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Fourpiece Spiderbaby are an interesting setup. A fairly new band playing the UK, "The Death of Spiderbaby" is their first EP, and at 8 Songs
it is more like a mini album, coming with enhanced video and multimedia
content too. Although not an obvious 'scene' band they have stuck their head above the Goth parapet, so let's take a look.
Now before I dive into the tracks you should be ware
that there are two musical stakes which are always threating to destroy
the glam-punk heart of Goth - Cheesey Industrial and Rawk / Metal.
Spiderbaby could be accused of flirting with both of these, but I think
they stay clear of falling in the embarressing mess that is most
mainstream alleged 'Goth' music today. Sure they are by no means
Deathrock or Batcave, if anything they are Glam, but they show a
remarkable range.
I happen to think that this Ian Taylor side project, which sounds like something happened between London and Leeds in 1983 holds a lot of promise. Julie X's vocals certainly reach the places that other female vocalists I can think of (no-one I know) narrowly miss.
This is shaping up quite nicely for the 11th of July. Sex Gang Children and Specimen will be playing in 84/83 line ups, followed by a club night til 6am with DJ Hamish and other folks entertaining.
Most music reviewed on the weblog is music that has been bought, and therefore music we think is good in the first place.
So don't be surprised if scores are frequently high. We don't tend to buy music that we don't think is up to much!
We are happy to review unsolicited submissions that fall roughly in the genres we cover. This includes the artier and edgier end of the indie scene, different varieties of punk, minimal and experimental industrial and electronica, and 'goth' that is in the spirit of '79-'83 rather than closer to dark trance or stadium rock. We don't do metal, although sleaze and bluesy rock may find an ear here.
We tend to prefer to work with CD quality audio that will sound good through a hi-fi system rather than MP3's that are suitable for PC speakers or headphones.
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I must admit that US fourpiece The Brides are one of those outfits I have been aware of but never really listened to. I now have a back catalogue to go through, but in the meantime I want to review their latest album, because it is just so good.
The Brides bring together a range of musical influences, Goth, Post-Punk, Caberet, Rockabilly, Glam, New-Wave and it is hard to think of many equivalent artists - The Soho Dolls have tried to do the same think in the UK with some mainstream sucess, but The Brides just seem to pull the whole thing off so much better.
Well that is an interesting question. I guess you can go back to the garage rock of The Modern Lovers, through the glam of The New York Dolls, to the art-school influenced work of Adam and the Ants, Wire and all the other acts that spawned Art-Punk and Post-Punk. Punk is raw energetic rock and roll with an intelectual edge that subverts traditional gender and societal roles. From a British perspective it is riddled with folks like me, people from Working Class backgrounds who go to university thanks to a socialist taxation system and want to Rip it up and Start again.
As I made my way to this gig I was listening to Wire's Chairs Missing, an Art Punk classic. A fitting intro for two of tonight's bands.
The venue was the Junction 2 in Cambridge. With a capacity of over 200, and about that many there, this was a bit larger than my preference for gigs. Give me the back room in a pub any day.
Strange bunch the Thought Criminals. Not sure about the subject material of the new single, (or the make up), but the sound is a cheery take on Pop Will Eat Itself style electro-punk and the video is pretty good fun.
From initial listening it seems they are heading in a slightly more Batcave direction whilst still carrying a lumbering load of Horror-Punk-Abilly on their decaying soldiers. Hope to have the album for review in a a few weeks. Fingers crossed.
The Coven, five years young lies at the dark heart of Luton's seedy underworld. Well actually it lives at present in the basement of a rather obscure council building.
Run by self proclaimed 'sad old Goth', and all round top bloke, DJ Nephlimbabe, the Coven endeavors to cater to a wide range of dark subversive types. Everything from from hairy metal kids thru confused punks in black thru cyber creatures from planet goggles to all out art-punk ponces.
So that would be a Goth club then - the usual diverse and friendly crowd.
DJs CovenAlex & DJ Nephilimbabe spin an eclectic mix to suit the crowd, and educate too. But this night was special. To celebrate 5 years of dark spooky fun and games the Screaming Banshee Aircrew are here to entertain the local denizens.
Eddie Argos. What can we say. Art Brut weave together simple catchy riffs with Eddie's unique vocal style and earthy lyrics about life, love and, well stuff. So a new album, It's a Bit Complicated. A new direction, or more of the same?
Released in 1977 Ultravox!'s debut seems to fortell the coming post-punk evolution by two or three years. There is a least one web rockist that claims post-punk is nothing more than the bastard child of art-rock and poncey brit punk. And you know maybe they are right? In a good way.
Evilpoppy is a rather eccentric weblog covering a range of music, focusing on the arty, the punky, the glam, and in particular stuff that might have once been joking labeled Goth ...
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I happen to think that this Ian Taylor side project, which sounds like something happened between London and Leeds in 1983 holds a lot of promise. Julie X's vocals certainly reach the places that other female vocalists I can think of (no-one I know) narrowly miss.
