In a Shoegaze Daze: A Night with Slowdive at The Warfield Anna Armstrong October 21, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Shoegaze The shoegaze renaissance is upon us and we can thank Slowdive for that. Shoegaze is a genre of music popularized in the 1980s and 90s and is characterized by its use of distortion, guitar pedals and muddied...
The trajectory of your love life: a playlist Vivian Chen April 20, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Mixtapes "open" - rhye this is where you start. heartbroken, obviously. stay open let's try again. "i was all over her" - salvia palth a little jaded, a little nostalg...
Cigarettes After Sex hurts, soothes, and loves on self-titled album Vivian Chen June 15, 2017 Album Review, Reviews Cigarettes After Sex’s music is reminiscent of slow dancing at two in the morning in your bedroom with the lights turned off. The softness of Greg Gonzalez’s voice and the lingering caress of the guitar’s...
Lo-fi love: torch songs of the indie realm Vivian Chen November 22, 2016 Columns and Opinions I learned about the term “torch song” a while ago, during a session of listening to covers of pop songs (my unfortunate guilty pleasure) when one was labeled “in a torch song style.” The majority of the...
Cigarettes After Sex to accompany Garbage at the Masonic Vivian Chen September 23, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews Cigarettes after Sex, an ambient dream pop band from El Paso, Texas, is playing a show with headliner Garbage, at San Francisco's Masonic this Saturday, September 24th. In comparison to their concert counte...
