Slowdive‘s reformation after decades of silence is a moment that many of its fans—and, at points, the band itself—never saw coming. The reunion was spurred by an offer from Primavera Sound, the annual ...

English indie band Slowdive celebrates the 25th anniversary of their seminal 1993 LP “Souvlaki” this year. The shoegaze project — comprising Rachel Goswel, Neil Halstead, Simon Scott, Nick Chaplin and ...

Four years after the band reunited, shoegaze legend Slowdive is still drawing fans. Off the heels of a well-received 2017 self-titled album, the English five-piece is happy to navigate whatever it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The quintet’s fifth full-length is a dreamy yet taut melding of their strengths. Circling guitars and wafting synths are grounded ...

When their third album, Pygmalion, came out in February 1995, Slowdive had already been marching towards their own funeral. The album had been finished and delivered to Creation Records a year prior ...

Legendary ‘90s shoegazers Slowdive released a new album, a self-titled affair and their first full-length in 22 years, earlier this year via Dead Oceans. It was our Album of the Week. Now the band ...

Given the goodwill that they’ve generated since disbanding—the well-regarded reissues, documentaries, and legions of younger bands hailing them as influences—it’s easy to forget how badly Slowdive’s ...

During the band’s initial run in the early ’90s, Slowdive was a victim of genre pigeonholing. The English quintet was fronted by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Neil Halstead and vocalist and ...

I don’t think I would’ve predicted in 1993 that Slowdive would not only still be going but also the biggest shoegaze band of our current time, and most influential as far as the new crop of hazy ...

Rachel Goswell only wanted to reform Slowdive if they could have some new experiences. In terms of musical crimes, there are few things worse than bands who get back together for a comeback album and ...

The first go-around for Reading, U.K.’s Slowdive exists in the annals of music history as a cautionary tale about how powerful the press once was at both deifying, and vilifying, young artists. Though ...