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Also sampling "When the Levee Breaks" Chapterhouse were a five-piece from Reading, England that were led by Andrew Sherrif and Stephen Patman. 1991's "Whirlpool" was their debut studio album. -- That's Slowdive's Rachel Goswell on backing vocals on this song.
1992's Ferment was Catherine Wheel's debut studio album. "Centered around re-recorded versions of four songs from the band's two Wilde Club singles and the seven minute lovelorn Black Metallic' - which was referred to as the 'Like a Hurricane' of the ‘90s - the deeply rich Ferment firmly established Catherine Wheel amongst the shoegaze contingent of the early ‘90s." tinyurl.com
Hey, Drop Nineteens have reunited and have given us the first play of their first new music in 30-years! Make sure you are listening at 8a today cuz it's awesome. -- Learn more about their reformation, here: www.stereogum.com
The name "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" comes from the title of an unpublished children's story by Charles Augustus Steen III, a friend of founding member, Kip Berman, which revolves around "realizing what matters most in life – things like friendship and having a good time"
Andy Kellman of Allmusic wrote: "The bulldozing, bass-driven, Dinosaur Jr.-meets-Stooges onslaught continues in fine form." The EP was made single of the week by a heavy metal magazine, which prompted band's bassist Adi Vines to describe their style as "ethereal metal. bit.ly Here's Oxford shoegaze band Swervedriver performing live at KEXP in 2019: www.youtube.com --- www.swervedriver.com
Revolver were a London-based guitar band active 1990 to 1994. Bandmates Mat Flint and Nick Dewey had been in school bands together, and when the two moved to London in the autumn of 1990, they met bassist Hamish Brown who completed the line-up. In 1993, the band released the album Cold Water Flat, following their debut Baby's Angry. Unfortunately, previous sales failed to repeat from their first album, and their label dropped them. The band recorded an album's worth of demos, but failing to sign a deal with another label split up at the beginning of 1994.
Adorable formed in September 1990 in Coventry, England. Prior to that, the band was known as The Candy Thieves, and their only record included an early version of "Homeboy" and another song "Underwater" that fitted the then-current baggy trend. The single was released on Trolley Records in 1990. However guitarist Wayne Peters left the band out of frustration with their lack of success and was replaced by Robert Dillam, prompting the name change to Adorable. Adorable's first gig was in Coventry at the Tic Toc club on the night that the first Gulf War started in January 1991. tinyurl.com In 2016, Pitchfork ranked 'Against Perfection' at number 42 on its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". bit.ly As we approach 30 years since the release of Against Perfection, here's an interview with the band's Pete Fijalkowski, looking back on the album at the 20 year mark: tinyurl.com
Local Seattle band New Age Healers coming to town this Friday! Catch them at Seagaze Music Fest at Tractor Tavern in Ballard Friday, April 5th. They'll also be at Chop Suey Wednesday, July 3rd they'll at Chop Suey with Blushing. Their new album, 'The Spin Out,' releases on April 20th! newagehealers.bandcamp.com
Some Surprises will be live on KEXP on Monday April 22nd! AND the will be playing a record release show at The Tractor on Saturday, April 20th. somesurprises.bandcamp.com somesurprises.net New record - Perseids - out April 19th!
Voyager One was a band from Seattle. Their demo record "Zeroes and Ones, Parts One and Two" first received airplay on KEXP back when it was known as KCMU in 1999, leading them to being signed to Loveless Records
Woke to the brilliance of shoegaze morning on KEXP! I'd like to make a request if you have time to fit it in: Majesty Crush - "No. 1 Fan." They are a really good 90s band from Detroit that I somehow missed until a few years ago. They are getting a little bit of press now due to a Numero Group reissue, and this week Pitchfork gave it an 8.0 (for what it's worth).
Cheers,
Chris
Oakland
Ride will be at The Showbox on Saturday, May 25th! They are also playing in Portland at McMenamin's Mission Theatre on Thursday, May 23rd. -- Andy Bell said about "Last Frontier": “This was the runt of the litter of the very first jam session from Mark’s OX4 Studio and I didn’t even include it on my shortlist of the best tracks. It was our producer Richie Kennedy who saw the potential of the song, and we attacked this with a vengeance at Vada studio. A complete revamp of the backing track and arrangement was needed and we took it right back to basics, more towards a pounding Joy Division feel.”
"Going Blank Again" is Ride's second studio album. Ride did a special performance of this album during their 2023 Bumbershoot performance at the Seattle Center
"Nothing Natural" was released as a single and was the opening track to the Black Spring EP, both released in October 1991. The song was also featured on Lush's debut full-length studio album, Spooky from 1992.
Hatchie (Harriette Pilbeam) performed "Sugar & Spice," the title song from her debut EP, live in the KEXP studio in 2018. Watch that entire performance here: www.youtube.com
This track has been used in several films, most notably in the closing scene of Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation"
Here's that little Medicine scene from "The Crow" movie: www.youtube.com -- The soundtrack album included a different version titled "Time Baby III" which features guest vocals from the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser.
Curve is a seminal British band from the height of the Shoegaze era. The band formed in 1990, released 5 studio albums, then split in 2005. Curve's two core members, Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday actually met through David Stewart of the Eurythmics. - www.curve.co.uk
DIIV will be at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Friday, June 7th. They will be in Seattle at The Neptune Theatre on Monday, June 10th. -- In the video for "Brown Paper Bag," Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst introduces Diiv on a TV studio stage, Saturday Night Live–style, and they launch into a disaffected performance of the song that causes the ceiling to collapse. The video ends with a parody commercial for an anti-capitalism brand called Soul Net.: www.youtube.com
From the Los Angeles and San Francisco based group's most recent release. www.filmschoolmusic.com
Black Nite Crash formed in Seattle in 2002. They performed at KEXP in 2018: www.youtube.com
Support em here: blacknitecrash.bandcamp.com
The band performed "Star Roving" live in the KEXP studio in 2017: www.youtube.com
Did you know that you can purchase a "My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder Than A Hundred Dead Christmas Trees" T-shirt, designed by bassist Rhydian Dafydd, at The Joy Formidable's website?: www.thejoyformidable.com -- Watch the Joy Formidable perform this song at SXSW in 2011: youtu.be
This track is from My Bloody Valentine's debut album. The innovative guitar and production would make this album a pioneering work of the shoegaze genre
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Doty and Deserta spoke with Morning Show producer Owen Murphy: www.kexp.org Watch the live KEXP in-studio performance that included "Hide": www.youtube.com
M83 will be playing in Seattle at Showbox SoDo on Wednesday, May 10th and Thursday, May 11th! “I wanted this record to be very impactful live,” Anthony Gonzalez said in some press material. “The idea was to come back with something closer to the energy of Before The Dawn Heals Us. The combination of guitars and synths is always in my music, but it’s maybe more present on this new record than on the previous ones… I wanted to be more present lyrically and vocally even if that was daunting at first. “I thought if I could achieve that, this album will be more personal than those that came before.” www.stereogum.com
English rock band formed in 1982. Member Jason Pierce would later go by Spiritualized.
Bloococoon is performing at the Tractor Tavern on 4/5
bloococoon.bandcamp.com
Ringo Deathstarr performed this track at KEXP in 2011: www.youtube.com
ringodeathstarr.bandcamp.com
Waves Crashing infuses lush soundscapes into fresh melodic hooks putting a new spin on alternative music from the 80s & 90s. wavescrashing.bandcamp.com
Kitchens of Distinction was a band that formed in South London in 1986. Lead singer/bassist Patrick Fitzgerald was openly gay and touched upon this topic often in his lyrics.
"Waterfall" was the Stone Roses' 9th single, released in 1991.
Read all about Lo! Penninsula in this KEXP interview by Morning Show producer Owen! www.kexp.org -- And support them here lopeninsula.bandcamp.com