Teen Gothic

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Feel free to discuss music, fashion, events, DIY projects, etc. and anything relating to goth as long as it's in line with the subreddit rules.

Sisters is playing on my birthday this week at one of my favorite venues in town and it's a milestone – I'll be 40! They are one of my all time favorites and I've never seen them live, mostly due to not wanting to risk the disappointment. I know the rep they have when it comes to pretty lousy shows and I would hate to waste $ 150 on a bad show on a day I'll always remember. Have recent shows gotten any better???

I've been looking for something like Lebanon Hanover – Kiss Me Until My Lips Fall Off, Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows – In der Palästra, Molly Nilsson – I Hope You Die or The Perfect Girl.

Rev up those creepy coupes, batmobiles, spooky sedans, gorevettes, sinister sportscars and dragulas. It's another week to pump that high octane seethe fuel and burn on some rage!

It's lights out and away we go!

Aight, been lurking/responding to some topics some time, but never posting before. (Surely i screwed up the flair, be kind on me,mods!)

My fellow bats, elder and younger,i come to seek wisdom and help.

Basically i am trying to put up a little showcase with an acoustic guitar, mostly to doodle around on lazy sundays and to ha e a few aces up my serve Just in case.

Mostly Will have some new wave/punkish titles (yay, gotta have some Cash tunes too once i suck a Little less) so i was trying to get some nice acoustic Tunes (or Easy ones that can be made into acoustic)on top of my skull without any result (except the Cure's acoustic album).

So, anyone got a suggestion?

Thanks in Advance, and have a Great neat sunday everyone!

Random goth in New Zealand but I hear about practically 0 goth things in New Zealand the scene seems to be very small(It could just be that my city is a bit small and isolated) but if anyone knows any good goth events or places in New Zealand I'd love to hear abt them!

I believe that without using music theory and music production terminology, the whole "what is goth music" discussion goes nowhere. For me, 'goth music' is characterized by the following:

• repeated rhythms, often in simple time
• use of effects such as chorus, distortion, delay etc on electric guitars (and occasionally bass guitars) to create 'ambient' textures
• high use of reverb on all instruments
• less overdrive/distortion compared to industrial, punk and metal, more subdued electric guitar timbre
• use of noise and extraneous sounds alongside "musical" pitch (especially goth rock that leans more towards post-punk)
• use of synthesizers/keyboards to colour textures with ambience
• use of power chords (as in all rock genres)
• use of minor keys
• less emphasis on instrumental technical prowess and more on creating affect through texture and ambience
• clean vocals, often in a low tessitura

These are core attributes and by all means not exhaustive. All of these attributes create the "dark sound" that goth rock is known for. 'Ambience' is a very important word here when it comes to describing the sound of goth rock that I believe a lot of people tend to overlook. The 'ambient' and 'textual' characteristic of goth rock is shared by shoegaze and dream pop, with shoegaze emphasizing more use of distortion and less reverb and dream pop emphasizing more chorus and reverb and less distortion. The de-emphasis on showcasing instrumental technical prowess is an attribute shared with shoegaze, dream pop, EBM, industrial punk, post punk and post-rock but not with metal and progressive rock.

Mine is World Around by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

Found this a couple days ago during my vacation at athens and bought it immediately