Cincinnati's Sungaze deliver languid longing on "Washed Away" It's no accident that Sungaze's second single this year opens with the sound of breaking waves. As you delve deeper into the Mazzy Star-inflected "Washed Away", you begin to unravel a deeper story to the song. Amidst the engaging atmospherics, lead vocalist Ivory Snow sings about bearing witness to a drowning while on vacation in Florida. This song is both a moving […]
Hailing from Jakarta, Indonesia, Grow Rich has toiled at the outer edges of the genre. Abdur Rahim Latada has spent the last three years distilling his love for punk, power pop, and spiky-edged postpunk, with a nod to his predecessors. Flashes of Pixies and Teenage Fanclub clash with more modern punk accents, often producing unpredictable results. Of one thing you could always be sure: this project is driven by passion, […]
Dead Leaf Echo have proven themselves perhaps the hardest touring band in gazebusiness. Having just completed a full west coast tour, from Portland to Vancouver, down to Long Beach and LA, all the way back to Portland, they've introduced and reintroduced themselves to audiences across the nation, and around the world. Besides winning fans and playing festivals, they were blessed to be invited to perform live in studio at KEXP […]
Regular listeners will know the name Weird., with a period following the name. The first single from multi-instrumentalist Marco Barzetti was immediately compelling: a slice of epic shoegaze fused with slowcore and post-rock sonic swells. The song "Infinite Decay" made an immediate impact on our listeners, and charted in the top 20 songs for 2014 on our airwaves. Two albums, some quality covers, and several engaging singles, and Weird. made […]
It's not that we're bad at keeping the website updated. Some may have noticed we've kept well current on New Tracks Weekend, but haven't posted any public-facing documentation of our efforts. It's not them, it's not you, it's us. Besides chasing My Bloody Valentine and Airiel up and down the state, we've been doing some battle with the database under the foundation of this website. You can have the loveliest, […]
Music for headphones. Premiering Wednesday night, January 11th, immediately following When The Sun Hits, the first in our irregular series, DKFM Broadcast Masters. What's all this then? Funny you should ask. Some quality bands in our space suffer from a mastering job that sounds like your favorite musicians were recorded from the outside of a shoebox they're playing in. To varying degrees, these lower-fi recordings are short on brightness and […]
