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

The Velvet Vote and the 2024 General Election

Did the goth electors of the UK have a fractious political appetite too, or did they buck national trends? How did this election’s polling differ to previous returns? Find out now! Continue reading

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Goth Election 2024

Regular readers will know I’ve polled you on intentions for the last three elections. I’m again keen to get an insight into where the Velvet Vote will be placed! Continue reading

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‘Goth needs to defend its territory’ – how the ‘postpunk’ tag is muddying the waters

“Joy Division is a massively important band in explaining why some indie and rock bands sounded the way they do in the 2000s. No self respecting music journalist wanted to admit the bands they liked were influenced by something as stupid and tawdry as goth and so it all got neatly sanitised, packaged and labelled as post punk.” Continue reading

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World Goth Day 2024 – reflections from my first Wave-Gotik-Treffen

I got back from my first WGT the day before World Goth Day, so I’m sharing my thoughts on goth through my experiences of this major festival! Continue reading

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“I’ve been listening so long” – More than 30 Years of Disintegration by The Cure

On May 2nd 1989, The Cure released Disintegration, their eighth studio album – a brooding, introspective creation and their most commercially successful album. Continue reading

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