Catchy pop couched in distorted guitar and thick bass, Sad Day For Puppets know what to steal and how to drop what they’re juggling. They’re a Swedish indie pop menace. They must not be allowed to stop!
Reviews Shoegaze
Deerhunter – Concorde 2, Brighton 25/05/09
Self proclaimed “Ambient Punks” Deerhunter make swoonsome sounds by the sea, but Esben and the Witch steal the show with their taught nightmare pop. Ro Cemm reviews.
Jeniferever – Spring Tides
It may be called ‘Spring Tides’ but this is epic, widescreen and wintery music that is not to be dipped in and out of. Says Andrew Grillo of Swedish quartet Jeniferever’s latest.
Happy Birthday Club AC30: Release compilation, have birthday party
Today is the 5th Birthday of Club AC30 – a promotor / club night / record label that celebrates all things shoegaze!
Art Of Noise // Sonic Cathedral Recordings
Nat Cramp of Sonic Cathedral records creates a staggering 80 minute mix celebrating the “influences and inspirations” of the Shoegaze scene. This is essential stuff.
The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning
This debut album from recent (and riotous) TLOBF gig headliners, and hotly tipped new young band-on-the-rise, may be short, but it certainly sweet in a lot of the right places. Sexylove an’ shoegaze, anyone?
Crystal Stilts – Alight Of Night
The latest act to emerge out of the latest Shoegaze craze, but do Crystal Stilts have the musical chops to compete with the genres big hitters Deerhunter, M83 and Maps? John Brainlove decides.
School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
School of Seven Bells give us their debut record of dreamy layered pop. Ro Cemm thinks Madonna could learn a thing or two.
Asobi Seksu – Hush
Asobi Seksu’s third album proves a confounding, frustrating and overwhelmingly (too) sweet listen for reviewer Jude Clarke.
Baikonour – Your Ear Knows Future
Baikonour’s ‘Your Ear Knows Future’ mixes electronica, post-rock, prog, Krautrock and 80s indie, but the result is not more than the sum of its parts, says James Dalrymple
Introducing: Vivian Girls
We love the Vivian Girls AND SO SHOULD YOU. As they tour the UK, we find out a bit more about ‘em.
20 Questions with… Asobi Seksu
In what could turn out to be our very last 20 Questions, we caught up with Asobi Seksu to see if they could leave us with something memorable.
