Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Shoegazer Sunday: Auburn Lull’s “CA1”

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

Been quite a while since I posted any Auburn Lull, so here’s a pretty, ambient piece called “CA1” off their Hiber EP:

Shoegazer Sunday: Bugjar’s “James Dean Deathcar”

Sunday, January 3rd, 2021

Bugjar hails from Boston, Massachusetts.

George Winston’s “The Holly and the Ivy”

Monday, December 21st, 2020

Today is the first official day of winter, so here’s “The Holly and the Ivy” from George Winston’s December, probably the best track off a classic Christmas album.

Halloween Horrors: The Apprehension Engine

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Suppose you wanted to do the soundtrack for a horror film: What would you use to score it? Synthesizer? Computer?

Or how about commissioning a custom instrument to make eerie, unnerving sound?

Behold The Apprehension Engine!

The Witch is one of the films Mark Korven has scored, and I just noticed that it seems to have gotten pretty cheap as of late…

Shoegazer Sunday: The City’s Gates’ “On The Road”

Sunday, September 20th, 2020

On the Road” sort sounds like Slowdive crossed with a touch of Mazzy Star, which sounds like a winning combination.

Obituary Watch: Toots Hibbert

Saturday, September 12th, 2020

Reggae legend Toots Hibbert, of Toots & The Maytals, has died at age 77.

The number of Reggae tracks in regular rotation on my iTunes is pretty finite, but “Pressure Drop” is one of them:

I also liked their cover of Radiohead’s “Let Down” off the Radiodread, the complete reggae cover album of OK Computer.

Shoegazer Sunday: The Telewire’s “Slower”

Sunday, September 6th, 2020

Here’s another dose of The Telewire, with “Slower” off their Airport EP.

Shoegazer Sunday: The Telewire’s “Head on Straight”

Sunday, July 12th, 2020

Been a long time since I featured something from The Telewire, but “Head on Straioght” is part of my regular Shoegaze rotation.

Ennio Morricone, RIP

Monday, July 6th, 2020

Legendary film score composer Ennio Morricone has died at age 91. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, John Carpenter’s The Thing and The Hateful Eight all had scores by him, among the 500+(!) he composed.

Here’s probably my favorite piece by him, from his soundtrack to Once Upon A Time In The West:

Shoegazer Sunday: Deserta’s “Hide”

Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

This is from Deserta ‘s new album Black Aura My Sun, which is already making a lot of people’s “Best Shoegaze albums of 2020” list. They remind a little bit of Highspire.