CHVRCHES, Roses

Fill a glass with delusions of the good days of blood and wine, of pearls for swine

Kinda gothy guitars, kinda crashy drums, opening  Portisheady thrum, spoken word bit, this is the stuff

Emma Ruth Rundle, Enough

Emma Ruth Rundle, Enough

More Gothy and also more Nirvana-y than expected

Via Stereogum, via A Very Special Episode

CHVRCHES V

The new CHVRCHES album preview starts at the same time as my fortnightly Vampire: The Masquerade session. This seems like a trick by a cruel god.

I mean

Come ON

Halsey, The Girl In The Tower

Halsey, The Girl In The Tower concert film

Shirley Manson at 60

Happy birthday to Shirley Manson!

Garbage, No Gods No Masters

Clive Barker's Underworld

Clive Barker’s Underworld (1985) original trailer for the Arrow 4K rerlease

I once edited together a mood trailer for New Wave Requiem, the 1980s Vampire sourcebook. If I’d known this existed I could have used... basically all of it.

The Vampire Lestat

The Vampire Lestat comes to UK TV and the BBC iPlayer in its entirety, where you can also find both seasons of Interview With The Vampire.

It continues to play fun and often darkly comic twists on Anne Rice’s original material, notably keeping Lestat a highly entertaining character but doesn’t put you on his side like Rice tended to later - he’s a casual murderer and a prick.

I’ll admit I prefer the nu metal in Queen Of The Damned but the glam pastiche here fits.

Also cool that the series promotion included an actual in-character concert.

The Crow and The Last Temptation

I was today old when I discovered thanks to Virtual Goth Night that The Crow was temp tracked with The Last Temptation Of Christ by Peter Gabriel and Graeme Revell was presumably told the copy the homework.

So now I have a spare album of vibes of The Crow score.

The Feeling Begins

Witch of the Vale and Melanie, All The Pretty Little Horses

Witch of the Vale and Melanie, All The Pretty Little Horses. An eerie sad take on a lullaby

Chelsea Wolfe, Cold

Chelsea Wolfe, Cold

I want the melancholy ghost movie this would be the trailer and end credits song for right now.

BLADE

How hard is it to make Blade? Come on!

Tacit acknowledgment that they just can’t find the current equivalent of that New Order Pump Panel remix.

Justin Achilli

I'd be curious to know what people remember from Blade that isn't Blade in black leather killing vampires

Kyle Marquis

Tone can be very important

The X Files theme in a major key

I am experiencing an indescribable emotion

Death Wishbone

The heartwarming story of a 1950s London family making a new start in Australia, from the perspective of the teenage daughter who falls for a roguish but good-hearted local lad.

Me

(To be fair most aren’t as dramatic. The Raiders March in a minor key just sounds like Indy’s in trouble.)

Ladytron, In Blood

Ladytron, In Blood, going for my Vampire playlist again.

What I've Done

After this Oppenheimer edit, which Linkin Park song best fits the end of The Odyssey? In The End seems obvious but Leave Out All The Rest maybe?

Garbage at Edinburgh Castle

Garbage were amazing. I feel ten years younger. Except in my feet.

Labyrinth at 40

Though it came out here the following December. I mean, not long at all...

Hairy Soul Man, Dinosaur Opinions

“So won’t you please shut the fuck up so we can move on?”

Hey now, hey now now...

So this is quite a thing. Thanks S.

Quoting the source:

Hey do you love This Corrosion by the Sisters of Mercy? Do you wish it sounded exactly like Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head?  

Well then Lauryl Sulfate & Her Ladies of Leisure have you covered!

I mean, they started it.

(And the cover of She’s Lost Control by Joy Division on the same EP is much more on-model.)

Ghost Of The Robot, Civilized Man

Ghost Of The Robot, Civilized Man video, featuring lead signer James Marsters in full Spike style.

Erin LeCount

I have not missed going through to Glasgow for gigs. Oh well.

Live footage if someone posts. In the meantime, an official live video of I Believe from a previous show.