As far as exercises in futility are concerned, encapsulating a five-disc, 80-plus-song boxed set in 150 words ranks alongside trying to adequately describe the contextual importance of the original U.K. goth scene to those who weren’t there. Luckily, Cherry Red has offered this starting point. Everyone from household names like Joy Division, the Cure, PiL, … Continue reading Essential New Music: Various Artists’ “Silhouettes And Statues: A Gothic Revolution: 1978-1986”