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Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Untogether

sloucher wrote 1 day ago: A quarter sliding through a slot, strawberry milkshakes and a coin op arcade, several lives away. Th … more →

Tags: 80's, Apocalyptic stuff, psychedelic, Reverb pedal: love it, Reviews, Shoegaze, letting up despite great faults, please sir can I have some more?, untogether

Was this your celebrated summer? – RSD 2013

sloucher wrote 1 month ago: Single section at Vinyl Demand “A record store, like Jesus and a puppy, are for life, not for a one … more →

Tags: When editors don't do their job, Rant, Where's my mars bar, Sheffield, record store day, Broomhill, Vinyl Demand, record collector, knife and folk

Echodrone - Bon Voyage

sloucher wrote 7 months ago: There’s an often repeated opinion that Shoegaze is “the scene that celebrates itself … more →

Tags: Reviews, psychedelic, Shoegaze, Reverb pedal: love it, San Francisco, shoegaze, Trippy, Golden Gate Gazing, Superb

Baby steps: Karate

sloucher wrote 7 months ago: Baby steps is our “introduction to…” column. Yes, there might be a few Bill Murray … more →

Tags: Introducing, Baby Steps, Underrated, Kárate, Geoff Farina, jazzy rock

The Lost Gem : Nirvana - In Utero

sloucher wrote 7 months ago: Nevermind reached dizzying commercial heights mainly due to that song; you know the one about spirit … more →

Tags: 90's, Grunge, Looking back at..., proper rock, in utero, Kurt Cobain, looking back at, Nirvana, The Lost Gem

The Lost Gem : Zurdok - Hombre Sintetizador3 comments

sloucher wrote 7 months ago: I gotta be honest: for a big while I was “allergic” to Rock en Español. The reasons are … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., Rant, Baroque, Classic, chamber pop, looking back at, The Lost Gem, Zurdok

Various Artists - A Tribute to Repo Man1 comment

sloucher wrote 8 months ago: There’s two school of thoughts regarding cover versions: one vehemently asks to don’t me … more →

Tags: Reviews, proper rock, 80's, Musing, navelgazing, If I ever have kids I will name them Otto and Duke, ALL HAIL KING SQUIRREL, Punk, Reverb pedal: love it

Hey Sholay - ((O))

sloucher wrote 8 months ago: Whooooomp. That’s the sound of pop turning from dreamy to drone to shoegaze and back again (ju … more →

Tags: Reviews, proper rock, Classy, psychedelic, Art Rock, Experimental, I take the Lord Jebus and all his cohorts' music, Rant, Cult Sci Fi and its place in music

Sucioperro - Fused

sloucher wrote 8 months ago: “We don’t make luck, we make choices” says ‘Fused’, the next to last s … more →

Tags: Reviews, Rock, Sucioperro, fused

Shiner - The Egg

sloucher wrote 9 months ago: A couple of months ago, we had an email conversation with Allen Epley and one of the questions was a … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., Shiner, looking back, Underrated, the egg, lost gem

Re:View Idlewild - The Remote Part

sloucher wrote 9 months ago: Some albums strike a chord in the heart of individuals more than others. There are those that shake … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., Review, Idlewild, The Remote Part

Lost Gems: Faith No More - King for a day, fool for a lifetime

sloucher wrote 9 months ago: From time to time, we like to talk about albums that time has forgotten about. Lost Gems is a column … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., Experimental, Pondering, Rant, Unsung Legends, Faith No more, looking back at, Lost Gems

One fine day at Games Britannia

sloucher wrote 10 months ago: “So, where were you?” “In a bus that passed through all the filming locations of Four Lions. It was … more →

Tags: Reviews, Games Britannia, Arkham Horror, Board games

Lumiere - Coloso

sloucher wrote 10 months ago: Disclaimer: I have a very small involvement with this album. All photographs are mine (I donated the … more →

Tags: Reviews, psychedelic, I take the Lord Jebus and all his cohorts' music, Reverb pedal: love it, Math-rock, México, Lumiere, coloso, Space Rock

Highlands - Singularity

sloucher wrote 11 months ago: A few months ago, I had the pleasure to visit the Scottish highlands. Of the many interesting places … more →

Tags: Reviews, Apocalyptic stuff, dreamy, Shoegaze, Unsung heroes of music, Reverb pedal: love it, Doodling, shoegaze, psychedelic

Counting Crows - Underwater sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation)

sloucher wrote 1 year ago: Cover albums can send two types of messages: A band has gone to the well too many times and needs to … more →

Tags: Reviews, proper rock, alt-country, Covers, Unsung heroes of music, Unsung Legends, Big Star, Counting Crows, Gram Parsons

Lost gems: The Pale Pacific – Rules are predictable

sloucher wrote 1 year ago: It’s an interesting moment when The Pale Pacific‘s EP, Rules are predictable, stops. The … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., Lost Gems, The Pale Pacific, Rules are predictable, Underrated

Looking back at : The Fall -1

sloucher wrote 1 year ago: Part 1: Rowche Rumble (Single) and Dragnet (Album) (1979) Editor’s note: Pete and Ed are part … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., Pisco Sour Hour, The Fall, mark e smith, dragnet

Treasures from the loft

sloucher wrote 1 year ago: BRONCO – COUNTRY HOME (ILP 9124) Well, now, let me see, I reckon it was late 1969. My musical … more →

Tags: Reviews, Looking back at..., looking back at, Lost Gems, bronco, Country Home


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