Daniel Land & The Modern Painters

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Shoegaze Week: Mixtape #36 - The Ultimate Shoegaze Mixtape...?

Ok, so what with this being Shoegaze Week here on DiS, we thought what better way than to round the whole thing off than by compiling the ultimate Mixtape for the genre.»

Shoegaze Week: Label Focus # 25: Sonic Cathedral

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

Four-and-a-half years ago, Nathaniel Cramp started a clubnight amidst a London scene still hanging off the remnants of The Libertines grotrock coat tails that was to raise more than a few eyebrows. Sonic Cathedral: The Night That Celebrates Itself was responsible for giving UK audiences their first opportunity to see the likes of The Radio Dept. and School Of Seven Bells, whilst simultaneously providing a platform for shoegaze luminaries such as Mark Gardener and Neil Halstead to relaunch their solo careers in more familiar surroundings.»

Guest Column: Dom Gourlay's Some Velvet Mourning

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

Once upon a time, "shoegaze" was a dirty word; a derogatory term invented by journos of the day to describe a cluster of bands with one common aim that transcended the normal verse-chorus-verse ethic courtesy of vocals so low in the mix they were barely audible»

Column: Some Velvet Mourning #4

In Depth by Dom Gourlay

Has the world gone completely ga-ga for shoegaze? Over the next couple of weeks it will feel like it has. Having literally spent the past six months counting down the days at the prospect of seeing My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Swervedriver et al thirty-six times over at this year's ATP: The Nightmare Before Christmas event at Minehead, the wonderful Club AC30 only go and announce the three-day Reverence series of shows at London's ICA venue.»