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

• Los Angeles-based coldwave/darkwave duo of Pakistani–American lead vocalist Azeka and bassist/producer Gil, AURAT “Ilzam” from the new single “Ilzam | Alvida”
  

Los Angeles-based American/Pakistani pair AURAT back in fine shape with an infectious synth-laden slice of darkwave that perfectly juxtaposes hypnotic stuttering basslines, restrained noise inserts and droning synth swells with mysterious and tantalizing vocals amidst a strong danceable edge.

• Australian Darkwave/Dream Pop/Post- Goth solo project from Brisbane, LOCUST REVIVAL “Kink Shame” from the self-titled album out now.
  

Aptly blending bleak post-punk rhythms and gleaming shoegaze guitar lines, Locust Revival‘s debut LP is a heartfelt, mesmerizing and gripping obscure voyage, densely introspective and beautifully morose, into the very heart and depths of the struggles and pain of an artistic sensitivity is well worth undertaking.

• Brazil‘s post-industrial/darkwave/shoegaze/doomgaze solo project DREAM EMPIRE “One Last Before Coming Down” from debut LP “Atrophied Heart”
  

As dark and ominous, as it is visionary and dramatic, the debut album of Brazilian experimental multi-instrumentalist Emmanoel Ximendes (the Antichrist) is a majestic and brooding array of dramatic synth wash, shimmering evocative piano melodies, emotive orchestral epic, bleak sinous basslines, subdued droning industrial noise to inject a palpable and profound sense of desolation and impending doom wrapped up in haunting vocals of such achingly striking intensity that will lie deep in the black hearts of those who embrace it.

• Dunedin, New Zealand based dark folk singer/songwriter Emily Fairlight “Lips Lasso” new single on Fishrider Records and Occultation Recordings
  
• Early 90s Swedish dark ambient/industrial project by Peter Andersson, aka Raison d’être “Moribund (redux)” from the new complete edition of 1992 album “Aprés Nous Le Dèluge” (Trinity Edition)
  
• Vienna, Austria dark experimental/ambient/darkwave project of Tina Bauer, aka TERZ NERVOSA “All I Need” from the split cassette “The Damski / Terz Nervosa” via Wilhelm show me the Major Label
  
• Minsk, Belarus instrumental coldwave / new wave / dark synth project Cold iLLusions “Deep” new si
• Spanish electronic/minimal synth/darkwave project from Barcelona, INTERSIGNO “So Happy, So Sick (feat Proyecto Periferia)” from V/A “No Time To Wax V.01” via Red Maze Records
  
• Greek audiovisual noir electronic project from Athens, ΗΧΟΤΟΠίΑ ‘Χωρίς Ταχύτητα’ title track from the new album on Inner Ear.                                                                                                                                                          
• Paris-based synthpop/new wave/coldwave artist Mathilde Mallen, aka Dissemblance – “Capture” from forthcoming debut LP “Over The Sand” on Mannequin Records
  
• Seattle psych/shoegaze/post-punk duo Black Ferns “Empty Lips” from the sophomore album “Devices”
  
• Kyiv, Ukraine post-punk duo Сома ‘История мира’ from the new album ‘Сюжеты Детства’
  
• Armenia, Colombia experimental post-punk 4-piece OLD PROVIDENCE “Sublimación” from the Split EP with Tamas
  
• Russian indie/post-punk band Nishubert – ‘Тепла’ new single                                                                           
• Athens, Greece post-punk/punk band CHAIN CULT “Shallow Grave” fro” title track from the upcoming debut LP on LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS
     
• Italian indie/new wave/post-punk/alternative rock band (formerly Japan Suicide), VARANASI “1978” second single from upcoming S/T debut EP                                                                                                             
• Seattle, WA darkwave/post-punk outfit Dark Gray Houses “Echos” new single
  
• Kirov/Saint Peterburg, Russia DIY post-punk trio Черная Речка (Black River) ‘Страх/fear’ from the new EP ‘O’
  
• Toronto, Ontario post-punk/gothic rock outfit The Necromancers Union “Ghosts” title track from the new EP
  
• Los Angeles-based synthwave/darkwave duo MELDAMOR “Phoenix” from debut EP “GLOOM”
  
• Brazil-born 80s pioneer of Italian synthpop, Alberto Camerini – “Tanz Bambolina” (Roberto Auser Radio Edit, originally 1982)                                                                                                                                  
• Portland, OR synth-punk trio DRESS FORMS “Spotify culture void” from the new album “We don’t dig guitars” on Kennel Jitters Recordings
  
• Florida‘s experimental electronic/new wave/minimal wave/synth-pop/darkwave solo project of half of PASS/AGES and ex-member of Ars Phoenix, Jonn Gauntletier “Ghost in the Drum Machine (Single Version)” from “Ghost in the Drum Machine (Halloween Single + Demos)” EP
      
• Croatian synth electronic musician (previously Narrow, Umrijeti za strojem, I/II, Split Personalities) from Zagreb, Iv/An ”Plakati su ikone” (Originally by Echo & The Bunnymen, 1987) dedicated in the loving memory of Robert Hrušovar (1969-2019)                                                                                                       
• Turin, Italy electro dark synthwave solo project ZOLTAN FREITAG “Never Enough”                                     
• Vienna‘s synth wave/minimal synth project Peppy Pep Pepper – ”outside objects”
   
• Colombia coldwave/minimal synth artist DAVID P. “Sangre en el nilo” from S/T cassette album on TONN Recordings
  
• French synthwave /synthpop musician from Paris, SYDNEY VALETTE “Kто болен в городе (SUPERNOVA 1006 remix)” from “Город Болит” EP
  
• US industrial/dark electro/synthpop project of Atlanta-based producer Matt Weiner, TWINS “Alive Inside” from the new album “New Cold Dream” on 2MR
  
• Australian darkwave/coldwave project of Marc Dwyer based in Sydney, Buzz Kull “Last In The Club” new single via Avant! Records
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK industrial/synthwave/darkwave duo Vigilance State “EDEMM” debut single
  
• Los Angeles-based goth/darkwave/post-punk producer THE YOUTH CULT “Bury Me”                                       
• Mexican goth post-punk outfit Winter Svn – “Shame” (demo tape – Pre master)                                                          
• German new wave/synthwave/synth-pop duo DARK-O-MATIC “Zugzwang” from upcoming debut “New Hope” LP on skyQode
  
• Seattle‘s post-punk industrial duo Haunted Horses “Die Forever” from the second LP “Dead Meat” out digitally on November 8, 2019 via SIXWIX Releases
  
• Brooklyn, New York goth/darkwave/Industrial project featuring vocalist Athan Maroulis of L.A.’s Spahn Ranch, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, & Fahrenheit 451, NØIR – “Pleasure To Burn (Fires Mix)” from V/A “Face The Beat: Session 5” on Side-Line Magazine
  
• French gothic rock band PORN – “Evil six Evil (Hante. Remix)” from the album “The darkest of human desires Remixed // 2019”
  
• New electronic/synthpop project of the Cologne-based Escape With Romeo mastermind and Radio DJ Thomas Elbern and multimedia artist Shufflerror, aka Dirty Vocoder – “Cocaine Dawn” title track from the debut EP on Reptile Music
  
• Ohio based retrowave/synthwave/electronic music artist, JOHN BENDERR “Understand” from the LP “Observer” on Werkstatt Recordings
  
• French darkwave/post-punk/coldwave duo from Lille, Dageist – ”VIRGIN Remix Club”
  
• Greek darkwave/minimal synth/analog cold electronics project EERIE SOPOR – “Savage Countess” from the new cassette EP “Putrid Civilization” on Werkstatt Recordings
  
• Paris, France electronic darkwave /post-punk trio ORDER 89 “Bleu Acier (MONDOWSKI REMIX)” from the debut LP “Bleu Acier” on Icy Cold Records
  
• Riverside, CA goth/deathrock/post-punk band lead by Danny Aranda, Deep Cavity “Unnerve” from the new album “Spectres in the Sacristy” on Secret Sin Records Ltd
  
• New York-based goth/garage/darkwave duo The Psychosomatics “Wraith” from the new debut LP ‘[praeterhuman]’
  
• French synth electronic post-punk outfit fronted by Monsieur Crane from Bordeaux, STRASBOURG – “Sale Défaiten” from S/T cassette EP via Ernest D. Tapes
  
• Portland, OR lo-fi synth-punk band Becky & The Politicians “96 tears (? & the mysterians cover)” from cover EP “Drop Acid with Becky & the Politicians” on kennel jitters recordings
  
• Los Angeles based electro/synth-punk solo project DREW BLUDD “Crypto Dance” from the EP “Hoping 4 the Rain”
  
• Adelaide, Australia darkwave/electro/post-punk/goth disco project The Ghost Of Bela Lugosi ”Rise” new single
  
• Wichita, Kansas darkwave/synthpop/dark pop electronic duo of Annie Adams (Evasive Flowers, Milkwave) and Mason Monigold (Master Mood TV), Remains to be Seen “Kancel Kult” from the new EP “Where the Tree Meets the Shade”
  
• Mexican synth electronic/post-punk/deathwave solo project from Monterrey, Vestron Vulture “Awake/Winter Fire”                                                                                                                                                
• London/Liverpool, UK dark minimal synth/coldwave/primitive electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “Broken Sculptures (Martial Canterel Remix)” preview from the forthcoming 2nd V/A ‘Intersection’ album of the label’s artist collaborations via TONN Recordings.                                                                               
• Los Angeles‘ noise/darkwave/electro/synth-punk duo SECRET MUTILATOR “Still Glad We Met” from upcoming “Ripped Up” EP via Detonic Recordings
  
• New UK beats and analog synth-driven electronic project from London-based Savages‘ guitarist Ayse Hassan, aka ESYA “Subsist” from upcoming “Absurdity of ATCG (II) – Emergent Form” EP
  
• Chicago‘s dystopian dark synth/darkwave/coldwave/synthwave trio, REPLICANT “Pale Blue” new single
  
• Slovakian synthpop /minimal synth solo project, ImiAFan – ‘Nočná Alchýmia (2019 Version)’ from V/A ‘Sing Me Something Sinister” on Seja records
  
• Saint Petersburg, Russia post-industrial/darkwave/dark pop outfit BLACK ASH “Scum” new single
  
• Detroit, Mi electronic/post-punk/synth-pop project COMFORT CURE “Cough” from upcoming EP “Intimate Vocabulary”
  
• Austria synthpop/coldwave moniker of Crystal Soda Cream, THE DAMSKI “Nighthawks 2.0” from the split cassette “The Damski / Terz Nervosa” via Wilhelm show me the Major Label
  
• Berlin-based Danish Electro/Post-Punk/Synth/Dark Wave project by former Metro Decay’s Christoffer Bagge & Trina Echidna, (aka Mouth Wound), TOTEM “A Night In Reverse” off the upcoming self-produced debut album “Passage” on Young & Cold Records
  
• Medellín, Colombia darkwave/minimal synth solo project Ofelia Ortodoxa “Shapeless Emotion (ft. Abstract Deity)”                                                                                                                                                                                   
• Los Angeles‘ darkwave new project of the singer of Secret Mutilator, Darrack Death, aka Klaus Barbie “Validé Par Satan” off the upcoming EP ‘Die Maschinenpistolen’ out November 2019 on It’s Only Death            
• Berlin, Germany NDW/minimalistisch/melodisch/elektronisch/synth act DAS KLAUS “Mond” new 2-track single
  
• Khabarovsk, Russia experimental / noise rock / post-punk band RED TAPE ‘Нефть/Oil’ from ‘xSOBERx / Rape Tape’ split single
       
• Swedish indie/post-punk band from Stockholm, A PROJECTION “Disbelief” from the upcoming full-length album “Section” on Metropolis
  
• London-based noise/post-punk group Ice Baths “Tolex” taken from the new “Ice Baths & Soft Cases” Split cassette EP on Blank Editions
  
• Los Angeles-based goth-tinged dream pop/post-punk moniker of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Lomery, aka HEAVEN PROCESS “Time Stands Still” from the new debut LP “Embrace The Fade” on Icy Cold Records
  
• Post-punk trio from the Montclair NJ area, EVEN EDEN “Taking Flight” from the upcoming new EP “A Ghost”
  
• Tulsa, OK new wave/post-punk band THE SECRET POST “Cette Femme Demure” single from the upcoming EP “The Eternal Part 1”.
  
• Lyon-based, Nantes-bred dark punk/post-punk band BLACKNESS “Towards The End” from the album “Functionally Extinct” on Icy Cold Records
  
• Brighton, UK based gothic rock/post-punk/darkwave band Grooving In Green “Warning Signs” title track from the new EP
  
• Halifax, Nova Scotia new wave/post-punk 5-piece LA BISE “Accomodate Me” from debut EP “So Long”
     
• Influential early 80’s Amsterdam-born, Israeli post-punk/new wave group Minimal Compact “My Will (2019 Version)” from new album of revisited band’s classics “Creation is Perfect” produced by Wire’s Colin Newman
  
• Collaborative project between legendary psych experimentalist Edward Ka-Spel and Italian electronic duo, THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS & MOTION CAPTURE “Why We Live” from upcoming “Alien Subspace” album
  
• Berlin-based new goth/ethereal/dark electronic project LITHIX “Move On”                                                           
• London, UK electronic/post-punk band This Is Radio Silence “Fallen Men” title track from the upcoming 5-track EP on Disconnected Music
  
• San Francisco-based steampunk/gothic/classical/doom pop cellist-singer-songwriter Erica Mulkey, aka Unwoman “The Eldritch One, Jolene” (Original song by Dolly Parton) from “Untitled Scary EP No. 1”
  
• Russian Occult & Dark-Folk act SPLENDOR SOLIS “Ignis Funebris (single edit)” new single