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Friday 12th April

“Shoegaze: the genre that won't die”
Formerly a UK music press term of abuse for hapless Thames Valley indie types who hid behind their fringes, now everyone's glad to be 'gaze
Listen to our shoegaze playlist on Spotify
Read the complete article at www.guardian.co.uk

Thursday 28th February

“Dead Leaf Echo releasing debut LP; NYC record release show is tonight, touring to SXSW”
As mentioned, dreampop veterans Lorelei play Mercury Lounge tonight (2/27). The show is also a record release party for NYC's Dead Leaf Echo, whose debut album, Thought & Language, is out next week. It was produced by John Fryer who, in addition to being one of two constants in 4AD legends This Mortal Coil, has worked on such alt-rock touchstones as Depeche Mode's Speak & Spell, Cocteau Twins' Head Over Heels, Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine, and Chapterhouse's Whirlpool. If your shoegaze taste veers towards Slowdive, you should check them out if you haven't already. You can stream "Memorytrace" and check out the video for "Kingmaker" below.
Tickets are still available for tonight's show which is part of a tour for Dead Leaf Echo. After their stint with Lorelei, they'll continue on towards the beast that is SXSW. All tour dates are listed below.
Read the complete article at www.brooklynvegan.com

Tuesday 26th February

“Listen to Ryan Hemsworth's Fader Mix, Featuring a New Hemsworth Track and a Broken Social Scene Remix He Did When He Was in High School”
Photo by Sean Berrigan
Up-and-coming Canadian producer Ryan Hemsworth has today shared a new mix he made for The Fader. Along with a new solo track from Hemsworth, titled "(｡◕‿◕｡)", the 47-minute mix culls tracks ranging from Sky Ferreira, Spaceghostpurrp, Jojo, and Boyz II Men to Björk, the Microphones, and Depeche Mode. It also includes a Broken Social Scene edit that Hemsworth did when he was in high school.
Read the complete article at pitchfork.com

Tuesday 12th February

“Download Castratii, “Limits” + Papercutz and Courtship Remixes”
Castratii’s fantastically doomed “Limits” came out last fall, via the Sydney-based band’s debut Eora LP. It’s shoegaze a la Slowdive, but when the the track ends—and I mean this in the best way—it always gets … read more »
Read the complete article at www.thefader.com
“Wild Nothing: Dream-Pop's Leading Light”
Singer Jack Tatum writes hazy reveries that reflect the shimmer of early-'80s Manchester pop, the sparkle of The Cure's upbeat not-quite-love songs and a dense forest of Slowdive-era shoegaze. Watch Tatum and his band perform "Nocturne" live at WFUV's New York City studios.
Read the complete article at www.npr.org

Tuesday 29th January

Wednesday 23rd January

“Shoegaze: a beginner's guide”
We asked our readers to pick 10 essential shoegaze tracks for newcomers. Here's what they came up with …
Earlier this week we asked readers via Twitter and Facebook which shoegaze songs they would recommend to newcomers. We've compiled a list of 10 tracks, intended to act as a introduction to the genre.
Read the complete article at www.guardian.co.uk

Tuesday 8th January

“Aidan Baker Teams Up with Andrea Belfi and Erik Skodvin as B/B/S”
Canadian avant-garde musician Aidan Baker collaborated with a massive crew plucked from the ranks of Swans, the Jesus Lizard, Slowdive and more for his sprawling, 96-track Spectrum of Distraction LP, but plays with but two other artists for his new project B/B/S. Baker joined forces with experimental artist Andrea Belfi and guitarist Erik Skodvin on the group's debut Brick Mask, which arrives through Skodvin's Miasmah imprint on February 22. A press release explains that the trio tracked Brick Mask while holed up in a Berlin-area studio, and apparently the three...Read More
Read the complete article at exclaim.ca

Friday 23rd November

“Cherry Red Records Compiling Classic Tracks from Pulp, Felt, Slowdive for New Box Set”
UK label Cherry Red Records has been on the scene for decades, with much of its catalogue devoted to classic indie pop and rock reissues. Now, the company is planning on putting together a box set called Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989, bringing together some of the era's finest underground talent. The set currently doesn't have much in the way of confirmed information, but Slicing Up Eyeballs reports that it will contain four CDs and has the tentative release date of spring 2013. Cherry Red posted a list of songs being considered for the package...Read More
Read the complete article at exclaim.ca

Monday 19th November

“My Bloody Valentine, JAMC, Cocteau Twins, Ride and more feature in shoegaze doc that launched Kickstarter campaign”
BEAUTIFUL NOISE is an in-depth exploration of a music movement in the late 20th century, a fascinating period when some innovative musicians mixed guitar noise into conventional pop song structures while maintaining a philosophy of letting the music speak for itself.
Although many of the people interviewed are notoriously press shy they have opened up about their music and experiences from over 20 years ago; how they defied the rules and became sonic innovators that have inspired so many.
Read the complete article at www.brooklynvegan.com