Yeah, Ulrich Schnauss is awesome! I can sort of see clarity is important. But I'm also thinking that for some records, the thick sound wall, or the indistinguishable vocal is part of the features of shoegaze. Is there a conflict?

Like many of the comments before, I also feel quite bored with lots of the contemporary Hip hop in the US. I used to be a big fan of Hip hop about 7 years ago. I grew up in Asia, and at that time, western music just starts to be popular, and there were some Asian artists introducing elements of...

Absolutely right now: Mogwai - Repelish (from their new album, considering whether to go their gig again)

Shoegaze is an alternative subgenre, with lots of guitar effects, and distortions, and vocals indistinguishable. I'm a big fan of it, bands like Ride, Jesus and Mary Chain are my favorites. But I don't think many people know, or like this type of music around me. Once I presented it at a rock...