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Gleaming synth-pop isn’t necessarily the first thing you associate with Christmas music, but Ladytron have elected to wrap up an eventful year – one that saw them release another excellent album in Time’s Arrow as well as lose a founding member in Reuben Wu – with a new holiday tune. They describe it as: Cut […]
It’s the home stretch to the holidays, so it’s about time I get the festive fare I’ve been sitting on out into the world. We’ll start way back in 1991, when Ride, a couple months after the release of their debut album Nowhere, released a single-sided 7″ for sale at a fan club gig in […]
I’m sure it’s pure coincidence, but the day that The American Analog Set’s latest LP For Forever finally arrived – I had it on preorder from three different retailers, and none were able to fulfill for a month and a half – Numero Group finally unveiled specifics of the long-discussed box set for the Austin […]
Shoegaze and J-Pop don’t initially seem like the most obvious of bedfellows but it turns out that loud, churning guitars and the super-saccharine sound of Japanese idol groups can be like chocolate and peanut butter. At least that’s the case for the premier – and maybe only – J-pop idol/shoegaze crossover act I know of, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If everything goes according to plan, I should be well on my way to Washington D.C. this weekend to see a reunited Velocity Girl celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Black Cat club alongside Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and Ex Hex, among others. Am I excited? Yes I am. When the band announced the […]
Taipei’s Manic Sheep can reasonably lay claim to the title of best shoegaze/noisepop band in Taiwan, and even though they’ve not released a new full-length since 2016’s Brooklyn – which yielded the delicious “No More Anger” – but have remained in the “active” column with some extended plays over the last few years. Deep Dusk‘s […]
