Midnight Face’s “Blue Haze”

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020

Midnight Face’s “Blue Haze”

Midnight Faces. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.

After yesterday's exploration of SoCal reverb entrepreneur Deserta, a.k.a. Matt Doty, I opted to check out one of his non-shoegaze efforts, the quite different post-punk/new wave flourished Midnight Faces.I honestly didn't get much farther than the single "Blue Haze," before I knew with certainty that this was the track that'd make this post. It's an …

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August 9, 2020August 9, 2020

Deserta’s “Save Me”

Deserta's Matt Doty. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.

For some reason, I thought I'd already authored a post on Los Angeles' prismatic shoegaze act Deserta, so I never thought twice to check if I actually did or not. That is, until yesterday, when I caught the lushly layered soft bed of infinite reverb known as "Save Me." I guess enough time had passed …

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July 27, 2020August 2, 2020

Atlas Sound’s “Quick Canal,” featuring Lætitia Sadier

Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.

I was poking around earlier today, and stumbled upon a bootleg live recording of Atlas Sound's beautifully etheric "Quick Canal," taken from their performance at Desert Daze last fall. Because the influential avant-pop pioneers Stereolab were also performing the same day, frontwoman Lætitia Sadier was on hand to lend vocals to their live rendition, just …

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July 20, 2020July 23, 2020

Mogwai’s Rework of Penelope Trappes’ “Burn On”

Penelope Trappes. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.

I've been in a bit of a mood today, so I've been seeking something uniquely tuned to my tunneled outlook of fading light and tenuous balance. That's when Penelope Trappes stepped out from the Spotify shadows and into my churning, burning mindset.She's a Londoner, Aussie-born, and specializes in pinpoint-focused melodies of extreme minimalism and infinite …

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July 10, 2020July 29, 2020

A little flashback from Melody’s Echo Chamber

Melody's Echo Chamber perform at the Roxy Theatre on 04.23.16.

After yesterday's psychedelic descent/ascent into the colorful hues of Moodoïd, I felt inspired to dig up a few old concert clips from fellow French artistes Melody's Echo Chamber. Plus, I realized I haven't actually featured any of their paisley Parisian tunes, thus far.If you did happen to peruse my earlier thoughts on Moodoïd, you've already …

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