Nowhere seems to hold consensus as the second-best record of the shoegaze era, and with very good reason. All of the common words, phrases, and adjectives commonly used with the short-lived subgenre fit properly here, and they're all positive, every one of them. Whir, whoosh, haze, swirl, ad nauseum -- this record holds all of these elements at their most exciting and mastered. But in the end, great pop records necessitate quality songs, which Nowhere delivers throughout. Undeniably, it's Ride's zenith -- dense, tight, hypnotic. "Seagull" serves as a dynamic opener; after a couple seconds of light feedback, bassist Steve Queralt kicks in with a rubbery, elliptical line (reminiscent of a certain Beatles song), which is soon followed by Andy Bell and Mark Gardener's guitar twists and Loz Colbert's alternately gentle and punishing drumming. After the upbeat "Kaleidoscope," the record falls into a tempo lull that initially seems impenetrable and meandering. However, patience reveals a five-song suite of sorts, full of lovely instrumental passages that are punctuated with violent jabs of manic guitars. The endlessly escalating "Polar Bear" is a high point, featuring expertly placed tom rolls from Colbert. The tempo picks up for the closing "Vapour Trail," a wistful pop song with chiming background guitars galore and mournful strings to close it out. The U.S. version was bolstered significantly with the remainder of the Fall EP ("Dreams Burn Down" having reappeared earlier in the record). "Taste" is one of their finest pure pop numbers; the moody/driving "Here and Now" rates well, and the five-minute "Nowhere" is a nasty distorto-freakout. [Nowhere was remastered and reissued by Ignition U.K. in 2001. Added to the 11 tracks featured on Sire's U.S. edition are the four selections from the equally wondrous Today Forever.]

Between March and September 2000, Monster Movie recorded five songs with Martin Nichols at the White House studio, the same producer and studio used for the first Eternal demo in 1989. The results are a shining accomplishment of impossibly catchy guitarpop, with hints of shoegaze (chugging fuzz bass and swirling, effects-laden guitar work), dronepop (witness "Rovaniemi" with it's layers-upon-layers of effects, keyboard drones, guitar feedback.) and overall just a fantastic sense of pop melody. Monster Movie's songcrafting will make these tunes a permanent fixture in your memory bank. Christian's vocals ride atop with confidence, while the backing vocals of guest Louise Hewson provide the ultimate perfect touch.

...Intimate Things" These tracks bring together the best of all angles that influence Sciflyer - brilliant 80's jangle pop a la House of Love or early REM, 60's pop melody, and of course that incredible dreampop/shoegaze sound of the early 90's. extended blast of pop-psych as filtered thru that sound that only Sciflyer can produce. Recorded with Ron Guensche (Reclinerland, Sharron Kraus, Above the Orange Trees; also recorded Stratford 4). One that starts out truly fantastic from the very first listen, and just keeps getting better with each successive spin, "...Lovely, Intimate Things" is definitely the pinnacle of Sciflyer's career to date. For fans of Swervedriver, early REM, early House of Love

18年后，Medicine最初三成员（Brad Laner, Jim Goodall, Beth Thompson）再度聚首，加入Captured Tracks后的第一张专辑《To the Happy Few》将在8月6日推出。
Eighteen years after they called it quits as a working band, 2013 finds the original members of Medicine reunited and proudly offering a newly recorded LP on Captured Tracks. 'To The Happy Few' LP/CD/MP3 will be out everywhere August 6, 2013.

"Swirling and enchanting dreampop curls around your heart like little fingers, as warm as rose petal hugs." - BIG TAKEOVER Malory crafts beautiful, blissful sonic sound with brilliant sheets of effected guitars, drawing comparisons to the unmistakable gorgeous guitar work of Slowdive. Their monumental orchestral-shoegaze opuses and ethereal vocals have also been compared to Lush, Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, Curve, and Chapterhouse. Late in the year 2000, Clairecords got a hold of one of the most incredible debuts they had ever heard by German band Malory. They imported the disc from Germany through Clairecords Mailorder Direct, and it remains one of their best sellers to date. In fact, they helped put the album into the sad-but-impressive out-of-print status it has retained for the past several years. Clairecords' reissue of Not Here, Not Now includes previously-unreleased bonus track "Worry About Something," plus an extra hidden bonus track!

Souvlaki is the second studio album by the English rock band Slowdive. Recorded in 1992, it was released in the UK on 17 May 1993 by record label Creation, then on 8 February 1994 in the US.

The announced reissues of “Isn’t Anything” (Creation, 1988) and “Loveless” (Creation, 1991), newly mixed by Kevin Shields, will have to wait. However, it's not all bad news for the My Bloody Valentine fans: they can mark 7th May on their calendars as the day when Sony will release “EP’s 1988-1991”. No tracklist is available as of yet, but it looks like the compilation will feature “You Made Me Realise” (1988), “Feed Me With Your Kiss” (1988), “Glider” (1990) and “Tremolo” (1991), the four EPs the Irish band released in their heyday. As soon as we hear more on this, we'll let you know.

Sprawling Melbourne psych-rock five-piece Beaches return with second album She Beats. Their self-titled debut emerged on Mistletone Records in 2008, making the Australian Music Prize shortlist for that year and featuring in 2010 book 100 Best Australian Albums. In the intervening years, the band have toured the U.S. twice, played All Tomorrow's Parties at the invitation of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, released an EP for NYC label Mexican Summer, and shared stages with the likes of Roky Erickson, Deerhunter, and Wooden Shjips. For She Beats, Beaches have once again joined forces with producer Jack Farley (Twerps, Scott & Charlene's Wedding). And like its predecessor, the album reflects a love for '60s pop, '70s psych, shoe-gaze, prog, southern boogie and Krautrock. But She Beats is bigger, bolder and more ambitious than the debut. For one thing, German guitar icon Michael Rother of Neu!/Harmonia features on two tracks. The band formed a bond with Rother at ATP in Melbourne in 2009, and he invited himself along to their recording sessions during his next Oz tour in 2012. One of these tracks, the cascading sonic swirl "Distance," was premiered on Gorilla vs. Bear and racked up 15k Soundcloud plays within a week. Elsewhere, "Veda" sees the band extending hypnotically eastward, while droning cello scrapes introduce "Tanzanite." On the other end of the spectrum, tracks like "Send Them Away," "Out of Mind," and "Runaway" are upfront, glorious pop, though still heady with Beaches' dreamy guitar heroics. All up, She Beats is rich, confident and layered, a multi-dimensional sonic world to get lost in over and over again. Beaches are Antonia Sellbach (guitar/vocals), Alison Bolger (guitar/vocals), Ali McCann (guitar/vocals), Gill Tucker (bass/vocals), and Karla Way (drums/vocals).

2008 two CD set, a superb compilation that collects together all of the recorded works from their critically acclaimed '90s Shoegazers including the Stereo Musicale and Tatooine albums, Eyes Wide and Crazy Jazz EPs and four previously unreleased tracks from the band's home archives. Features a guest appearance from Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) on 'Featherweight'. Cherry Red.

静寂了21年，MBV主唱Kevin Shields履行了他的承诺，乐团继1991年推出了堪称经典的《Loveless》后，终于发行了第三张全长专辑。本作创作周期极长，9首曲子录制时间可回溯至1996年，新砖通过网络平台先行组织发售，还细心地提供了数字下载、CD和限量黑胶三种版本，晚些时候还将有EP上市。苦心颇费的筹备，想必魅力不减当年的MBV将会令乐迷们大饱耳福，接下来4位现役成员即将展开东亚巡演，其中包括本月13号的台北站，有条件的歌迷们不要错过。
MBV (stylised in lowercase letters as m b v) is the third studio album by alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. It was released on 3 February 2013 in the United Kingdom and on 2 February 2013 in the United States.
P.S. (Gig) 02/13 – Taipei, TW @ Ntu Sports Center

Recorded at Kindesign, Chicago, winter 2004.
The last part of Airiel's "Winks & Kisses" EP series. Limited to 750 copies.