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

Infest – Saturday 26th August – Reviews

Now I’m safely installed in the University Halls (cheap and cheerful, for £65 you basically get a room with a mattress for three days!) I can concentrate on the Infest experience. I signed up for a Laserquest match on Saturday … Continue reading

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Infest – Friday 25th August – Reviews

We’re clattering down the A1 towards Yorkshire, Bradford, and Infest 2017. We had to leave after work, and delay after delay is hitting us as we struggle towards the biggest, best industrial / EBM / electro festival in the UK, … Continue reading

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Silhouettes and Statues: The Compilation Review

Some time ago the Cherry Red Records team approached me with a very generous offer – a very advance listen to Silhouettes and Statues, the magnum opus of goth: a five-disc über-compilation of the finest new-wave, post-punk and proto-goth tracks spanning the … Continue reading

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“Some Girls Wander By Mistake” – New 4LP Vinyl Boxset Release

You can now pre-order a four-record boxset of vinyl from Rhino Records, titled Some Girls Wander By Mistake, that will cover the earliest singles and EPs of The Sisters of Mercy, from 1980 to 1983. Available from 1st September, for … Continue reading

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Infesting 2017: The Blogging Goth Goes To Bradford

“There goes Tim Sinister”, you’ll say. “Stereotype Trad Goth,” you’ll say. “Wishes he was Eldritch but, you know, still with hair. ” You’ll be right too, and it’s only a matter of time I ink myself with the head and … Continue reading

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