The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the '90s - Part 4 (40 - 21)
The fourth part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the '90s, including Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, and My Bloody Valentine.
24 Jul 2016
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Thurston Moore: The Best Day
Thurston Moore's most ambitious solo album and possibly the best Sonic Youth-related release since 2004's Sonic Nurse.
20 Oct 2014
Cheatahs: Cheatahs
While Cheatahs' self-titled debut might be in need of some streamlining, there are a few stunners hiding within this shoegaze release.
30 Mar 2014
The Artists of the Year: 2013 Edition
It was a year of thrilling comebacks from legends like My Bloody Valentine and David Bowie as well the launch of major new talents like Lorde and Kacey Musgraves. These artists had the biggest impact on the shape of music in 2013.
26 Dec 2013
Mazzy Star: Seasons of Your Day
Those familiar with the languid delivery of Hope Sandoval and the teasing alternation of holding back and letting go that characterizes David Roback's music, with and without his band mates, will recognize Mazzy Star's perch between celestial elevation and shrouded descent.
24 Oct 2013
This Is Not Your Bloody Valentine: 10 Essential Non-'Loveless' Shoegaze Albums
Despite all the criticism and perhaps unworthy purple praise, there remains virtually a whole movement people ignore outside of its pink, hazy zenith.
11 Sep 2013
My Bloody Valentine: 13 March 2013 - London
The shoegaze legends are back touring in support of their hugely anticipated and epically delayed new album. So it's a bit strange they hardly play any of it.
25 Mar 2013
My Bloody Valentine: m b v - Counterpoint
What's more surprsing: that a third My Bloody Valentine album now actually exists, or that it's not all that far removed from where Loveless left off?
05 Feb 2013
The History of Apple Pie: Out of View
London indie rockers don't offer much new, but turn their twee influences into bright, enjoyable pop.
29 Jan 2013
Counterbalance No. 74: My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless'
Counterbalance tiptoes down to the holy places and gives a listen to the 74th Most Acclaimed Album of All Time.
23 Mar 2012
Ringo Deathstarr: Shadow EP
Ringo Deathstarr shifts its shoegaze retro period of focus ahead by a year or two, maintaining the same striking, if now predictable, fidelity to its influences.
13 Mar 2012
Ride: Nowhere (20th Anniversary Edition)
Alan Moulder's mix reveals, in these Rhino remasters, a grittier coating over the hazy smear.
14 Dec 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.
08 Dec 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.
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12 Oct 2011
Twenty Years Ago: My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless'
1991 was the year My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless became the underground standard bearer for independent rock.
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01 Mar 2011
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