Music Reviews tagged with shoegaze
Vivian Girls Vivian Girls
A record that was overlooked by us in 2008, and wrongfully so.
Brett Oronzio reviews...
Asobi Seksu Hush
The third album from these New York shoegazers represents a gentle step in the direction of orchestral dream-pop.
David Coleman reviews...
Pia Fraus After Summer
Estonia's premier shoegaze band releases its fourth album on Seksound.
David Coleman is intrigued...
Swervedriver Raise / Mezcal Head (Reissues)
In the post-grunge nadir of the early nineties Swervedriver's first two albums – 1991's Raise and 1993's Mezcal Head – should have sealed their reputation as one of the finest British bands of the era. For a variety of reasons, they didn't. If ever a band deserved a re-appraisal it's Swervedriver.
David Coleman raves down...
Je Suis Animal Self Taught Magic From A Book
Animal magic indeed - these Norwegian newcomers unleash their claws on a corker of a debut.
Ils sont magnifique, reckons Iain Moffat...
Circus Animals Desertion Circus Animals Desertion
Circus Animals' Desertion is a varied, mature and ultimately fulfilling début from one of the UK's most exciting new guitar bands; that it will be ignored if favour of a dozen over-hyped copycat bands is merely symptomatic of the UK music scene's current malaise.
David Coleman reviews...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre My Bloody Underground
The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe, experiments too much and creates too little.
Sean Caldwell reviews...
Keith Canisius Ferris Wheel Makeout
Ferris Wheel Makeout is an album that would be at home between Loveless and Souvlaki. Keith Canisius might not revamp the shoegaze world in the way some of the giants did, but he certainly creates powerful, evocative music.
Matt Montgomery reviews...
Hypatia Lake Angels and Demons, Space and Time
Hypatia Lake blends elements of 1960s folk and pop-rock and 1990s shoegaze with more than a simple splash of creative insight.
Matt Montgomery reviews...
Subtle ExitingARM
A genre-defying tour-de-force from the Anticon-affiliated sextet.
Jeff Rovinelli reviews...
