Another year draws to a close, one last chart show to celebrate the stellar sounds 2018 has provided us. From 16 October to 1 December, we gathered votes from our listeners, and all the feedback we've received, and these are the standout tracks for Winter of 2018. More gorgeous jewels of shoegaze and dream pop you will find nowhere else... except maybe Bandcamp. Press play, we'll do the rest. 20. […]
Ultimately, this is what we care about. You may have a well-regarded LP or EP, but this is radio, and we don't play LPs. Here, it's all about the songs. You either have it, or you do not. There is no in between. And, yes, we take this list more seriously than any other. Listed below, the top 50 songs for the year based strictly on direct listener feedback, total […]
Perhaps not shockingly, Lowtide's "Blue Movie" climbed back into the top ten on the release of their excellent debut LP. A few surprises here, but not surprising when you consider the strength of the songs / albums that charted. As usual, thanks to all of you for letting us know what you love! Singles Chart 1. The History of Colour TV - Left 2. Lowtide - Blue Movie 3. Lightfoils […]
What's hot this month? Our Top Ten Singles, that's what! Not only that, four of the top ten broke on our air in the last week, and have already charted. Thanks to listener votes, tweets and email feedback, we couldn't do it without you all. 1. Lightfoils - "Diastolic" 2. Iris - "Fix Me" 3. The Enters - “Sweet Girl” 4. Seasurfer - “Stay” * 5. Wolf Alice - “Moaning […]
For the last two weeks we've been pleased to bring you sneak peeks from Lightfoils' Hierarchy LP, due July 8 on Saint Marie Records, and worth every bit of the hype we've heaped on it. As early adopters of Lightfoils, through personnel changes and delays, we've been expecting the new LP to vindicate our evangelism. And it has. Expect this album to land on our Top Ten list at year's […]
NEW: Lightfoils, Iris, Glintshake, Heathers, Otoño, Milky White, High/Low, Contrast, Wolf Alice, Comet Control, Power Pyramid, pallow, plus Serfs, Snakadaktal, Gleemer, Kaleidoscopes and more! Shoegaze and dream pop all weekend. With more crammed in right up to last minute, 'cos that's how it goes. 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific, and continuing through Sunday at midnight Eastern, 9 Pacific. It’s the first weekend we’ll spin some of these tracks, and […]
The venerable Saint Marie Records once brings out the crown jewels of their roster: the second in the series of Static Waves compilations lands on November 26th. With 32 tracks from the SMR stable of artists, 23 of them previously unreleased, the Static Waves series has proven to be the best compilation series since 4AD's This Mortal Coil project. Last year's compilation had two previously unreleased tracks that ended up […]
