>>> The Retro Clock take away, and occasionally, the Retro Cloth giveth: While the last 15 years have been unkind to the Goths as a modern tribe — they should have never gotten into bed with the ravers or the rockabilly people or (especially) the steampunk people — it’s nice to know that in bedrooms across the world, kids are finding Joy Division anew and getting dour with their bad selves. Vancouver’s Mode Modern are a great example. They play tonight with Philly-area shoegaze royalty Nothing and Dear Dark Head at Silk City and you can be sure a melancholy time will be had by all. As it happens, the weather is perfect for this type of thing.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 4th, 2012 at 2:19 pm.