Shoegaze & hipsterdom

I feel crushed at the current state of shoegaze. It is apparently 2009's hottest Pitchfork commodity to have a "shoegaze revival" sound, an early 90's nostalgia that kids who look up to Pitchfork and the indie community as their divine word probably have no recollection of. What used to be music for old fogies is now music for the ever increasing hipsterdom of meaning-seeking youth. How did this happen? Could have MBV's reunion show last year contributed to any of this?

Maybe I am just too stubbornly sticking to the old, but how come the newer bands just don't sound as good?

Nostalgia (click to download)

1. Chapterhouse - Breather [Whirlpool, 1991]

2. My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said [Loveless, 1991]

3. Lush - Scarlet [Gala, 1990]

4. Ride - Vapour Trail [Nowhere, 1990]

My Bloody Valentine - On Becoming a Decibel

Just wanted to share with you all the review I wrote of My Bloody Valentine's show on September 23rd for Frederick Foxtrott. Read it, and read the other music reviews! It's a great way to learn new music that is much less pretentious than Pitchfork.

More mixes coming soon. The delay, I assure you, is for many good reasons, such as MBV.