The next great installment of the Kalamashoegazer Festival series arrives this weekend, and for the first time, it's a two-day special event! Ambitious, to be sure, but it's a logical next step for a festival that draws fans from across the country (and beyond), making it a proper destination point for the scene. April Zimont took the time to chat with us about the thought process behind this bill, and […]
Another Bandcamp Friday, and budgets are being busted all across the world. No matter, we've got a bushel of new and exciting releases to share this weekend, even if you didn't max out your credit card on new music. We've got beloved names like Highspire, Lightfoils, and Pink Breath of Heaven (pictured above), along with compelling new sounds from Yndling, PANIK FLOWER, Slow Salvation, Flatwaves, Starling, Finger Food, and Say […]
Over sixty new tracks, all sorted and rotation-weighted, lovingly shoved into weekend rotation. And there's some real gems in this batch. Headliners this weekend include A Shoreline Dream and Mark Gardener, Dog silent, Cats Cradle, bellweather (pictured above), Kablamo, Vitesse X, Dutch Mustard, Lightfoils, copperplate, Sungaze, Rinse You, Sorry Dave, Starflyer 59, Chokecherry, STOMP TALK MODSTONE, flu flu, Adorável Clichê, and DAZE. But there's so much more! New tunes from […]
Bandcamp Friday Bonanza, and we've been working at it since late late late last night, just to pull in all the most important releases, to bring them to your ears. From the latest albums by Wynona Bleach and Letting Up Despite Great Faults (pictured above), to the fresh and surprising sounds from Mo Dotti, Lightfoils, Spotlight Kid, Laveda, Cloudwalk, Sound Discard, re-lapse, STEREOSKOP and more, we're brimming with fresh colors […]
Bandcamp Friday, and the new tracks keep rolling in. Late breaking releases from Lightfoils, Bleach Lab, Midsommar, plant cell, and shedfromthebody (pictured above) are all vying for attention. If you've not heard about shedfromthebody yet, that's our fault, but we intend to fix it immediately. Filed neatly between Emma Ruth Rundle and King Woman on your sonic shelf, shedfromthebody is a one-woman sludge-doom-gaze project out of Finland that simultaneously calms […]
Speaking of infectious transmission... we've got a stellar sonic weekend to roll out this weekend. Wall-to-wall stars (and ought to be stars, in a better world than we inhabit), many impeccable songs. Of course our headliner is today's album release from Piroshka, reviewed here. But we're keen to introduce our listeners to so much more, including Lithia (pictured above). Introduced to us by a listener, and a Bandcamp/Last FM follower, […]
It's a lot. We've got a lot for you this weekend, not gonna lie. Doing all we can to ensure that everyone who's brought forth quality new sounds in our chosen genres gets their turn to present you their best. Among our headliners: Canadian post-punk standard bearers The City Gates, who have just released their LP, Age of Resilience. Two surprise standouts arrive toward the end of the album, but […]
New song. New video. New cast? Seems like a whole lot has been going on with Lightfoils. We last checked in with the crew in August 2019, pre-covid, as the future still looked limitless. As cornerstone artists on the DKFM platform, it's up to us to find out what's going on now, and what it means for this talented lot going forward. We caught up with the modified cast of […]
Late 2018 release, early 2019 tour, but there's so much more to do. By Deborah Sexton If you live in Chicago, you are already aware it has a well-known shoegaze/dream pop scene, with such mainstays as Airiel, New Canyons, Astrobrite, Whimsical, Panda Riot, Star Tropics, Sleepwalk, and Bliss.City East to name only a few. Among the leading lights of the Chicago scene is Lightfoils. Formed in 2010, this five-piece released […]
