Music

Playing this Saturday, August 11th at Slim’s with The Comas and Twilight Sleep Great Northern: The name evokes a feeling of a place and time in which . . . to dream, perhaps, to get away from it all, or away from oneself. It’s late afternoon, strolling into night. There’s a slight breeze – but … read more ➜

Parade’s list of influences is Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Mark Kozelec, PJ Harvey, Gang of Four, Aphex Twin, and Nick Cave. The track linked below, “That’s Hott”, reminds me of Elastica. “Parade’s only agenda is to play music they love. Through a highly collaborative process, they create their own version of pop music: melodic and minimal, … read more ➜

The bio from Cerulean’s official site. I think it’s a little outdated: ““I just don’t see what’s so fucking daring about having nothing to lose,” says singer and guitarist Rick Bolander. He’s never understood the media’s love affair with rock’s favorite archetype. “Wearing despair like some badge of validation is a clichéd gimmick. Where‘s the … read more ➜

Fields have released a new album titled “Everything Last Winter”. Produced by Michael Beinhorn who also worked with Hole and Mew. free mp3 of the Fields – Charming The Flames buy it from amazon here for only $4.49 official site myspace site

http://www.myspace.com/pandariot Panda Riot is a great band out of Chicago. Highly recommended if you’re into shoegaze ala My Bloody Valentine, Lush, portishead, liz phair (pre sellout), magnetic fields, pixies, boards of canada, stereolab, slowdive, smashing pumkins, spiritualized, spacemen 3, mogwai, jesus and mary chain, slowdive, nick drake, yo la tengo, built to spill, modest mouse, … read more ➜

The Guardian UK has an article on the revival of shoegaze, which some are calling ‘nu-gaze’. I personally don’t care for this term as it seems to pigeon-hole the sound too much and isn’t broad enough. I derived “Alternapop” from another term for this sound “Alternative Pop”, also ‘Indie Pop’, ‘Noise Pop’, ‘Dream Pop’. The … read more ➜

Recommended if you like Swervedriver, early Oasis, Ride “What’s The Story? After releasing an amazing self-titled debut that drew praise from major publications such as The Big Takeover, Skyscraper, Exclaim, and Creem, Daydream Nation are back with a vengeance on their second release Bella Vendetta, which has drawn equally stellar raves. The duo consisting of … read more ➜

“…awe-inspiringly huge and intimate at the same time… Yellow House is a beautiful album in its own right, and required listening not just for fans of Horn of Plenty, but for anyone who enjoys ambitious, creative music with an emotional undercurrent.” – AMG “Beyond production, Grizzly Bear have stepped up their songwriting in every way, … read more ➜

The Early Years is a London-based trio founded in 2004 whose declared vision is to create washes of psychedelic guitar noises meshed in with feedback, drones, distortion and wah set against a strong metronomic beat. The Early Years admire the noises of (and have occasionally had their sound likened to) Mogwai, Acid Mothers Temple & … read more ➜

The Boston Phoenix dug into the 1980s underground rock and is flogging the following as “the 10 albums that generated the right conditions for the rock that would follow”. “They were a handful of inspired mavericks who created the raw materials for an alternative future. The setting for all this was the 1980s, a decade … read more ➜

Sometimes I hear similarities in songs that makes every one else think I’m out of my mind. Sometimes this is accurate, sometimes not. Here are a few songs I’m come across lately that seem to remind me of each other. Something to do with the vocal intonation and delivery. Check these out and let me … read more ➜

Recommended if you like: My Bloody Valentine and other shoegaze or noisepop bands Astrobrite was “formed in 93. MOSTLY A SOLO PROJECT FOR SCOTT CORTEZ. like most of my projects, it is an entity consisting of bedroom 4 track recordings for personal pleasure and friends. sometimes astrobrite is a means to cull the noisepop demons, … read more ➜

Interpol’s new album, “Our Love To Admire” has two additional tracks on the Japanese release. One is an instrumental version of “Mammoth” which you can download from an earlier post of mine. The other one is a completely different track, “Mind Over Time”, which you can download here: Interpol’s “Mind Over Time” You can order … read more ➜

This is posted on Sleepover Disaster’s myspace page: “We Like: Late 80s-early 90s UK shoegaze bands (e.g., Ride, Catherine Wheel, Kitchens of Distinction, My Bloody Valentine, Adorable, Boo Radleys, etc.)… later 90s UK & American bands (e.g., Radiohead, Lilys, Starflyer 59, etc.)… current bands (e.g., Muse, Doves, Mogwai, the Autumns, etc., including some mentioned above)… … read more ➜

Airiel’s show in San Francisco has been confirmed by band member Chris Debrizzio. They are playing Saturday, July 14th at the House of Shields. Recommended if you like: My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, Cocteau Twins, Highspire, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, Adorable, Swervedriver free mp3’s: Cinnamon —- from the Airiel EP Kiss Me Slowly —- from the Winks … read more ➜

Interpol’s new track Mammoth without vocals

Review by Andrew Earles: If the Sea and Cake hadn’t of dabbled in the dual nether regions of drum ‘n’ bass and airport jazz, they still would lack the impact of Unlimited Symmetry, but you Sea and Cake fans out there should try it out to experience what you’ve been missing. But the first Coach … read more ➜

The National was at Bimbo’s 365 last night. (Note to Mike: not the Grand National) They put on a great show! It was sold out. The last time they came through San Francisco they played The Independent. That was a decent show considering that Matt Berninger had a cold and made note of it after … read more ➜

Merry Christmas… I had nothing to do with posting this leak. The quality of the rip isn’t the best.. and even someone with a mild hearing loss as myself can hear the lower quality. It is decent enough to sample and get a taste for the album. If you like this album and never buy … read more ➜