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 …
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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 …
Review: Thud — Lime
We’ve written a bit about the shoegaze renaissance that has been bubbling in the indie rock scene for the last decade. While the whole “nugaze” thing really kicked off in the early 2000s, there have …
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 …