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PLAYING DETROITPrimer Crafts Goth-Pop Gems on Debut LP Novelty

” Think of the story behind pretty much any early Beatles song and you’ll land at some iteration of that. But what about the songs that unravel like a slow burn, painstakingly dragged along until they...

Sara Barron

LIVE REVIEWChelsea Wolfe @ Irving Plaza

If in the past Chelsea Wolfe has been called a “siren” and a “goddess,” atop the stage at Irving Plaza on Tuesday she was a towering banshee. Swathed in lengths of white cotton – with matching, armpit-high gauntlets, might I add – Wolfe commanded the sold-out crowd with pointed intensity. Wolfe's...

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROITPretty Ghouls Go Ultra-Goth On New 7"s

“Grab your socks and comb your locks. Let’s go!” instructs Detroit’s delightfully sinful goth-punk trio Pretty Ghouls.Sure, they seem sweet and saccharine at first glance, channeling the likes of The Shangri-las, but it is their muddy, bloody graveyard grit and grime that solidifies the act as a...

Jerilyn Jordan

BAND OF THE MONTHA Place Both Wonderful And Strange

Sorry For Your Loss, the debut album of the 'occult electronic dance music' duo A Place Both Wonderful And Strange, is like an eerie journey into a dark forest; it's terrifying, yet beautiful, and you can only arrowope you'll make it out alive. This duality in Niabi Aquena and Russ Marshalek's...

Emily Daly

LOUD and TASTELESSCharli XCX

Every Thursday, AF profiles a style icon from the music world. This week, we're gushing over Charli XCX's gothic wardrobe. There's tons of black and velvet and we can't get enough. Charli XCX has the ability to pull off cropped tees, netted shirts and even the 90s-redux plaid skirt. She's a tough...

Kelly Tunney