Have you ever been in mid-flight just before sunrise? Gazing out of the little porthole windows as the deep blue sky above the cloud canopy is painted with a swath of orange when the sun crowns on the horizon. The once dark clouds take on hues of cool blues and warm reds, yellows, […]
Shoegaze will always remain one of my favorite genres of music, even if I get away from it from time to time, it’s something that I always come back to. Granted, shoegaze and dreampop saw their heyday in the early nineties, but today many acts continue to reinvent and push the envelope with the […]
While the other contributors to this site were busy celebrating lovers day by romantically going to see Band Of Horses together (HA!), I took a different route and checked out Philly favorites A Sunny Day In Glasgow at Johnny Brenda’s.
It’s been an very long time since I’ve seen A Sunny Day In Glasgow live and […]
Above pic via Zara
This turned out to be one of my favorite mixtapes that we’ve done so far, there’s some pretty great choices in this bunch. As the title of the post says this month’s mixtape is all about (in Karim’s words) “chilling, relaxing, and chillaxing.” I’d throw another word in here but […]
Over the weekend, Philadelphia’s Ravens and Vultures celebrated the release of their new (and debut) EP, Keep Your Kill (which sports a fierce looking penguin as its cover art) at Johnny Brenda’s supported by locals Ape School and NYC faves Dragons of Zynth. The EPs four tracks combine elements from shoegaze and dream-pop to […]
I completely missed shoegaze, ten going on eleven at the time when the genre was at its height and I had more important things to do and listen to. Growing up in middle of nowhere Pennsylvania and like most kids my age, grunge had the largest musical impact on me, thanks in large part […]
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