If you listen to DKFM, you're likely familiar with Magic Shoppe. They've graced our airwaves with nearly 1000 plays over the last seven-plus years (because we count these things). Well we've got great news: Boston's connoisseurs of noisy shoegaze Magic Shoppe are kicking off 2024 with a brand new single, and a sharpened edge. "Something Hollow" is the first track from the band's upcoming full length Down The Wych Elm, […]
Maybe new to us, but certainly not new: Nim have released three full-length albums and many other singles, and have also conducted large-scale overseas tours in Australia, China, and South Korea. While their new EP was recorded in Kyoto, it is mixed and mastered in Austin, and represented by two labels: FABTONE for Asian territories, and Shifting Sounds for much the rest of the world. To generate this much international […]
We first discovered Newmoon in January of 2016, as we were slightly late to lurch into the Invitation To Hold EP. But what was obvious was a certain mastery of sound and mood that these Belgian standouts possessed. Not overtly showy, more tightly controlled and expansive in their approach, it was obvious (to us, at least) that these lads were going somewhere. By the time their Space LP launched into […]
In pandemic times, DKFM rolled out the DreamGaze Worldwide virtual festival, hoping to draw our community together once again while socially distanced, and to promote new and breaking artists in our chosen genres. One artist who broke all molds and defied expectations was Jenna Fournier, frontperson of NIIGHTS and a talented visual artist (paint/graphic design). Her solo project, Kid Tigrrr, was generating airplay and buzz for its subtle, understated approach […]
Drop Nineteens release Hard Light, their first album in nearly thirty years, on Friday 3 November, via Wharf Cat Records. And we're going to celebrate, every day, all week long. We've got a fresh World Broadcast Premiere from the album every night, 11pm Eastern, 8pm Pacific, Monday through Thursday. We're spinning up a one-hour edit of Thais' headline-making interview with Greg Ackell from nearly one year ago today (so big […]
Releasing today is the long-awaited debut album from Israeli dream pop artist Lital Hagayan. Luckily for me she was able to take time out from her busy schedule to talk over all things musical. We had a great chat about the album, Singularity, and how she defined her signature sound. If you want to know how Lital got into music, the creation of Singularity and who her key influences are […]
Last year I met an amazing new artist out of Tel Aviv, Israel, named Lital Hagayan. One year on and I’m proud to count her as a really good friend. I’ve played her previous singles ‘Eternity’ and ‘Like I Remember You’ on my Static Sounds Club radio show and feedback from the DKFM faithful was unanimous. Everyone wanted more. The great news is, after a turbulent year for Hagayan, she […]
In these studios, we've been looking forward to the new single from Atlanta's Kid Fears. Opening with a fog of guitar, long open chord. Then heavy churning guitar chords set against sparkling lead guitar notes, plaintive vocals, and even judicious use of near-yodel (throwback to Sinead O'Connor in her heyday). And it's masterful. Fully realized, presented as a planted flag: Kid Fears has arrived, and they've carved out a sonic […]
Some bands and artists out there are pulling major PR, with big Bandcamp features written about them, and a direct line to the college radio charts and tastemakers. And we don't begrudge them that, it takes a village to support an artist of quality. And then there's an artist like Dani Gentry, the creator of the Salem (or Portland, there's conflicting data there), Oregon "emogaze" imprint known as worse. (that's […]
