So how did I miss this until now?
Hope Sandoval has a voice like aged bourbon and honey…
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Shoegazer Sunday: Jesus and Mary Chain With Hope Sandoval’s “Sometimes”
Sunday, February 4th, 2018Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s Cover of Husker Du’s “Celebrated Summer”
Sunday, January 28th, 2018I was thinking about putting up something from Echodrone’s new album, but I stumbled across their cover of “Celebrated Summer” by Husker Du (a band never, ever, ever associated with Shoegaze). This is a case where the cover is much better than the original.
Plus old home movies have a certain fascination to them.
Also, bitrot seems to have have removed two of my favorite Echodrone songs from previous Shoegazer Sunday entries, so here are “Under an Impressive Sky”:
And “Gravity”:
The original version used clips from Memoirs of a Giesha, which is probably why it’s not online anymore…
Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s “The Past or the Present”
Sunday, January 21st, 2018Echodrone has a new album out*, Past, Preset and Future, and “The Past or the Present” is a track off that.
*Correction: Evidently it doesn’t drop until January 23.
Dolores O’Riordan, RIP
Monday, January 15th, 2018Just heard the news that Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer for The Cranberries, has just died at the untimely age of 46.
There were most famous for “Zombie” and a few other hits, but my favorite song of theirs has always been the melancholy “Daffodil Lament.” Here’s a live version.
(Hat tip: Derek Johnson.)
Elvis vs. King Kong vs. Godzilla
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018Mark Finn reminded me that Elvis Presley’s birthday was this week, so to celebrate I thought I’d put up this very, very silly video…
Shoegazer Sunday: Deafcult’s “Rubix”
Sunday, January 7th, 2018Australia’s Deafcult released their album Auras last year, and “Rubix” is off that.
Shoegazer Sunday: Stellarscope’s “Silent Night”
Sunday, December 24th, 2017Last year this time I threw Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night,” and I liked it so much I decided to turn it into one of those “holiday traditions” you hear so much about.
Merry Christmas!
Shoegazer Sunday: Blankenberge’s “Somewhere Between”
Sunday, December 17th, 2017We did some Blankenberge back in February, so here’s another shot off their new album Radiogaze.
Shoegazer Sunday: Tashaki Miyaki’s “Girls on T.V.”
Sunday, December 10th, 2017Despite the name, this Shoegaze outfit hails from Los Angeles. Hope you like practical lights and glowing, superimposed lyrics.
“Directed by James Franco.” Really?
Shoegazer Sunday: Sleep Party People’s “I’m Not Human At All”
Sunday, October 29th, 2017Getting harder to find any Halloween or horror-themed Shoegaze, and anytime I find a Darkgaze or Blackgaze song I think I like, the Cookie Monster Metal vocals come in to ruin it.
So here’s Sleep Party People, who seem to be at the intersection of post-rock, chillout, prog rock and Shoegaze, and the bunny masks on display here in “I’m Not Human at All” make it just odd enough to use for the Halloween offering.