LS Weekly (2025)

22/09/2025

LS WEEKLY
#153 22nd SEPTEMBER

CORROSION FESTIVAL
The promoters of Corrosion Festival have announced the lineup for next year's event.

Taking place at the Alhambra in Morecambe on 20th & 21st March, the event will feature headliners Motel Transylvania and Traitors, alongside Manuskript, IAmImperfect, and many more.

BYRONIC S*X & EXILE
Leeds' self-styled 'gothic vanguard' Byronic S*x & Exile heads out on a new tour in October, ahead of a new album 'Songs From The Blood' arriving shortly after saying.

BS&E will also be playing a tenth anniversary show at Sheffield Channing Hall on Saturday 27th September.

‘Songs From The Blood Tour’: Part One
Fri 3rd October - Coventry Necroscope @ The Arches
Sun 5th October - Newcastle Little Buildings (with The Golden Age of Nothing and Necro Noise)
Monday 6th October - Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s (with 13 Tombs and Jan Doyle Band)
Tuesday 7th October - Nottingham Mist Rolling Inn (with Chaos Bleak and Jan Doyle Band)
Weds 8th October - London Aces & Eights (with Palindrones and Hi-Reciprocity)
Sat 11th October - Bristol The Gryphon
Sat 18th October - Leeds Black Pilgrimage @ Wharf Chambers
Tues 21st October - York Valhalla
Sat 1st November - Whitby Brewery
Fri 28th November - Sheffield In The Black Midwinter Festival @ Samuel Worth Chapel

08/09/2025

LS WEEKLY
#152 8th SEPTEMBER

THE FACES OF SARAH
UK goth-rock stalwarts The Faces Of Sarah have announced that they are to split after the impending new release.

In a statement on their page, singer Nick Schultz said: "After 27 years it’s time to finally move on. No tears, no tantrums just feels like the right time to walk a different path. Times change, people evolve and this is just part of life on and of stage."

The band's new single 'The Death Of Summer' features s guest appearance by former Mission guitarist Mark Gemini-Thwaite.

HARD LIGHT
Leeds' dark electronica night Hard Light returns on Friday 12th September.

Taking place at the Fox & Newt, the new edition features Deerface, Transients, Silk Circus, and regular host A Short Dark Stranger.

Promoters AlterViva told LS Weekly: “Featuring the atmospheric electrogoth of headline act Deerface, the amazing ambient sounds of Tr4nsients, the suggestively saucy synthpop of Silk Circus and the poetic pumping power pop of opening act and host A Short Dark Stranger, this will be a night of excellent electronica not to be missed! Tickets £6 advance via Ticketsource, £10 OTD.”

01/09/2025

LS WEEKLY
#151 1st SEPTEMBER

NIGHTSHADE FESTIVAL
In a further sign that the UK goth calendar is going to reach unprecedented competitiveness over the next 18 months, another new event has been announced.

Nightshade Festival is due to take place at the Metropole Hotel in Whitby during the Oct-November goth weekend, with a lineup that includes Miranda S*x Garden, The Glass House Museum, IAmImperfect and others.

31st October:
Miranda S*x Garden
The Glass House Museum
IAMWARFACE

1st November:
Fiat Lux
Future Perfect
Last of the Fallen Angels
IAmImperfect

2nd November
Daytime DJs playing the best Goth, Dark Synth & Alt Goth classics

There are now at least four distinct festivals taking place in Whitby over the goth weekend at different venues - Tomorrow's Ghosts (at the Spa Pavilion), The Shadow Factory (at the Crafty Cove), Revenant (at the Royal Hotel), and now Nightshade.

25/08/2025

LS WEEKLY
#150 25th AUGUST

FLOWERS FOR SOPHIE
In further festival-related news that will have goth promoters scrambling for their 2026 filofaxes, another top-quality event has been announced for next year.

Flowers For Sophie, a fundraising for the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, takes place in York on Saturday 15th August. The lineup is Westenra, Social Youth Cult, Machiner, Tiny Forehead, Courtesan, Doberwoman, and host A Short Dark Stranger.

18/08/2025

LS WEEKLY
#149 19th AUGUST

FESTIVAL FEVER STRIKES AGAIN
As the goth calendar for 2025 becomes increasingly congested, it was only a matter of time before announcements began to spill over into 2026, as two festivals which launched this year announce their sophomore editions for next year.

Halifax Goth Festival have announced the lineup for their 2026 edition, which will feature The Chameleons, Ghost Dance, Salvation and Rhombus amongst others over multiple venues, and will take place over Valentine's Weekend from 13th-15th February.

Also, Deadinburgh Festival (which takes place in the Scottish capital) have announced their lineup which also includes Ghost Dance and Salvation as well as Ausgang, Skeletal Family, The Rose of Avalanche, Inkubus Sukkubus, and Chaos Bleak amongst others. It takes place on 10th & 11th July.

04/08/2025

LS WEEKLY
#148 4th AUGUST

CARPE NOCTUM
Leeds' goth superclub Carpe Noctum - the longest-running and arguably most successful night of its kind in the north - has announced that it will be reducing its scheduled events in 2026 and changing from a monthly to a bi-monthly format. The new schedule will begin on February 7th, 2026, with the club taking place on the first Saturdays of alternate months thereafter.

In a statement, the event said: “We very much want Carpe to continue as a must-attend, flagship event, which means adapting to the shifting environment. After much thought and discussion, we've made the difficult decision to halve the number of nights we run next year. This, we feel, will allow more space to make each of our nights that little bit more special, and for other events to grow and thrive, enriching the scene.”

The news comes amidst an increasingly hectic festival and event schedule in the Goth scene in Yorkshire, and across the UK more generally.
https://www.facebook.com/gothupnorth

THE GLASS HOUSE MUSEUM
UK-based post-punk/gothic rock trio The Glass House Museum have unveiled their brand new 5-track release, ‘…A Thousand Broken Trees’.

Recorded at Tower Studio in Stone, Staffordshire, the record was mixed and produced by Allen Kent AKA (heathenBABY), ‘...A Thousand Broken Trees’ brings together five often-heard songs from their live appearances, weaving together contrasting styles that equally share the same raw emotional resonance. Rooted in the spirit of classic post-punk, goth and alternative rock while being unmistakably modern, this collection of songs stand as a powerful reflection of the trio’s artistic maturity and defiant presence within the UK’s alternative scene.

Tracklisting:
1. The Gracious
2.Some Way From Home
3. Critic
4.Balboa
5. The Committee (Allen Kent Mix)

The EP is available digitally across all major platforms.

https://www.facebook.com/TheGlassHouseMuseum

16/06/2025

LS WEEKLY
#147 16th JUNE

THE MEDEA PROJECT
Doom-goth duo The Medea Project release their new album ‘Kharon’ on 20th June.

Described as “entwining the atmospheric power of seminal death metal with thebleak, sundering weight of emotionally raw doom and the savage chill of the early black metal forces”, it will be launched with a special show at
Dingwalls in Camden, alongside My Silent Wake and The River.

Tracklisting:
1. Absence, In Loss
2. The Cave Song
3. Purgatory Trapped
4. Upon Your Bones (Stygian Surf)
5. Dance Of The Void
6. The End
7. Reborn
https://themedeaproject.bandcamp.com/

02/06/2025

LS WEEKLY
#146 2nd JUNE

A SHORT DARK STRANGER
Leeds's very own dapper doyen of darkly dour yet deliciously defiant disco, A Short Dark Stranger, has announced the release of his 'Pale Blue Dot' E.P, described by the singer himself as "Four stomping synth-driven tracks about the folly of humanity, relationship woes, isolation and eerily losing oneself in stygian gloom."

The E.P is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes etc, or straight from the artist himself via Bandcamp at https://ashortdarkstranger.bandcamp.com/album/pale-blue-dot-ep

12/05/2025

LS WEEKLY
#145 12th MAY

VOID KITTEN
Another new festival has joined the UK goth/industrial calendar.

Void Kitten wlil take place at Eiger Studios in Leeds on Saturday 28t June, and features a top-class lineup of Grendel, Darkher, Red Meat, HarleyLikesMusic, Dawn of Elysium, and Sub Neon with DJs Duracell Bunny, Karkasaurus, Gillywoo, Nemeshade, and Visra.

Co-promoter Tim Furze told LS Weekly: "Void Kitten is the kind of event I wish was there when I was younger. Built on Goth / Industrial foundations, but open to the full spectrum of alternative noise. It’s genre-fluid, unapologetically dark, and made to bring scenes together — not keep them apart."

21/04/2025

LS WEEKLY
#144 21st APRIL

BYRONIC S*X & EXILE
Leeds' self-proclaimed 'gothic vanguard' Byronic S*x & Exile starts a tour this week, in support of a new mini-album due in May,.

The 'Vampyros Wesbos' Tour launches in Whitby on Sunday 27th, with the accompanying new material set to be "a long-overdue deeper dive into vampiric culture, featuring all the abandoned vaults, haunted castles and vainglorious bloodlust that you could wish for!", according to the singer.

Tour dates:
Sun 27th April - Whitby Hetty & Bettys
Fri 2nd May - Leeds Fox & Newt (with The Golden Age Of Nothing + Deathtrippers)
Fri 9th May - Sheffield The Yorkshireman (with The Glass House Museum + Stock Image)
Sun 11th May - London Camden Fiddler's Elbow (with Cryogenica + Palindrones)
Sun 18th May - Derby Victoria Inn (with Chaos Bleak + The Medea Project)
Sat 24th May - Bradford Re: Vamped Weekend @ 1 in 12 Club (with 1919 + Last July + Chaos Bleak + Hurtsfall)
http://www.byronicsexandexile.co.uk/

14/04/2025

LS WEEKLY
#143 14th APRIL

OTHERWORLDS FESTIVAL
In a move that is sure to send goths of a certain age despairingly pleading with their bank managers, yet another new goth festival has been announced.

OtherWorlds Festival, organised by Moochin' About Presents, will see acts such as
Gene Loves Jezebel with Jay Aston, The March Violets, Ghost Dance, The Danse Society, The Rose of Avalanche, Vision Video and others perform at the Morecambe Winter Gardens on 21st & 22nd June.

The event is the third scene festival set to take place on that weekend alone, following the previously announced Monolith: The Longest Day in Whitby, and Forever Now at Milton Keynes Bowl.

31/03/2025

LS WEEKLY
#142 31st MARCH

THE MISSION
UK goth-rock stalwarts The Mission have announced the cancellation or postponement of the US and UK dates so far announced for 2025 due to medical issues. The band, who celebrate their 40th anniversary shows next year, were due to support The Psychedlic Furs on their US tour as well as performing their own warm-up shows under their 'Blood Brothers' alter ego in August.

A statement from the band said: "It is with immense regret that we have to announce our forthcoming tour of North America, both with The Psychedelic Furs and our own shows, has been cancelled due to a previously unforeseen medical issue with a member of the band that requires intense treatment and a lengthy period of recuperation.

It goes without saying that this is not the news that any of the band wished to deliver and we are all profoundly disappointed not to be able to go ahead with a run of shows we were very much looking forward to. That said, health is not something to be compromised and must always come first and as such all that we can offer is our profuse apologies, and genuine gratitude for your understanding and ongoing support.

The shows where we were scheduled to support The Psychedelic Furs will go ahead with our good friends The Chameleons taking our place. For our own scheduled headline shows refunds will be issued from point of purchase.

And sadly we also have to postpone our two UK Hebden Bridge shows in August although we do hope to be able to reschedule these two for next year when the band are once again fit and ready to play shows. All tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled shows but unfortunately we can’t yet provide you with a precise date. Those ticket holders that wish to be refunded for the Hebden Bridge shows can do so by sending an email to [email protected]."

https://themissionukband.com/

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