Posts Tagged shoegaze

The height of many a schoolkids’ ambition might be to take the lead in school play, or perhaps snog the best-looking girl in the class behind the bike sheds. Their school band getting signed to Fierce Panda sounds so...

Sometimes all you want from a song is a fuzzy, chugging beat, a subtly distorted vocal singing a distinctively melodic topline, and some lyrics about burning stuff down. If that day is today, dear reader, then you’re in luck,...

Recently featured on BBC 6 Music’s Recommends show, PAUMA are slowly but surely generating something of a quiet buzz. It’s no wonder that the four-piece have gained attention from the likes of Steve Lamacq; their blend of alt-rock riffs...

There is music in the distance and our ears prick up and then follow it, luring us into a blinding taster of heaven. Anto Dust are a four-piece from London led up by Anto Cossu, whose vocals are like the shoegaze answer to Nico;...

“I’m on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen,” the Hollywood maverick exclaimed during one of his less lucid moments. “It’s not available because if you try it you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will...