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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 […]
I get the 30th anniversary re-release of Pale Saints‘ 1990 debut The Comforts Of Madness in 2020 because it was the band’s most celebrated work – of three albums total, sure – but that the follow-up, In Ribbons, would get the same treatment is a pleasant surprise. Well technically it’s a 31st anniversary release – […]
Despite their affinity for chorus pedals and Katie Dillon’s clear, swooping vocals, She’s In Parties are not the next Cocteau Twins but that is a much better reference point than drawing any conclusions from their Bauhaus-derived name; there is nothing goth about the Colchester, UK quartet. Unsurprisingly, NME is to blame for the Cocteaus comparison, […]
Happy Slowdive release day! everything is alive, the band’s fifth full-length, is out today and while I was going to post a full show recording – there’s still a few out there I haven’t shared – I came across this one-song session the band did for NPR that I seem to have missed completely six […]
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 […]
Catherine Wheel continue to not give the people what they want, but at least they’re giving the people something. The band’s first three albums -1992’s Ferment, 1993’s Chrome, and 1995’s Happy Days – were all reissued on heavyweight vinyl last week by Proper Records. Sure, they’d all been been given Music On Vinyl pressings in […]
A fixture of current shoegaze/dreampop recommendations, it took me a little while to come around to Melbourne’s Flyying Colours – not because they’re difficult, but because they’re most decidedly not. Their take on the genre is groovy and easy – major key melodies, suitably fuzzy guitar riffs, and Brodie J Brümmer’s and Gemma O’Connor’s chill […]
I suppose that technically, I already shared this performance from For Tracy Hyde‘s farewell show in Tokyo from this past March, but as good quality as that footage was, it was still pretty raw in terms of production values. They’ve since gussied up the footage – “remixed from multi-track, added unused footage and greatly powered […]
I’m still a little aggrieved that Mexico’s Mint Field canceled their US/Canadian tour back in January just a couple weeks after I rabbit-holed on the band, but I guess the upside is that it let me spend quality time with their 2018 debut Pasar de las Luces and last year’s Levitation Sessions. They made good […]
Malmö, Sweden’s Echo Ladies continue to ramp up to the September 8 release of their second album Lilies, offering up a fourth and final advance single with accompanying video in “Coming Home”. Based on these previews, the trio look to not only be avoiding any kind of sophomore slump, but are improving on the weak […]
