The day before Saturday’s Cruel World festival, the promoters tweeted out a weather advisory: “Mostly sunny, high of 79, 100% chance of angst and despair. See you there.” The weather, it turned out, ...

Some time ago, when I was a Gothic maiden living in a railroad apartment with a roommate and a small colony of cockroaches, we used to sit around the kitchen table smoking Djarum Blacks and seeing who ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Friday, Jan. 19, Dark Entries Athens, a karaoke event featuring punk, new wave, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Graham Smith Spandau Ballet have a new box set out in September and from it have dropped ...

Halloween may have just passed, but for those still wanting to dress in black, cake on the black mascara and listen to some scary music, you're in luck: Bauhaus is in the house. When the British band ...

Leah Lane has faith in the counterculture. “Things will work out,” the singer says. “I have a lot of faith in the goth scene. And a lot of faith in the post-punk scene, [and] in the darkwave scene.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images The UK is to get a major new alt. culture ...

From left Gabe Mendoza plays a Sam Ramirez, Jennifer Sanoja, and Mercedes Mentez groove on the dance floor at Sunshine Bar on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022 in Arlington. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer ...

If post-punk goth can be traced back to one brooding monolith, it s Northampton, England s Bauhaus. A quick history lesson: Formed in 1978, Bauhaus appealed to those left tragically long-faced after ...