{"product_id":"still-in-a-dream-shoegaze-slackers-and-the-reinvention-of-rock-1984-1994","title":"Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWin Five Shoegaze Records\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn celebration of the release of Simon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReynolds'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStill in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1984–1994, we have five essential shoegaze records chosen by Simon for one lucky shoegaze fan to win:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy Bloody Valentine – \u003cem\u003eIsn’t Anything \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsn’t Anything\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has a harder, wilder edge and chaotic live energy compared to the studio-bound \u003cem\u003eLoveless\u003c\/em\u003e – simply put, it \u003cem\u003erocks\u003c\/em\u003e, even as it dissolves the guitar into gaseous and ghostly wooze. MBV came up with their own killer concepts for their innovative noisepop: “the not-quite-really-there-sound” and “glide guitar”. 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Kane – \u003cem\u003e69\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter taking their sculpted chaos aesthetic to the limit with the \u003cem\u003eUp Home\u003c\/em\u003e EP, here\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Ayuli\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRudy Tambala\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003epare it back and try some different directions, from dubby pop to subaquatic ambient grottos as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sun Falls Into the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e. #1 in the indie chart, \u003cem\u003e69\u003c\/em\u003e’s blend of song and space, experimental abstraction and poignant melody faintly recall\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVan Morrison’s \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAstral Weeks \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMiles Davis’s\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a Silent Way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,  but is ultimately uniquely\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.R. 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