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

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips

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  • 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)                                                   
  • Palmira, Colombia minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Wo Ist Der Tod, Ich Bin” (Navel Records)       
  • 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”                                       
  • 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 dream doom / 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
  • 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                                                                                                                                                                
  • USSwiss 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                                                                       
  • 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”     
  • 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?”                                                                                                                                                                                       

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