Archive for August, 2014

MIT Review Does a Good Interview With Gene Wolfe

Monday, August 11th, 2014

Jason Pontin at MIT Review has done a nice interview with Gene Wolfe. It even references the Nova Express interview with him.

(Hat tip: Derek Johnson.)

Shoegazer Sunday: Alcian Blue/The Antiques Cover Slowdive’s “Primal”

Sunday, August 10th, 2014

The sound quality is not the best, and the vocals pretty much suck, but this cover by Alcian Blue (AKA The Antiques) is still the best live cover of “Primal” I’ve heard from anyone (including Slowdive, who only played it at early shows, and not particularly well).

Like I’ve said before, anyone doing good cover of “Primal” will get linked in this space.

As for Slowdive, their new tour shows their live shows have improved considerably, as we shall see next Sunday…

Shoegazer Sunday: The Swells’ “Golden”

Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

The Swells were an Austin-based Shoegaze band. Here they are with “Golden.”

Evidently they’re now known as Seaholm Electric.