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

• Toronto Goth /Dark Wave /Post-Punk duo Modele “Here On The Other Side (Divine Mix)” single
  

The Canadian duo serves up a classic, timeless brand of shady, despondent post-punk romanticism, brimming with elegant, lush arrangements and emotional, moody and brooding crescendos that talk to one’s soul. Atmospheric shimmering guitar inlays, laced with pulsating riffs, draw bittersweet melodies, wrapped in swirls of forlorn synths, steepened by a passionate vocal delivery, never overly emphatic, yet seamlessly evocative, clad in melancholic baritone tones, soberly surrendering to life’s light and dark moments.

• Hamburg German NDW /cold wave /minimal synth wave duo of Lars Tischler & Volker Kindt, Hausverbot “Farbe Plakate” 2-track 7″ single [Nancy Records / Kernkrach]

One of the three brilliant Ltd. 7″ singles released by the German DIY label Kernkrach, yet the only one with unreleased tracks. Hamburg NDW synth duo delivers two slices of propulsive, breakneck motorik energy, along with crunchy buzzing bass throbs that bounce perpetually, swept by icy squalls of desolate liquid synths and rust-plated guitar strains, to relentlessly drive gloomy, restless male vocals, urging with steadfast devotion.

• Berlin-based EBM /electroclash /new wave /synth-wave pop collaborative project of Greek-German dark-disco couple Local Suicide and Bavarian electronic producer Kalipo, Dina Summer “Bats In Paris” from upcoming mini-LP “Children Of The Night” [Iptamenos Discos]

Effortlessly at ease with shady and spooky club-minded, electrifying sound leanings, straddling Dark Disco and Electro-Synth-Wave, the new single, “Bats In Paris,” calls all misfits, goths and nocturnal creatures, to bounce seamlessly with crisp, steady drum programming, murky low ends, layered with stacked resonant tinkly synth stabs and swirling eerie flashes, whilst Dina’s signature lush, mysterious spoken words, backed by a male chorus, proudly explain a worldview that is the inversion of the ordinary lifestyle.

• France dark ambient /cinematic /cosmic /fantasy /dungeon synth /modular electronic project Weress “Dragons d’Acier et de Cendres” track composed exclusively for the upcoming debut compilation from Mirabilia Records.
  
• Sicilian dark ambient /ritual /ancestral mythology /neo folk /pagan artist Leda Inferi “Selene” single
  
• Anglo–Irish seminal world music /darkwave musical collective founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance “The Cicadas” single
  
• Australian goth /darkwave /post-punk trio founded by Michael Aliani (former lead vocalist of IKON), joined by Dino Molinaro (IKON) and Ivan Bullock, CHIRON “Flesh and Blood” from the new album “A Dark Beauty” [DARK VINYL RECORDS]
• Chicago-based goth /shoegaze /synth-pop /post-punk duo Rani Young and Jason Kersting, aka Girl Detective “Clouds Will Never Catch Us” single
  
• Berlin-based shoegaze /new wave /post-punk quartet THE MAZE CAB “Amber” single
  
• Oaxaca, Mexico New Wave /Post-Punk project Vacíos Cuerpos “CIELO = INFIERNO” single
  
• Chicago darkwave /coldwave /post-punk solo project of multi-instrumentalist Cliff Mitchell, aka Vanity Lines “The Past Will Only Fade” single
  
• The Hague, Netherlands darkwave /post-punk duo Lifeless Past “Anxiety” first single from the upcoming LP “Cryptic Modulations”
  
• Cardiff, UK post-punk /coldwave solo project of Iwan Heneghan, Aus Ruinen “Further” from the first “Demo” EP
  
• San Diego, CA goth /darkwave /synthpop act Interstitial Analysis “Toys Fall Down” from the debut “Messidor” EP
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden experimental /darkwave /synth-pop project Angels In Shade “Hollow Heads” from the debut “II” LP
  
• Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, minimal wave duo of Sadie La Chèvre & Nora Düster, aka Extra Bleu Ciel “Real Criminals” single
  
• German EBM /industrial /synth-punk solo project of Bastian Hagedorn (1/2 of black metal band Sun Worship), DER MENSCHLICHE MOTTEK “Der Mottek” 2-track 7″ single [Nancy Records/Kernkrach]
• Helsinki-based electronic /synth-punk /post-punk solo project of Andrea Bonini (Aus Tears), Shocked Volk “Shot at dawn” title track of  “Shot at dawn” EP
  
• Vancouver, BC new wave /post-punk band ACTORS “Youth” single [Artoffact Records]
• Brussels, Belgium EBM /coldwave /darkwave duo ULTRA SUNN “Distress (First Take)” single [Artoffact Records]
• Gävle, Sweden EBM /Synthpop duo Sturm Café “Koka Kola Freiheit” 2-track 7″ single [Nancy Records/Kernkrach]
• Tulle, France EBM /industrial /dark electronic duo FRONTMASCHINE “SCHWERE FÄLLE” off “Rühren” LP [Oráculo Records]
• UK Industrial /EBM /Synth Pop solo project Pull Rank “Anything And Everything” from cassette album “Hypervigilance” [Clan Destine Records]
• New Italian EBM /darkwave collaboration MYLLA ISSUES & Lord Gen’o “8th Wonder” single
  
• Barcelona goth /post-punk /darkwave band Darkways “Hollow (Nightcrawler Club Remix)” from “Hollow (Nightcrawler Remixes)” EP
  
• Orlando, FL industrial /dark electro project Angel Husk “Endemic” single
  
• Australia/Canada EBM /industrial /dark electro collaboration Damage Control x OHMElectronic “Manifesto” single
  
• Quebec‘s synthpop /post-wave group Handful Of Snowdrops “The Silence” from “Any Moment Now (Definitive 2026)” updated, revised, extended and definitive version of the band’s 2024 album
  
• UK retro synth-pop /electro-pop act Fused “ROBOT ROMEO” from the upcoming EP “Why Bother?”
  
• Florida‘s Post-punk /Darkwave /Goth project Last Grasp “Dance Back Into The Web” from the upcoming 2nd album “Realest Undead”
  
• UK post-punk /darkwave solo project Analog Dance – “Selling The Show” from upcoming “Mind The Fall” LP [Bat-Cave Productions]
• Portland, OR EBM /synth-pop /dark synth /post-punk duo Graveyard Gossip “Pharisaic” single
  
• Indianapolis darkwave /post-punk band The Secrecy “The Watchers” debut LP “Pins & Needles” [Disorder Recordings]
• Portland, OR six-piece art punk outfit, Buddy Wynkoop “If You Give A Poet A Beer” from “Better Than Botox” LP
  
• Brisbane, Australia 4-piece dolewave /synth-punk band DVD “Progress” from the debut LP “Compact Disc”
  
• Hamburg, Germany NNDW /now wave /post-punk /experimental duo Blowjobs Are Real Jobs “Arbeit” from the second LP “No Jobs” [Flennen]
• Russia goth rock /post-punk band Kennedy`s Killers – “Антониус Блок” single [Permcitypunk Records]
• Hamburg-based goth /new wave /post-punk band of Finnish origin, Kylmä Krypta “Rituaali” from the upcoming “Lauluja Kryptasta” LP [Brainwasher Records]
• Montreal-based goth /shoegaze /post-punk trio Fever Visions “Forbidden Lovers” from the debut full-length vinyl album, “This Place is Full of Noises”
  
• South Carolina-based darkwave /deathrock /post-punk solo project of multi-instrumentalist Bruce Nullify, aka Orcus Nullify “Red Candles” single
  
• US psych-synth-punk rock outfit Temporary Curse “Monochrome” from the third EP “BEEP THRASH III” [Ghostspace Records]
• Berlin-based synth-punk / egg-punk three-piece BIG GAINER “Der Koch” from “Frittiert” LP
  
• Dutch noisy post-punk three-piece Shaemless “Ride Deep” single [KERNCENTRALE]
• London-based peace punk band Ancient Lights “London Town” from “Man Of The People” EP
  
• Alabama garage /noise /punk new project led by Gary Wrong (Gary Wrong Group, Wizzard Sleeve), DRAGNET “Para-noid” from S/T 12″ EP [Total Punk]
• Amsterdam hardcore punk outfit OUST “Idiots” from the 7″ EP “A Girl Can Dream” [Rope or Guillotine]
• Berlin-based ambient /fantasy synth /folk /dungeon synth project of Sergey Gdanian (aka Tales Under The Oak), aka Cave Spellcaster “A Strange Dream” from “The Tower of a Million Gems” LP [Mushroom Keep Records]
• Canada-based dark ambient /medieval /occult /dungeon synth project Sophia “Agony” from “I Still Hear Your Voice Whispering Through These Sorrowed Halls” LP [Serpent’s Sword]
• Scotland, UK dark ambient /electronic musician Everyday Dust “Quadrangular Bells” from the collection “The Relic Room” ongoing digital archive of lost Everyday Dust material [Dustopian Frequencies]