In the early days, My Bloody Valentine was far from the iconic shoegaze band they’d become know as. Today we look back at “This Is Your Bloody Valentine.” Released in January of 1985, it was the band’s debut, and its goth undertones would help shape the sound they’d eventually pioneer: […]
It matters, where you are. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! I’m Abby and is my weekly series where I chat about classic albums in my collection that I love. My thoughts on a genre-defining classic: Souvlaki by Slowdive, released 30 years ago this week. Subscribe for more Vinyl […]
“Siamese Dream” by The Smashing Pumpkins was one of the definitive alt-rock classics of the 1990s. For me, as a newly minted teenager upon its release in 1993, “Siamese Dream” was one of two to three bands that really got me excited about discovering new music and sharing that discovery […]
Active from 1983 to 1999, Creation Records left an undeniable mark on independent music, sparking new scenes and inspiring and influencing bands and genres that would follow. Many of the artists they released fit into the alt rock, shoegaze and Brit pop genres, and that’s what I’m looking at today. […]
A few months back I did a countdown of the top albums turning 20 this year. I really enjoyed that retrospective “best of” so I figured I’d zero in on 2013. So here are my picks for the Top 10 Albums Turning 10 in 2023. In other words, these are […]
There was a time when the British Music Press had absolute power. Punk, C86, Madchester, Grunge, Britpop, and The New Rock Revolution were all invented and made famous within the pages of NME, Sounds and Melody Maker. But trends are fickle. Once the press got bored of a certain sound […]
