Today is the first official day of winter, so here’s “The Holly and the Ivy” from George Winston’s December, probably the best track off a classic Christmas album.
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George Winston’s “The Holly and the Ivy”
Monday, December 21st, 2020Halloween Horrors: The Apprehension Engine
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020Suppose you wanted to do the soundtrack for a horror film: What would you use to score it? Synthesizer? Computer?
Or how about commissioning a custom instrument to make eerie, unnerving sound?
Behold The Apprehension Engine!
The Witch is one of the films Mark Korven has scored, and I just noticed that it seems to have gotten pretty cheap as of late…
Shoegazer Sunday: The City’s Gates’ “On The Road”
Sunday, September 20th, 2020“On the Road” sort sounds like Slowdive crossed with a touch of Mazzy Star, which sounds like a winning combination.
Obituary Watch: Toots Hibbert
Saturday, September 12th, 2020Reggae legend Toots Hibbert, of Toots & The Maytals, has died at age 77.
The number of Reggae tracks in regular rotation on my iTunes is pretty finite, but “Pressure Drop” is one of them:
I also liked their cover of Radiohead’s “Let Down” off the Radiodread, the complete reggae cover album of OK Computer.
Shoegazer Sunday: The Telewire’s “Slower”
Sunday, September 6th, 2020Here’s another dose of The Telewire, with “Slower” off their Airport EP.
Shoegazer Sunday: The City Gates With Krissy Vanderwoude Cover Slowdive’s “Catch The Breeze”
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020Enjoy yet another cover of Slowdive’s Catch The Breeze, this one from Canadian shoegazer outfit The City Gates with guest Krissy Vanderwoude:
This is off an all-digital compilation homage of Slowdive covers called Just For A Life, which I’ll have to listen to more of…
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Shoegazer Sunday: The Telewire’s “Head on Straight”
Sunday, July 12th, 2020Been a long time since I featured something from The Telewire, but “Head on Straioght” is part of my regular Shoegaze rotation.
Ennio Morricone, RIP
Monday, July 6th, 2020Legendary film score composer Ennio Morricone has died at age 91. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, John Carpenter’s The Thing and The Hateful Eight all had scores by him, among the 500+(!) he composed.
Here’s probably my favorite piece by him, from his soundtrack to Once Upon A Time In The West:
Shoegazer Sunday: Deserta’s “Hide”
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020This is from Deserta ‘s new album Black Aura My Sun, which is already making a lot of people’s “Best Shoegaze albums of 2020” list. They remind a little bit of Highspire.
Shoegazer Sunday: Static Daydream’s “Drift Away”
Sunday, April 19th, 2020Here’s a pleasant one off the Saint Marie Records Static Daydream sampler.