Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips #16
Stephen Mackey
Picks Of The Week:
- UK post-punk /darkwave splinter project by Klaus Devore from Nottingham, CLAUSTRAPHOBIA “Cast Aside
Low profile Nottingham‘s musician gifts us every so often little gems of remarkable 80s infused darkwave craftsmanship.
- Chatsworth, UK-born/L.A.-based goth/new wave/post-punk/synthpop one-man band, Mortal Boy “(Precious) Blood”
As above, with almost weekly precision, here is a heartfelt and intense synth-driven darkwave heart-breaker from Mr Duckie Dale.
- Melbourne, Australia post-punk all-girl trio Party Pest “Happy Man” title track from the upcoming 2-track 7″ debut single on Psychic Hysteria.
Angular and euphoric jolt of post-punk energy from new party-inducing all-grrrl trio from Melbourne, showing once more the buoyancy and goodness of its underground music scene.
- French neo classical / dark folk singer, songwriter and producer from Lyon, Ö-SIGMA “I died for beauty”
- German darkwave / post punk band MOURNING LAUGHTER “Bad Dream House” new single
- Brisbane, Australia post-punk duo Pleasure Symbols ‘Dissociation’ from their forthcoming LP ‘Closer and Closer Apart’, out May 24th 2019 through Avant! Records
- Canadian dark electronic synthwave artist from Montreal , Xarah Dion “Ethos Eros” from upcoming third album “Plein Nord”
- Australian punk four-piece from Sydney, THESE NEW SOUTH WHALES “Nerve 2 Reverse” new single
- Berlin, Germany DIY post-punk /punk band BENZIN “Besser” from debut “Demo” album.
- Bakersfield, Ca longstanding ’80s post-punk /deathrock band Burning Image “The King Is Dead” title track from new EP
- Seattle minimal synthpop/darkwave solo project PROFIT PRISON “120 Days” from upcoming split.
- Montreal, Québec dark synth post-punk project of Taylor Hoodlum Stevenson, aka MICKEY DAGGER “Street Survival” title track of the debut EP
- Los Angeles electro-punk project formed by primary artist Pogo Pope, aka Bustié “Charmed (ft. Rosa Castillo & Crow Jane)” new 2-track single
- Canadian coldwave /post-punk /dark electro /synthpop artist from Montreal, LA MÉCANIQUE “Lingchi” from the upcoming album “Dernièr Voyage” on Cold Transmission Music.
- Portland, OR coldwave /minimal synth electronics /synth-pop project ORTROTASCE “Missing (Ft. Bud Century)” [demo]
- Reims, France dirty darkwave one-man band MORT LENTE “Mort Lente”
- UK six-piece DIY experimental rock band from the South East of England, The Pheromoans “The Sixth Bell” from the upcoming fifth album “County Lines” on Alter.
- Geelong/Melbourne new-wave 4-piece HIEROPHANTS “Limousine” from forthcoming sophomore album “Spitting Out Moonlight” on Anti-Fade
- Melbourne, Australia post-punk noise band NOUGHTS “Bleach” new single
- New York experimental punk band UROCHROMES “Rumshpringa” from the upcoming album “Trope House” on Wharf Cat Records
- Austin, TX post-hardcore /post-punk trio Fossil Arm “Ronnie” from 2-track single “Rn”
- Toronto, Canada experimental post-punk /art rock band DELILUH “Freeloader Feast” from “Oath Of Intent” EP on Telephone Explosion
- German noise post-punk 3-piece band from Jena, SNOW TRAIL “Town of Shadows” from the debut 4-track ‘Demo’
- Australian noisy /post punk band from Melbourne, BENCH PRESS ”Old. Self. Doubt” from upcoming sophomore album “Not The Past, Can’t Be The Future” on Poison City Records
- Vancouver, BC indie /post-punk 4-piece DUMB “Beef Hits” from the upcoming sophore album “Club Nites” on Mint Records.
- Chicago‘s electronic/industrial/post-punk band CIVIC CENTER “Fly on the Wall” from the sophomore cassette album “Even a Worm Will Turn” on Chicago Research
- Brisbane, Australia dream pop /shoegaze /doom goth /post-punk band Local Authority “Oil Rigs” from the forthcoming debut album out July on Valley Heat Records.
- Boulazac, France post-punk /coldwave solo project, Without Emotion “Plaisir Éphémère”
- Mexico City goth /deathrock /post-punk duo Los Dezterrados “A muerto esta ciudad” debut single.
- Riverside, CA deathrock band Deep Cavity “Dream Mother” from the debut album “Spectres in the Sacristy”
- Virginia‘s dark gothic rock solo project SONSOMBRE “Fear” from the upcoming album “The Veils of Ending” out June 1, 2019 on Post Gothic
- Solo darkwave /post-punk music project from Oakland, CA Death’s Head “Observer” debut single
- La Ciotat, France darkwave /coldwave /post-punk trio PARADISE COVE “Inside” debut single
- French cold wave /darkwave duo from Besançon, VAGUE SCARE “Modern Carousel” from the upcoming album “Dissemblance” out in May
- Russian post-punk/coldwave duo from Yekaterinburg, Фирма-однодневка [Firma-odnodnevka] ‘Свинец’
- UK experimental / industrial / synthpop / new wave / post punk band from Wigan, VUKOVAR “The Three Shades” from the Ltd. Lathe Cut 7″ & Artefacts “Decameron (Or 10 Days Of Violence)” via Sheffield-based label Sonido Polifonico
- Istanbul, Turkey coldwave /synth wave /synth-pop duo THE HOLLOW DOLLY “Sleep Alone” new single
- Manchester-born / L.A. based New Wave / Synth-pop project of former Veronica Falls‘ Roxanne Clifford aka PATIENCE “The Pressure” from new album “Dizzy Spells” on Night School/Winona Records
- French post-punk / cold wave band JE T’AIME “Dance” from upcoming s/t debut album on Icy Cold Records
- Montreal, Québec electronic /new wave /synth-pop producer and songwriter Xavier Paradis, aka AUTOMELODI “Angoisses d’Orléac” from upcoming third album “Mirages au futur verre-brisé” out now on Holodeck Records
- French dark synth electronic /coldwave duo POTOCHKINE “Le Bachique” single from the upcoming album “Mythes” out on May 15th.
- Buenos Aires, Argentina lo-fi synthpunk outfit BRENDA LUNAR “Electrisante” from debut EP ” Poltergeist”
- Yekaterinburg, Russia new wave / post-punk band В.Р.ЕД. [VRED] ‘Май/May’
- New York based, Spanish synth post-punk / darkwave solo project OSCURIDAD ROMÁNTICO “Red Was Her Colour”
- French post-punk /coldwave project of Yannick Rault (Triple Sun), Closed Mouth “A Perfect Life” (demo)
- Chicago‘s goth industrial post-punk trio PRODUCT KF “Day Comes Too Soon” from the new cassette album “Songs of the Groves” on Chicago Research
- Swiss dark synth /darkwave /synth-pop solo project from St.Gallen, Carlo Onda “Das neue iphone gibt’s in schwarz”
- Spanish analogue dark synth / post-punk solo project URCO “Clear Like Water”
- New Jersey dark pop quintet (formerly known as Winona Ryder), WHINER “Bad Feelings” from the new EP “You Never Have To Feel This Way Again”.
- New French/California coldwave /darkwave /ethereal wave /dream pop /new wave duo of Then Came The Rain‘s Nicolas Albin and Eleanor Marie, aka Lower Savage – “Exhibit X” from debut 6-track “Undertows” out now.
- Legendary UK gothic post-punk band Rosetta Stone “Tomorrow For Us” from the upcoming album “Seems Like Forever” out May 17th via Cleopatra Records.
- Paris, France post-punk /coldwave band PEOPLE OF NOTHING “The Same Deep Water As You” from V/A “Disintegration Revisited” via The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records
- Queensland based DIY doom neo-folk artist Ivan Matthew Hicks, aka Amateur Childbirth ”Final Dust” 2-track single 7″ on chemical imbalance.
Stephen Mackey
