#982 The Icarus Line – Penance Soiree

Another band in the long line of bands that I have never heard of is The Icarus Line. I guess post-hardcore is not a genre that I have listened to much. They released their second album Penance Soiree is 2004. This was the last album to feature co-founder and guitarist Aaron North. He suffered a […]

#560 The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy

The Jesus and Mary Chain debut album Psychocandy is the front-runner in proto-shoegazing music of the 80s. Brothers Jim and William Reid hail from Scotland and started forming the band in 1983. I had not heard of them until the song “Reverence” came out in 1992. My favourite songs are “Just Like Honey“, “The Hardest Walk“, “Cut […]