“Hostiles” is a 2017 American period western film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on an original story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes [ … ]
Never Grow Old (2019) – Dark Western Film
Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. The once-peaceful frontier town is now a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived and began gunning [ … ]
Wovenhand Tour Dates Announced
Wovenhand tour dates for Summer 2019 have been announced, they will feature Jaye Jayle as main support. Wovenhand are almost done with a new album, check back for the release date and [ … ]
Charley Horse – Cowpunk Music Supergroup
Charley Horse began in 1993 as an inventive and experimental cowpunk music project featuring Sean Wheeler (Throwrag), Chopper Franklin (The Cramps) and Mickey Petralia. The three locked themselves in their [ … ]
John Wesley Hardin Kills a Town
There are several great stories about John Wesley Hardin, one of the Old West’s best-known outlaws. One is how he hunted down and killed Juan Bideno. When Hardin told the [ … ]
Fistful of Dollars – Original Gothic Cowboy Pt. 2
We continue with part two of the series of articles about the background of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy”, which is one of the original instances of gothic cowboy in film. [ … ]
Fistful of Dollars – Original Cowboy Gothic Pt. 1
In this series of posts we will be looking at some of the little known quirks of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy”, this incredible group of films had some really interesting [ … ]
Heathen Apostles – New Southern Gothic Music Out Today
Gothic Americana and Southern Gothic Music are genres that are fast taking hold around the world, in that they combines the sub-genres of gothic country, dark blues and depression-era jazz. [ … ]
Gothabilly – Gothic Rockabilly
Gothabilly is an offshoot of psychobilly influenced by the goth subculture. The name combines gothic and rockabilly, and was first used by The Cramps in the late 1970s to describe their somber blend of rockabilly and punk rock. Since then the [ … ]
Me and That Man – Americana Metal
Me and That Man, a stripped-down exercise in melodramatic, sandblasted Americana (… Americana metal?), is Behemoth frontman Nergal’s collaboration with folk stalwart John Porter that draws from many of the [ … ]