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That I’m posting American Analog Set content in 2023 isn’t entirely bewildering – that Numero Group was turning their reissue sights on the Austin dreampop band’s catalog was well known with a box set set for 2024, and a couple of rarities had already quietly surfaced on streaming services in the last few months. But […]
There’s a lot of good stuff in this just-published interview with Andy Bell in the ’90s issue of Guitar World – it covers his whole career from Ride through Hurricane #1 to Oasis, as well as new Happy Mondays spin-off Mantra of the Cosmos – including this bit on Graham Coxon of Blur encouraging him […]
Up and coming London dreampop duo Deary started the year out right, introducing themselves with a lovely Cocteaus-esque single in “Fairground” and they’re looking to close out 2023 on an equally high note, opening up for one of Slowdive’s London shows and scheduling the release of their debut self-titled EP for November 17. Accompanying the […]
If you’re reading this it’s likely you’ve seen Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film 24 Hour Party People but if you came out of thinking, “I’d like to see the story of Factory Records but with a lot more talking heads and a lot less Steve Coogan”, BBC4 had your back, albeit five years later. Released in […]
Spiritualized have announced the first release in their second wave of the Spaceman Reissue Series, the first series of which covered their first four studio albums in 2021. Amazing Grace, originally released in 2003, has been remastered and recut, and will be out on January 19 of 2024. It’s also billed as a 20th anniversary […]
I always love it when Song Exploder turns its lens onto artists or songs that I love, so to have local heroes Alvvays featured on the podcast is a real treat. In this episode, Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanley go way way back to the band’s origins and how they wrote one of their first […]
The return of Slowdive is exciting for many, many reasons, but for guitar nerds like me, one of them is a chance to get a look at what wonderful noisemaking toys the band are using now. History has shown, however, that they’re not necessarily the gear hounds that their fans might think. Comparing their setups […]
Posting about San Jose’s ’90s dreampop blip Ozean back in July wasn’t meant to be anything than a “this existed forever ago and is worth a listen”, but it’s turned out to be just a little bit prescient. Archival label Numero Group, who’ve done a terrific job of unearthing and rereleasing everyone’s favourite out-of-print college […]
I’m fully aware things have gotten extra ‘gazey around here lately – and I make no apologies for it – but just to take a little break from all the reverb and atmosphere, here’s something as dry and cutting as you can possibly find. Just as a palate cleanser. “Damaged Goods” was Gang Of Four’s […]
Slowdive’s everything is alive tour starts tomorrow night right here in Toronto, marking the first time most of the new songs will be translated on stage (“kisses” has been a fixture of their set lists all Summer). This, of course, means that some of the old favourites will be cycled out of rotation, so let’s […]
