Ride

Pale Saints were in some ways the ultimate 4AD band of the label’s original era, combining the ethereal beauty of The Cocteau Twins, the roar of Pixies, and the off-kilter quirk of Throwing Muses…

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Bodega, Widowspeak and The Boo Radleys, plus retrospectives on The Fall and Ride, and more.

Ride‘s 1990 debut, ‘Nowhere,‘ is one of the defining records of the original shoegaze scene, but it’s follow-up might be even better.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Spoon, Ride’s Andy Bell, Trentemøller and Baxter Dury, plus 25th anniversary retrospectives on Pavement’s ‘Brighten the Corners’ and Blur’s self-titled fifth album.

Featuring songs that date back to the late-’80s, Andy Bell describes new album ‘Flicker‘ as “me exchanging ideas with my younger self.”

Shoegaze greats Ride will celebrate the pandemic-belated 30th anniversary of their 1990 Creation Records debut, ‘Nowhere,‘ on tour.

Listen to new songs from black midi, UMO, Purity Ring, Gully Boys, Solemn Brigham, Dos Santos, Shannon & the Clams, GLOK (Ride’s Andy Bell), and more…

When not making music with Ride or as a solo artist, Andy Bell explores his synthier side with his electronic alias GLOK…

Listen to new songs by Haviah Mighty, Kylie Minogue (Lady Gaga cover), Saint jHN/SZA, CupcakKe, H.E.R., Growing Fins, Newgrounds Death Rugby, Wiki, War Criminal, Valerie June (Little Dragon remix), Esperanza Spalding, Liminanas/Laurent Garnier, and more…

Andy Bell‘s new EP features blissed-out remixes by Pye Corner Audio and is part of the Ever Decreasing Circles series he’s releasing this year.