Glixen evidently hales from Phoenix, and that’s about all I know about them. Except the fact that they make some tasty, fuzzy noise.
Posts Tagged ‘Shoegazer’
Shoegazer Sunday: Glixen’s “Moodswing”
Sunday, April 2nd, 2023Shoegazer Sunday: Chromatics Cover of “Petals”
Sunday, March 26th, 2023A few weeks ago, I heard a more modern song whose melodic structure really reminded me of Hole’s “Petals,” which meant it’s been running through my head a lot recently. And then I found out that The Chromatics had covered it for a movie soundtrack.
It’s not exactly Shoegaze, but I think it might qualify as Dreampop.
One problem though: It’s only half the song. Here’s the original:
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame wrote the music, but I think Courtney Love wrote the lyrics. Despite her well-documented personal problems, she was occasionally a very good lyricist, back in the day.
Shoegazer Sunday: Beach House’s “Space Song”
Sunday, January 8th, 2023It’s been a while since I did one of these, and more than seven years since I did a Beach House song, so here’s “Space Song,” featuring footage of a science fiction film I bet you’re familiar with.
Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Sleep” Live
Sunday, September 25th, 2022Slowdive’s “Sleep” was one of those Souvlaki outtakes that showed up on numerous bootleg demo compilations but never had an official release.
This version, recorded live at Komedia, Bath in the UK on May 18th this year, is evidently the first time they ever played it live.
Shoegazer Sunday: Chapterhouse’s “Precious One”
Sunday, August 28th, 2022Been a while since we did a Shoegazer Sunday, but this classic Chapterhouse track popped up because Saint Marie records is re-releasing the Mesmerize EP (their very first) that it’s off of.
The structural similarity makes me think that Echodrone was familiar with this track when they penned “A Ghost And A Walkman.”
Shoegazer Sunday: Blankenberge’s “Everything”
Sunday, January 16th, 2022Merry Christmas Everyone!
Saturday, December 25th, 2021As is the now annual tradition, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”:
Merry Christmas!
Shoegazer Sunday: Ceremony’s “It’s Too Late”
Sunday, October 3rd, 2021It’s always hard to find appropriate darkgaze stuff for the Halloween season, but I think Ceremony’s “It’s too Late” has a nicely Gothy tinge to it:
Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Blue Skied An’ Clear”
Sunday, September 26th, 2021Wednesday was the Autumn Equinox, and I was surprised by a crisp, clear morning here in Austin that was actually cool, meaning we were getting Fall on the first day of Fall, and that’s something that never happens.
Given the cloudless sky, I thought this was appropriate:
Pygmalion is probably my least favorite Slowdive album, with it’s sparse, minimalist, almost ambient feel, but “Blue Skied An’ Clear” is one of the standouts.
Shoegazer Sunday: The 30th Anniversary of Slowdive’s Just For A Day
Sunday, September 5th, 2021On September 2, 1991, Creation Records released Slowdive’s debut album Just for a Day. This was the first Shoegaze album I had ever heard, and in many ways is still my favorite.
1991, you may remember, was a banner year for music. Everything interesting got slapped with the “Alternative” label, but Slowdive was far from the Seattle sound of Nirvana and Pearl Jam dominating the airwaves. The first track I heard off it was “Catch the Breeze”:
From it’s echoey, moody opening to it’s soaring wall of guitar ending I was hooked. But I truly loved closing track “Primal.”
The first seventy-five seconds are the most beautiful music Slowdive ever created, while the rest builds to a melancholy crescendo of loss.
Shoegaze is The Genre That Refuses To Die, and I think Just For A Day is a huge cornerstone.
I hear Slowdive will be releasing a new album as soon as they can book a run at a vinyl pressing plant.