Madra

Irish alt/rock collective NewDad announce details of their debut album, Madra, set for release on 26 January 2023 through Fair Youth/Atlantic. Awash with spiralling guitars and a hypnotic bassline, singer/guitarist Julie Dawson finds inspiration in TV show Euphoria, as she ruminates on the destructive relationship of characters, Rue and Jules: a storyline that she herself […]

Still In A Dream: A Story Of Shoegaze 1988-1995

5 CD “If Nancy Sinatra had Einsturzende Neubauten as a backing band, that’s how we wanted to sound.” Jim Reid, The Jesus & Mary Chain “Ride were a fantastic band – one of my favourites of all time.” Robert Smith, The Cure “Those first three Slowdive EPs defined that era for me. Absolutely beautiful.” Ivo […]

Celebrate Yourself: The Sonic Cathedral Story 2004 / 2024

4 CD A limited-edition 4CD box set released to coincide with the cult shoegaze label’s 20th anniversary. It features 62 tracks, many of which are previously unreleased, plus rare remixes, showstopping live recordings and a shoegaze Christmas compilation. Includes Slowdive, Andy Bell (Ride), Emma Anderson (Lush), bdrmm, Whitelands and deary, plus remixes by Andrew Weatherall, […]

Back To Mine: Tycho

2 LP As well as being renowned for his photographic and design work under the name ‘ISO50’, Tycho’s music is a blend of various stylistic components, namely in the indie/electronica world blending downtempo guitar, analogue synths and ambient elements such as breathing sounds and excerpts from weather broadcasts and dialogue. For the majority of Back […]

Everything Is Alive

COMPETITION SIDE A: 1. shanty 2. prayer remembered 3. alife 4. andalucia plays SIDE B: 5. kisses 6. skin in the game 7. chained to a cloud 8.. the slab everything is alive, Slowdive’s 5th record, is exactly what the title suggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points […]

Widows

An expanded edition of the 2005 debut album by Sennen, hailed as a latter-day shoegaze classic, with seven bonus tracks, released on vinyl for the first time and remastered by Simon Scott from Slowdive. When Sonic Cathedral first started out as a club night in 2004, there were a number of bands around that reminded […]

Goodbye Hotel Arkada

Through evocative, emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not just for its beloved namesake — a hotel in Croatia facing renovation — but for a universal loss that is shared. Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be the same, and here, […]