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One of the great things about a band with the longevity and prolificness as Cocteau Twins is that even 25 years after they disbanded, there is still more of their music to be discovered. The flip side of that is that finding this new music can be maddening. For example, the song “Crushed”, which appears […]
Considering how well they melded shoegaze, dreampop, krautrock, and electronic influences with an unerring pop sense, School Of Seven Bells should have gotten more love from not just me, but everyone. I mean, I did listen to and enjoy all of their records, but for whatever reason, never became one of my all-timers and whenever […]
While I knew that Lush released “Hypocrite” as the first single from their third record Split – a barnburner of a track, it got radio play in those days when bands like Lush got played on the radio – I did not know that they released a second video and single that same day, May […]
Just going to keep carrying on with some Slowdive love because I just got back from seeing them in Madrid at Tomavistas. As I mentioned last week, it’s been about five years since I saw them last and the set list wasn’t too far from what they were playing then, right up until almost the […]
If everything goes according to plan (which is no sure thing, given the drama around our plane tickets…), I will be seeing Slowdive this Friday night in Madrid, Spain, closing out the second (but first for us) night of the Tomavistas festival. It will be the first time I’ve seen them since their last visit […]
It could just be coincidence, but the third week of May seems to be an especially significant one for Slowdive. Evidence for this will be meted out over a couple posts, with this one focused on the band’s initial incarnation in the ’90s. We’ll start with the fact that singer/guitarist Rachel Goswell was born on […]
Brief Algorithms, the just-released second album from Mexican multi-hyphenate outfit mercvrial comes with an interesting hook for those unfamiliar with them – half the tracks feature guitarwork from twice-former House Of Love guitarist Terry Bickers. And it’s not a “Paul McCartney chewing celery” sort of cameo; his trademark shimmering tones can be heard all over […]
Chapterhouse have never seemed to have the best timing. Despite being key players in the “Scene That Celebrates Itself”, history has relegated them to also-ran status. Perhaps that’s because after representing a danceable bridge between shoegaze and baggy on their 1991 debut Whirlpool, they pivoted further into dance and psychedelia with 1993’s Blood Music, but […]
I’m pretty sure I’d heard Pixies‘ version of The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s “Head On” before the original, and so it’s maybe a bit of an overcorrection on my part to insist the original is better than the cover, which is probably just as well-known. Or maybe it’s just that I’m into drum machines these […]
While Curve are usually named in the second tier of first-wave shoegaze bands, they haven’t gotten the same level of respect as their ’90s peers, despite arguably just as groundbreaking. They embraced electronic and dance textures earlier than most, and frontwoman Toni Halliday’s sexy/scary charisma set the template for many alt.rock rocks to follow. A […]
