About five years ago, in the dark depths of the pandemic, TikTok users suddenly became enamored of a video of dancing bats. The bats weren’t really dancing, just hanging upside down, but the black-and ...

Pensacola’s gothic scene is flourishing. What started as periodic evenings of gothic music and dance has grown into monthly events at the iconic Handlebar, and a flourishing new business to support ...

The scene outside of The Regent in downtown Los Angeles on a recent Saturday night, is wild. The venue, which holds a thousand people, is sold out and the gaggle of goths waiting to get inside is ...

Leah Lane has faith in the counterculture. “Things will work out,” the singer says. “I have a lot of faith in the goth scene. And a lot of faith in the post-punk scene, [and] in the darkwave scene.

Once a month, moody and atmospheric music has goth fans in a deep trance at Sunshine Bar in Arlington. In Deep Ellum, the fog machine-filled Double Wide is packed with punk rockers listening to the ...

Goth subculture originated in Britain more than 40 years ago, and it's undergoing something of a resurgence. NPR's Vanessa Romo takes us to Los Angeles, where a regular party blends goth with a much ...