Pasadena, California was home to thousands of goths, punks, and everything in between this past weekend for the sold out Cruel World Festival. Twenty-four artists played on three different stages on Brookside Golf Course at The Rose Bowl. The festival featured up and coming artists like Aurat, Riki, Urban Heat and Gvllow as well as many newer artists who have already earned a dedicated following like Ela Minus, Glass Spells, Twin Tribes, The Soft Moon, Molchat Doma and Boy Harsher. Other post-punk and new wave veterans graced the stages of Cruel World with sets from Animotion, The Vapors, Berlin, Modern English, Gang of Four, ABC, Gary Numan, Echo & The Bunnymen, Love And Rockets, The Human League and Billy Idol. Squeeze rose to the occasion as a last minute addition to the bill replac...