Can “Yoo Doo Right” - A band so ahead of its time, we’re still trying to catch up. This is the song that hooked me. And I must say, I still prefer Malcolm Mooney to Damo Suzuki as a vocalist. 

Isis “Carry” - They may not have been the first to blend metal and shoegaze, but they certainly do it better than anyone else. 

Benoit Pioulard “RTO”. Perfectly melancholic. Perfectly autumnal. 

Bound (Detail #3) by Chris Tures for the Electric Tapes  (Electrical tape on cardboard)

Adebisi Shank “Micromachines” Speed Battles up 1.5x, then turn it up to 11. From riff insanity to the myriad effects that manipulate them, this 2-piece never ceases to blow my mind. 

Swervedriver “Never Lose That Feeling” Too-often eclipsed by the big three of Shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive), Swervedriver really brought enough rock with their cyclopean guitar pillars to compensate for the bored vocals of the genre. 

Dead Man’s Bones “Name in Stone” Take a break from acting to record a doom-crooning concept album with a children’s choir? Sure. Why not knock it out of the park while you’re at it?

Pretty sure if Goslord can’t do it, it can’t be done. 

Future of the Left “Arming Eritrea” I’m not ready to say I like them better than McLusky. But I’m close. Real close.

Deerhoof “Milkman”. That bass. That glorious, grinding bass - jumping in at just the right moments to let us breathe with some sunshine psychedelica. 

Boris “Statement”. No rules, other than the most massive distortion on the planet. For nearly 20 years, this experiemental Japanese 3-piece has created their own musical map - moving from droning doom through stoner rock through shoegaze and J-rock.