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
WL//WH Track Of The Day: DER MIST “Orange” [Disanorak]
Various Artists – Concise Pink Pig Atlas: The Whole Cure In The Mirror
The Minx – Real Minx
WL//WH Track Of The Day: WAVE DECAY “See The Sun”
Anorexic Dread – Tracey’s Burning 12”
The Psalms – No Great Cathedral K7
Epee Du Bois – Open Water K7 / SHAME! Holiday Party 2025
Lords of Acid release ‘Dream Boy’, second single of 2026 on Metropolis Records
ou ou debut with three-track EP ‘lake’ on Xenophone International
WL//WH Review: ATHAMAY “Necropolis” LP [Midian Studios]
WL//WH Video Of The Day: CHRONOTAPE “The Loop” (Official Video)
WL//WH Track Of The Day: LILAC LAMENT “Margot”
Back to the basics in search of emotional connection // An Interview with MELANCULIA
WL//WH Premiere: TRANSMIGRATION Explores the Burden of Expectations and Identity in “Understanding” (Official Music Video)
WL//WH Track Of The Day: OCTAVIAN WINTERS “By The Stars”
WL//WH Video Of The Day: TRANXHAINE “Foggy Body Mindless Brain”
WL//WH Video Of The Day: THE BUTTONS “Dig It Out!”
WL//WH Track Of The Day: STARFLYER 59 “I’m Disappointed”
WL//WH Premiere: MICHAEL ZODOROZNY’s DIY Animated Man vs Machine “Likely Story”
WL//WH Weekly Shoegaze // Dreampop // Psychedelic // Indie Tips
WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips
WL//WH Video of the Day: FRANTIC CHANT “The Crumbler”
WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips
WL//WH Video Of The Day: CHAINLACING “Simulacra” (Official Music Video)
WL//WH Track Of The Day: SUN SHINES COLD “Betrayal”
Native Tongue – Native Tongue 12” + YOWL LP
Mortiis lands ‘Ghosts of Europa’ album on Prophecy Productions on 26 June 2026
WL//WH Premiere: BUNNYBLACK’s Trippy Vision Between Dreams and Nightmares “Eat Me”
White Noise TV release 181 BPM dark electro single ‘Gathering Allies’
Anton Corbijn at Fotografiska Berlin, where music history looks back
Lakeside X release new single ‘Absinthe Dream’ ahead of ‘Fractured’ vinyl EP and Cargo Gallery show
Makes My Blood Dance set June release for debut album ‘Z3r0 2 LGHT $p33d!’
Conflux – Under The Sign (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Der Bürokrat – Der Bürokrat (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Stanze Fredde)
In Her Eye return with ‘Something Wrong’ ahead of ‘Death in a Morning Show’
Maschine Brennt issues ‘Music for Machines’ as limited CD edition – first full album since 2022’s ‘Grief’
Her Own World interview – Building scale without breaking the spell
Ray Noir pushes the world with ‘Black’ single and video
Pigface and Genesis P-Orridge archival LP ‘The Howler: An English Breakfast’ gets first vinyl release
Staytus signs with Cleopatra Records and announces ‘S + M’
Ataraxia – Sylfaera The Fair (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – The Circle Music)
Dina Summer release EBM/electro single ‘Voodoo’ on Iptamenos Discos
Heldautomat release debut single ‘Am ersten Tag’
Mephisto Odyssey releases 2026 remaster of Static-X’s ‘Push It’ (Crucified Dub) as track earns RIAA Gold
Silke Bischoff sign with Dependent Records for catalogue reissues
E.R.M.T. – Abyssal Rites (Digital EP – Mescalina Records)
Unter Strøm debut with ‘Orynth’ on Breathing Records
Out Of Line Weekender 2026 review: Berlin, voltage, vulnerability, and three days that never lost their pulse
