CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
Music
Music at Catastrophe Ballet gathers news, reviews and tour dates from the post-punk, coldwave, darkwave, EBM and goth undergrounds — extending into the crank wave and post-Brexit new wave lineage of Fall, Wire and Gang of Four. Coverage draws on a curated network of scene zines and labels
XXV Wrocław Industrial Festival: SPKtR, The Legendary Pink Dots and unique collaborations mark the 25th edition
19th Elektrisch Festival: from industrial pioneers to the new underground in Zwickau
TRAITRS “POSSESSOR” – Cream White European Edition
French Police “Essentials”
Mayflower Madame “Insight” – Deluxe – Gold Black Swirl Edition
Echoberyl “Mother Solitude : Expanded”
Remembering Skinny Puppy’s Dwayne Goettel, 31 years after his death
MNÆ release third single ‘Drive’ with video on August 28
Richard Evans on Ultravox: ‘They were too rock for electronic purists, too electronic for rock audiences’
The Young Gods announce We Are All Young Gods live album, closing Appear Disappear cycle
Desperate Journalist announce Gilding The Lily album with debut single Terrible Years
AMERICAN GRAVE: Gothic Punk / Deathrock USA 1978–1988
Cult Goth Road Trip Movie “Gypsy 83” Returns in a Restored Director’s Cut — Expanded Soundtrack Features The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Echo & the Bunnymen, and More!
‘Gypsy 83’ returns as a 4K director’s cut with an expanded goth soundtrack
“For All We Care Is To Be Pleased” — Dutch New Wave Duo Pol Interviews Stylish Strangers in Video for “Sex Machines”
Ministry release ‘We Hate’, the second single from final album ‘Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)’
The Electrozixx, the Floreffe synthpop duo behind fifth EP ‘Frenchy Touch’
A Flock of Seagulls’ ‘The Story of a Young Heart’ turns 42 on 20 August
Portion Control interview: ‘It’s closer to handling someone else’s archive that happens to have your name on it’
Vancouver’s Concrete Vehicles Share New Single ‘Cut Ties’
Magic Wands release ‘Diamond Rain’, the first track from an album due in early 2027
“We Suffer Oh So Silently” — Los Angeles Romantic Post-Punk Duo Deceits Share Video for “One Day You’ll Hurt As Much As Me”
Chris Connelly sets 21-track Lou Reed tribute ‘Doo Wop in the Dark’ for 16 October
Rosetta Stone announce ‘Executing Nostalgia’ and release first single ‘Shadowban’
Chameleons take ‘Arctic Moon’ across Europe this autumn
Clan of Xymox’s ‘In Love We Trust’ turns 17 on 18 August
Fontaines D.C. Return with New Single ‘Marianne’ and Announce Album ‘Dopamine Chamber’
The Cassandra Complex set ‘Generating Station Complex’ for 30 October on vinyl and CD
45 Grave’s ‘Pick Your Poison’ turns 14 on 14 August
DAF to Have New Documentary Featuring Martin Gore
Nao Katafuchi releases the title-track video from ‘Lonely Fire’ on Kernkrach
ShadowMouth and The Elder Goths Collaborate on Twin Tracks “The Promise of Alchemy and The Death of Chemistry”
Like Murder Ballads and Campfire Folk Songs — Southern Gothic Outfit Wailin Storms Ignites With “The Arsonist” LP
Escape With Romeo release 13th album ‘Night After Night’
Godflesh announces final album Decay before disbandment
Dead Can Dance’s ‘Anastasis’ turns 14 on 13 August
WL//WH Track Of The Day: DETECTS “Amber In Black”
“Before the Dusk Devoured Day” — Texas Darkwave Duo Nite Share Video for “Cries for Help” Ahead of US Tour
“Lovebombed, Breadcrumbed, Ghosted” — LA’s Sun Spoiler lets it all out in Video for “Reek”
EbE404 releases ‘Flora’ maxi-single via GIVE/TAKE
Past Self announces European tour and releases new single Jemul
Swedish Experimental Collective SYNVILLA Shares Video for Psychedelic Post-Punk Single “Milky Breath”
Dead Voices on Air Finds Strange Forms Inside the Seams in New Album “Mothcomma”
Between Fallen Angels and Gotham Nights — An Interview With Casket Cassette and Stare Away on the “Reducer” Tour
REWORK Releases “Disco Love” EP With Remixes From Jennifer Touch and Neu-Romancer
Louisville Synthpop Trio Modiste’s “Nothing More Than a Machine” Finds the Human Heart Inside Vintage Synths
Seattle’s Ghosts In The Graveyard Shares Video for Goth Rock Cover of The Afghan Whigs’ “Debonair”
“Lead Me to Ambivalentopia” — Berlin Post-Punk Artist roman946 Maps a Continent in Conflict on New Album “Balta”
