About five years ago, in the dark depths of the pandemic, TikTok users suddenly became enamored of a video of dancing bats. The bats weren’t really dancing, just hanging upside down, but the black-and ...

Despite the blue skies and relentless sunshine of the desert, the gloominess of goth-inspired music has a strong foothold in our fair state. Gothic rock first emerged from post-punk outfits in the ...

Gothic music’s sibling, industrial, can be tricky to key. Is Nine Inch Nails’s Trent Reznor just a guy who backed conventional rock guitars with a drum-and-synth track? Did Ministry skip industrial ...

Note: The show is part of Luck You's So Below Showcase. The event is 21+ only. Cruel Velvet make “goth rock for metal heads,” says vocalist and bassist Taylor D. Waring. The band’s roster is filled ...

Even goths get their day in the sun. Today marks World Goth Day, an annual celebration of all things black and broody in that music and fashion subculture. And you bet your inky corsets and combat ...

Emma Baird entered the Perth goth scene in the late 1980s. She believes it was pivotal in relieving her feeling of social isolation. Emma Baird believes finding friends in Perth's 80s and 90s goth ...

When putting together our list of 13 classic ’80s goth albums, there were a few records that almost made the cut, as well as a few groups who may have never made a classic album but did deliver a ...

Westword‘s Now Hear This section has historically been devoted to concert picks. When we wrote this edition, we had no idea the live-music industry was about to collapse. The four bands listed below ...

“The Gothic community in Eugene is fucking awesome. Excuse my French,” Nikki Brackett, goth frontwoman for local darkwave band Stariana says. “Everyone I’ve met, just from going to other shows or my ...