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gothic


Premiere: Versari exclusively unveil for us their new EP Brûle: an epic filled with glorious edits and remixes casting a whole new light on the originals

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Album Review: Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me

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News: Dark Mofo Festival

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Celestial, ethereal , bestial and brutal, woven with beauty and darker mysteries, you need a tapestry of adjectives to describe the music of Maud the moth. The project of Spanish-born / Scotland-based pianist and singer-songwriter Amaya López-Carromero, each Maud the moth album has been unapologetically ambitious but not at the expense of connectivity. Her songs …

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Does anyone do darkness better? Friday night at Moshpit, the hole-in-the-wall dive on Eora/Sydney’s King Street, was the perfect place to find out. Velvet Parade, hailing from Naarm/Melbourne, were there to launch their debut, ‘Ghost’. The evening opened with Jo Meares, whose 2014 release, ‘King of the Crystal Mountain‘, set a brooding tone. His voice …

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We are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to the debut single from the magnificent Naarm/Melbourne band Velvet Parade, newly signed to the esteemed Kasumuen Records label. ‘Ghosts’ has a statuesque presence – tinted with a gothic darkness and embellished by thundering whiskey-soaked throbbing vocals that evoke a dingy den of iniquity in the …

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Jo Meares  is a prodigious talent and whatever he turns is mind to, it will be remarkable. His new project, Jo Meares’ Silver Bullets (let’s ignore the possessive comma issue), eschews his ambient and ethereal side for the full blooded rock’n’roll experience. OK, it’s still ethereal, but with a vibrating combustion engine to power the …

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Creeper, the British rock band, has gained recognition for their unique blend of punk rock, pop punk, and gothic rock elements. Celebrated for their theatrical and energetic live performances, they have a distinct visual style that combines gothic and punk imagery, often incorporating storytelling and narrative elements into their music and overall aesthetic. Their recent …

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Matt Malone, along with his band the Holy Spirits, bleeds pain, anguish and sorrow from every note in his new album ‘For The term Of His Natural Life’, and every track cuts with a visceral knife. And yet wallowing in such a dark shadowy world is utterly cathartic and immensely enjoyable. Whether this is some …

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‘IT’S NOT A PHASE’ is the latest project from Canadian midtempo mastermind REZZ, a goth-inspired, rocktronic EP that will thrill both dance and alternative fans alike. With collaborations from rock/alt heavyweights such as Silverstein, Grabbitz, Tim Henson of Polyphia, and Johnny Goth, REZZ pushes far beyond the boundaries of midtempo bass music. The collaborations ‘Embers’, ‘Signal’, …

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It’s been two years since US electro-goth outfit Lunar Twin released their magnificent album ‘Ghost Moon Ritual‘ back in April 2020: a point in time when we were oblivious to the full force of what was to come around the globe. Now, the band is back with their new album entitled ‘Aurora’., out through Tropical Depression …

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We are honoured to premiere today the new single ‘As I Rode Out Of The Cane Field Fire’ from the New England (NSW) duo The Florin Arc. With a razor sharp production from Hugh Cook that you could cut yourself with, and a sweeping, weeping string undercurrent, this is a rich, lush track that seems …

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We are very honoured to premiere the new video from shoegaze/goth maestro Seasurfer for the track ‘Something Very Bad’, featuring vocals from Susana Egea, the singer from the Spanish band Stereoskop. Seasurfer is the nom de plume of Hamburg-based artist Dirk Knight, who draws in other musicians to contribute to his electro-fuzz goth sounds. The …

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