The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s: 40 – 21
The fourth part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s includes Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, and My Bloody Valentine.
My Bloody Valentine
10 Essential Shoegaze Albums That Aren’t ‘Loveless’
Despite all the criticism and perhaps unworthy purple praise, there remains virtually a whole shoegaze movement that people ignore outside of its pink, hazy zenith.
My Bloody Valentine’s ‘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. A great deal of its importance is how it offers a gender-bending sonic style that severed the entrenched connections between the electric guitar and masculine phallic power.
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.
Cheatahs: Cheatahs
While Cheatahs' self-titled debut might be in need of some streamlining, there are a few stunners hiding within this shoegaze release.