Listening Post (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Listening Post's continuing look at the resurgence of so-called shoegaze wouldn't be complete without a chat with the man behind the aural soundscapes of Slowdive, which formed in 1989 and signed shortly thereafter to the scene-making label Creation. Sharing space...
Indie MP3 (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Ok. This is something new. The Dead Billy Club. The idea is simple - it's to be a band night. But not any old bands. This will be about abrasive guitars, mechanical rythyms, walls of noise and electronic sounds. So, why Dead Billy? If you didn't know it 'Dead Billy' is a song by Big Black. You don't know Big Black? Man, you should learn to use a search engine. Bands that Dead Billy like and are likely...
Bold As Love (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Thanks again to everyone who offered their congrats after this blog was honored last week by EbonyJet.com. Since then, some additional lists have come in and I wanted to share shout outs from as many of you as choose to...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 12/30/2007
in post The Weekend Mixtape from Some Velvet Blog .
Idolator (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
Turn of the '80s/'90s Brit noisedreamgaze duo A.R. Kane is near the top of the priorities list when it comes to obsessively combing the Internet periodically checking for recently uploaded videos, wherever they may be lurking. And every time, YouTube et al have disappointed. Until today! A semi-acoustic, indie-dub slow jam flecked with tremolo teardrops and eerie whistling feedback, "Green Haze Daze"...
Marginal Utility (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
1. A.R. Kane, Sperm Whale Trip Over, Sixty-Nine 2. Air Miami, Dolphin Expressway, Me Me Me 3. Julee Cruise, The Nightingale, Twin Peaks soundtrack 4. The Bats, Drive Me Some Boars, Silverbeet 5. Big Dipper, Loch Ness Monster, Heavens (plus 'Boo Boo' EP) 6. A Certain Ratio, The Fox, The Old & The New 7. The Clean, Slug Song, Compilation 8. Colourbox, Hot Doggie, Lonely Is An Eyesore 9. Damon & Naomi,...
Yer Mam! (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
Howdy! Last mixtape of 2007 for you right here... YER MAM!'S SOLID GOLD SMASHES VOLUME FOUR Ronnie Hayward - You Hound Ya Lie (Superb rockabilly bounce from the rather fun Cut Chemist & Keb Darge-compiled Lost And Found . I don't put enough stuff like this on my mixtapes. Super-cool.) Gene Clark - No Other (Gospel-tinged, swampy, psych-country-blues rock - enough prefixes for ya? - from the late Byrd's...
Assistant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2007
I love lists, particularly of books and records, althought it's vital not to take them too seriously. A case in point is the current 1000 albums to hear before you die feature running in the Guardian, which is a mostly great list of mostly great albums, yet is packed with glaring ommissions. That really isn't the point, however, and it's a great starting place for people who want to hear new stuff....
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2007
What do A.R. Kane, Slowdive, Radiohead, Kitchens of Distinction, Moonshake, the Wedding Present, Tindersticks, Goya Dress, M/A/R/R/S, Momus, the Chameleons, Disco Inferno, Long Fin Killie, th’ Faith Healers, Chapterhouse, the Auteurs, Baader Meinhof, Black Box Recorder, Laika, the House of Love, Insides, Seefeel, Section 25, the Blue Nile, PJ Harvey, Papa Sprain, Piano Magic, Dif [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 11/13/2007
in post Shoegazing - A Brief Overview from The Muso . and itunes
