Download or read book Shoegaze written by Ryan Pinkard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Back in the Nineties, many would have said the so-called genre was entirely fabricated. The term itself, an offensive piss-take given by the notoriously catty and scene-obsessed British music press, was plainly rejected by the absurdly small collection of bands to which it supposedly applied. Today shoegaze is undeniable. As a descriptor and as a source of influence, it is used in more ways and by more bands than anyone could have dreamed of 30 years ago. Between those periods of invention and ubiquity, the term, along with the bands it first described, all but disappeared off the face of the earth. In this ambitious oral history of a genre that has eluded definition for three decades, Ryan Pinkard unearths the first wave of shoegaze, following the core bands, their sounds, their influence, and their journeys in and out of obscurity. His analysis is woven through dozens of original interviews with artists, label heads, and critics. What he discovers is the unlikely odyssey of this esoteric, experimental music form, which nearly became a mainstream entity, only to be viciously killed off, forgotten, and rediscovered by a new generation that regards it as one of the most influential alternative music events since the Velvet Underground.
Download or read book Discover UK Shoegaze and Dream Pop written by Vernon Joynson and published by Borderline Productions. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover UK Shoegaze and Dream Pop is an excellent comprehensive guide to the development of both genres in the UK. It includes detailed discographies, personnel details, biographies, analysis of their music and, where applicable, rarity ratings for all the 80s and 90s acts featured. You’ll recognise some names but several less well known acts are included too. There’s also a detailed postscript section on the re-emergence of Shoegaze and Dream Pop in the UK in the 21st century and the bands involved in it. This book is the latest in a quartet of books Vernon has written about UK music commencing with the Two Volume Tapestry of Delights (2014), A Sharp Shock To The System (2019) and The Britpop Bible (2022). These three previous titles appeared in print but in view of the cost of living crisis Discover UK Shoegaze and Dream Pop has been published digitally to reduce the retail price and make it affordable for more of you. You will discover a lot about UK Shoegaze and Dream Pop from this book, which is profusely illustrated throughout. There is nothing similar out there!
Download or read book A Scene in Between Revised Edition written by Sam Knee and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A glorious photographic compendium of styles and street cultures from a bygone era'. -- The Guardian 'An artist's image and music is inextricably tethered and A Scene In Between draws these threads together beautifully'. -- Vice Magazine 'A visual manifestation of Knee's personal obsession and acute knowledge of the scene - in particular, the underground style - whilst mirroring the general mood of the era'. -- Dazed Magazine A revised edition of this cult classic photographic exploration of 1980s music and fashion. A Scene In Between sets out to excavate the sartorial treasures of the UK's 1980s guitar scenes. Using original archive photography from scenesters, band members and amateur photographers of the time, Sam Knee takes you on a fashion trip through the visual racket of pivotal indie bands including Primal Scream, Spacemen 3, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tallulah Gosh, the Vaselines and countless others. Charity shop chic, anoraks, bowlcuts, leather trousers and stripy tees are all de-riguer in this evocative photographic historical capsule. Seven years on from the release of the first edition, Sam Knee has expanded his photographic contact base, and built a loyal Instagram following of over 60,000 (including many big names in fashion and music). This revised edition features a new cover and intro, interviews with Johnny Marr, Deb Googe and Lawrence from Felt, alongside hundreds of never-seen-before photographs that will delight both fans of Sam's work and new music and fashion aficionados.
Download or read book The Shoegaze Encyclopedia written by Alexander Farrell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and reached peak popularity in the early 1990s. Learn more about this particular genre in this book by author/musician Alexander Farrell.
Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Download or read book Resonances written by Michael Goddard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resonances is a compelling collection of new essays by scholars, writers and musicians, all seeking to explore and enlighten this field of study. Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or distract rather than enrapture. And yet the drones of psychedelia, the racket of garage rock and punk, the thudding of rave, the feedback of shoegaze and post-rock, the bombast of thrash and metal, the clatter of jungle and the stuttering of electronica, together with notable examples of avant-garde noise art, have all found a place in the history of contemporary musics, and are recognised as representing key evolutionary moments. Noise therefore is the untold story of contemporary popular music, and in a critical exploration of noise lies the possibility of a new narrative: one that is wide-ranging, connects the popular to the underground and avant-garde, fully posits the studio as a musical instrument, and demands new critical and theoretical paradigms of those seeking to write about music.
Download or read book My Bloody Valentine s Loveless written by Mike McGonigal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-01-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loveless remains an enigma, 15 years after its release - an album so influential and groundbreaking that its chief creator, Kevin Shields, has been unable or unwilling to release an official follow-up. In his book, Mike McGonigal talks to all the members of My Bloody Valentine, in an almost certainly futile attempt to get at the essence of this extraordinary record.
Download or read book Breaking The Mold The Evolution of Indie Music Culture Through The Decades written by Asif Hossain and published by Turquoise Book House. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Breaking The Mould: The Evolution of Indie Music Culture Through The Decades" is an insightful and short exploration of the dynamic world of independent music that painstakingly examines both its past and present, charting the development of this revolutionary subculture from its modest beginnings to its current prominence in the world music scene. The book also delves into the unique cultural aspects that define indie music, such as its emphasis on artistic authenticity, countercultural ideologies, and grassroots activism. It illuminates the subculture's dedication to promoting inclusivity, diversity, and social change, exploring how indie music has been a potent tool for voicing societal concerns and giving a platform to marginalized voices.
Download or read book Alternative Rock written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shoegazing Softcover written by Janne Parviainen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janne Parviainen - Shoegazing. Can you live from your art? Is there a time to give up on your dreams and face reality? Can you start hearing Charles Bukowski talking to you from reading too much of his work? What to do when you meet a loose guard dog in an abandoned Soviet prison? What are the clouds made of? These are just a few of the questions Helsinki based artist Janne Parviainen has to deal with during a year on the rollercoaster of life where the lows hit hard and the butterflies bring messages of better times. Janne Parviainen is a Finnish light artist, painter and a National Geographic published urban exploration photographer.
Download or read book Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 11 written by David Horn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See:
Download or read book Position Pieces for Cello written by Rick Mooney and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Position Pieces for Cello is designed to give students a logical and fun way to learn their way around the fingerboard. Each hand position is introduced with exercises called "Target Practice," "Geography Quiz," and "Names and Numbers." Following these exercises are tuneful cello duets which have been specifically composed to require students to play in that hand position. In this way, students gain a thorough knowledge of how to find the hand positions and, once there, which notes are possible to play. Using these pieces (with names like "I Was a Teenage Monster," "The Irish Tenor," and "I've Got the Blues, Baby"), position study on the cello has never been so much fun!
Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Download or read book Our Band Could Be Your Life written by Michael Azerrad and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever. Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties -- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives re-energized American rock with punk's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith is an indie rock classic in its own right. The bands profiled include: Sonic Youth Black Flag The Replacements Minutemen Husker Du Minor Threat Mission of Burma Butthole Surfers Big Black Fugazi Mudhoney Beat Happening Dinosaur Jr.
Download or read book The National s Boxer written by Ryan Pinkard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pinkard's account... brings to light the ambition and artistry, the stress and frustration, and ultimately the joy of making this very special album."-Peter Katis, The National's engineer, and mixer on Boxer “I am spooked by how well [Pinkard] has captured these characters and this madcap project. I am not sure how he did it.” -Carin Besser, co-lyricist on Boxer and wife to Matt Berninger “Accessible, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, but more often harrowing, Pinkard's book gets a running start on its subject, tracing The National's trajectory from their first notes together to the creation of Boxer.” -Stephen M. Deusner, music critic and author We all know the Boxer. The fighter who remembers every glove but still remains. That grisly, bruised American allegory who somehow gets up more times than he's knocked down. This is the fight that nearly broke The National. The one that allowed them to become champions. Released in 2007, The National's fourth full-length album is the one that saved them. For fans, Boxer is a profound personal meditation on the unmagnificent lives of adults, an elegant culmination of their sophisticated songwriting, and the first National album many fell in love with. For the band, Boxer symbolizes an obsession, a years-long struggle, a love story, a final give-it-everything-you've-got effort to keep their fantasy of being a real rock band alive. Based on extensive original interviews with the fighters who were in the ring and the spectators who witnessed it unfold, Ryan Pinkard obsessively reconstructs a transformative chapter in The National's story, revealing how the Ohio-via-Brooklyn five-piece found the sound, success, and spiritual growth to evolve into one of the most critically acclaimed bands of their time.
Download or read book Spacemen 3 And The Birth Of Spiritualized written by Erik Morse and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spacemen 3 are the greatest rock band of which you've never heard. This briefly surveys the backgrounds of songwriters Pete 'Sonic Boom' Kember and Jason 'Spacemen' Pierce during their childhood years and adolescent collaborations, from which would forge cult-icons Spacemen 3. It recounts the highs and lows of a backwater band whose history is littered with excess, heroin addiction and ambition. Author Erik Morse also paints a history of the British indie-rock scene of the mid 80s from its post-punk roots to the earliest days of acid house and Spacemen 3's role in reinventing psychedelia for a new generation including bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine. Includes interviews from several major players in and around Spacemen 3 who recount the now legendary concerts, road tours and behind the scenes myths surrounding the recording of the underground classics Perfect Prescription and Playing with Fire. It uncovers the yet untold stories of greed and ambition that came from business impresarios to major labels and the inevitable collapse of the band at the end of the 80s. Morse looks at the earliest days of offspring bands Spectrum and Spiritualized founded by Kember and Pierce following the dissolution of Spacemen 3. Contains discography of Spacemen 3 as well as early releases from Spectrum and Spiritualized as well as rare bootlegs and live recordings.
Download or read book Oasis Definitely Maybe written by Alex Niven and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oasis's incendiary 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe managed to summarize almost the entire history of post-fifties guitar music from Chuck Berry to My Bloody Valentine in a way that seemed effortless. But this remarkable album was also a social document that came closer to narrating the collective hopes and dreams of a people than any other record of the last quarter century. In a Britain that had just undergone the most damaging period of social upheaval in a century under the Thatcher government, Noel Gallagher ventriloquized slogans of burning communitarian optimism through the mouth of his brother Liam and the playing of the other Oasis 'everymen': Paul McGuigan, Paul Arthurs and Tony McCarroll. On Definitely Maybe, Oasis communicated a timeworn message of idealism and hope against the odds, but one that had special resonance in a society where the widening gap between high and low demanded a newly superhuman kind of leaping. Alex Niven charts the astonishing rise of Oasis in the mid 1990s and celebrates the life-affirming, communal force of songs such as “Live Forever,” “Supersonic,” and “Cigarettes & Alcohol.” In doing so, he seeks to reposition Oasis in relation to their Britpop peers and explore one of the most controversial pop-cultural narratives of the last thirty years.
