Roogaze, Psychfest, New Tracks Weekend. Wherever you are on this big crazy planet we call home, rest assured we will entertain you with fresh new sounds all day and all night*. We're long on new music from Mexico's Car Crash Sisters, who've finally dropped their new EP, 'The Crystal Garden'. We'll also go deep with new releases from Shana Falana, Dream Suicides, Loners and Cheatahs. The NTW time machine will […]
The third and final installment of our series on the epic Roogaze festival in Melbourne on May 9th (event link: Roogaze 2015) features our chats with Kigo, Miners and Contrast. If you're just catching up, check out our previous installments here and here. As we've described before, Roogaze is the largest shoegaze / dream pop themed event of its kind since LA's Shoegaze Fest three years ago, and featuring heavyweights […]
Part Two in a series... Melbourne, Australia hosts the event of the year in Roogaze 2015, featuring the best and the brightest in the Australian shoegaze and dream pop scenes. We dug for answers about this incredible event, and got responses from Blush Response, Luna Ghost, Day Ravies, and Bloodhounds on My Trail. If you've heard of every one of these bands, it may be because they're heavy rotation staples […]
What began as a simple idea of a few shoegaze and dream pop bands coming together to do a tribute to The Cure (shortly after Robert Smith's birthday, no less) evolved as a premise. What had been a tribute show in a small venue became a much more ambitious festival, showcasing the talents of the genre's best bands. Jack from Contrast originally pitched the idea to like-minded musicians, and now […]
