07/21/2008
Exclusive Interview: Asobi Seksu Discusses New Album and More!
The Brooklyn band Asobi Seksu, (Japanese for "playful sex") comprised of Yuki Chikudate (vocals, instrumentation), James Hanna (various instruments) and friends is one of our favorites here at The Walrus. Often compared to My Bloody Valentine, t ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/21/2008 12:11 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Shoegaze, Interview | Permalink
07/07/2008
Video: Deerhunter Perform New Songs Live on Manchester's Channel M
Deerhunter's lead singer Bradford Cox, now sporting black electrical tape on his cheek, posted this awesome live video on his blog, which features the band performing two of the best tracks, (actually they are all good, trust me.) "Never Stops" ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/07/2008 10:53 AM EST in Shoegaze, Indie-Rock, Video | Permalink
05/09/2008
OMFG: My Bloody Valentine 2008 Tour! (Part 2)
And "the story" continues. At 9:45am this morning I logged on to Ticketmaster's website and navigated successfully to the My Bloody Valentine/Roseland Ballroom ticket page. At first I questioned whether or not I should drop 50 bucks on this show ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/09/2008 6:08 PM EST in Shoegaze, Events | Permalink
03/24/2008
Allegories of Life
If humans could remember what it was like being born. and more specifically could remember what it sounded like, the first 30 seconds of Allegories' "Grass Toboggan" might be that sound. As it progresses from an enveloping of noise into a series ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/24/2008 10:57 PM EST in Experimental, Shoegaze | Permalink
02/19/2008
A Place To Bury Strangers Fans, Check Out the Music of Ceremony
Slightly less noisy than their NYC shoegazing counterparts, A Place to Bury Strangers (but not much), Virginia's Ceremony similarly mixes brooding guitars with industrial style rhythms on "Dull Life" from their second album Disappear. The song i ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 02/19/2008 8:40 AM EST in Shoegaze, Indie-Rock | Permalink
12/03/2007
Spring-Time For Loveless: Japancakes Re-Imagine My Bloody Valentine's Classic Album
In the wake of My Bloody Valentine announcing their reunion and subsequent, sold-out-in-seconds mini-tour, every indie boy and girl is anticipating, what was once only a pipe dream, the follow up to their 1991 classic, Loveless. Until that day, ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/03/2007 4:19 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Shoegaze | Permalink
11/15/2007
OMFG: My Bloody Valentine 2008 Tour!
Gfstshl sjhdeu3 rj3krji3 j934i4 7yg!!!!!!!!!!! Yea, um, not much more to say than that...except I do have some vacation left. Tickets go on sale this Friday, sure to sell out in seconds. Tix will be available here (next to The Eels and underneat ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/15/2007 7:48 AM EST in Shoegaze, Events | Permalink
10/30/2007
A 666 For Everyone: Rollerskate Skinny's Shoulder Voices
For some reason or another, ex-straight edge dudes in my home town of Bensalem, PA looooved Rollerskate Skinny. After I heard them, I completely understood why. The Dublin-based band was able to fuse everything that was great about My Bloody Val ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/30/2007 1:18 PM EST in Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock | Permalink
10/29/2007
Exclusive Interview with NYC's A Place To Bury Strangers
This past week I had heard that "The Loudest Band in New York," aka A Place to Bury Strangers', would be playing a show in West Philly. After reading all the hype and hearing about their epic performance at CMJ, I decided to head over to the DIY ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 10/29/2007 3:53 PM EST in Experimental, Rock, Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, Interview | Permalink
10/26/2007
An Electronic Hymn: Telepathe's "Chrome's On It"
I enjoy repetition as much as the next avant-garde music nerd, but I tend to think a lot bands use it to cover up, either a lack of talent or a lack of ideas. This is NOT the case with Brooklyn's Telepathe. Their newest song "Chrome's On It" use ...
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