New Tracks Weekend, February 13-15, 2026

New Tracks Weekend, February 13-15, 2026

Wouldn't have thought we'd have this kind of new release volume the week after Bandcamp Friday, but we're capable of dealing with the deluge. Sixty-plus new tracks vying for your attention and appreciation this weekend, with headliners including Castlebeat, Pink Mexico, Gloomhead, Silverdeer (pictured above), 11:11, 44go, closeout, Lobster, brightmoon, Intercurrent, Lozenge, and You Must Believe in Spring. That's but scratching surface, as we're also celebrating new sounds from Sea […]

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The Interview – Josh Hwang of CASTLEBEAT and Spirit Goth

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! […]

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New Tracks Weekend, July 29-31, 2022

Loaded with new, plus a few gems we'd overlooked from earlier this year. We're celebrating album releases from Me You Us Them, Howless, Previous Love, Castlebeat, Wylderness, and Tallies (cover represented above). It's quite a haul of crucial albums all at the same release date, but we've got 'em sorted and weighted, ready to roll. We're also spinning up Living Hour, A Shoreline Dream (fresh single!), Cassettes on Tape, Soot […]

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Atmos Bloom – Flora

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 […]

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CASTLEBEAT – Melodrama

Dream pop is such a vibrant and vital genre. There is no more vital member of that scene than CASTLEBEAT, the lo-fi project of first gen Spanish-Korean-American Josh Hwang, also founder of the record label Spirit Goth. He has a unique DIY, lo-fi approach to recording. His self-titled debut was recorded at home in his garage, yet has the production values of any high-end studio recording. That first album is […]

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New Tracks Weekend, March 8-10

What an amazing week for new releases. Two albums of special note: Shady Bug's Lemon Lime (Shady Bug pictured above). Occupying a sweet spot between Jay Som's literate warmth and Sonic Youth's structural complexity, it's a compelling listen from end to end, with not a clunker in the bunch. In a first quarter of notable albums, this effort is surely in the top five releases thus far this year. The […]

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New Tracks Weekend, March 30-April 1

So much still to sort through from DreamGaze ATX, we've barely begun to recover from the trek. But so many great memories, impressive band performances, and wonderful shoegaze fans made it a smashing success. Surely this won't be our last journey to spread love in Austin. Having said all that... we still have new music to push at your earholes. Stunning new singles from Young Lovers (pictured above), Sleep Still […]

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New Tracks Weekend, February 16-18

The new Lowtide album is finally out. So that's a celebration. The Ride EP is finally fully released, so that's a celebration. The new Dead Vibrations is in hand, and it's got glorious fuzz all over it. Brilliant new music from Dean Garcia's new side-piece, Blurred City Lights, and today's release of the debut LP of Daydream Cathedral. WARM, Night Flowers, VLMV, The Voices, Seventeen Years, epic bends from Prisms, […]

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New Tracks Weekend, December 8-10

New Tracks Weekend this weekend features world premieres and the freshest new releases. Fresh premieres include new singles from Never Come Downs and Blacanova (pictured above, photo courtesy Amaya Granell), both demand your undivided attention. New music releases include today's full album from Blush (we tipped you off early on this one, and we think it's going to be big), plus new music from Sinking, Bolywool, Castlebeat, Portrayal, Fever Blush, […]

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