Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

Halloween Horrors: Caving Gone Wrong

Saturday, October 1st, 2022

What can go wrong when exploring the deepest cave on earth?

Plenty.

This is a really gripping scary story, and somebody should make it into a movie.

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.

Shoegazer Sunday: Blankenberge’s “Feel Alive”

Sunday, February 12th, 2017

For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Russia’s Blankenberg with “Feel Alive,” which reminds me a little bit of The Cherry Wave (i.e. a noise floor above which floats the melody).

Russian Guy Imitates a Motorcycle

Saturday, January 21st, 2017

Aided by a beer can. He’s pretty good…

Shoegazer Sunday: Japanese babY

Sunday, November 13th, 2016

Japanese babY [CIC] hails from Krasnodar, Russia. Here they are with a live version of “Твое солнце.” No, I don’t know how to pronounce that. The sound’s a little raw, as you might expect from a live club recording, but the riffs are tasty.

Influences seem to be Jesus and Mary Chain, Sigur Ros, and maybe just a tiny hint of Laibach.

Shoegazer Sunday: Sleep Dealer’s “The Tenth Planet”

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

We’ve had Shoegazer bands from the UK, the USA, Japan, and France, so why not one from Russia? Named after a Mexican SF movie I really need to track down, here’s Sleep Dealer with “The Tenth Planet”: