Founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst takes readers on a very personal tour of the people, places, and events that made goth an enduring movement and vital subculture, in GOTH: A History. Bob Pomeroy reviews.

Judy Craddock returns to her Nashville roots to soak up the music, people, and food of AmericanaFest while she can.

Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.

Touch/Are You Alone (Bigmac Records). Review by Stacey Zering.

Thursday may have topped the bill, but it was opening band Wax Idols that had Jen Cray mesmerized at Orlando’s House of Blues.

Zola Jesus creates a surreal and magical concert experience, Jen Cray learned at the songstress’ first ever Orlando date.

The Glitter End (Critical Heights ). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Too Beautiful To Work (Dead Oceans). Review by Matthew Moyer.

A three-ring psychedelic circus took place at the House of Blues, with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips as the ringmaster. Jeff Schweers watched it all from the rafters.

For Blood and Wine. Review by Matthew Moyer.

Tapestry of Webs (Suicide Squeeze). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Hidden (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.

In and Out and Back Again (HoZac). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Live @ the Roundhouse London 2008 (Year Zero/Future Noise). Review by Matthew Moyer.

In the near future, there will be a documentary produced on every single punk scene or band from the late ’70s to mid ’80s. And that’s just fine.

Does You Inspire You (Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.

That That! (Pressing Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

You Filled His Head With Fluffy Clouds and Jolly Ranchers, What Did You Think Was Going To Happen (Model Citizen). Review by Jen Cray.

Happily Ever After (Hungry Eye). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (Hellcat). Review by Jen Cray.