Tagged: goth
My Gold Mask, “All Up in the Air” MP3
My Gold Mask roughened up the selvage of their awesomely forlorn Siouxsie-isms and, on “All Up in the Air,” somehow ended up sounding goth-garage. It’s crazy brolic for them, almost metal in parts, a good … read more »
Video: Zola Jesus, “Night”
Just saw the teaser trailer for the new season of True Blood (um, PSYCHED) and decided Zola Jesus needs to be on that show immediately, or at the very least on the soundtrack. At the … read more »
oOoOO’s Actual Pain Mixtape MP3
Past mixtapes curated by macabre-leaning Seattle clothing label Actual Pain have been more explicitly goth affairs, but not so much with this oOoOO curated excursion, despite the San Francisco band’s affection for gloom. Instead, they … read more »
Video: O.Children, “Ruins”
Look, we can never be mad at O.Children‘s Bauhaus-ian guitar cyclones or vocalist Tobias O’Kandi’s scorched-heart baritone. But with this visual for “Ruins,” we find ourselves being fully immersed in their cold cave, waiting for … read more »
Premiere: Boy 8-Bit, “Wolfen (Jokers of the Scene RMX)” MP3
This is eight minutes long and unfolds like an actual score to an ominous stalker scene in a super scary movie, which is basically what our beloved Jokers of the Scene do best. They warped … read more »
Video: Zambri, “W/Somebody”
Weirdly enough, we were listening to this ill Zambri track on our iPod this morning and being happy about it. It’s so lovely and lush, with a hint of the goth-informed shoegaze that’s bleeding into … read more »
Human Tetris, “People” MP3
As a goth and/or existentialist band names go Human Tetris is up there with Crash Worship and Sisters of Mercy, the latter of which is clearly some kind of influence, as Tetris vocalist Arvid Kriger … read more »
My Gold Mask, “Violet Eyes” MP3
My Gold Mask gets mega sounds and emotion out of two instruments, their tense guitar whorls and crackling warbles perfect for this rainy morning when, yeah ok, we rode the subway to work with Sisters … read more »
Video: Salem, “Legend”
The visual ambiance of this goth Top Gun is equally liberating and terrifying. Would be lovely to glide through the blue yonder in V-formation like migrating geese, but if any of these pilots’ headphones are … read more »
Vampire Weekend Is Hanging With High Schoolers, Goths And Ra Ra Riot
Vampire Weekend’s been pretty busy. In between trying to not sound like Simon & Garfunkel and calling ex-college classmates “Goth” during interviews, the band is also doing a feel-good event tonight in New York City and playing in side projects. Ah the life. read more »
