Category Archives: Shoegaze

A Reason To Be Optimistic

Posted on 10 January 2013 by

For mostly personal reasons, 2012 was a disappointing year for me, but I have to say I don’t think it was a particularly good year for new music either. Sure, there were lots of singles and EPs from promising new … Continue reading →

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New Year, New (Mostly Old) Music

Posted on 6 January 2013 by

I’ll be trying something new this year: instead of making compilations that are downloadable only during a relatively brief, four-week window, I’d like to try using mixcloud to publish the compilations. The compilations will no longer be downloadable, but they … Continue reading →

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A Place In The Sun

Posted on 30 October 2012 by

Generally speaking, I have come to the conclusion that there is only so much Shoegazing to be found in any band. Whether a band eventually goes Electronica like Curve, goes Alt Country like Moose, or just goes away like My … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on 18 September 2012 by

No, not me: I’m too old to learn new tricks, but I’m still fond of finding new music to listen to. First off, there’s a little bit of catching up to do: Gypsy Death and You have set a date … Continue reading →

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A Good Home

Posted on 2 May 2012 by

I had to put music on a back burner for five or six weeks while I looked for a new place to live and then move there, but I am now pretty much settled in to my new digs, so … Continue reading →

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A Girl Can Change Yr Mind, Can’t She

Posted on 13 March 2012 by

There I was, thinking I had made my last Vibrato compilation, when, one after another, I kept stumbling upon good, new Shoegaze releases from bands I had, for the most part, never before heard of. My discovery of Drowner was … Continue reading →

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A Change of Direction

Posted on 18 February 2012 by

Although most of the problems I was dealing with at the time I decided to take a break from blogging have been resolved, I am not going to return to trying to uncover and introduce new bands. I will instead … Continue reading →

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A Worthy Cause

Posted on 16 February 2012 by

If you liked Gypsy Death and You‘s E.P. No. 1 (and who didn’t?), you’ll want to drop by their fundraising page and make a donation that will help Alex and Emily finance their second release. Donations can be as little as $1 or as … Continue reading →

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The Overflow

Posted on 8 April 2011 by

Even though Tom Lugo has managed to round up contributions from more than eighty artists for his Rock Back for Japan compilation series*, it turns out that there are still a few Shoegaze bands he didn’t get, so I did … Continue reading →

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SW, NW, and More

Posted on 21 March 2011 by

In honor of SXSW, this compilation features two bands from Austin, Texas. There is also a band from Seattle in there somewhere – keeping the NW in NWshoegazing. Link expired 12am PDT, Monday, 14 April 2011 01. “Keep It Quiet … Continue reading →

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