Friday, December 9 2011
Yuck: Yuck (Deluxe Edition)
The shoegazing Brits re-release their excellent February debut album along with a bonus EP; a nice addition for fans, a must-have for the uninitiated.
Monday, October 17 2011
Brief Candles: Fractured Days
Don't judge Brief Candles by the name. On Fractured Days, the shoegazers shine brightly.
Thursday, October 13 2011
“Something in the Way”: ‘Loveless’ and the Un-Invention of Cock Rock
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless stands as an album of (at least) equal importance to Nirvana's Nevermind, garnering a great deal of its importance for the way that it offers a gender-bending sonic style that severed the entrenched connections between the electric guitar and masculine phallic power.
Thursday, September 8 2011
Memoryhouse: The Years EP
The Years EP is the kind of record that you’d listen to on headphones while reclining against a tree on a grassy knoll in the late evening, watching the sun go down and seeing pinkish red light reflect on billowing clouds lazily floating by overhead.
Monday, August 15 2011
Guitar: It’s Sweet to Do Nothing!
Guitar's newest album, on Clairecords of course, is completely shoegaze-less, but its songs are full and rich, exploring several distinct moods.
Thursday, June 9 2011
Soon Is Never Soon Enough: Moose’s ‘. . . Xyz’, Remastered
Moose was really never shoegaze. In many ways, Moose was a much more successful band than Ride. Even though that claim is a bit strange, it's never too late to make it.
Tuesday, April 5 2011
Beach Fossils: What a Pleasure EP
Beach Fossils are very keen to draw attention to their own supposedly heartfelt sincerity, but how much does it capitulate to today's weirdly fashionable nostalgia overdose?
Tuesday, March 29 2011
Bubblegum Lemonade: Sophomore Release
With Sophomore Release, you get nearly pitch-perfect recreations of gold sounds from popular music’s past that are unleashed in quick two to three minute bursts.
Tuesday, February 15 2011
Sailors with Wax Wings: Sailors with Wax Wings
Glacial and unmoving, listening to this album might just be the most agonizing 53 minutes of your life.
