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Leslie Benson
@lesliebenson.bsky.social
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Darkwave Vox/Lyrics - Mourning Candle 🕯️🎶 @mourningcandle.bsky.social | Admin @gothbats.bsky.social 🦇 | INFJ 🌈 💖 | SiouxsieLoafCat 🐈‍⬛ | Nashville, TN

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Those moments when I connect with you in the audience give me life. 🖤 It’s an incredibly humbling and emotional experience.

I feel you. I see you. Thank you for sharing these moments with me. ✨ - @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️

📸 @hank.sinatra.13
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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🦇Bat Sighting!🦇 Admin Krafty Kat and Leslie of @gothbats.bsky.social with Aeryn and Matt Corlew of Plush Daddy at the Nashville Punk Flea Market.

#nashvillepunkfleamarket #npfm #punk #goth #gothbats #nashvillemusic
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Full hibernation mode for the holidays commencing… 🥰
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Yep. This tracks. 🖤🦇🎶💜

#SpotifyWrapped
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Merry Krampus! 🎄
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Pre-show fit. 🖤🦇

#goth #pvc #gothnight #vinyl
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m grateful for this alt/goth music community, for friends and family, and for free speech. 🖤🎶🎙️
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Thanks to Bold Journey magazine for the interview about music, my band @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️, healing and community.

Read the article: boldjourney.com/meet-leslie-...

#goth #womeninmusic #nashville

📸 Ray Rose Photography
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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This time of year, the veil is thin. We can feel the connection with the other side… those who have gone before us. Hold your loved ones close to your heart as you remember them. They may just visit you in a dream to check in… - Leslie, @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️

📸 Ray Rose Photography 🥀
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Feralween is over, but we stay spooky all year long! 🦇🖤💜
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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One of the best metal bands in Nashville - @flummoxband.bsky.social! We had such a fun time at their MonsterThrash II show last weekend! 🙌🔥🔥

#flummox #metal #livemusic #nashville #eastsidebowl
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Our friends in @deadalivemetal.bsky.social played a fantastic show for MonsterThrash II last weekend at Eastside Bowl! 🙌🦇☠️

📸 LIB

#deadalive #metal #countscapula #eastsidebowl #livemusic #nashville #halloween
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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She’s Lost Control at The Cobra Nashville last weekend for #FeralWeen got us all dancing! DJs #IAmDarkHeart Taylor Dawson and #TasteofNight #DJOrlok brought the house down! 🔥

#slcnashville #sheslostcontrol #thecobra #cobranashville #goth #industrial #festish #clubnight #nashville #nightlife
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Nashville’s goth community is wildly growing! I am thrilled to be a part of it. 🖤🦇🖤 You’re all welcome here, friends.

#Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Seeing the new @depechemode.com “M” concert documentary film with our goth friends in Nashville was a surreal and magical experience! Highly recommend watching it! ✨🦇🖤

#goth #depechemode
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Headliner Geneva Jacuzzi made us all jump! Artistic icon. ✨🖤✨

#Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #GenevaJacuzzi #Synthpop #Arthouse #PopArt
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Sacred Skin and @srsq.bsky.social at Nightshade Festival were everything. 💜💜💜

#Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #SRSQ #SacredSkin #retro
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Ronnie Stone is my new favorite retro music maker. So nostalgic. 🥹🎶👏

#DarkSynth #80s #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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BROOD FAYE brought it! 🙌🦾👏🎶🖤

📸 LIB

#EBM #Industrial #Glitch #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #BroodFaye
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Nightshade Festival is over, but now we have so many more reasons to visit Chattanooga! 🙌💜🖤🎶🦾

#Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Joyfriend at Unknown Pleasures Chattanooga - Nightshade Festival! 👏 🙇

#DarkWave #DarkSynth #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #Joyfriend
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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It was exciting to see @plackblague.bsky.social perform again in Tennessee! Love the leather daddy vibes. 🦾⛓️

📸 LIB

#DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #PlackBlague
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Luxe dark synth and a silky, soothing voice that evokes Cocteau Twins… @srsq.bsky.social you almost made us cry at Nightshade Festival! 🥹💜

📸 LIB

#Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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DJ Reed Kavanah of Unknown Pleasures Chattanooga, TN spins at Boneyard Bar for Nightshade Festival. 🙌🎶

📸 LIB

#Goth #DarkScene #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #BoneyardBar #ReedKavanah
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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We got to see @kontravoid.bsky.social headline Day 1 of Nightshade Festival in Chattanooga two weekends ago. Absolute fire. 🔥

📸 LIB

#DarkSynth #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM