LA-based multi-instrumentalist Danny Rincon is about to launch his debut album out to the world. Recording under the name Scrunchie, he is heavily influenced by the 90’s shoegaze sound as well as drawing inspiration from grunge and slowcore bands. He has been recording in esteemed company, namely renowned mixing engineer Sonny DiPerri who’s worked with My Bloody Valentine and Nine Inch Nails; and legendary mastering engineer Stephen Marcussen (The Smashing […]
The Euro shoegaze scene has been slowly becoming dominant in my listening habits. In particular France has been featuring big. The latest band to drop into my inbox with their musical delights are the Bordeaux-based trio, Cosmopaark. The name is a contraction of cosmonaut and a nod to Gus Van Sant’s movie Paranoid Park, a film which has a nineties aesthetic. The nineties are a big touchpoint for the band […]
With the release of Half Life, the new album from CASTLEBEAT I was dying to find out all about it. Luckily, Josh Hwang was available for a chat. We had a great conversation about the album, CASTLEBEAT and his label Spirit Goth. If you want to know how he honed that signature sound and what bands he has coming up for release on Spirit Goth then read on! […]
Scouting about on the internet searching for tracks to play on my monthly Static Sounds Club show I happened across something pretty unique. When I hit play on this album I was transported across the globe and into the world created by Shrenik Ganatra, Liam Christian and drummer Steve Carlin. Together they are, Minaxi. If you asked the band to describe their sound this is what they’d say “Minaxi's sound […]
Atmos Bloom have been on our collective radar here at DKFM for some time now. The Manchester UK based two-piece have been responsible for some pretty luscious dream pop tracks. Their self-titled debut EP from 2020 set the bar high, so when I heard that Curtis Paterson & Tilda Gratton were set to release their debut album, I had to check it out. Flora sees the duo honing their bedroom […]
DKFM favourites Tokyo Shoegazer return with their third full length album, Moonworld Playground. The band consisting of Hiroshi Sasabuchi (Drums), Kiyomi Watanabe (Guitar), Yoshitaka Sugahara (Guitar) and now Rie fu (Vocals) have been busy creating this music since getting back together in 2019 after a six-year hiatus. As a massive fan of Turnaround and Crystalize I was so excited to get the opportunity to get a sneak peak at the […]
Back in 1992 I was slowly falling in love with what would come be known as shoegaze. Back then we didn’t have a label for it. I was a big fan of the Creation and 4AD bands in particular. That’s when I grabbed Indie-cator magazine one week as it came with a free cassette called Creation: Indie-Pop’s Been Good To Us. On that tape was Swervedriver, Boo Radleys, Adorable and […]
Back in the heady, pre-plague days of 2018 Just Mustard marched on to the scene with their astonishing debut album Wednesday. I hadn’t heard anything quite like it. There was a definite shoegaze aesthetic to the thing but it was more, it was different. Then came the singles ‘Frank’ and ‘Seven’ in 2019. Both of which only hooked and reeled me in further. Since then, their music has continued to […]
Two years on from the release of their last album, Bright Smiles & Broken Hearts, DKFM favourites and shoegaze pals Whimsical are back with their new LP, Melt. The band, Krissy Vanderwoude (words) and Neil Burkdoll (music), gave us a taster of what was to come with the single ‘Gravity' last summer. With my appetite truly whetted I was ready for the album to land and here it is. So, […]
