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Goth: The Oldest Youth Subculture

What I want to speak to is this concept of punishing those who dare to age – particularly in the goth scene. A scene that has, since existence, actually tried hard to venerate its veterans. Continue reading

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“A Big Black Cloud Come!” – AI celebrations of a Bad Seeds anniversary

On the fortieth anniversary of the release of “Tupelo”, Nick Cave shares an AI-generated music video with fans and invites feedback. Continue reading

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“Goths are so back” articles are so done.

What the article actually means is goth is beginning to orbit closer to the mainstream again, in a way that can make rich people even richer. Continue reading

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Dark Return of the Same Old Story

I was in two minds about responding to The Guardian’s article of 20 February – “Goth’s undead! The dark return of Britain’s spookiest subculture”. The “dark return?” The question, “did it ever go away”? Time to set the record straight! Continue reading

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Dark Wash Recycle – ‘gothcore’ and high fashion

It’s all part of the Dark Wash Cycle, where the catwalk commandeers goth style for their Fall-Winter collections, and every journalist has to act like they’ve never seen huge boots or winged eyeliner before. Continue reading

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