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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 […]
The 30th anniversary edition of The Cure’s 1992 Show live set originally came out earlier this year as a double picture disc exclusive for Record Store Day this past Spring, but a regular black vinyl edition was set for general release next Friday, September 8. However, for whatever reason, I’m seeing the set already available […]
I’m going to try and not think about this third preview of Slowdive’s forthcoming everything is alive as meaning that we’ve now already heard more than a third of the new record. I’m just going to enjoy another day with new Slowdive music. This one is the final track of alive and unlike “Falling Ashes”, […]
The second sample of Slowdive’s forthcoming everything is alive doesn’t come with the cinematic, WKW-inspired video that “Kisses” did last month – just a “visualizer” riffing on the album artwork – but that’s a far less important a point than the fact that this is the second new Slowdive song we’ve been gifted in less […]
10:20 is a curious entry in Wire’s discography, especially since it’s their last release to date of “new” music but actually is a lot of old music, made new again, but not at the same time. This might sound confusing, but is rather par for the course for an act that as much as they’re […]
If you’re the sort to have gone on expeditions for new music of the shoegaze/dreampop variety beyond the usual suspects over the past, oh, quarter century or so, you’ve probably heard the name Ozean, probably spoken of in hushed tones (or whatever the equivalent of hushed tones on Usenet boards was). An outfit from the […]
The Durutti Column doesn’t just “turn up” a lot in one’s day to day life so when they do, as this track did in a recent episode of The Bear – awesome show with an awesome soundtrack – a little rabbit holing is in order. Like the rest of the album from whence it comes […]
Quite an eventful week last week for fans of My Bloody Valentine, particularly those who sling guitars themselves. No, they didn’t finally release the new music they’ve been promising since… fuck, who even remembers. At least not in the conventional sense… So to begin with, Kevin Shields finally announced he and the legendary guitar manufacturer […]
For a non-single, Lush’s “Sunbathing” has had a few more versions than one might expect. Well, two. Which is two more than the zero I would have thought. An Emma Anderson composition, the song featured Miki Berenyi on lead vocals and originally appeared on Sweetness & Light, their second EP of 1990, and was compiled […]
