A lot has changed since Codeine broke up in 1994, not long after the release of its second full-length, The White Birch. Similar groups like Low, Red House Painters, Bedhead, and Seam helped ...

Say something once — why say it again? That’s what David Byrne asked us on Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer,” and what New York band Codeine asked itself 23 years ago, when bassist-singer-songwriter ...

When Codeine released the Frigid Stars LP in 1990, the New York City band single-handedly invented what would later — somewhat cloyingly — become known as "slowcore." Predating influential albums by ...

The reunited New York slowcore band Codeine will get the Numero Group lavish reissue treatment. On May 9, the Chicago label will re-release their three Sub Pop releases: 1990's Frigid Stars LP, 1992's ...