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

• ORACULO RECORDS X ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION // SYNTHS VERSUS ME DJ SET
  

Killer vinyl only 2 hour DJ Set recorded in Barcelona on March 14, 2025 by Catalan artist and Oraculo Records head, Nico Cabañas, a.k.a SYNTHS VERSUS ME, recording/DJ project initially founded together with his sorely missed wife Vanessa (R.I.P), a pioneer of the North-West of Spain’s alternative dark electronic scene since the late 80s.

• Brighton, UK-based Electronic /Post-punk/Coldwave solo project of singer, songwriter, music producer and long-time Antipole collaborator, Paris Alexander “Ride to Heartbreak” single [Blue Door Music Productions]

Deeply heartrending new effort for the British musician that flutters ruthlessly over the perpetual hypnotic drive of a cold drum machine alongside a quick humming, juddering bassline and eerie, forlorn synths, hauntingly swirling above subtly hoarse, hopeless vocals of aching sorrow, obsessively pierced by pain-filled guitar slivers, mourning the loss of an inner battle

• Diadema, Brazil dark synth /post-punk /darkwave act SEX IN THE GRAVE “You And I” single
  

Brazilian gothic duo with possibly one of their best singles so far, ramps up into an unflinching sinister and eerie wormhole of driving beats, ominous humming bass lines, flashing synths, and blazing wailing guitar riffs to achingly reverberate around echoey, spectral vocals casting haunting gusts of wistful regret.

• Boston, MA 4-piece electronic /post-punk /goth rock band Lipsmear “The Death of Light” title track of the debut EP “The Death of Light”
  

Post-punk-stained electro Goth rockers with a groovy and lush yet chilly combination of rattling marching beats, droning undulating basslines, and enveloping wistful synth flows, that coaleshe with creeping and simmering throbbing energy alongside wicked magnetic vocals, delivering an end time prophecy, whilst persuading others to have fun and speed up “The Death of Light.”

• Belfast, Maine goth /darksynth /synthwave /darkwave project Rayne Reznor “A Broken Clock”
  
• Melbourne, Australia solo Darkwave /Post-Punk /Shoegaze musical project of RG Erwin, aka Victorian Darkwave “Isabelle” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia Gothic /Dark Wave /Noir Electronica /Industrial project of composer-engineer & producer Loki Lockwood, aka Velatine “Till Death We Do Art” single
  
• Marseille, France coldwave /post-punk act TSARA “Offline” from the debut “Hollow” EP
  
• New York-based enigmatic New Wave /Post-Punk solo project Postlooperish “Liminal Spaces” from “Liminal Spaces” EP
  
• France post-punk /coldwave solo independent music project Closed Mouth “Read My Mind” single
  
• LA post-punk /goth rock solo project of Justin Warfield from She Wants Revenge, aka WARFIELD – “Fades” single off “Deathrock Devotionals Vol. II” EP [Black Heathers / Cleopatra Records] 
• Bilbao, Spain post-punk /coldwave /synth trio fronted by Txarly Usher of Los Carniceros del Norte, TELARAÑA – “Bajo la niebla” from the EP “Huesos y Dientes” [Crazy Bat Factory Records]
• Los Angeles new wave /darkwave /post-punk band CRUEL REFLECTIONS “Llorando” single [Cold Transmission Music]
• Gold Coast, Australia goth /darkwave/electronic /new wave solo project of multi-media artist Sam Haven, aka KAARST “The Disintegrating Void” single
  
• Berlin-based dark wave /synth-pop /post-punk project of Ukrainian musician and producer Anton Koba, Routine ”Bridges” from the album “Faded Moments” [Artoffact Records]
• Montreal, Quebec-based lo-fi /electronic /minimal synth solo project, ALAN HARMAN “Stasis” off the live EP “Hypochondria of the machine” CD [Stanze Fredde Records]
• Bielefeld, German post-industrial /dark electronic /krankpop sound alchemists Philipp Münch (Synapscape, the Rorschach Garden, Mandelbrot) and Babsi Teichner (the Rorschach Garden, Mandelbrot), aka Philipp R. Münch “Accidental” off the album “Tales from the lower cave” [Ant-Zen]
• Osnabrück, Germany krautrock /kosmische /downtempo /electronic duo Sankt Otten “Doom Town” (The Wipers) from the upcoming bonus cover album “HYMNEN UND HELDEN” [Denovali]
• Mexico analog Cold Wave /Minimal Synth project ESQUELETO OBSOLETO – “Cielo Gris” from V/A – “Futurewave Vol.2” compilation LP [Electrosound]
• Marseille, French Sci-Fi /New Wave /Cold Wave duo of Pierre Pi (Komplex, Position Parallèle) and Éric U0 (Celluloide, Thee Hyphen), aka La Machine “Sutures″ from upcoming “Controle Total” LP [BOREDOMproduct]
• 3-piece kraut-wave band based in Leipzig, Luna Vega “Never Again” from the cassette EP “III” [U-Bac]
• Stockholm-based Anglo-Swedish space dark disco /new wave /retro synth producers and songwriters James Brook (ex Pardon Moi Band) and Josefine Larsson, aka Sex Kino “U-bahn” off upcoming “DEFCON ONE” EP [SOIL Records]
• Halle (Saale), East Germany electro-pop /disco-pop /synthwave duo URSULA “Urbane Rhythmen” from the album “WOHNGEBIET”
  
• Rome, Italy retrofuturistic /kraut /kosmische music /post-punk /analogue synth solo project of The Hand and Mat 101‘s founding member, Ekranoplan “The Mirror Crack’d (featuring Ntendarere Djodji Damas & Charles Rowell)” single with lead vocals by Ntendarere Djodji Damas (Giuda) and guitar by Charles Rowell (Crocodiles & Crush of Souls), from the upcoming album “Seid Bereit”
  
• Victoria St Melbourne post-punk /synth-pop / dark synth music project Double Happiness “Dark Matters” from the album “Derealisation”
  
• German Goth /Synthpop /Post-punk /Darkwave duo urbandoned. “Ricochet” single
  
• Sacramento, CA Goth /Wave /Synth-Pop /Post-punk band Creux Lies “Apocalypto” single
  
• Portugal electro /darkwave project RAISED BY WOLVES “Obscure Feat. SU EKO” debut single
  
• New York-based EBM /dark electronic /electro-pop /synth-punk music-art-multi media collective led by Rhoya, aka Unboned “Armour of Pain” off upcoming “Rosa” EP [META MOTO]
• Vancouver/Toronto, Canadian dark wave /post-punk /synth-pop collaboration between Stephane Coderre and Paul Bazinet, aka PA/ST “Smile” from “Delusion” EP
  
• Swedish dark electronic /coldwave /post-punk /darkwave duo from Sundsvall, RED MECCA “I’m On The Outside” single [Massproduktion]
• Nashville, TN Dark Electronica /Synthpop group PreCog “The Flame” from the LP “Other Side” [AnalogueTrash]
• Leeds, UK post-punk /new wave /synth-pop duo Scenius “Funny Sky” single
  
• Berlin-based new wave /synth-pop trio MTTM “Beyond The Sea” single
  
• Richmond, Virginia synth-pop /darkwave solo project ACITYASLEEP “Porcelain” single
  
• Dallas, TX industrial /dark electro /EBM solo act spankthenun “Head and Body (Kopf und Körper)” single
  
• Australia EBM /electro industrial project of Brisbane producer Mitch Kenny, aka HOSTILE ARCHITECT “BODYMELT (NEW FLESH MIX)” [abelisk]
• Berlin-based dark electro /synthpop /darkwave duo Radarfield “Death & Beauty” single
  
• Los Angeles goth /techno /industrial /darkwave solo act Stiletto Syntax “CRAWL”
  
• Melbourne/Brisbane electro-industrial band DIRT FACTORY “Predetermined” from “Biological Annihilation” EP
  
• New York-based EBM /industrial /noise /electro /drone /experimental /electronic music project of Michael Renfield (aka Soilodge and Noise Process), aka R010R “Grief Pulse” from “R04” EP
  
• Aschheim, Germany-based industrial /dark electro solo act Niko Martens, aka BENT “Liquid Bells” from “Liquid Bells” EP
  
• Bogotá, Colombia dark wave /dark electro /synthwave /coldwave /electronic solo project of Juan Manuel (a.k.a Mel Zb), Noromakina “Infinitrash” single [Cold Transmission Music]
• Bilbao, Spain post-punk duo Total Trist “Sabotaje” from debut s/t EP
  
• Jonesboro, Arkansas goth /darkwave group Skull Family – “The Grips” title track of the album “The Grips”
  
• Guaymas, Mexico coldwave /post-punk solo act Piel De Lana “Extrañar” from the EP “Epitafios”
  
• Mexican New Wave /Post-punk act Navaja “El Silencio” single
  
• Hungary darkwave /post-punk band kékmandarin “Hideg lehelet” single
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina new wave /darkwave /post-punk solo project Blue Remains “Ocean’s Scar” single
  
• Belém, PA, Brazil synthwave/post-punk /darkwave solo act Driigomes “Mall Goth” single
  
• Goth /Darkwave solo act from Florida, Last Grap “Love Without Remorse” single
  
• San José, Costa Rica Post-punk /Gothic Rock band Last Dusk “The Silent Wave” single
  
• Polish goth-punk /deathrock band from Poznań, Natures Mortes “Liar’s Web” from the debut album “Blind Submission” [Bat-Cave Productions]
• Gothic rock band from Finland, Distant Stares “Beyond Shadow Walls” single
  
• London, UK post-punk /dance-punk /noise band of Aphrodite Goulioumi & Pablo Casadey, aka Venus In Noise “In The Sun” single
  
• Athens-based Greek dark synthwave punk band Hekátē “Δίνη” from the upcoming LP “Μαύρη Tρύπα | Black Hole”
  
• Gosport, UK punk /post-punk /grunge two-piece band Rats! Rats! Rats! “Rat Got Your Tongue” from the LP “Bloody Hello” [Rare Vitamin Records]
• Ithaca, NY garage punk band Microbes, Mostly “Dog Food” single
  
• New Mexico’s Trash Garage Punk band Jacket Burner “Nothin’ To me” from “Good Cop / Bad Cop” split 7″ EP by BART AND THE BRATS / JACKET BURNER [Goodbye Boozy]
• Dundee, UK anarcho punk rock DIY trio Aftrshocks “Rwanda” single
  
• Berlin-based punk rock band Sexverbot “Tausendeuroschein” from the cassette edition of last year’s Bretford Records‘ debut album “Demo” [Mangel]
• US black metal /dungeon synth project by Nicholas the Gnome, aka Synthvvitch “A trap most foul” from the cassette LP “Mortifer” [WereGnome Records]
• US Tolkien-inspired Dungeon Synth project Grimdor “The Dark Valar” from the cassette split album “The Fortress of Utumno” by Frostgard & Grimdor [Out of Season Records]
• Victoria, British Columbia forest synth /dark ambient project Cedar Grove “Earth and Sky” from “Demo I” EP
  
• Cyprus dark ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth act Idylls of the Last King “May Our Glorious Demise Outshine Our Greatest Failures” long-form piece