story about music #2

The Tragic Fate of All Hidden Scenes

In 1995, Bluetile Lounge released Lowercase, a perfect example of the tiny subgenre known as slowcore.

But for a series of coincidences, it would've disappeared forever. I trace the history of Lowercase from when I first encountered it back to a small indie rock scene in Perth, Australia that disappeared just before the internet came along to catalogue everything, forever.

This is the story of how Bluetile Lounge was spared.

Guests: Dan Erickson (Bluetile Lounge), Alan Sparhawk (Low), and my friend, and the catalyst for all this, Tyler.

Pictured: Bluetile Lounge (clockwise from left) Dan Erickson, Alex Stevens, Howard Healy, and Gabriel Cotton