ACTORS | AL1CE| AMULET | CATHEDRAL BELLS | CREUX LIES | DANCING PLAGUE | DARK CHISME | DEAD COOL | DEEP RED | DIE SEXUAL | DILDOX | HAUNT ME | HOUSE OF HARM | LEAETHER STRIP | QUAL | RUINED CONFLICT | SCULPTURE CLUB | SLEEK TEETH | TEARS FOR THE DYING | THE NEURO FARM | WINGTIPS
ACTORS –Vancouver, BC (CA)
Vancouver’s ACTORS has been called “Canada’s most exciting post-punk band” for good reason. With a sleek, cinematic sound that’s ice-cool and anthemic, the four-piece—Jason Corbett (vocals, guitar), Shannon Hemmett (synth, vocals), Kendall Wooding (bass, vocals), and Adam Fink (drums)—has carved out a distinct space in the modern darkwave scene.
AL1CE – Los Angeles, CA (US)
AL1CE is a blend of electronic dance, dark wave, and rock music. With surrealistic and fantastic imagery, AL1CE creates a dreamy, intimate, and dark yet cathartic experience for fans, exploring themes of the sacred feminine and masculine, yin and yang, challenges and transcendence.
Amulet – Washington D.C. (US)
Amulet is bass-driven, dark romantic electro-rock with powerful female vocals. With a theatrical performance ranging from high-energy post punk to soulful a cappella movements, to electronic dance beats, Amulet is a ride through the emotional journey that is the dark side of the human experience.
Cathedral Bells - Orlando, FL (US)
Cathedral Bells is the indie / dreampop band project of multi-instrumentalist of Matt Messore, founded in 2018 based out of Orlando, Fl.
Known for their ethereal and dreamy sounds accompanied by the profound songwriting and lyricism by Messore what once started as a bedroom pop project now tours nationally as a full band.
Creux Lies – Sacramento, CA (US)
Revered for use of reverb-laden guitar work, creative synth structures, and dynamic vocals akin to the style of many early shades of 80’s pop darkness, Creux Lies stands novel. This Californian Neo-romantic post-punk bangs dance floors and engages emotional deep dives.
Dancing Plague – Portland, OR (US)
Dancing Plague is the dark electro solo project of Portland, OR-based artist Conor Knowles. Blending elements of Darkwave, Industrial, and EBM, Dancing Plague carves out a sound that’s both visceral and emotionally charged. With thunderous percussion, throbbing basslines, infectious synth hooks, and a signature baritone vocal delivery, the project stands out in the modern dark electronic landscape.
Dark Chisme - Seattle (US)
Dark Chisme is Seattle-based vocalist and producer Christine Gutiérrez and multi-instrumentalist "E". Their sound combines the propulsive rhythms and melodies of dark wave, house, and techno with the emotion of goth and latin music. Their debut album delivers a fantastic set of propulsive, addictive, anthemic dark wave featuring intense, enveloping, 80s-tinted beats and perfectly accented by Gutiérrez’s cool, commanding, charismatic vocals.
Dead Cool - Wilmington, NC (US)
From the coastal charm of Wilmington, North Carolina emerges intriguing electronic duo, Dead Cool. Their namesake, drawn from a Chrome Cranks number, resonates with the unique chemistry of Johnny's multifaceted vocal, synthesizer, and guitar prowess, coupled with Angela Yeagher's bass rhythms and harmonizing vocals. Infused with the evocative notes of darkwave, post-punk, and synthpop, Dead Cool's musical offerings, established since 2020, have been garnering an enthusiastic following both domestically and internationally.
Deep Red - Miami, FL (US)
"I dream in red, my nightmares are based in red". DC Astro and Martha A. Hoffmann have been using this phrase as a blueprint for their musical visions. Originating in 1996, their sound contains equal parts of darkness and sensuality.
Die Sexual - Los Angeles, CA (US)
Die Sexual is the Los Angeles-based dark electronic duo of Rosselinni and Anton Floriano. Conjuring their influences of ebm, techno and electropop, their sound is an intoxicating mix of analog synthetics and seductive vocals, touching on themes of desire and despair,
Dildox - Los Angeles, CA (US)
The electro-industrial duo from Los Angeles are turning darkwave on its head with their brash beats, demanding lyrics, and raw energetic performances.
Haunt Me – Austin, TX (US)
Haunt Me out of Texas creates a blend of highly emotive and nostalgic post-punk, new wave, and darkwave that is as danceable as it is bleak.
House of Harm – Boston, MA (US)
House of Harm, an enigmatic force in the realm of shadow-pop music, defies categorization as they transcend the boundaries of the resurgent post-punk scene
This Boston based trio have conquered a niche pocket in the indie music scene blending elements to create music that is as infectious as it is emotional.
Leaether Strip – Vegger, DK
Leæther Strip is the solo project of Danish electronic artist and producer Claus Larsen, which emerged in the early 1990s with an aggressive sound that helped build the foundation for Western Europe's influential EBM (electronic body music) and electro-industrial movements.
Qual – (UK)
Septic discharges of cybernetic disease seeps from every orifice. Welcoming a post apocalyptic nuclear winter. With terror and restless chaos cometh the digital age condemned to be digitally transformed. Cometh hybrids, mutated humans a depletion of organics.
Ruined Conflict – Cleveland, OH (US)
Formed in 2011, Ruined conflict strives on developing a unique style of alternative electronic and orchestrated symphonies that would allow them to release a diverse and dynamic sound that would separate the band from others.
Sculpture Club – Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Sculpture Club made a name for themselves as party-punks, pure and simple, throwing the kinds of glitter-coated shows that their hometown of Salt Lake City had never seen before, and would not soon forget. Sparkly, driving guitar parts and irresistibly thundering drum beats to the foundation of their sound, riptide bass lines round out a sound rippling with the sweeping, crashing urgency of post-punk, while also recalling the glamor of classic goth.
Tears for the Dying - Athens, GA (US)
Tears for the Dying is an Athens, GA post-punk/goth band. With keen attention to atmosphere and ambiance, Tears for the Dying delivers a cold, pallid take on post-punk and goth rock music. Their live experience is rich and diverse, blending ethereal grooves with raw, angry deathrock.
The Neuro Farm – Washington D.C. (US)
The Neuro Farm is a Washington DC-based darkwave gothic rock band that combines haunting vocal harmonies with soaring violin melodies, driving rhythm guitar, and ethereal sonic textures. Drawing on influences such as Joy Division, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sigur Ros, Chelsea Wolfe, Portishead, and Rammstein, their music has been praised for its hauntingly beautiful sound.
WINGTIPS– Chicago, IL (US)
WINGTIPS are a Midwest-based electro pop duo consisting of Vincent Segretario and Hannah Avalon. The band’s sonics are best described as an androgynous sound of transition. Interpolating darkly shimmering layers of angular guitar and pulsating darkwave beats, WINGTIPS sharpen their anthemic rush with an increasing penchant for melody and an atmosphere equally informed by post-punk as sweeping electronica.