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I have no idea what WordPress or various socials will do with the title of this post. I’m curious. Kinoko Teikoku is one of the acts that is revered in the world of Japanese shoegaze, though that’s usually qualified by the fact that while they started out in that genre in their early releases, they […]
Slowdive’s latest everything is alive has only been out a week and a bit, but there’s already been plenty of press attention around it, most of which I’ve tried to share in real time at my main Twitter but which I’ll also round up below; there’ll probably be more which I’ll add to as they […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
