Two years on from the release of their last album, Bright Smiles & Broken Hearts, DKFM favourites and shoegaze pals Whimsical are back with their new LP, Melt. The band, Krissy Vanderwoude (words) and Neil Burkdoll (music), gave us a taster of what was to come with the single ‘Gravity' last summer. With my appetite truly whetted I was ready for the album to land and here it is. So, […]
I’d been hearing about the band Sugar For The Pill for a little while now. I had them on my ‘must listen to’ list. It wasn’t until my pal Richard from The Velvet Hum messaged saying that I really needed to give them a listen that I sat up and paid attention. Fast forward an hour and I’d pre-ordered the vinyl and was loving what I was hearing. So, who […]
Our Richard Gehring talks to Dima of Life on Venus about tunes and tunings, and dreams come true. Life on Venus is a five-piece shoegaze and dream pop band based in Moscow, Russia. The band members are Dima (guitar, vocals), Lisa (vocals), Marat (bass), Ivan (guitar) and Gulya (drums). Life on Venus decided on the name because “life on Venus must be one of the most surreal and unbelievable things […]
A new weekend means a new boatload of fresh tracks begging your attention and devotion. We'll spin choice cuts from the forthcoming Pia Fraus LP, Field Ceremony, due next week on Shelflife Records. We're also heavy-rotating the new singles from The Daysleepers, Candace, Tearjerker, Submeet, Biltmore Dive, A Thousand Hours, Cloakroom, Lanark, Secret Meadow, Vast Asteroid (album drops November, keep eyes peeled!), Zombie Girlfriend and more. Plus, EPs from Ysgol […]
