• Lucretia’s Independence Day (America #4) (Martina McBride vs Sisters of Mercy)

    Lucretia’s Independence Day (America #4) (Martina McBride vs Sisters of Mercy)

    Fourth in the American Trilogy (well it worked for Douglas Adams) I came across Martina McBride’s Independence Day and stopped in my tracks. New country is rarely my thing, but I was struck at how gothic/new wave it was, with it’s messages of domestic violence and independence via arson and death….cheery! I’m sure Goth Country…

  • Rainy Lovesong (Eurythmics vs The Cure)

    Rainy Lovesong (Eurythmics vs The Cure)

    Who knew Annie Lennox was a goth? I was never a massive Cure fan, but I was a big Eurythmics fan as a kid, and I think the darkness and goth side to their music is a bit lost in the shiny electro stylings, but it’s more evident in their earlier tracks like this one…