Artist The Gothsicles
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The Gothsicles
The title of The Gothsicles’ newest album,Industrialites & Magic, pretty much sums up what they’re all about. Drawing back the velvet cloak from goth rock, the group set aside the sometimes heavy handed theatrics of the genre to reveal a goofy, video game-loving electronic outfit. Leader darkNES’s nerdy shriek calling out, “Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start,” on “Konami Code IV” from the band’s 2006 debut, NESferatu, simultaneously wins fans by paying homage to the famous key to 30 guys on Contra while also forcing old gamers to wonder if their own obsession has gotten this out of hand. But it’s hard not to marvel at nostalgia like the theme from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (which the band sometimes performs live) being run through such a harsh industrial filter.
Updated 11/02/2011
