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Reformation: Rose Of Avalanche

Posted on August 29, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

It’s my delight to be conversing over email with founder guitarist Paul James Berry, bassist Allan Davis and guitarist Glenn Schultz, as they announce the return of Rose Of Avalanche at the leading UK alternative festival, Tomorrow’s Ghosts… Continue reading →

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Goth City Festival 2017 – Interview with Joel Heyes

Posted on September 22, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

I got in touch with Joel Heyes, svengali of the Leeds goth scene, to find out how preparation for the second Goth City Festival is progressing. Continue reading →

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“A Place Both Wonderful And Strange” – Geography through a Goth lens

Posted on May 24, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

The TV adaption of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed fantasy novel American Gods has been unreal and amazing so far. It would be so easy to mangle this complex combination of subtle themes and sly allusions, but Starz seem to have come … Continue reading →

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The Wendyhouse, Leeds, 2012

Posted on March 17, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

One of my favourite YouTube videos is the one taken at the Xclusiv Club in Batley, 1984. The (Black) Gold Age of Goth, it shows perfect hairdos and artless makeup in the incongruous surroundings of a sleepy, little West Yorkshire … Continue reading →

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