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

• Columbus, OH post-punk/coldwave one-man project INTO GREY “Bloom” new single
  

One-man-band from Ohio keeps to weave, 80s UK post-punk affected, haunted, and smouldering tunes layered in prickling murky guitar melodies, rapid bassline throbs, and low reverberated vocals, whispering sensual sadness into the lost relentless hypnotic rhythm.

• French electro-minimal-wave duo from Nantes, NABTA “Je tourne en round” from the new “Drop the mask” EP ltd. tape on Distag Records
  

Synthetic duo’s new cassette EP crammed with ominous, urgent and tantalizing neon-lit moods that pulse along bright synths in a swirling rhythmic glitter over industrialized metallic beats and treacherous throbbing bassline, around sassy sensual female vocals, to radiate dark dancefloor drama.

• Alicante-bred, Valencia-based Spanish garage/punk/post-punk trio Futuro Terror “Rukeli” from the 4th album “Sangre” on Humo Internacional
  

The Spanish power trio Futuro Terror is back with their 4th, possibly their most pop and heartfelt emotional LP so far, a gripping combination of energy and melody, urgency and passion thorough 10 songs that pulse and vibrate of vigorous garage drive, and angsty post-punk edge, fueled by fierce punk attitude, amidst abrasive guitar riffs, rumbling steady drums, bleak bleeding bassline into the agitated energy of impassioned male vocals laced with moving political-charged lyrics, riddle with anti-postmodernism hints and an equally nostalgic yet still possible revolutionary future, makes them even closer to me.

• Belfast, Northern Ireland dark experimental folk collaboration between songwriter Robyn G Shiels and electronic artist Steve Nolan, Robyn G Shiels & Steve Nolan “40 Days” from the upcoming album ‘Sky drew near’ on Wormhole World
  
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania dark ethereal gothic instrumental iteration evolved from The Garden and Between the Waters, Ether Rising “Mercy” debut single
  
• Melbourne‘s ambient/electronic/synth-pop duo of Nigel Yang & Jonnine Standish aka HTRK “Real Headfuck” from “ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ *･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ*ヽReal Headfuck ♪ *♪ Reverse Déjà Vu *:･ﾟ ” single
  
• Oakland-based synth electronic solo project of one half of Max and Mara, Mara Barenbaum aka Group Rhoda “Neptune” from V/A “Lost & Found Vol. 1” fundraising compilation on Dark Entries Records
  
• Venezuela ambient/coldwave/electronic producer EVRYN “Eyes Low” new single
  
• Russian coldwave/post-punk outfit from Saint Petersburg, ДК Посторонних ‘Девять / Nine’ new single
  
• California synthwave/darkwave/coldwave solo female project THE NEW ARCTIC “To Have and to Hold” debut single
  
• Brazilian goth synthpop/darkwave duo from Curitiba, Les Chats Noirs Project “The Moon Song” (instrumental Hante cover)                                                                                                                                                                  
• Belgian goth/post-punk/new wave singer/songwriter Ignace De Lamper “Mind Control (original)”
  
• Nantes, France synthpunk/minimal wave/post-punk project PROJET MARINA “Ecce Homo” from the forthcoming album due to be released on 12″ vinyl via New Sinister in 2020                                                         
• Los Angeles-based electronic/post-punk/synthwave artist ERLEEN NADA – “In the Water” new single
      
• L.A.‘s Rozz Williams and his wife Eva O. late 80s/90s band, Shadow Project “Forever Came Today (Balvanera Remix)” on Cleopatra Records
  
• Berlin-based experimental/electronic/dark ambient/post-industrial/darkwave project by Warsaw‘s duo Lee and Michal Laudarg aka NNHMN “Nachtgang” from 12″ vinyl EP “Deception Island Part 1” on Oráculo Records / k-dreams records
  
• California‘s goth/industrial/electronic/darkwave artist Fornicata “New Normal” from the new album “Break It Bought It”
  
• Greek dark electronics/analogue synth project of Toxic Razor (Beatbox Machinery, Eerie Sopor, Paradox Obscur), METAL DISCO – “For A Ghost Named Lothario (feat. Sky Lesco)” from the forthcoming “Sex, Drugs and Hardware” album on Werkstatt Recordings
  
• Husum, Germany NDW/new wave/synthpop solo project Risikotoleranz ‘Hitzeschlag’ off the new S/T EP
  
• Amsterdam dark synth/coldwave/darkwave producer Pascal Pinkert (Dollkraut) with bassist Timothy Francis under the moniker De Ambassade ”Standhouden” title track from the upcoming 2-track 7″ single “Standhouden” on Knekelhuis
  
• Moscow, Russia noise pop/minimal synth/darkwave duo of Alexander Chiesa (Skverna, Homepage, Horseraddish) and Alina Vaulina (Angedemer), aka GLASNOST [Гласность] ‘Транс Сибирь Экспресс /TRANS SIBERIA EXPRESS’ from upcoming 12″ EP “Dance” on Oráculo Records
  
• Russian lo-fi post-industrial/minimal synth/darkwave/synthpop duo of Stanisław Owczarek & A K from Yekaterinburg, CERULEA “Boulevard Magenta” from “Crush Syndrome” EP originally released as a cassette on Death Shadow Records
  
• Los Angeles-based post-punk/coldwave/synth-pop project by Chris Stewart, Black Marble “In Manchester” from the forthcoming EP “I Must Be Living Twice” on Sacred Bones
  
• Turkish dark-wave/industrial-gothic-pop act from Istanbul, ELZ AND THE CULT “Brainfreeze (Angelspit Remix)” from the EP “BRAINFREEZE (REMIXES)” via COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC
  
• Bratislava-based post-punk/synth electronic project of Siberian artist Alex Kelman (founder and member of legendary Russian indie-bands Punk TV, Hot Zex, Dsh!Dsh!), ALEX KELMAN “Vesna (Original mix)” from maxi-single “Vesna (feat. Sasha Fanat)”
  
• Los Angeles‘ noise/darkwave/electro/synth-punk outfit SECRET MUTILATOR “It’s Too Late” off Secret Mutilator’s 1st LP “££££’s” via  It’s Only Death Records
  
• Paris, France EBM/electro-punk duo of Deaf Parade’s Volkan and Vitriol’s Mathieu, aka Leroy Se Meurt “Evasion” from “La Shute” EP on Gooiland Elektro/Enfant Terrible
  
• Norwegian coldwave/electro/post-industrial/angst-pop producer Kim Sølve, aka Blitzkrieg Baby “World on Fire” from upcoming V/A “19 Beläten — En Sommar Av Plåga” on Beläten
  
• Córdoba, Spain industrial/EBM/noise/post-punk/dark electronics duo, RAMOS DUAL & YUL NAVARRO “…Igual mi corazón puede volverse oscuro” first single from the LP “Arrastramos Sombras”
  
• Perth, Australia based DIY synth-heavy psych/darkwave /new wave duo of UIU’s Greg Weir and Belinda Eldridge, aka TRUCK STOP ALIEN “Dark Star Bar” from the new EP “Zon Didi Zon” EP.                                                      
• German minimal/synth-punk/dark electro DIY project Age O.P.F “This Guy Is More Than An Animal …” from “5 1/2” EP
  
• London, UK goth/post-punk/coldwave band New Cross “Burner Phone” from the new EP “Final Fantasy”
  
• UK post-punk/darkwave splinter project by Klaus Devore from Nottingham, CLAUSTRAPHOBIA “Angel” new single
  
• Rochester, NY synth-pop/industrial/dark electronic artist Sapphira Vee “Who (Will I Be) Today (Joy Thieves Remix)” from the remix album “Game Changers”                                                                                           
• UK electro darkwave project Torturetekk featuring Athamay “Falling” from the album “Revelling in Perversion”
  
• Ottawa, Ontario synthwave/synthpop duo SURRENDER “Disappear (Ends 84 Remix)” from “Disappear (The Remixes)” EP on Aztec Records
  
• New York‘s early ’90s dark electro/EBM/synth-pop trio INTERFACE “Never Say Farewell (Assemblage 23 Remix)” from celebrative fundraising remix EP “Never Say Farewell 2K20” on Distortion Productions
  
• Ukrainian coldwave/post-punk outfit from Kyiv, GIL’OTINA ‘Podol’skaya’ from the new album “Orgán” on Worn Pop
  
• French synthpop/new wave/post-punk duo The Living Paradox “Neurasthenia” from the new CD album “Inner Visions”
  
• New York darkwave/coldwave/post-punk band Bootblacks ”Traveling Light” from the upcoming album “Thin Skies” out October 9th on Artoffact Records.
  
• Legendary Dutch goth rock/darkwave pioneers CLAN OF XYMOX “She” from upcoming LP “Spider On The Wall” on Metropolis
  
• London, UK gothic rock/post-punk outfit Black Angel ‘Animal’ from their upcoming 2nd studio album ‘Kiss of Death’
  
• German goth post-punk band ROPE SECT “Lava” from the upcoming debut album “The Great Flood” via Iron Bonehead Productions.
  
• Canberra, Australia DIY/noise rock/post-punk band AGENCY “Buffaloes” off new EP “Wild Possession”
  
• German goth/post-punk solo project Luftschloss “Nachmittag” from the new album “Erosion”
  
• NYC-based darkwave/coldwave project A Cloud of Ravens “Sacred Hearts” from the “The First Year” remastered and reworked compilation of A Cloud of Ravens’ first two releases in a single volume.
  
• Patras, Greece anarcho/dark punk/post-punk DIY band, Στρύχνο (Strychno) ‘Άρωμα θανάτου’ from debut album ‘Στρύχνο’
  
• Melbourne, Australia experimental post-punk one-man project CYANIDE “Amnesiac” from the new single “Regrets/Amnesiac”
  
• Swedish electronic coldwave project of Andreas W, THE WIDE EYE “Forever” new single
  
• Brooklyn-based new wave/garage/post-punk/’Nuke Wave’ band lead by Ian Jacobs, Monograms “American Dreamz” from the upcoming LP “Only A Ceiling Can Stay Inside Forever”
• Peruvian krautrock/psychedelic/space rock/dark pop duo based in Lima, FEM/BOT “Klon” second single of their upcoming EP.
  
• Pueblo, Colorado lo-fi/darkwave/dark electronics duo Stealjoy “North Star” from “Stealjoy” EP on Mantra Code
  
• Mexican deathrock/horror/post-punk trio Skeletal Bats “Abre Los Ojos” new single
  
• Italian Post-Punk/Electro-Punk/Darkwave duo from Livorno, VELVET VEGA “Can’t Control” new maxi-single on SwissDarkNights Label
  
• Legendary Dutch goth rock/electro/darkwave pioneers CLAN OF XYMOX “All I Ever Know (Ash Code Remix)” off new maxi single “All I Ever Know” on Metropolis
  
• Niagara On The Lake, Ontario 80s EBM/post-punk/synth wave/synthpop band Glass Apple Bonzai “Skeleton Dance” title track from the new EP “Skeleton Dance”
  
• Russian synthpop/darkwave duo Pegasus Asteroid “Mechanical Heart” from “Mechanical Heart 2.0” an expanded and revisited version of the band’s debut EP on skyQode
  
• L.A. hip-hop/synth-rock/darkwave trio GRYPT “The Cost of Living” title track from the new LP on Deathbomb Arc
  
• German post-hardcore/post-punk outfit from Dortmund, ELLO VERA “Willkommen auf Château Messer” from “Fragmente” LP
  
• Kyiv, Ukraine ethnic/coldwave/post-punk solo project MORWAN ‘Зола-Земля’ from the new EP ‘Zola-Zemlya’
  
• German new wave/electronica/synth pop-band from Stuttgart, AGO “Falling (feat. Dmitry Polykov of D.R.Y. and Blessed)” first single from the upcoming debut album „Chroma“ coming out in fall 2020.
  
• Chilean post-punk trio from Santiago, PARASOMNIA “Ritual” from “Parasomnia” EP on InClub Records
  
• Antioquia, Colombia darkwave/post-punk duo Insepulto ~ “Falsía” new single
  
• US post-punk/darkwave/coldwave duo of Daniel Srungaram (Two One Six) & Dante Palomba (Casuistry), NEW TODAY “Turn On” from the new album “Together at Last”
  
• Spanish shoegaze/darkwave/coldwave//post-punk solo project URCO “Everlasting summer days” from the new EP “Junkie of my dreams”
  
• French psychedelic/synth-punk outfit DELACLAVE “Us or dust” from V/A “Pilori Compilation” on Pilori prod
  
• Boulazac, France post-punk/coldwave solo project, Without Emotion “Maître De Guerre” [Lyrics by Lory Fayer]                                                                                                                                                                                  
• Arkhangelsk, Russia post rock/post-punk/ethereal-wave duo Культура Потребления “Огни / Lights”             
• Liverpool, UK experimental/post-punk/industrial/electronic artist Luke Mawdsley ‘The River Takes It All’ from the album ‘Vulgar Displays Of Affection’ on Maple Death
     
• French/Italian goth/dark ambient/chamber music/neoclassical collaboration Day Before Us & Antikatechon – “Sur les cimes de l’âme” from the album “Complaintes au bord d’un autre monde”
  
• L.A. based dark synth music project of legendary composer/director John Carpenter “Unclean Spirit” from the single “Skeleton b/w Unclean Spirit” on Sacred Bones