Shoegaze and alt-country, plus guitar jangle, stoner rock thud and wail, and assorted tinkerings. Some good tunes, clear production, a real find for some.
From Baltimore, very DC post-punk, angular guitar and turn-on-a-dime drumming, and vocals that don’t yelp or scream, but sound like they might at any moment.
New Order singer Bernard Sumner has such a beautiful, distinctive voice, he could read the troubleshooting FAQs for your iPod and we’d listen, enraptured.
When will your resistance will be sufficiently eroded by soaring crescendos, children’s choir backups, insanely catchy choruses, and bouncy dance beats.
Glasvegas sound Scottish, with that yelp/catch, and an obvious love of ’50s harmonies. Vocals that can both break your heart and lift your face to stormy skies.
This documentary carries a buncha footage from 20 years ago with Ig, some choice Stoogeliness, and interview footage with guitar player Ron Ashton. It’s great.