A companion piece to "The Velvet Hum Goes to Scotland" Originally aired Thursday, Nov. 26, 9 p.m. Central/3 p.m. GMT on DKFM Two weeks ago, I ventured out of the pages of the blog and on to the airwaves to co-host The Velvet Hum with my good friend Deborah Sexton! We went on a virtual audio road trip around the UK and checked out all the best shoegaze and dreampop […]
New. It's our specialty. New albums from She Sir, Celldweller, Bleach Dream, Second Still, and Barlow. New EPs from Doorbells, bokunofune, Flashes, Life Model, and Muskk. New singles from Sundowners, Castlebeat, FUR, Dactylion, FOREVR, and Season of Strangers. Plus we're spinning advance of the forthcoming LP from The Wagner Logic, Heart is Dark (releases via Team Clermont next month), and we're digging into the limited back catalogue of Dots (・・・・・・・・・), Japan's first […]
New. It's our specialty. New albums from She Sir, Celldweller, Bleach Dream, Second Still, and Barlow. New EPs from Doorbells, bokunofune, Flashes, Life Model, and Muskk. New singles from Sundowners, Castlebeat, FUR, Dactylion, FOREVR, and Season of Strangers. Plus we're spinning advance of the forthcoming LP from The Wagner Logic, Heart is Dark (releases via Team Clermont next month), and we're digging into the limited back catalogue of Dots (・・・・・・・・・), Japan's first […]
We're behind! The big Top 50 Tracks of 2014 set us behind in bringing you the newest sounds. This weekend, we're fixing that. Couldn't be more pleased to bring you two World Broadcast Premieres, the first from Hong Kong's Thud on the Border Series netlabel, and the second (but no less awesome) from Aerial Love Feed, whose new album may be expected in the next few weeks. This taster will […]
Holiday week, you might think we'd be slacking. Quite the contrary! Much incredible new music from きのこ帝国 (kinokoteikoku), plus our promo copy of Israel's Vadaat Charigim arrived, and it's chock full of awesome. Add a world premiere from Teenage Daydreams, fresh sounds from Tender Age, VULPIX, Tigers Jaw, Vinyl Storm, Monotronaut, COLOUR, Venera 4, Chelsea Girl, Savage Sister, Wander, Lights That Change, Jessica 93, Life Model, Hella Comet, Bela Infanta, […]
March is coming to a close, and thus ends our first quarter of 2013. Every quarter we'll break down staff picks the top tracks dropped, and tell you why they're important. Next week we'll share the top 25 by listener votes! 1. kinoko teikoku (きのこ帝国) – ユーリカ Out of nowhere. Perfectly straddling post-rock and shoegaze, this song is purely audacious. Broke the rules. And produced an amazing piece of art […]
Dropped 21 February, Life Model has just released "Glazed" for streaming and sharing. Driven by an insistent bassline and hazy guitar, Life Model again shows they have something to prove, and you'd best pay attention.
