The Cure’s “Let’s Go to Bed”
During the time between the final concert of the Pornography tour on June 11th, 1982 at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium—and the band’s unexpected return on BBC 2 broadcasted Oxford…
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Siouxsie and the Banshees | A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
On November 5th, 1982, Siouxsie and the Banshees released their fifth studio album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse. The album’s cover artwork and title allude to the Gustav Klimt painting, possibly…
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40 Years of Goth: Essential Albums from the Subculture’s Beginnings
Goth is an extremely complicated subculture and “genre”. Many heated debates have been had among friends as to which bands qualify, where is the line between post-punk, goth, and industrial…
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Dead Can Dance | The Serpent’s Egg
On October 24th, 1988, 4AD records’ post-punk, ethereal, and world music band Dead Can Dance released their fourth studio album The Serpent’s Egg. The album’s art features a serpentine river…
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Nine Inch Nails | Pretty Hate Machine
On October 20th, 1989 Nine Inch Nails released their iconic debut LP Pretty Hate Machine. The album’s demo was a labor of love produced and recorded in between shifts while…
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Bauhaus | The Sky’s Gone Out
On October 19th, 1982, the godfathers of goth Bauhaus released their third studio album The Sky’s Gone Out. The album was named after the passage in the final track of…
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Cocteau Twins | Four-Calendar Cafe
On October 18th, 1993, Cocteau Twins released their seventh studio album Four-Calendar Cafe, an album which was named after William Least Heat-Moon‘s book Blue Highways, where the author rates the quality…
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Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook | Sleeps With the Fishes
On October 12th, 1987, Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook released the sublime Sleeps With the Fishes on 4AD. Perhaps the most underrated record in the classic 4AD oeuvre, Sleeps With the Fishes…
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XTC | 3D – EP
On October 7, 1977 XTC released their debut titled the 3D -EP, which was the 12 inch version of the Science Friction single—this included the b-side She’s So Square, along with…
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Einstürzende Neubauten | Kollaps
On October 5th, 1981 West Berlin’s pioneers of Industrial Music Einstürzende Neubauten (Collapsing New Buildings) released their first official studio album Kollaps. Prior to Kollaps, the band had released the live to…
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