Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Halloween Horrors: Welcome To AI Hell

Friday, October 14th, 2022

Man tells an AI to generate visions of Hell. Here are the results:

Of course, AI Hell is different from Robot Hell. For one thing, there’s less singing:

Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Sleep” Live

Sunday, September 25th, 2022

Slowdive’s “Sleep” was one of those Souvlaki outtakes that showed up on numerous bootleg demo compilations but never had an official release.

This version, recorded live at Komedia, Bath in the UK on May 18th this year, is evidently the first time they ever played it live.

Shoegazer Sunday: Chapterhouse’s “Precious One”

Sunday, August 28th, 2022

Been a while since we did a Shoegazer Sunday, but this classic Chapterhouse track popped up because Saint Marie records is re-releasing the Mesmerize EP (their very first) that it’s off of.

The structural similarity makes me think that Echodrone was familiar with this track when they penned “A Ghost And A Walkman.”

Three Guys In A Pizza Parlor Cover U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town”

Thursday, June 9th, 2022

We interrupt our regular book geeking to bring you Mike Masse, Jeff Hall and The Phil’s extremely credible cover of U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town”

(Previously.)

Shoegazer Sunday: Blankenberge’s “Everything”

Sunday, January 16th, 2022

Anders Monson suggested that I feature Blankenberge on the Shoegazer Sunday post, and while I’ve posted a couple of tracks before, here’s “Everything,” another one of their “shimmering noisebed” tracks.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Saturday, December 25th, 2021

As is the now annual tradition, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”:

Merry Christmas!

Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Slomo” (Domo Slomo)

Sunday, October 24th, 2021

I think I posted a live version of this song, but not this album version. And as a bonus, this version features footage from the Domo Kun stop motion animated show, of meme fame.

Halloween Horrors: Mega Marvin

Saturday, October 16th, 2021

Remember The Apprehension Engine used for creating horror movie soundtracks featured last year?

Meet the Mega Marvin:

It does look less ergonomically friendly for playing for long periods of time…

Shoegazer Sunday: Ceremony’s “It’s Too Late”

Sunday, October 3rd, 2021

It’s always hard to find appropriate darkgaze stuff for the Halloween season, but I think Ceremony’s “It’s too Late” has a nicely Gothy tinge to it:

Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Blue Skied An’ Clear”

Sunday, September 26th, 2021

Wednesday was the Autumn Equinox, and I was surprised by a crisp, clear morning here in Austin that was actually cool, meaning we were getting Fall on the first day of Fall, and that’s something that never happens.

Given the cloudless sky, I thought this was appropriate:

Pygmalion is probably my least favorite Slowdive album, with it’s sparse, minimalist, almost ambient feel, but “Blue Skied An’ Clear” is one of the standouts.