My Bloody Valentine started life off in London as a slightly fey indie band typically associated with the London indie scene at the time, NME etc. In 1988 they released 'Isn't anything' on creation Records. This was a huge step forward into noise rock and the scene which was later to...

One of the best ambient records of all time and one of the favourites in my collection. When Slowdive recorded the album it was a radical departure from what they had produced before and even more radically different from what the label were interested in at the time, Oasis. The...

Emerging from the shoegazing scene in Britain in the early 1990's, Giant Steps was indeed a massive leap forward from the band and out of the scene that created it. While maintaining high levels of noise and feedback, these were draped around the lightest and loveliest of pop tunes such...