John Darnielle reads from his new book Universal Harvester at McColl Center for Art + Innovation this Thursday (March 30th; 8pm; buy tickets here).  

In May, his band The Mountain Goats will release Goths, its sixteenth studio album.

To celebrate John's trip to Charlotte, Cream Puff Records presents its Top 5 VHS Tapes and Top 5 Goth Bands.

Cream Puff's Top 5 VHS Tapes

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

New Jack City

Rocky IV

Coming to America

Days of Thunder

Cream Puff's Top 5 Goth Bands

The Cure

Bauhaus

Siouxie and the Banshees

Joy Division

Nine Inch Nails