It's a Bandcamp Friday, AND multiple album contenders for AOTY all dropped today. That's a bunch to juggle, innit? First and foremost, the Drop Nineteens reunion LP Hard Light unlocked today, and we've been singing its praises all week. That's headline enough, but there are three contenders hot on heels: Crystal Canyon (pictured above) have been producing quality material for years now, but Stars and Distant Light shows them reaching […]
We're packed to the rafters with new tunes, and we're ready to roll. This weekend, we're celebrating new sonic sparkles from Misty Coast, Blush, Echo Ladies, bloom effect, Drift, sunshy, THALA, Whitelands, Dead Leaf Echo, and Soft Science (pictured above, new LP on Shelflife released today). So the headliners are beyond reproach. But we'll dig so much deeper: new live session from Softcult on offer, plus new sounds from Vyva […]
Eighty tracks in all, sorted and rotation weighted for airplay. And it's not even a Bandcamp Friday. Our headliners should be obvious: both album covers display above. Cosmicdust's TACHYON is a brilliant return of near twenty-year veterans of the Japanese shoegaze scene, and they've ripped the rule book and rewritten it. Somwhere between Swirlies and MBV, this album is a perfect sweet spot between the most excellent output of both […]
Travel, mild COVID and general decay cannot keep down this olive-oiled machine. We're jazzed to be giving listeners a sneak peek of the forthcoming Extra Cosmic LP from Panda Riot (pictured above), dropping 10 June. A lot of fine folks waited a really long time (nearly five years) for the follow-up to Infinity Maps, and it's finally peering out through the aether, and on our airwaves! But there's more than […]
We're more dense-packed than last weekend, as quality new releases (and one classic reissue) came through so furiously it was hard to keep up. First among equals: Her New Knife. An EP of only four songs, but there's not a false step here. While some (even this weekend) release an album or EP with "interludes", Her New Knife cuts right to the heart of the matter, all killer, no filler. […]
Are we loaded down with sonic excellence? We are indeed. This weekend's standout release is the album from Stomp Talk Modstone (pictured above). 2021 is barely three weeks done, and Linger In Someone's Memory With A Lurid Glow makes a strong case for album of the year. There's no filler here, yet it approximates a double album. Touchstones include My Bloody Valentine experimentation, hypnotic repetition, and even a nod to […]
So much new music to recommend this weekend... two stellar new tracks from the forthcoming album, Fake It Flowers, by breakout artist Beabadoobee (pictured above) show that there's not only room but demand for shoegaze/grunge/pop crossover, and this is the one you've waited for. We're long on new releases from SPOOL, Gilah (formerly Inspiraling), Submotile, Floating Room, Shoe Shine Six, Prepare My Glider, Misty Coast, Lavender, Iress, Happy Alone, Graveyard […]
We are overbooked with fresh sounds for the weekend: from DIIV (pictured above) to Greet Death, from Barrie to Hundredth, we have so much new to share with you. We're dying to share new music from Pinemoon and Murmure, both with fresh releases this week. We catch up with Tribes of the City, Whimsical, Moody Beach, Capitol, Night Hikes, Cielo Oceano, Failed Flowers, Cathedral Bells, Say Sue Me, El Glum, […]
Weekend is won! We're spinning up San Francisco-based Bad Visuals (pictured above), with their fresh take on a classic sound. But we're also thrilled to get hands 'round new tunes from Misty Coast, Blankenberge, Swallow the Rat, Shady Bug, Holy Drone, Llollyanna, Tired, Star Horse, Deafcult, Barrie, Jupiter Sprites, Cathedral Bells, and classic gems we've unearthed from Au Revoir Borealis. Plus we're deep into the new release from TBTCI Records, […]
