If you're looking at the graphic above and scratching your head, don't be concerned. There are few effective ways to promote what an unusual but crucial pairing this is, bringing some of the best in shoegaze and dream pop to the great Pacific Northwest. Two Festivals, One Dreamy Weekend This year marks a strong showing for dreamy, shoegaze-, and dreampop-oriented festivals on the West Coast. DreamGaze PDX in Portland, Oregon, […]
It's a new weekend, between Kalamashoegazer and DreamGaze PDX, and we have new music. Much new music. So much it delayed this very rollout. And here we are. Headliners this weekend include, first among equals: Mo Dotti. The new opaque LP is the fulfillment of so much early promise, and it carries you aloft from beginning to end. More headliners? We've got chokecherry, Blue Cinema, Slowwves, Tanukichan, The Prids, Bloom […]
Delayed but not denied, we're well into the new weekend, with a boatload of fresh sounds we think you'll fall for. Headliners this weekend include Hazel English, wishy (pictured above), Glare, Mo Dotti, Starflyer 59, moov, Flu Flu, Casino Hearts, Copperplate (pictured above), 11:11, Welcome Strawberry, Trauma Ray, and Ultra Bloom. And we're just getting started. We've got more amazing contributions from Wolfschmidt, Hattara, The Search, Sorry Dave, softlightsymphony, Memoria, […]
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 […]
Another Friday beckons, another raft of fresh sounds vie for your consideration and approval. And we've got sixty-plus recent gems to present, all sorted and rotation-weighted, so that you can find something to fall in love with. Headliners include Attic Ocean (pictured above), who we were admittedly late on, but we'll more than make up for the error. Frontline supporting cast includes AMAARA, Bloody Knives, Sea Lemon, Everything By Electricity, […]
Sneak peeks and up-to-the-minute breaking releases. We're here for it. We've done battle against the clock before, and we usually come out victorious. First and foremost, we'll be teasing out the forthcoming single from Crystal Canyon due 23 March (cover hinted at above), as it's our pleasure to celebrate our favorite artists, and tantalize our listeners with what they've got in the works. But we're also in full support of […]
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 […]
Swimming the backstroke through a morass of technical issues and pandemic-related logistical challenges, we're here for but one reason: bringing you the brightest and freshest new sounds within the realms of shoegaze and dream pop. So it is written, so let it be done. This weekend we're loaded for bear, with a world premiere tune from Cigarettes for Breakfast (pictured above). "Home" is a woozy confection that blends all of […]
