On Friday 28th June Chicago Bar Krakow will be hosting the second edition of Ghost Rider which will have a mix of old and new classics from New Wave, Punk, Darkwave and Goth, Hope to see some of you there. It’s Free Entry and runs from 22:00 til late.
Phantom – SISTERS OF MERCY Sunglasses At night(radio edit) – TIGA AND ZYNTHERIUS Seconds(ext vocal) – THE HUMAN LEAGUE Cars – GARY NUMAN D For Desire – ALL ABOUT EVE Emeritus – THIS BURNING EFFIGY My Perfect Cousin – THE UNDERTONES The Day The Earth Went Dayglo – XRAY SPEX Concrete Jungle – THE SPECIALS My Girl – MADNESS War WAr WAr – THE SELECTER Bela Lugosi (The Hunger Mix) – BAUHAUS Tear You Apart – SHE WANTS REVENGE Let’s Go To Bed – ARMAGGEDON DILDOS Bury Me – ACTORS Thin Flesh – TRAITRS Burn – THE SOFT MOON Friday I’m In Love(cutis and maefield) – THE CURE Dark Allies – LIGHT ASYLUM Send Your Heart To The Riot(creux lies rmx) – THE FOREIGN RESORT Snakedance(ext) – THE MARCH VIOLETS First And Last And Always – STILL PATIENT? Christine – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Walking On Your Hands – RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY Wardance(2003) – KILLING JOKE Guided By Angels – AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS Police Truck – DEAD KENNEDYS Bet on Black – DRUNK MUMS I don’t Wanna Be Me Me – TYPE O NEGATIVE *R Dames, Booze, Chains And Boots – THE CRAMPS Year Zero – GHOST*R Elvis Should Play Ska – GRADUATE Pressure Drop – THE SPECIALS Babylon Is Burning – THE VALKYRIANS It;s Halloween – SHADOW REICHENSTEIN Masquerade – THE SKIDS Headhunter – FANGS ON FUR Skeleton Kiss(RIP mix) – TRAGIC BLACK Das Model – RAMMSTEIN *R Dog Eat Dog – ADAM AND THE ANTS I Could Be Happy – ALTERED IMAGES Lucky Number(slavic dance vers) – LENE LOVICH Away – THE BOLSHOI A Day – CLAN OF XYMOX Ribbons – SISTERS OF MERCY Liebe Gott – UMBRA ET IMAGO Become The Lie – THE SOFT MOON Mononlith/Lovesong – TWIN TRIBES vs THE CURE Turning Japanese – THE VAPORS No More Heroes – THE STRANGLERS Bez Konca – SIEKERA Rebel Yell – BILLY IDOL The Breaking Strain – LATHE OF HEAVEN Aliens Wear Sunglasses – MIGUEL AND THE LIVIND DEAD Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY Temptation – NEW ORDER Ghost Rider – BODYSNATCHER
Thanks to the Chicago Bar and everyone who came along danced and supported the night 😉 Thanks for sticking with me whilst I wrestled with some software glitches. Look forward to see you again 😉
Date At Midnight release their third album ‘Fading into This Grace’ on 3rd May 2024 through Manic Depression Records. They clearly seem to be keeping the tradition of great releases coming from Italy this year. The album opens with Rendez-vous pumping punked up postpunk to pound the dancefloor to a pulp! Epic! This Affection sees the tempo drop slightly with a beautifully crafted goth song which has a great switch to pulsing deathrock / new wave for the last 1.45 seconds.Wow!
Another Graceis like Rozz Williams era Christian Death but with whole new level of deathrock power. Love it! No Contract -Red Zone – sees the tempo drop down to Sisters of Mercy intro and driving bass to match. Really some great work on the guitars that captures the ghost of 90s Gothic Rock perfectly! Nice!
No Need To Define – musically has lovely hint of Rosetta Stone but still sounding like a breath of fresh air. Goth 11/10! Useless Love – really some great musicianship which has the light shone on it by some great mastering by William Faith reminds me of the very underrated band Black Atmosphere from the 90s. Great! Carmilla – has an almost Cure like dark pop bounce to it. Lovely! The Privation – has a spooky desolate feel hints of Fields of The Nephilim. Nice! The Line keeps The Fields Of The Nephilim fire burning into the smoke machine drenched night. Fantastic!
Daniele,Pasquale,Francesco and Manuel have easily produced not only their best album so far, but one of the top 10 Goth albums of 2024! A Gothic masterpiece! One to catch live this year.
On Friday 3rd May Chicago Bar Krakow will be hosting Ghost Rider which will have a mix of old and new classics from New Wave, Punk, Darkwave and Goth, Hope to see some of you there. It’s Free Entry and runs from 22:00 til late.
War – THE LAST DANCE Arise – JUDITH Low Violet – THE MERRY THOUGHTS Mercy Killing – LOVE LIKE BLOOD Inertia – LATHE OF HEAVEN The Queen Is Dead – THE SMITHS Battered Pleasure – FASHION CULT Creeping To The Cross – THAT PETROL EMOTION Not Fake – MODERN ENGLISH Animation – THE SKIDS The Jinx(12”remix) – PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES Nowhere To Be Found – COCK SPARRER Bet On Black – DRUNK MUMS I Believe In Miracles – RAMONES A.O .Mod – V.SPY V.SPY Man At C & A – THE SPECIALS Great Day – MADNESS (Who Likes) Facing Situations – THE SELECTER The Lunatics (have take over the asylum) – NIGHT CLUB Ecstasy / The Hanging Garden – KILLING JOKE & THE CURE All Pigs Must Die – TOURDEFORCE Vampire Bite – TANKS AND TEARS The Unknown – DUCTAPE Im Wonderland – NINO SABLE & DOS ASMUND Loves Secret Game – SELOFAN Overload – THE KVB In Real Life – ACTORS B.P.D – NEILA INVO Anticipation – ECHO MACHINE Aldebaran – LIVING TEMPLES Falling Down – SPECTRES Something New – PRINCIPE VALIENTE Stiffs – THEN COMES SILENCE Doorway Ghost – ROSEGARDEN FUNERAL PARTY Sovereign – FAITH AND THE MUSE Shadowtime – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Ribbons – THE SISTERS OF MERCY Dreamtime – THE CULT Chamber Of Hellos – WIRETRAIN Real Doll Time – VR SEX I Don’t Wanna Be Me – TYPE O NEGATIVE
The wait is finally over for the seventh album from Sweden’s Goth/New Wave/Postpunk rockers Then Comes Silence with Trickery due to burst forth onto Stereos everywhere on 5th April 2024! The band has come a long since its formation in 2012 by Alex Svenson in Stockholm being inspired by by a strong attraction to horror and the occult it’s no wonder they have been taking the goth world by storm with their stunning powerhouse live performances ever since. Their new album Trickery is released on long time custodians of Gothic Music Metropolis Records.
The album opens with Ride or Die which is the first track released as a video. The track has the instant hallmark of being yet another Goth dancefloor classic with its instant ear hooking chorus – “Take my soul, my blood, my words Let it be, ride or die.” Great!
Like A Hammer the second track was also released as video. A swirling keyboard mist wraps itself around the throbbing heart of bass, drums and guitars with vocal delivering the perfect Goth coup de grâce. A hammer to shatter any Goth dancefloor! Nice!
Feel The Cold – loving the new use of synths which just add another level of macabre magnificence, ascending the peaks of postpunk to new wave heaven. Epic! Tears and Cries – features the perfect horror film synths around the beating heart of drums, bass and guitars, the additional female vocals. This song is so good it would have been a hit in the 80s. Classic New Wave /Goth – Spooky! Stay Strange – sees the gothic rock power turned up to 13! A really great Goth rock anthem with infernal synths which transform into creepy, reminds me of the class of the classic Ghost album Infestissumam – Perfection!
Stiffs – the perfect Goth singalong track “If I can’t have have your soul Na na na na I can take, take your bones Na na na na” complete with creepy clown intermission at the end! Ace! Blind Eye – great tribal drumming akin to Southern Death Cult on occult acid! Possibly the best song Then Comes Silence has ever crafted. Close to music possession as you will get. A pure spectre of sound to smash the dancefloor! “Deep down in a nightmare” – Hell Yeah! The Masquerade – it’s like John Carpenter has been unleashed on Keyboards! This the perfect mix of darkwave and New Wave. What a great occult menacing themed spooky track. Love it!
Never Change – slithers through the aural cavities demanding your feet get stomping on the dancefloor. Love it! Dead Friend – has a strong goth punk vibe reminds me slightly of Iggy Pops blah Blah Blah on steroids but unmistakably the brilliance of Then Comes Silence. Epic! Runners – “We’re flying like bats Filling the sky”, yet another brilliant song with clever retro 80s sounding synths swirling round the throbbing drums and bass pierced sharp shards of guitars. Has ahibt of the heat 80s band Missing persons.
Beautiful! Ghost House – the prefect nightmare crescendo to bring the album to a close “Abandoned hearts, abandoned souls Abandoned love” spooktacular with hint ofThe Horrors Magnificent! Without a doubt one of my favourite albums this year and possible the best Goth/ New Wave album of 2024! Tom van Heesch has done a fantastic job with the mix. I can’t wait to see Then Comes Silence rocking Darkmas with these tracks in Witten along with The Foreign Resort and Raskolnikov not to mention a certain DJ De’Ath on the decks afterwards could be the perfect party this summer!
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Intro (Harmonica man) – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM The Vanishing – RITES OF SIN Forbidden Flames – BOOTBLACKS Down In The Shadows – INVSN Timewave – TANKS AND TEARS Give Me A Reason – SELOFAN Industry – NOI KOBAT Send Your Heart To The Riot (creux lies rmx) – THE FOREIGN RESORT Taschenrechner – KRAFTWERK Your Body – NNHMN The Plague (vers n4.4 edit) – DIARY OF DREAMS Forever – CHVRCHES Pet Semetary – STRVNGERS We Were Lovers – BUZZ KULL Kiss Me Kill Me (kontravoid rmx) – SKEMER Closer – DUCTAPE Bedsitter (ext vers) – SOFT CELL Bury Me – ACTORS A Distant Light – BLAKQ AUDIO Voyage Voyage – DESIRELESS AND OPERATIONS OF THE SUN Dark Allies – LIGHT ASYLUM Love My Way – SHE WANTS REVENGE Adorations(ext) – KILLING JOKE Ellipsis – DRAB MAJESTY She Sells Sanctuary(howling mix) – THE CULT Rituel – SHE PAST AWAY Lovesong vs Monolith – THE CURE & TWIN TRIBES Kalter Lippenstift (in death it ends rmx) – VELVET CONDOM White Wedding (clubland ext) – BILLY IDOL Ricky’s Hand – MINISTRY
Sundial – RITES OF SIN Enola Gay – OMD Bizarre Love Triangle(Shep pettibone rmx) – NEW ORDER Friday I’m In Love (Curtis & Maefield rmx) – THE CURE Quiet Life – THE ESSENCE Radioactivity(1991 rmx) – KRAFTWERK Inside Your Body – SILENT SIGNALS Do Or Die – THE HUMAN LEAGUE Beautiful Chaos(Absynthe of faith) – LOVELORN DOLLS Psychonaut(wldv edit) – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM Drowning In Flame – SITD The Beautiful People (German vers) – DIE KRUPPS Midnight(shad shadows rmx) – THE ULTIMATE DREAMERS Skase – LARSOVITCH Follow The Leaders – KILLING JOKE These Days – JOY DIVISION Love Missile F1-11 – SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK Beat On The Brat – RAMONES (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) – THE STRANGLERS (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone – SEX PISTOLS Church Of The Cold – CACTUS WORLD NEWS Strength – THE ALARM Injustice – V.SPY V.SPY Warhead – UK SUBS I Want To Kill Russians – CARL GUSTAV AND THE 84S In Shreds – THE CHAMELEONS Vampire – THE EXPLODING BOY Slow Poison – THE BRAVERY Nightshade(COX rmx) – ANTIPOLE Burn – THE SOFT MOON Deliverance (radio edit) – THE MISSION Battle Dance – FAITH AND THE MUSE Core(rotten to the core) – EAT MY TEETH Barbarossa – SEX GANG CHILDREN Nightmare – THE BREATH OF LIFE Thoughts & Prayers – ORCUS NULLIFY Ride Or Die – THEN COMES SILENCE In The Flatfield – THIS ASCENSION Sanctuary – TWIN TRIBES Play For Today – FRANKIE ROSE Veil Of Lies – DUCTAPE Darkness Is A Friend – BLACK NAIL CABARET Done To Death – MISERYLAB Let Go – KMFDM Become The Lie – THE SOFT MOON
Bruder Des Schattens – POPOL VUH The Gathering – NOSFERATU Girls Float Boys Cry – CROSSES feat Robert Smith All Hallows Eve – KILLING JOKE Black No1 – TYPE O NEGATIVE Chosen Few – KREATOR Spookshow Baby – ROB ZOMBIE Grimly Fiendish (spic N span mix ) – THE DAMNED Black Hysteria – LOUD Mongoloid – DEVO Wytches – INKUBUS SUKKUBUS God’s Zoo – DEATH CULT Spellbound – DURAN DURAN Totenkopf – VERROTTET The Deepest Sleep – HIDDEN BY IVY Black Flower – SHAD SHADOWS The White Lady – ECHOBERYL Gloomy Witch – ASTARI NITE Skeletons – DENUIT Halloweenus (Batavia mix) – MINISTRY & BANANARAMA Bots – DAMIEN HEARSE On The Night Of Halloween – VOITH Red Scar – DUCTAPE Excess – PERTURBATOR Alone At Parties – PROMENADE CINEMA Devil Inside – INXS Ilusion De Luces(colds embrace) – LATHE OF HEAVEN Teenage Vampire – KILLING MIRANDA Lycantopia – MIGUEL AND THE LIVING DEAD Vigil – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Big Violent(single edit) – THE ULTIMATE DREAMERS A Burial Of Dreams – DECEITS Cram Back Inside – MOVMENT Suicide – MOONVAMPIRES Future – JUDITH Panic – THE NEURO FARM Cry To Heaven – CREEPER Dance Macabre – GHOST Body & Soul (2018 remix) – THE SISTERS OF MERCY Spiritwalker – THE CULT Zombie Werewolf – SCARLET & THE SPOOKY SPIDERS Mean Machine – THE CRAMPS Stay With Me – THE MISSION Lullaby – THE CURE Your Best Nightmare – LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT Skeleton Kiss (RIP mix) – TRAGIC BLACK It’s Halloween – SHADOW REICHENSTEIN Deception – THE CRUXSHADOWS Necromancer(kill shelter remix)- VASELYNE Nightmares – THE LAST DANCE
The Thing – JOHN CARPENTER Burn It All – WHO SAW HER DIE? Goth Music – UMBRA ET IMAGO Dust To Dust – ALLIE FROST Spider On The Wall – CLAN OF XYMOX Some Days – THE MOBILE HOMES Falling In Love – VOITH Run – SHAD SHADOWS Body Electric – ULTRA SUNN If We’re Young Again(single mix) – EMILY KINSKI’S DEAD Halloween(die krupps mix) – BABYCHAOS Dream Yourself Away – GIRLS UNDER GLASS The Floor – HOLLOWS Wake The Dead – THE DAMNED Goo Goo Muck – THE CRAMPS Pale Fire – PLAY DEAD The Defrost – SNAKE This Shadow – MAGGOT HEART No Cure For Madness – DEATH INDEX Coming Home – ECHO LADIES Music For Spies – SNOOPER Z Zachodu – BRAMY Valley Of Dreams – VELVET MIST Post Mortem Dialogue – TRAGIC BLACK Killer – BLACK ANGEL Genome – LATHE OF HEAVEN Sentimental Animal – RENDEZ-VOUS I Am Destroyed – HALLOWS I Was So Alive – FEARING Temptation – ANYTHING BOX Sex Doll(xavier swafford mix) – PATRIARCHY Claustrophobic – POLARLICHT Flesh – A SPLIT SECOND Be Mine (agent side grinder mix) – KISS THE WHIP Colour – ARMAGEDDON DILDOS In The Rain – VIOFLESH Horror TV – KANT KINO Nomi Song (Vince Clarke rmx) – KLAUS NOMI We Don’t Care(diorama we care rmx) – TORUL Lockdown Lovers – THE PSYCHIC FORCE Running To You(main mix) – PEAK FLOW Purgatory – STATE OF THE UNION Only Control(spetsnaz mix) – POUPPEE FABRIKK Caressing The Pale – MISERIA ULTIMA Female Grace – DARKNESS ON DEMAND Robotimierung(orange sector rmx) – DIE ROBO SAPIENS God Killer – C-LEKKTOR Not In Love – SEX CODE