Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Sleep”

Sunday, October 5th, 2014

What? Another obscure Slowdive song? Really, Lawrence? Really?

Yep.

Evidently this was originally an Eternal song, Eternal being the band Christian Savill was in before Slowidve.

8-Bit Version of Nine Inch Nail’s “Closer”

Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

Either you like this sort of thing or you don’t….

I think it gets better the deeper into the song you get.

Shoegazer Sunday: My Violent Ego’s “Trail of Lights”

Sunday, September 21st, 2014

“Trail of Lights” is a lush, laid-back, multilayered Shoegaze piece from Scottish/Italian duo My Violent Ego.

Shoegazer Sunday: Black Hearted Brother’s “(I Don’t Mean to) Wonder”

Sunday, September 14th, 2014

Black Hearted Brother is a project featuring Slowdive’s Neal Halstead. Here they are with “(I Don’t Mean to) Wonder”.

Also, evidently the Judge Dredd remake has some impressive slow-motion set-pieces…

Jellybelly Cover’s Slowdive’s “Machine Gun”

Sunday, August 31st, 2014

And the Slowdive cover kick continues, with Indonesia’s Jellybelly doing their cover of “Machine Gun” in a jangly live performance.

Shoegazer Sunday: The Sleepover Disaster’s “Oceanographer”

Sunday, August 24th, 2014

Here’s Fresno, California’s The Sleepover Disaster with “Oceanographer,” which sounds a tiny bit like Radiohead.

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.

Shoegazer Sunday: SummerMay’s “Shine”

Sunday, July 27th, 2014

Here’s “Shine,” another one from Zurich’s SummeryMay. The best description I can come up with for them is “Imagine a Christian shoegaze Night Ranger that doesn’t suck.” People I told this too were having some trouble wrapping their heads around the concept…

Shoegazer Sunday: Sugar Plant’s “Rise”

Sunday, July 20th, 2014

Sugar Plant are on the softer end of Japanese Shoegaze. Here they are with “Rise.”

Their Happy EP (which includes “Rise”) is available from iTunes.