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 ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/26/2007 11:47 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Shoegaze | Permalink
10/23/2007
New Raveonettes: "Dead Sound" and "Blush"
Holy Danish Music Festival Day over here at The Walrus! I just got my hands on some new Raveonettes tracks from their upcoming album Lust Lust Lust. Somewhat of a departure for the band, the new songs have more of a shoegaze feel and less of a g ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/23/2007 1:49 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Rock, Shoegaze, Post-Rock | Permalink
10/18/2007
Discovery & Rediscovery: Schroeder's Cat, The Notwist and Si Schroeder
Back in 1998 I was starting my first year in community college and my soundtrack was comprised of My Bloody Valentine, Rollerskate Skinny (for some reason they were huge where I grew up) and The Swirlies. A friend of mine, who was always into th ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/18/2007 4:15 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Shoegaze | Permalink
10/07/2007
A Place to Bury Strangers will Kick your head in
For those not familiar with the genre often referred to as "shoegaze," here is a quick crash-course. It was started in the mid 80's in the UK, where bands like My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and Chapterhouse mixed lush vocals with loopy and sometim ...
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