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So about a decade ago there was a big sort of shoegaze/dreampop renaissance and a bunch of new bands showed up with Fender offset guitars and loads of chorus and delay pedals on hand and, for the most part, because I’m a contrary bastard, I had no time for any of it even though – […]
A couple of true things about Dundalk, Ireland’s Just Mustard. One, that’s a bad band name. Sorry. Second, while a lot of adjectives apply – shoegaze, goth, electronic, industrial, post-punk – they all combine quite nicely on the band’s second record Heart Under for a decidedly discomfiting – in the best way – listening experience. […]
Copenhagen’s Lowly have announced details of Keep Up The Good Work, the band’s third record and the follow-up to 2019’s Hifalutin. Crafted during the isolation of pandemic lockdowns, the band describes the headspace of writing it as: We know each other really well after 8 years as friends, colleagues and collective creators. We know what […]
I got it in my head to go looking for a Beach House video to post, and besides the fact that they don’t have a lot of conventional, official videos, it took some digging and lo and behold I came across this clip from 2012’s Bloom that I had no idea existed, though apparently it […]
It’s a bit of an odd thing to end up being the source of news about one of your favourite bands that you’d rather be reading about than writing, but here we are. The Chameleons continue their interesting/frustrating habit of putting out new releases without going to too much trouble to let people know about […]
Much is made of how much music is available on streaming services, but finding stuff there can be a nightmare. But sometimes you stumble across something great, even if you’re just searching for song names to match your toddler son’s favourite ancient statue. There’s plenty of live Television shows out there, mostly from the band’s […]
For the endless wealth of musical options at our fingertips, one song I always return to as a bit of cozy aural comfort food is The Radio Dept.’s cover of The Go-Betweens single “Bachelor Kisses”, originally taken from their 1984 album Spring Hill Fair. Instrumentally, it’s Radio Dept by the numbers – warm synth pads, […]
Having begun their official Light & Magic 20th anniversary celebrations as an online-only affair last month with an unreleased video for the record’s title track, Ladytron have spent the past few weeks sharing more era rarities via various outlets, culminating in a Twitter listening party via Tim’s Twitter Listening Party this past Saturday, the record’s […]
Like many, Suede spent the early part of the pandemic stuck at home and tidying up, and after digging through their archives they opted to begin sharing some of the unearthed treasures with fans on their YouTube channel. This included complete live shows from their various eras, and one of those was their December 1996 […]
Object 47 – so named because it was the 47th entry in Wire’s official discography – came at an interesting time in the band’s existence. Coming five years after Send and the Read & Burn EPs heralded their return and relevance in the 21st century, it found the band in unknown territory with founding guitarist […]
