
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


Nine Inch Nails open ‘Nine Inch Noize’ preorders on vinyl, CD and cassette

Noir Addiction release ‘Pretty Things Don’t Last’ EP via SoulPunx Records

Nachtschleife release debut single ‘Microgram’ on Echozone

Propter Hoc – Dramaturgy (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)

Post Analog Disorder announce ‘Burning The Edges’ vinyl LP

Frontmaschine open preorders for ‘Rühren’ vinyl edition on Oráculo Records

Silke Bischoff unveil music video for previously unreleased title track ‘Tears’

“It’s Not Enough” — Black Marble Has Too Many Options, But No Satisfaction in Video for “Anything”

Soft Cell Celebrates the 80s Disco Scene With “In Heaven (When I Dance With You)”

Dead Can Dance release ‘The Cicadas’ single via Bandcamp

Devil Master Announces New Album with «You Worms’ Vain Delusions»

Interpol Offers Another Preview of New Album with ‘Iron City’

Tokyo Darkwavers Lilii Mar and Sex Virgin Killer Embark on European Tour — SVK’s “ANGEL (International Version)” Out Now on Vinyl!

A Certain Ratio share new ‘Knife Slits Water’ mix and 2026 tour dates

“Do the Trumpolini!” — Devo’s Gerald Casale Mocks MAGA Tyranny in Video for “Just Do It!”

Onenine & Myk Jung – Duress (Digital EP – Onenine & Myk Jung)

WL//WH Video Of The Day: CONTRE JOUR “This New World” (Official Video Clip)

Swedish EBM trio CK 37 release remix collection ‘Inget Hat (Remixer)’

CLUNK Recommends | Alien Chicks – Illuminati

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CLUNK Recommends | My First Time – Picture Of Health

CLUNK Recommends | Yard Act – Redeemer

CLUNK Recommends | BIG SPECIAL – SLUGLIFE

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New York’s Starcleaner Reunion Share New Single ‘Never Odd or Even’ and Announce Debut Album

“Our Eclipse is Here” — Border Goth Trio the Slashes Stare into the Flames With “I Started A Fire”

WL//WH Fragments Vol. 7: DOGTABLET // NO // MAGIC WANDS // ANTIPOLE & PEDRO CODE // THALIE NEMESIS

Rome duo Slava Bogu release debut album ‘Canzoni private’

Editors announce 2027 European and UK & Ireland tour dates

Formless State release industrial darkwave video ‘Forward’

Cold Spring sets ‘Tarkovsky’ 5CD soundtrack boxset for September

CLUNK Recommends | Cardinals – I Like You

CLUNK Recommends | Gurriers – Erasure

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announce Special Guests for Only UK Date This Summer

Manchester’s Holly Head Share New Single ‘I’ve Had Want’

Berlin’s Wie Ein Gott Announces “Made By Humans” Industrial-Synth Compilation — Listen to Brood Faye’s “I Could B U”

“Like Bats in Palmtrees” — New Compilation “AMERICAN GRAVE: Gothic Punk and Deathrock USA: 1978-1988” Announced!

Buzz Kull and Kontravoid Join Forces for Fall North American Tour

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

Tatv Gral premiere ‘Treachery’ DSTR remix video and release the ‘Treachery EP’

Les Hérauts de l’Ombre unite three projects on debut ‘Compilation’

The Veldt share ‘Morning, June and Yesterday’ single with Vaughan Oliver homage video

Dirk Da Davo interview about the end of Neon Electronics: ‘I am happy not to be an 18-year-old musician at the start of his career who needs to compete with soulless AI music, and whose success is measured in the quantity of likes on social media’

Runes Order & Regen Graves release dark ambient album ‘Escape’

PIG – Hurt People Hurt ( Digital/CD Album – Metropolis / Armalyte Industries / Pig Industries / Blue Noise)

The Durutti Column Prepares Release of First Album in 15 Years with «Scammer»

Balvanera Announces the Release of ‘Hasta tocar el fondo vacío del lenguaje’
