Albanese’s Wardrobe – All Division, No Joy

Posted on November 30, 2025 by The Blogging Goth

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese got an early Halloween shock when he was thrust into a cultural quandary at the end of October, after being photographed wearing the iconic “Unknown Pleasures” shirt by Joy Division. Normally a ubiquitous piece of post-punk apparel, his opponents chose to seize on the grim origins of the legendary band’s name to attack him. I’m digging further into this unique scenario where proto-goth and politics collide, but caution readers the content that follows can be distressing and offensive.

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The Cure song triggers takedown of US Government video

Posted on October 12, 2025 by The Blogging Goth

The Department of Homeland Security within the American government has been forced to withdraw a video it shared on some social media platforms, after a copyright violation notification over the music – “Friday I’m In Love” by The Cure, the award-winning smash hit and their top-rated track on Spotify.

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Goth: The Oldest Youth Subculture

Posted on September 30, 2025 by The Blogging Goth

I made the jump to Bluesky sometime ago, but only recently have I suddenly noticed a surge in interactions. Almost universally good as well, a delightful change from some festering online hellholes I could mention.

Almost universally good. One casually insensitive commentator left a snide remark that really stuck with me, because I feel it strikes at some foundational concepts of goth – this strange subculture I’ve found myself enmeshed with for decades…

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New Music Reviews – August 2025

Posted on August 30, 2025 by The Blogging Goth

Whilst I prefer to leave reviews of new music, written effectively and enjoyably, to outlets like Post-Punk.com, I did feel I should back up my words about new music being fresh blood to the goth scene. So read on for three releases I enjoyed recently that are keeping goth moving ever forward … with caveats!

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“A Big Black Cloud Come!” – AI celebrations of a Bad Seeds anniversary

Posted on July 29, 2025 by The Blogging Goth

On this day forty years ago, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released their second single ever, the harsh and relentless “Tupelo” from the second album, “The Firstborn is Dead”.

It’s classic early Bad Seeds, awash with biblical Armageddon and Americana by way of epic reimagining. It’s remained a mainstay of their live sets over four decades and in his missives to fans via the Red Hand Files, it’s clear Cave personally holds it in high regard. So how are we to interpret the AI-generated music video he has shared with fans on this anniversary?

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