We’ve spent the last fifty-one weeks waiting for the musical highlight of the year and in exactly seven days, Primavera Sound festival will begin. Strictly speaking PS ‘26 is three days of music (3-6 June)  in the centre of Barcelona, right next to the sea. But when you factor in the incredible extras that really […]

Out today is Diabolic the Australian-produced indie film that combines two of our favourite things in cinema – the horror genre with queer-storytelling, specifically tales where the LGBT character is forced to live their life inauthentically and consequently wreaks their revenge on society with maximum chaos and carnage! Written, produced and directed by Daniel J. Phillips, […]

Earlier this year the French fashion maverick Charlie Le Mindu made his first foray into music giving us his alter ego Muchas Problemas and its debut EP. ‘The concept was always about intimacy and control, about how far you can go emotionally and physically without losing yourself.  Muchas Problemas is autobiographical in that sense,’ he […]

Self-produced and sonically unrestrained, COUCOU CHLOE recently dropped new one ‘Candyland‘. Dark and brooding but with playful energy the track is perfectly represented with the cover shot showing the visionary dressed in her best goth teddy bear ensemble. The track follows on from previous single ‘Venom’, another big one for us from the producer/vocalist. It […]

Haunting goth-rock classicist Anna Von Hausswolff has just announced new UK dates to her upcoming tour and also dropped a new video for ‘Struggle With The Beast’ from last year’s most excellent Iconoclasts. In support of last year’s album, Iconoclasts, Von Hausswolff will begin her UK & EU tour playing Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival on […]

Trend alert! It would seem that for film studios in 2026 the genre of choice is killer animals –  a choice we will never tire of. This year will see the release of movies about killer hippos, alligators and of course sharks, many many sharks. Before all that is the new one from Director Jo-Anne […]

Wasia Project, the musical sibling duo formed by Heartstopper’s Will Gao and sister Olivia Hardy, has just dropped a new single along with news of their forthcoming debut album, Nocturne. The long-awaited album will be released on 18th September via Awal Recordings. Available to pre-order now, Nocturne was conceived at the tail-end of COVID and […]

This spooky season, our gothy pop queen Allie X will be bringing her Serial Diva tour to the UK and Europe. Tickets are available now via www.alliex.com. The 28 city headline tour will begin in Helsinki, Finland on 29th September with seven UK/Ireland dates from 20th October, playing Bristol, Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham and […]

‘I wanted to do something a bit longer, to push myself. Artistically a mixtape gave me more freedom,’ London-based writer/producer Tsatsamis told Loverboy back in March. Now the time has come with the long-awaited release of the mixtape Tsycophant. Elsewhere in our interview the independent artist told us one of his main influences was the […]