shoegaze

Being the Focus: Emma Anderson Interview

Emma Anderson – formerly of Lush and Sing-Sing – generously takes us deep inside the mechanics of making her first solo album

Not Turning Off: Volume 37

A summoning of new things from Polypores, Rupert Lally, Mark Peters, Concretism, Ogle and other creative souls

Not Turning Off: Volume 36

Fertile sonic fare ploughed-up from the creative fields of Aircooled, Pulselovers, Transient Visitor, Pye Corner Audio and others

Ride & bdrmm – Live at The Marble Factory, Bristol – 24 April 2022

Returning to Bristol – with disciples bdrmm in tow – the original Oxford four proved that they can still make beautiful and timeless noise

Not Turning Off: Volume 29

A selection of invigorating and inventive wares from Andy Bell, Modern Studies and Stealing Sheep & The Radiophonic Workshop

Not Turning Off: Volume 23

A benevolent avalanche of sonic goods from Eat Lights Become Lights, Mildred Maude, Good Shepherd, Melinda Bronstein and Stellarays

Not Turning Off: Volume 19

A long-in-the-pipeline new album from Fuzzy Lights and an old-but-refreshed one from Sennen spread out into broad yet firmly-rooted vistas

Not Turning Off: Volume 18

A kaleidoscopic range of releases from Cubs, D. Rothon, Rose City Band and Lucy Gooch explore inside-out creativity

We Just Have to Change the Speed: Andy Bell Interview

The regenerated Andy Bell explains the backstory to his recent solo work as well as adding insights into his parallel Ride and GLOK lives

Not Turning Off: Volume 3

Diverse new albums from Memory Drawings, Keiron Phelan & Peace Signs and Andy Bell leave the review pile for an accumulated assessment

That Summer Feeling: Part One

An assembly of alternative summertime soundtracks from bdrmm, Gilroy Mere, Bernard Grancher and more undergo some sun-lit scrutiny

The Dirty End of Winter: Part Two

This concluding part of a late-winter wander through our corner of the music world explores further enlightening and esoteric paths

An Ever-Broadening Basilica: Sonic Cathedral Interview

Nathaniel Cramp, the head and the heart behind London’s long-surviving Sonic Cathedral label, shares all on fifteen years of auditory congregation

MOLLY – All That Ever Could Have Been (Sonic Cathedral / Dalliance Recordings)

Innsbruck’s MOLLY channel their alpine environs into mountain-gaze epics on this promising full-length debut