Andy Bell - Pinball Wanderer | Alternative | Written in Music

Met de goed ontvangen Ride plaat Interplay in de pocket en een tournee met Oasis in het vooruitzicht, verwacht je niet dat Andy Bell nog tijd in zijn agenda over heeft. Toch benut hij tussenliggende periode om aan zijn derde soloplaat Pinball Wanderer te sleutelen. Als één van de pioniers van de shoegazer beweging grijpt […]

[244] Sonic Cathedral: Cathedral Classics Volume Two

This is the second volume promo compilation released by Sonic Cathedral released in 2013 which contains Dean Wareham’s cover of Cheval Sombre’s She Went Walking in the Rain that had previously been the b-side of the Love is Colder Than Death single.

[204] Various artists - Celebrate Yourself!

A couple of months back the wonderful London indie hit its 20th anniversary and this lovely four CD collection has been released today to celebrate “the label that celebrates itself”.

Cheval Sombre with Sonic Boom

Video: Dean & Britta and Cheval Sombre in London in 2009

I’ve just come across a few videos I took back on this day fifteen years ago of Dean & Britta’s show for Sonic Cathedral at St Giles in The Fields church in London.

#181: Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham (CD)

This is a CD copy of Dean’s lovely self-titled album from 2014, it is still sealed in its plastic wrap since I already had the LP and this was bought when Sonic Cathedral were having a bit of a sale for the collection.

Shoegaze Revivals I Have Known, by Sonic Cathedral's Nat Cramp | The Quietus

As Sonic Cathedral prepare for a run of birthday gigs and a box set release, founder Nat Cramp reflects on how shoegaze went from being a dirty word to darlings of Gen Z via a new generation of artists like Whitelands

Dean Wareham on Sonic Cathedral’s 20th birthday CD box set

Fab London indie Sonic Cathedral are currently celebrating 20 years and as part of that are releasing a lovely CD box set “telling the story of Sonic Cathedral from 2004 to the present day” and Dean Wareham playing Galaxie 500’s “When Will You Come Home” is featured on the CD of live recordings.

#151: Cheval Sombre - Days Go By

Days Go By was Cheval Sombre’s second album of 2021, arriving just a couple of months after Time Waits for No One. Maybe because of that I do find it hard not to think of them as one double album, they are different, Days Go By feels a little lighter in tone, but they are still clearly related.