From the first tones of Slowdive’s summer return single, “kisses,” it became clear how influential the band has become throughout the last three decades. Elements of their rich, evocative guitar work, ...

Slowdive, the British rock band, has been making dreamy guitar-rich records since the early 1990s. They pioneered something called shoegaze, a heavily layered style of music. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...

Slowdive released their self-titled debut EP 25 years ago today (November 5, 1990). To commemorate the occasion, the band have shared a live recording of the EP’s “Avalyn” from their 2014 North ...

Having left an indelible mark of influence on a multitude of bands and musicians since their initial breakup in 1995, Slowdive‘s reunion announcement earlier this year was more than welcomed by fans ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is the official album artwork for “everything is alive.” In an interview with ...

With all due respect to Cocteau Twins and Beach House, Slowdive is the crown jewel of dream pop — that alternative-rock subgenre and cousin to shoegaze, characterized by washed-out, psychedelic ...

There was a slow, two-minute build. The drums began to accelerate and subdivide. The bass switched its pattern, following the drums’ rhythm. The sung melody soared over it all, an angelic wordless ...

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 ...

The members of Slowdive never foresaw this twist in their story. Well on their way to becoming a revered footnote in the history of 1990s rock, the seminal English shoegazers are reunited, and even ...

We talk to Slowdive's Rachel Goswell about happy accidents, Brian Eno's clock and Skype calls to the studio. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

If you were able to travel back in time to 1991 and the halcyon daze of shoegaze, baggy and The Scene That Celebrates Itself, it would have been impossible to foresee the meandering path that Neil ...