Tag: shoegaze

Anton Newcombe - picture by Sam Wells

THIS IS WHY YOU LOVE ME – Brian Jonestown Massacre Hypnotise A Packed Brixton Academy

February 26, 2025

Many music writers, this one included, have incurred the wrath of Anton Newcombe for daring to mention Dig! – the 2004 documentary which simultaneously made and purportedly buried Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Yet while friends and competitors The Dandy Warhols were portrayed as undisputed winners at the end of that film – it’s Anton’s band who marches on with a 20-plus album career and a fanbase big enough to comfortably fill Brixton Academy.

Boston Band Looking Glass War Starts A Sudden Shoegaze Shift With New Single

August 11, 2023

Today, the Boston-based post-punk outfit Looking Glass War ventured into a new type of sound, moving from the more glamorous style of their debut track, ‘Arrive!’, to a shoegaze-esque brand of music with the release of their latest track, titled ‘I Can Tell By The Cars’. The four-man army show their love and inspiration from late 1980s British music on the piece, creating a much more melancholic track than their aforementioned debut single.

alice does computer music Releases New Single ‘Coiled’ Off New Album

July 13, 2023

Yesterday, on July 12th, alice does computer music released her latest single, ‘Coiled’. The Chicago-based artist, whose real name is Alice Gerlach, is releasing the track to serve as a preview into what her newest album, ‘Shoegaze 5G’, will sound like. The aforementioned album will be releasing later this year, on August 4th, 2023, following up her debut self-titled EP which was released in 2021.