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  "slug": "slowdive",
  "name": "Slowdive",
  "description": "Slowdive appears 3 times in our Shoegaze and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/slowdive/",
  "appearanceCount": 3,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1993,
    "last": 1993
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Shoegaze"
  },
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      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "shoegaze",
      "name": "Shoegaze",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/shoegaze/",
      "entries": 2
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-the-hundred",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "slowdive--alison",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/slowdive--alison/",
      "title": "Alison",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Creation",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Savaged on release and now the genre's most beloved song. The guitars shimmer rather than roar, and the melody underneath survives every layer piled on it.",
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        {
          "kind": "curator",
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        }
      ],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Slowdive%20Alison",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak43tAU5QuA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
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        "slug": "shoegaze",
        "name": "Shoegaze",
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      },
      "artist": "Slowdive"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "slowdive--souvlaki-space-station",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/slowdive--souvlaki-space-station/",
      "title": "Souvlaki Space Station",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Creation",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Dub techniques applied to guitar music, with Eno's fingerprints somewhere in the background. The most spatially adventurous thing anyone in the scene attempted.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Slowdive%20Souvlaki%20Space%20Station",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WPApiFhKFsg",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 7,
      "on": {
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        "slug": "shoegaze",
        "name": "Shoegaze",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/shoegaze/"
      },
      "artist": "Slowdive"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "slowdive--alison",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/slowdive--alison/",
      "title": "Alison",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Creation",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Shoegaze with the songwriting left in. Everything blurred except the melody, which is why this one survived the backlash that buried the rest.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
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          "slug": "shoegaze",
          "name": "Shoegaze",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/shoegaze/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Slowdive%20Alison",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak43tAU5QuA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
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        "slug": "the-desk-the-hundred",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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}