Shoegaze, Virginia Woolf, and Dissolute Structures
As with shoegaze’s crescendoing textures, there’s a sheer force of sensory feeling in Virginia Woolf’s verisimilitude.
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The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023
As always, rock was a guitar-led extravaganza in 2023 with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 30 best rock albums of the year.
Slowdive’s ‘Everything Is Alive’ Is a Masterpiece of Subtlety
From the haunted guitars to the impressionist vocals, from the most spell-binding drones to the brisk tempos, this is a Slowdive album through and through.
10 Great Unsung Shoegaze Songs
Shoegaze’s trademark sound, rippling sheets of guitar noise, is endlessly pliable, easily molded into sonic textures smooth and abrasive alike.
30 Years of Slowdive’s ‘Souvlaki’
Slowdive’s seminal 30-year-old album, Souvlaki, transcends the negativity that followed its release and carries strength through emotional relatability.
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.
Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell Partners with Her Husband for New Project the Soft Cavalry
Another post-reunion project for Slowdive's Rachel Goswell. In collaborator Steve Clarke she has discovered a talented songwriter and married him, no less.
The Best Shoegaze and Dream Pop of 2017
2017 has been a remarkable year for shoegaze and dream pop. If it were only for the re-raising of two central pillars of the initial scene it would still have been enough, but that wasn’t even the half of it.
Slowdive Sell Out Brooklyn and Release Bonus Song “30th June”
Although sound issues delayed their set on the second night, Slowdive put on an unforgettable show in Brooklyn, or rather two shows.
Slowdive: Slowdive
Beneath all the stylish and escapist waves of sound and texture on Slowdive's return, there is a profoundly human core waiting to be sought out and unearthed.
Slowdive – “Sugar for the Pill” (Singles Going Steady)
Based on "Sugar for the Pill", Slowdive's forthcoming LP looks like it may be their most nocturnal and reflective yet.