Off to a scorching start, as local temps expected to reach 105 today. We're carrying that same urgency into this edition of New Tracks Weekend, as we celebrate new releases from Temple of Angels, cheerless, Drab Majesty, blue honey, LOOSER, hyperlilly, Soft Science, and Chicago's Bosses (pictured above). And we're digging deeper than just the surface gems: new music from Phosphene, Velvet Sunset, The Youth Play, Central Pacific State Beach, […]
Our voters stand up for their favorites, and shout them out. Perhaps not quite literally, but users of the DKFM app vote for their favorite tracks consistently, helping us shape our playlists and rotation weightings. And, often as we are able, we reflect the love back on our listeners, compiling the most-loved tunes of the time. These shoegaze and dream pop charts, closed on September 15, give a credible idea […]
We're doing fifteen things simultaneously in the DKFM studios. Just how it rolls sometimes. Gearing up for Kalamashoegazer 13 in less than three weeks, and it's certain to be a party! But among our responsibilities, generating the top airplay charts, as voted by our listeners via the DKFM app. It's an important responsibility, and one we take seriously. It also helps to reflect where we're at thus far this year: […]
Photography so vivid, it feels like you're in the front row: Drab Majesty captured in live performance at Underground Arts, Philadelphia PA for DKFM by Renee Coutlee. Copyright 2019, Renee Coutlee Photo. Burning up our airplay charts, burning across America and around the world, the newly-released Modern Mirror LP is generating buzz across genres. Remaining dates on Drab Majesty 2019 tour below. As visually compelling as they are sonically immense, […]
New music we knew would be released today: Drab Majesty, ever creative, ever epic, always engaging. And Modern Mirror does not disappoint. Burning House: we knew that Anthropocene would drop today, and Burning House has developed a catalogue that's always at least compelling, demanding your attention and assessment. We even knew Seattle's somesurprises would launch preorder for the forthcoming self-titled debut LP, and that the first single would be a […]
Freshness that cannot be denied. We're "cocked and loaded" with a raft of amazing new sonic offerings, and can't wait to pull the pin on the weekend. Top headliner this weekend, Hatchie (pictured above), whose new album landed early this morning, and it's like a reverb-laden hug. But there's so much more to recommend this edition: Mascara has been rocking the headphones in our studios this week, heavy rotation. Newmoon […]
Spinning up a wheelbarrowful of new music this weekend. Headliners include Life On Venus (pictured above), who only ever get better and better, plus XO, Dots (・・・・・・・・・), Submotile, New Age Healers (premiered here), Annie Hamilton, Drab Majesty, Swimming Pool, Tokyo Shoegazer and Velvet Tides. We also get blessed with a deep dive into 缺省Default's Life in a Vacuum LP, plus new music from Indoor Voices, Ummagma, Processions, So Totally, The […]
When everything awesome comes out at the same time... Join us this weekend for the freshest underground sounds from the newest dynamic releases. We're celebrating new music from Vestidos, Mosaicz, Versus People, the full LP from Melt, the new Lazy Legs benefit single, the debut long-player from Hideous Towns, grungy goodness from Housing Crash, plus the long-awaited Bloodhounds On My Trail, a touch of Drab Majesty, new singles from Tears […]
