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Happy Festiween!

Posted on October 1, 2021 by The Blogging Goth

Welcome to the month-log celebration that is Halloween – from October 1st to 31st the world gets that little bit more spooky! Not to mention, crammed full of events for the discerning goth. I’m looking ahead to where I’ll be and where I’d want to be if there was more than one of me! Continue reading →

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Olli Wisdom, singer with Specimen and founder of the Batcave (1958-2021)

Posted on August 23, 2021 by The Blogging Goth

Olli Wisdom was not only the lead singer of pioneering goth/glam/punk band Specimen, but also the co-founder of the Batcave club night in 1982, setting the template for the burgeoning goth scene’s sound and style. Continue reading →

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“Give Me Walls” by Cold in Berlin: Ten Years On

Posted on November 26, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

Cold in Berlin make hypnotic, spiky synth-backed bleak indie rock with mesmerizing and terrifying vocals that had me hooked from the start. Ten years ago today their debut album hit and this tireless band have been creating, performing and releasing ever since… Continue reading →

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Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy

Posted on November 16, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

Whoever he is, whatever incarnation the Eldritch has assumed for this chapter of The Sisters of Mercy story, Floodland is his success story writ large. It isn’t the difficult and contested production of the debut album, nor is the uneven and anticlimatic ‘final’ release, Vision Thing. As discussed above, this album is a true conjunction of forces and circumstances that define Andrew Eldritch and therefore this band and this release. Continue reading →

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A funeral for festivals in 2020?

Posted on August 22, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

As the live music sector struggles with an ongoing lockdown and insufficient government support, I’ve turned a weary eye towards the UK’s music festivals which are both a social and sonic lifeline for the scene. Will there be any band-led social gatherings this side of 2021? The reality seems unlikely… Continue reading →

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