Thud — Prime of Pride
There’s no other way to put this, so let’s cut to the chase: Nobody is doing what Thud is doing. Nobody comes close. There are a lot of bands out there effectively trying to capture …
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Prime of Pride – the mobdividual review
so, the thing about early brit new wave/shoegaze, different from american shoegaze/new wave, was the brits were rooted in brit r&b too, like spandau ballet and things like that. i mean, the only real difference …
Review: La Casa al Mare — This Astro
We’re a little late to the game on this one, but not for lack of paying attention. Back in May, Italian shoegaze act La Casa al Mare released their debut EP This Astro, and were …
It’s Official: Marijuana Good for Shoegazing, According to National Geographic
Big news day for stoner My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive fans everywhere! According to National Geographic, marijuana may cause “intense shoe-gazing.” This doesn’t come as a shock to us at The Stoner’s Journal, being that …
Review: Revolution — The Shoegaze Revival
This review has been updated to reflect the current label selling this album. Not sure exactly what happened, but there you have it. 7/12/2016 If you’re like me, you sometimes get that itch that can …
whirr: a reflection on shoegaze
[embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYVjIKeSyA[/embedyt] the short: to be clear sway is whirr‘s best album to date. at least my favorite. it’s introspective it’s reflective. it’s self-loathing and obsessed (with noise distortion and reverb as sound… but-no-one-will-listen-to-us-play-one-chord-for-a-half-hour-so-we-better-write-songs obsessed). this …
This Week in Shoegaze
This is the feature in which we attempt to follow the Drone Subterranean Wall of Sound and Whispered Vocals. [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRnoNsZsFLY[/embedyt] Carmen Villain, aka Carmen Hillestad, is a Norwegian former supermodel whose 2013 release Sleeper has …