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Articles tagged "swervedriver"Featured Article Music ReviewSwervedriver: Raise / Mezcal Headby John Bergstrom[6.Feb.09] :. Radiohead weren't the first great band to come out of Oxford, England, and these timely reissues are the evidence. Swervedriver's first two albums are still as imposing and wondrous as ever.  Events ReviewSwervedriverby Sean Padilla[28.Jul.08] :. Returning from a nine-year hiatus, Swervedriver fused the ethereal textures of shoegaze with the heavy riffs and hard rhythms of grunge and came close to replicating the densely layered arrangements found on their records. Music FeatureJuggernaut Still Rides: Behind the Scenes and Times of Swervedriverby Jon Garrett[23.May.08] :. Swervedriver have been away for so long that most assumed they were never coming back. Yet here they are, 17 years after their debut, in the midst of a full-scale tour. This is how they lived to tell.  Music ReviewAdam Franklin: Bolts of Melodyby John Bergstrom[25.Oct.07] :. The ex-Swervedriver mainman's first official solo album should satisfy fans of that underrated band's later work, while fitting into the current indie-rock climate. Franklin hasn't lost his way with an effects pedal -- or dark sunglasses.  Music ReviewSwervedriver: Mezcal Headby Jon Garrett[14.Apr.03] :. Most reputable critics will tell you that the most important album to emerge from the British shoegazer movement in the early ‘90s was My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless—and I... |
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