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News, reviews and other articles written from the UK Goth subculture

Whitby Festival Season – Winter 2019

Posted on October 26, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

Greetings to everyone attending Whitby Goth Weekend right now, and hello to everyone travelling down next weekend for Tomorrow’s Ghost Festival. Yes, we’re in the final throes of the great Whitby division, where the two competing events are occurring at separate times. Continue reading →

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The Sisters of Mercy – Roundhouse, London, September 2019

Posted on October 9, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

Ever since the 2019 tour was announced, I’ve been suffering from a grim premonition about The Sisters of Mercy. Some gnawing suspicion that their touring days would soon come to an end. That I might not have a chance to see my favourite band perform live ever again… Continue reading →

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Can An Article Be More Insulting?

Posted on October 3, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

With a sound like the stone trap chasing Indiana Jones, thousands of goth eyeballs were rolled recently as the Wall Street Journal published an online article ‘provocatively’ titled Can A Grown Woman Wear Goth Fashion?  Continue reading →

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Reformation: Rose Of Avalanche

Posted on August 29, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

It’s my delight to be conversing over email with founder guitarist Paul James Berry, bassist Allan Davis and guitarist Glenn Schultz, as they announce the return of Rose Of Avalanche at the leading UK alternative festival, Tomorrow’s Ghosts… Continue reading →

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“I can only receive” – Gary Numan’s ‘Cars’ released on this day in 1979

Posted on August 21, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

I caught a snippet of music  that was originally released on 24th August 1979, but now it was on an unlikely advert playing when I was just eleven… Continue reading →

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