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The desire pop/shoegazer school of alternative pop/rock reached its commercial and artistic peak within the ’90s, but noteworthy shoegazer bands continued to emerge in the 21st century — and something of these was Technicians (never to be confused with Engineer, a brutal Syracuse, NY-based loss of life metal combo which …

Originally brought collectively simply by Mute founder Daniel Miller for 2011’s Mute Short Circuit Festival, the duo of Maps’ Wayne Chapman and fellow labelmate Polly Scattergood made a decision to continue their collaboration mainly because On Deceased Waves. With both performers releasing single albums in 2013 — Maps’ Vicissitude and …

Originally going beneath the name Short Break Operator, Maps is actually Northampton U.K. sound sculptor Adam Chapman, who combines indie digital noises with atmospheric, sleepy rock and roll that owes as very much to Spiritualized and My Bloody Valentine since it will to Four Tet and Planks of Canada. After …