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
Robert Smith Says The Cure’s Next Album Is Done as Eden Gallup Joins Live Lineup, Deep-Cut Festival Sets Continue, and Olivia Rodrigo Duet Debuts
“I Will Fight You” — Catherine Moan Confronts the Political Abandonment of Trans Rights in Video for “Enemy”
Peruvian-American Industrial Wave Act BOCANEGRA Take Aim at Corruption and Collective Denial in Video for “Back to Life”
Soft Cell Announce Final Album “Danceteria” — Watch Video for Title Track!
TATV GRAL brings queer leather culture and dark synth ritualism to ‘Treachery’
Arsine Tibé to release ‘The Lounge Noire Sessions (Episode II)’ on June 19
Vampire Valentine release ‘In The Dark’ single ahead of self-titled album
Stakkato – Gefärhrliche Liebschaft (Digital/CD Album – Elektro Shock Records)
David Thrussell releases ritual LP ‘The Reign Of Dead Matter’ on Ant-Zen
Vexagon – I For An I (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
London Post-Punk Quartet Mouth Ulcers Explore the Cost of Leaving the Past Behind in Video for “Space”
Die Krupps announce Marcel Zürcher’s return before 2026 festival dates
“Light in the Darkness” — Tokyo Trio ICONA Turns Memory and Heartache Into Nostalgic Electronic Pop With “Pain”
She Past Away “Mizantrop”
Digital Factor announce new album ‘0.8’ on Alfa Matrix, out June 12
Between Saturn and Mars — Dark Synth Artist Tatv Gral Conjures Eroticism and Malefic Betrayal in Video for “Treachery”
Suicide Commando releases ‘Collective Suicide Vol. 1+2’
The Joy Thieves release album ‘Apocalypse Pending’ via Armalyte Industries
Cassette Culture Podcast explores Industrial Records’ ‘Tapes Received’ list
NØIR release ‘Breath and Taxes’ EP on Distortion Productions
Nurse With Wound ‘A Sucked Orange’ reissued by Infinite Fog on 2LP picture disc, CD and tape
Cold Sector interview: ‘I believe that in wartime periods it is not only possible but also necessary to make long-term plans’
The Other Voice Of Bronski Beat: Jon Jon Foster reflects on ‘Truthdare Doubledare’ at 40
Sleep Kills – Sleep Kills (Digital EP – Sleep Kills)
Altar De Fey “Under A Waxing Moon”
j:dead release single ‘Keep Walking’ via Infacted Recordings
Clock DVA release 45th-anniversary remaster of ‘Thirst’ on The Grey Area of Mute
WL//WH Review: INCIRRINA “TRACE” LP [Cold Transmission Music]
Poeme Electronique – The Echoes Fade (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Anna Logue Records)
Eastside Festival 2026 brings Nitzer Ebb, Covenant and Devision Redux to Halle/Saale
Nouvelle Vague announce ‘A Date With Depeche Mode’ UK tour for March 2027
Emma Ruth Rundle and the Need to Destroy to Build Something Better in ‘Powerless’
Black Marble Announces New Album with “Jim Carroll New Year”
Puerta Negra share ‘Complejo de Victima’ video ahead of ‘Metafísica’ EP
Das Mörtal releases double single ‘Parasite & Ghost’ on Lisbon Lux Records ahead of mini-album ‘DECVY I’
British Post-Punk Outfit The Snake Corps Reissue Cult-Classic Debut Album “Flesh on Flesh” on Vinyl and Expanded CD
Near Earth Orbit – LCFR (Digital/CD Album – Solar Lodge)
WL//WH Video Of The Day: LUSTTONE “Lost Soul” (Official Music Video)
Synthwave Maestro Michael Oakley Surveys a Broken System in Neon-Noir Video for “World of Promises”
Oppenheimer MKII Returns in Ghostly Cathode-Ray Video for “Oh My Mind Is a Storm” — New Album “Embrace the Dark” Out Soon!
Florence Darkwave Project Terminal Serious Carries the Weight of Sorrow in Video for “Every Time You Cry”
London’s Black Bordello Delivers Dark, Wounded Elegance With Bond-Theme Ballad “Numb-Lock”
“In the Beauty of a Flame” — NYC’s Stare Away Sings of Doomed Romance and Parasocial Devotion in Video for “Familiar”
“Night Will Transform You” — Bristol Goth Rockers NAUT Celebrate the Dark in Video for “Liberation”
WL//WH Track Of The Day: DIRTY SPANGLES “Stormclouds”
WL//WH New Music: FRÄULEIN FRAUKE “X-Ray Love” (Music Video)
Dekad – A Distorted View (Digital/CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Point Line Plane ‘Point Line Plane’ debut LP out now on SKiN GRAFT Records – first vinyl pressing after 20+ years out of print
