March 14th, 2009 - Comments Off

No parachute required: introducing Pacific UV

A friend of mine, Andrea (a musical genius, believe me), recently posted a video among the comments in my Myspace page.
It’s “Static Waves” by Pacific UV, a band from Athens, Georgia (now residing in Portland) I’ve never heard of before.
Sort of.. brit shoegaze (Slowdive) meets (stoned and relaxed) Spiritualized meets Cocteau Twins and.. everything that’s […]

December 13th, 2008 - 6 Comments

Film School: “Compare”

Can’t tell how many times I happened to read their name on the net. But, don’t know why, I’ve never listened to any of their songs before. Could it depend on the name in itself? Maybe. Maybe I tied it to someone else’s roaring muscled rock, like Girlschool, Rival Schools, or.. er.. Disney’s High School […]