Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Shoegazer Sunday: Glixen’s “Moodswing”

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023

Glixen evidently hales from Phoenix, and that’s about all I know about them. Except the fact that they make some tasty, fuzzy noise.

Shoegazer Sunday: Chromatics Cover of “Petals”

Sunday, March 26th, 2023

A few weeks ago, I heard a more modern song whose melodic structure really reminded me of Hole’s “Petals,” which meant it’s been running through my head a lot recently. And then I found out that The Chromatics had covered it for a movie soundtrack.

It’s not exactly Shoegaze, but I think it might qualify as Dreampop.

One problem though: It’s only half the song. Here’s the original:

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame wrote the music, but I think Courtney Love wrote the lyrics. Despite her well-documented personal problems, she was occasionally a very good lyricist, back in the day.

Shoegazer Sunday: Beach House’s “Space Song”

Sunday, January 8th, 2023

It’s been a while since I did one of these, and more than seven years since I did a Beach House song, so here’s “Space Song,” featuring footage of a science fiction film I bet you’re familiar with.

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.

In The Court of the Crimson King With AI Generated Art

Thursday, September 15th, 2022

There’s been a lot of talk lately about AI-generated art. Someone inputted the lyrics to King Crimson’s prog-rock classic “In the Court of the Crimson King” into Midjourney and the results are a lot better than I expected.

Sureal, nameless abominations are the sort of area I would expect AI art to excel in. Skilled painterly depictions of human faces? Not so much.

Not that it won’t try. Beware the Loab.

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!