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.