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 Video Of The Day: VARSOVIE “Treize Collines / Thirteen Hills” (Official Video)
New York Quartet Clone Evoke Political Dissonance and Fury in “Care to Try?”
“They’ve Tried to Lock Me Out”— Berlin Post-Punk Outfit Agatha is Dead! Share Unsettling New Single “Strangers”
The Durutti Column Announce First Studio LP in Over 15 Years, “Renascent” — Listen to New Song “Liars”
They Might Be Giants Celebrate 40 Years at Brooklyn Steel Residency
The Witch Said No – Call The Dead (Digital EP – Aliens Production)
Pussy Riot announce debut full-length album ‘CYKA’, out June 12, 2026
Incirrina release new album ‘Trace’ on Cold Transmission Music
Trepaneringsritualen ‘Perfection & Permanence’ returns on limited moss green vinyl via Cold Spring
Black Marble Returns With Video for “Jim Carol New Year” — New Album “Life in Small Spaces” Announced!
Chris Wicked releases a cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy the Silence’ via Raven Black Productions
Replicant – Critical Point (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Potochkine ‘Sang d’Encre’ returns on grey splatters vinyl via young & cold
ImiAFan release digital EP ‘Elmúlt idő’
Ex-VoTo returns with ‘Laodicea’ EP on Poor Alice Music, limited to 100 copies on vinyl and CD
Glaswork Blends Ambient Electronics, EBM, and Contemporary Classical Elements on Debut Release “Anthology”
Portland Duo Puerta Negra Share Video for Scathing EBM Track “Complejo de Victima” (Victim Mentality)
Santiago Nicolás Teams up with PCR’s Kimin Kim on Techno EBM Stomper “Ensayo Continuo de Precisión”
WL//WH Video of the Day: MAD MASKS “Nex”
David Thrussell & Shinjuku Thief release ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ on Metropolis Records
hackedepicciotto announce new album ‘Lichtung’ out July 10, 2026 on Mute, share video for ‘Zeitenwende’
WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips
Dawn Of Ashes interview: ‘Sometimes, suffering is a necessary part of healing’
Peter Murphy releases ‘Swoon (Magic Wands Remix)’ on Metropolis Records
TAZER release single ‘Raise The Voltage’
Choke Chain announce new EP ‘Decomposition’ on Negative Gain
Subverge – Select (Digital Album – Aliens Production)
Third T.A.N.K. album ‘Broken Mirror’ out now via Electro Aggression Records
Bloc Party Addresses the Stages of a Breakup in ‘Anatomy Of A Brief Romance’
Jehnny Beth Premieres Remix by Sextile
Peter Hook to Release Live Album Dedicated to New Order’s ‘Get Ready’
Xiu Xiu Announces Album Based on David Lynch’s ‘Eraserhead’
John Carpenter Announces Album ‘Cathedral’ with First Graphic Novel
Patriarchy Explores Its Industrial Side with ‘Bite Marks’
Bladee Has Ready the Album ‘Sulfur Surfer’ with David Tibet of Current 93
Une Vraie Gothique “R.D.V. au cimetière”
Midnight Poetry “Dive into the Darkness”
Ikon “Realm Of The Black Sun”
Date at Midnight – Songs to Fall and Forget (10 years anniversary edition)
Palais Ideal “Here And Now”
Curtain “Spiral”
Chameleons “Artic Moon”
Dawn+Dusk Entwined “Remains Of Loss”
WL//WH Video Of The Day: LARSOVITCH “Corps” [Stanze Fredde Records / Conicle Records]
WL//WH Track Of The Day: VENUS IN NOISE “How would I know?”
WL//WH Track Of The Day: MANTAROCHEN “Seperate Ways”
“Black Ghost in the Corridor” — Omar Doom and Arnaud Rebotini Wander Through a Mirror Darkly in Video for “Reflections”
Neon Electronics – Liberation (Digital/Vinyl EP – Oráculo Records)
