By Sonic Cathedral, on February 21st, 2012%
‘Pre Language’ is the new album from Disappears and it comes out on March 5. That’s same day as Yeti Lane’s new one, so why not treat yourself to both? Come December, both will be contenders for album of the year.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on February 9th, 2012%
On February 9, 1992, Mark Goodier read out the Top 40 countdown on Radio 1. Unlike any other week, the Top 10 contained Ride’s classic ‘Leave Them All Behind’. Nipping at its heels was the Mary Chain’s ‘Reverence’.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on February 9th, 2012%
This week’s issue of NME features 100 great lost albums. I contributed a piece about Slowdive’s ‘Pygmalion’ which was cut down to 100 words, leaving no room for the story or my interviews with Neil Halstead and Ian McCutcheon.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on February 8th, 2012%
Here’s the latest Broad Church mix, as broadcast on Strangeways Radio but minus the inane waffle at the start. It’s a little sonic celebration to mark 20 years – 20 years! – since the release of Ride’s ‘Leave Them All Behind’.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on January 31st, 2012%
There are lots of 20th anniversaries to celebrate this year: ‘Going Blank Again’, ‘Honey’s Dead’, the Rollercoaster tour. Today is also the 20th anniversary of bassist Phil King’s first ever gig with Lush, which he recalls here…
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By Sonic Cathedral, on January 24th, 2012%
The third album from Canadians Young Galaxy is another stand-out release from 2011 that would no doubt have made it onto my albums of the year list, had I not only got around to actually buying it in January 2012.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on January 23rd, 2012%
Kristina Records in Dalston, London have a great array of used indie vinyl and, on a recent visit, I treated myself to this 12″ by Hangmans Beautiful Daughters, justifying the pricey purchase by promising to write about it on here.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on January 20th, 2012%
The second in our regular series features Emma Anderson who, as guitarist and singer with Lush, created some of our favourite ethereal (or should that be ‘Etheriel’) sounds ever. Surely she was a big pedal fan?
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By Sonic Cathedral, on January 17th, 2012%
Walking around Morrisons in Camden some blissful drones come piping over the PA, followed by a simple guitar riff that seems to dance around them. No, I haven’t lost my mind – it’s George McCrae’s ‘Rock Your Baby’.
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By Sonic Cathedral, on January 13th, 2012%
It’s Friday, January 13, so what better to listen to than the Elevators? The picture (found on the excellent Texas Psychedelic Rock blog) is the flipside to their debut single, which was released on January 17, 1966.
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