The Cure / Trilogy

Today was always going to be a Cure day with the 30th anniversary reissue of Wish originally scheduled for today, but the street date has been pushed back to November 25, when the vinyl was originally scheduled to come out. But with that also being the Black Friday Record Store Day, and a special picture […]

DIIV – “Doused”

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 – […]

Just Mustard – “Still”

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. […]

The Chameleons – “Dali’s Picture”

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 […]

20 Years of Ladytron’s Light & Magic

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 […]