/F01101/Exe.   
  • 4-piece post-punk/surf/new wave band from Chicago, IL OVEF OW “Hootie Hottie” from upcoming 7″ EP “Crash The Party” on cassette/vinyl through Midwest Action                                                                                 
  • Istanbul, Turkey coldwave / new wave / synthpop vanguards JAKUZI – ”Şüphe” from upcoming new album ‘’Hata Payı’’ on City Slang     
  • Coldwave / Post Punk / Darkwave / EBM solo project of Lebanon Hanover‘s William Maybelline, QUAL “Cyber Care” title track from the upcoming new EP on Avant! Records                                                                      
  • Croatian synth electronic musician (formerly Narrow, Umrijeti za strojem, I/II, Split Personalities) from Zagreb, Iv/An “Sloboda Kretanja” from upcoming 7″ vinyl single “Sloboda Kretanja b/w Umorna Lica” out February 12 on Fettkakao
  • Berlin, Germany noise post-punk band PIGEON “Ideal” upcoming on this charming man records
  • Brooklyn DIY no-wave / post-punk 4-piece (featuring WALL and local pop band Beverly), PUBLIC PRACTICE “Slow Down” from the limited edition tour flexi disc features a new track by Public Practice, Flasher and Gong Gong via Wharf Cat Records                                                                                                                                   
  • Melbourne, Australia darkwave / synthpop trio Dark Water “Poison” from upcoming debut EP
  • Portsmouth, England indie / new wave / post-punk trio FAKE EMPIRE “Elders” new single     
  • Oakland, CA dark post-punk trio Ötzi “The Ballad of Oiwa” from upcoming 4-track EP “Part Time Punks Session”.
  • Chicago‘s experimental noise / post punk trio made of Jonathan van Herik, Noah Leger and Brian Case of Disappears, FACS “In Time” from the upcoming album “Lifelike”, out March 29th, 2019 via Trouble In Mind Records
  • Swedish synth-pop trio from Gothenburg, Vogon Poetry – “The Upside Down (Maschine Brennt Remix)” from the “The Upside Down” EP                                                                                                                                         
  • Udine, Italy synth wave duo of Daniele Iannacone (keyboards, programming) and Livio Caenazzo (guitars, vocals, programming), Sun’s Spectrum “It Was Like Autumn” from s/t debut mini-album                                     
  • Mexico City darkwave / post-punk project of Luis Grave, GREY SKIES “No Future” from 2-track single “Strangers/No Future”
  • Brazilian goth post punk duo from São Thomé das Letras, Escarlatina Obsessiva – ”Suburban Dogs” from upcoming release “Blossomy Parks”    
  • Columbus, Ohio EBM / Goth / electro industrial one man band 6th Circle “Asmodeus” from new EP “Conjuring” on Squall Recordings
  • Danish new wave/post-punk trio from Copenhagen, The Foreign Resort “Outnumbered” title track from The Foreign Resort’s forthcoming album, out April 5th on Artoffact Records                                                               
  • L.A. based Australian/Iranian Electronic / post-punk / Industrial-Pop duo VOWWS “Structure of Love II feat. Chino Moreno (Renhölder Remix)”                                                                                                                              
  • Montreal, Québec new wave / electro-pop artist RADIANT BABY “Funny Games” from upcoming album “Restless” out February 8, 2019                                                                                             
  • Indianapolis, Indiana coldwave / darkwave / minimal synth act SQUARE HOLLOW “Dividing Line” new second single
  • Portland, OR post-punk 4-piece VISIONS “Another Day” preview from the forthcoming, debut Visions LP on Last Hour Records.                                                                                                                                                   
  • Catalan pop-rock outfit Univers – “L’Home I L’Espasa (Lake Haze ‘Club’ Edit)” from upcoming EP “Matèria Corrupta” on Modern Obscure Music
  • Cologne, Germany electronic / synth-pop / analogue synth duo TILLY ELECTRONICS “Das ist Tilly Electronics” from new EP “Kleidung find ich gut”                                                                                                                         
  • French post punk band from Nancy, JOY/DISASTER “Extinction” from the new album “ÆTERNUM” out now on Icy Cold Records                                                                                                                                                 
  • Nashville‘s electronic / post-punk / synthpop band FUTURE UNLIMITED “Falling” new single on Tragic Fashion Records                                                                                                           
  • Brooklyn, New York noise / goth / post-punk 5-piece Grim Streaker “A.D.D.” first single off Grim Streaker’s debut LP, due out May 2019.
  • Finnish post-punk / gothic rock band DREAMTIME “Downfall” from the new single “Downfall / Gleaming Sky”
  • Edinburgh, Scotland jangly post-punk 5-piece lead by Perry O’Bray (formerly known as London’s Smooth Dad), BUFFET LUNCH “Do You Like My Trousers” from “The Snail” EP on Permanent Slump                              
  • Los Angeles based gothic rock / post-punk band 13th Sky “Solace” from “The Marching Fire” EP                       
  • French synthpunk / postpunk band from ParisComputerstaat “Radio” from forthcoming album “In The Mad”
  • West Yorkshire, UK new wave / post-punk trio Working Men’s Club “Bad Blood” debut 7″ single “Bad Blood / Suburban Heights” on Melodic Records                                                                                                                      
  • Glasgow, Scotland indie post-punk 5-piece WALT DISCO “My Pop Sensibilities” new single                                   
  • Tallinn, Estonia alt / new wave / post punk band Rainday Station “If” off sophomore album”Bitter” out January 25th                                                                                                                                                               
  • Italian Darkwave/Synthwave entity created by singer-songwriter Ari and Adriano Iacoangeli, guitarist of Echoberyl, aka POLYVERSO “Quiescence” from the new album “Antagonista” on SwissDarkNights Label         
  • Prague, Czechia darkwave / post-punk duo VLCI “Řeka lásky” from debut EP “Únosu”                                         
  • San Francisco based veteran deathrock / post punk four-piece Altar De Fey ”Elisa Lam” from upcoming sophomore album “The Insatiable Desire… For More” out April 1, 2019                                                                 
  • New York darkwave / dark pop / synthpop artist Magal Bell, aka MAGAL “The Missing Ones” new single
  • Spanish Post-Punk/Darkwave duo from Barcelona, VACIO NEGRO “World To End” from the new cassette s/t EP on Richter Scale                                                                                                                                       
  • Lexington, Kentucky darkwave / post-punk band GUIGNOL “Stranger” from the debut album “Ash Land” on SwissDarkNights Label
     
  • Chatsworth, UK born / L.A.-based goth / new wave/post-punk/synthpop one-man band, Mortal Boy “Warrior”                                                                                                                                                                       
  • Oakland, CA electro / post punk project of Marbled Eye‘s Chris Natividad, PUBLIC INTEREST “Epoxy” from the cassette album “Between”     
  • Virginia‘s dark gothic rock solo project SONSOMBRE “In This Fog” (recorded during the “A Funeral For The Sun” sessions. Included as bonus track on the upcoming ‘Post Gothic’ CD release)                                               
  • Athens, Greece one man instrumental experimental/cold synth electronic project BLAKAUT ‘Ψυχική Διαταραχή’ from the album ‘Μαύρο Φως’                                                                                                               
  • Huntington Beach goth / darkwave / post-punk / ‘unpop’ solo project Nick Frisky Xperience “Feeling”
  • Italian darkwave / sadwave new one man project of electronic producer and owner of underground label Eufemia, Religius Order, STRANGERS FOR LOVE “Imagine A Day” (demo)
     
  • Heavy coldwave / darkwave side project of the bass player from the French coldwave band Congrès De Vienne, Brigade De Contrôle “Stalker” from the new EP “Guerre Électronique”                                                                                               
 

Joan Crawford, ‘Mask’, 1928 by Ruth Harriet Louise (1906-1944)