So the weekend is over, and so too is the Thirtieth Anniversary of Whitby Goth Weekend, the best-known UK Goth event in the world. Looking back, I realise a lot of pretty unique things occurred to me thanks to attending on and off since 2007, and I thought I’d revisit them as my own celebration of WGW – and to make up for not attending this year! Sadly, Nick Cave made me a better offer…
Goth is a niche interest. No, it really is – and it used to just be nothing more than fleeting infatuation from high fashion every year, as the season turned chill and the catwalks cried out for inspiration. I called it the Dark Wash Cycle and have filed several tired dismissals previously. Until now, when a Beauty Editor at British Vogue has decided to turn in a whole book on the topic…
Continue readingSincere apologies for the clickbait title – but I couldn’t resist the urge to be a bit mischievous! It’s Gary Marx of all people, who has returned to the fold with Green Ginger Jive, a glam-inspired album – and his first release since 2008’s “Nineteen Ninety Five and Nowhere”. Many of us, of course, know him better as the lead guitarist for The Sisters of Mercy and one of the four musicians who created their landmark debut album, “First and Last and Always”.
Continue readingThe chance to discuss a new single by The Cure last cropped up sixteen years ago. There might never be another. Such is the atmosphere one inhabits when approaching ‘Alone’, released on 26 September to promote the album “Songs of a Lost World.”
Continue readingBetween 2007 and 2014 I lived in Leeds, having visited for years prior to chase gigs, friends, and notorious clubnights. The common denominator attraction was always that dark legacy of goth, which had its ascendancy in the 80s as the sound and scene developed for the very first time. I strive to celebrate this fact at every opportunity, even as we acknowledge the equally vital and contemporaneous contribution of the Batcave in London – because it’s nice to have a worldwide cultural phenomena that actually began in the North of England!
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