Teen Gothic

Everytime I recommend bands to a newer goth it always reminds me of when I was 12 and getting into the scene. It's a good feeling. It's nice helping someone discover who they are. Does anyone else feel this way?! I hope I'm not alone on this lol

Everywhere I go on there you're either wading through AI generated album covers that instantly makes me not want to ever listen to your music, or it's tagged so poorly that I often find rap or just pop music being labeled as 'goth'. Bandcamp was and continues to be the easiest way to find goth music for me and have found some great bands on there that are still some of my favorites, but in recent months it's become a minefield to peruse anything there and a stroke of luck to find anything that hits.

The AI generated images just feel like a betrayal of the DIY ethos that should be integral to goth and deathrock and no goth musician should ever succumb to the diminishing and quick returns you get from them.

Just needed to vent. This shit is demoralizing.

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Drew this lol thought I’d share

I make reels on Instagram on my spare time. This was my latest one. Hope you guys like it.

Is the goth scene in TX exclusive to big cities like Dallas and Austin etc? I live in a trash city that's like 2 hrs away from the bigger cities and there's really no goth/alternative people here where I live. It's frustrating to see the scene and want to be apart of it but I am not going to drive all the way there and back especially since I have 12hr shifts to get back too. I mostly hangout alone at the local cemetery and sometimes I stop by bars when they have "themed" nights but since it's Texas most people are not very welcoming to others who don't fit their "image." I was just wondering if anyone is having the same problem and how to maybe meet other people who share the goth subculture. Halloween is coming up soon and it'd be nice to share it with others who enjoy the same things.