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 ...

Last night, Slowdive debuted three new songs at their first show of 2017 and posted a teaser on social media. Now their new album is finally announced. It’s their first album in 22 years, the followup ...

Legendary ’90s shoegazers Slowdive released a new album, everything is alive, last September via Dead Oceans. Now they have announced some new fall 2024 U.S. tour dates in honor of the album. They go ...

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 ...

The big news with yesterday’s Primavera Sound 2014 line-up announcement (for me at least) was the return of shoegaze vets Slowdive. The band broke up 1995 right after the release of their third album, ...

Continuing with any band after a return is not necessarily straightforward: nostalgists want to relive what they originally experienced. The novelty of the comeback wears off. Equally, bands wish to ...

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 ...

For a brief moment, Slowdive were the most hated band on the planet. Or at least in the UK. In 1991, Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers famously declared, “I will always hate Slowdive more than ...

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 ...