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Siouxsie Weekend

The Ice Queen of the Scene was the theme of last weekend, with my first chance ever to see her perform live on Friday, then on the following evening to discuss her iconic career as seen on the pages of Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth with author Cathi Unsworth. Back to back Banshee action beckons… Continue reading

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The Blogging Goth in conversation with The March Violets

My first video of 2023, an interview I did with the lovely folk in the March Violets – once labelmates with the legendary Sisters, and an ongoing force in the post-punk world. Continue reading

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Catching up with ‘Britain’s Biggest Goth’

It’s always random chance when the British media decides to cover goth. I was worried when I heard my friend Cinzia Bacilieri would be appearing on the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X – and even speaking to the Daily Mail, that dreaded heavyweight of caricature British extremism! Of course I shouldn’t have worried… Continue reading

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Goth City Festival VI: Interview with the Promoter

Forget the Batcave, Highgate or Camden Market, Leeds is going to embrace its dark heritage as the true capital of UK Goth with the welcome return of Goth City Festival
in just a few weeks time.

A smorgasbord of live music, DJs and traders catering to a vast influx of black-clad fans, it’s popular with old-school and bleeding-edge goths alike.
I dropped GCF Comandante Joel Heyes a line to chat about the event, as well as challenging some old-fashioned thinking in the scene! Continue reading

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

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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