056: Too Goth for Pop

This week we are going to be discussing goth music, but more
interestingly those sites of liminality and ambiguity where what
we’ve come to know as goth music collides and makes love to pop
and indie music. What effect has that had on culture and clubs
both historically and today, and what does this mean for the
future of the genre?


In recent years we've seen an explosion of hard to classify acts
that skirt the edge of goth culture and sound, bands such as
chelsea wolfe, king dude, zola jesus, them are us too, cult of
youth, Savages, Austra and so on. Do these bands mirror the
sort of early 80’s melting pot of goth, synthpop, glam rock, new
wave, deathrock etc, Are we just seeing Indie bands taking on a
darker yolk, or are we seeing some new form of “art goth”, or
perhaps an eschewing of genre classifications in general?


Our guest this month was Joshua, please check out his music
project Gevatter Tod!


Further Reading:
-Gothic Music and the Inevitability of Genre
-Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny
-25 years in the Reptile House