12/04/2008
On the Rise: The Big Pink
This unsigned and very impressive UK duo The Big Pink borrows their name from the classic 1969 album Music From the Big Pink by seminal American act The Band (they named their album after the pink house in which they rehearsed). But that's as fa ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/04/2008 1:17 PM EST in Shoegaze, Indie-Rock, Video | Permalink
12/01/2008
Human People's "The Fantasy of Waking..." Featured in Art in the Age's 2008 Fall Lookbook Video
While some other brands (I won't mention any names--Urban Outfitters--whoops!) like to shell out the big bucks for the "hip song of the moment", local retailer and artist purveyors Art in the Age decided for a lesser known song. In fact, this be ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/01/2008 5:17 PM EST in Electronic, Shoegaze, Indie-Rock, Synth-Pop, Video, Local Music | Permalink
11/13/2008
Beautiful Videos For Deerhunter's "Cover Me Slowly" and "Microcastle"
Deerhunter alumni Adam Bruneau has made videos for two songs featured on the band's amazing new album Microcastle. Both clips feature footage captured while Adam was on Borestone Mountain in Maine and feel well connected but not redundant. "Cove ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/13/2008 9:57 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, Video | Permalink
09/24/2008
OMFG: My Bloody Valentine 2008 Tour! (Part 3): Show Review
Ah, the day had finally come. The day when these ears would FINALLY bare witness to a once unlikely live performance by 80s/90s shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine. (read part 1 of this story here and part 2 here) Yes, the seminal Irish band w ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 09/24/2008 1:25 PM EST in WTF?, Shoegaze, Live Review, Events | Permalink
08/27/2008
Watch This: My Bloody Valentine Perform "To Here Knows When" Live in Japan, 2008!
Less than a month from now, My Bloody Valentine's beautiful, and from what we hear brain-melting, noise will blanket New York's Roseland Ballroom...and our ears. Here's a sneak preview of what we can expect: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/v/3DEnw ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/27/2008 9:18 AM EST in Shoegaze, Video | Permalink
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): Ticket Buy
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 ...
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