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

Robert Smith is The Cure-ator of Meltdown 2018

Posted on February 6, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

2018 is the year to celebrate utterly the career of The Cure. The band will celebrate its fortieth anniversary – forty years of releases at least, they actually formed in 1976. From 1978 they became one of the most recognizable, … Continue reading →

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Joy Division, 1978-2018.

Posted on January 26, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

Oddly enough, I don’t recall the first time I heard “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. I quickly got used to hearing it though, a reliable floor-filler back when I was enjoying the scraps of goth you could hear at the … Continue reading →

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“David Bowie needed to bugger off” – Peter Murphy takes aim.

Posted on January 22, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

Peter Murphy has dropped some scathing comments about the late, great David Bowie in a recent interview. Continue reading →

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Happy Noir Year!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

With 2018 looming over the horizon like a particularly angry storm, it’s time to reflect on 2017 and what I was up to as The Blogging Goth. At the start of the year, I looked at the bizarre new album … Continue reading →

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Reviews from Whitby Goth Weekend October 2017

Posted on November 23, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

Welcome to my reviews of the latest bands to perform at Whitby Goth Weekend – my thanks as always to the management for kindly granting me access! One of these days I’ll have sufficient tech and time to produce a … Continue reading →

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