Teen Gothic

There's a gulf between Sisters of Mercy and something like Twin Tribes or Forever Grey, but we all intuit them as 'goth' and i'm just wondering how this developed, historically.

EDIT: Misspoke here, did not mean to imply that synth or darkwave is a modern thing, but more that it's far more prevalent now as a dominant goth sound and was curios as to how we still consider this music to be goth (not that i disagree with that at all).

Only just started to lean into goth music with Joy Division and The Cure cause I wanted to get to know the inspirations and fundaments first, but I’m really enjoying it so far, and absolutely love the lyrics on Unknown Pleasures which I know isn’t really Goth but thought it was still worth mentioning.

Most the music I listen to are Folk music like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Ani DiFranco and Jewel, all artists known as amazing songwriters, Cohen and Drake especially with some of their very dark lyrics. They all tap into really specific feelings, ideas and experiences in very powerful ways, and I want to see if I can find that in this genre. Any suggestions?

edit: grammar

Hi! I work at a Chinese food restaurant that’s pretty relaxed with rules as for music we can play. Currently, me and my friend made a mostly Chinese citypop playlist, but I thought it would be super cool if I asked about any chinese artists anyone would recommend ^{_^} my only requirement for the music being played is that it’s in a Chinese language, and I’d love to see recommendations for goth around the world anyway. Please let me know about anything cool!!

The record itself is a beautiful purple, I love it so darn much.

can you identify? i'm in long island but an hour from the big city and don't really want to get home at 3am. we've had some good nights going here over the years but it's few and far between. as a DJ, i had given up on ever trying to start a new night though some opportunities recently came up and it's been the same frustration.

the problems i always encounter is that people are not on the same page, whether it's the owner of the venue, the management or other DJs. even though we all want a "goth" / dark dance music night, they have other ideas of what that should look and sound like. and forget about approaching a venue that knows nothing about the music and culture.

i feel like it's such a simple concept and yet people either don't care enough or make it overly complicated.