Bandcamp Friday, and all chaos breaks out. 300 pitches and promo emails sorted through, 100-plus tracks sorted and rotation weighted, and we're ready to go. It's a lot, so let's break it down. Headliners this weekend include Slowdive, whose new LP unlocked today, and seems to be all the entirely online set can talk about. And there's nowt wrong with that. But there's so much more to be celebrated! New […]
Sixty-plus tracks, all sorted and rotation-weighted, ready to present for your approval. New Tracks Weekend unlocks imminently, and we're thrilled with some standouts this weekend. Among our headliners: Peach Gardens, Heathermint, Slow Salvation, HYLA, Ian Sweet, INDIGOS, Slowdive, Beach Vacation (featuring Cathedral Bells), Ghost Patterns, Wallice, Swallow the Rat, and Virgins (pictured above). And that's just the frontline, there's a much deeper bench ready to entertain, including new music from […]
Releasing today is the long-awaited debut album from Israeli dream pop artist Lital Hagayan. Luckily for me she was able to take time out from her busy schedule to talk over all things musical. We had a great chat about the album, Singularity, and how she defined her signature sound. If you want to know how Lital got into music, the creation of Singularity and who her key influences are […]
All weekend, we've got the stellar tunes, packed in right up to the last second. This weekend we're celebrating new sounds from Blue Honey, Glixen, Slowdive, In Retrospect PH (pictured above), Cosmicdust, Emma Anderson, Mad Honey, Haemi, Sea Lemon, Pia Fraus, Cigarettes for Breakfast, Marlène Chiapas, Waves of Dread, Francis of Delirium, ... the headliners will blow the doors off your moving automobile. And we won't stop there. We're also […]
New weekend, new tracks, new discoveries to celebrate. This weekend we've packed in a stellar roster of sounds, including contributions from Film School (pictured above), Kid Fears (previewed here), Royal Arch, Japanese Heart Software, Attic Ocean, Peach Gardens, Slowdive, Animal Ghosts (pre-release!), Indoor Voices (pre-release!) and much more. We've got a deep bench waiting to fill in the gaps: Tombstones In Their Eyes, Squared In Reverse, Cold Equations, Mary's Restless […]
There are some bands who need very little by way of an introduction to a DKFM audience. Resplandor fit firmly into that category. That said, stick with me while I introduce the band to a DKFM audience. Based in the Netherlands, the band have been creating the most beautiful of gaze since the year 2000. Originally from Peru, the band has garnered global attention for their sonic signature. One that […]
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 […]
The beautiful Beachy Head cliffs in England are a popular tourist destination as well as a notorious suicide spot. It’s that dichotomy between the joyous and the heart-wrenching despair that run up the back bone of Beachy Head's self-titled debut album. Founded by Slowdive guitarist Christian Savill, along with Ryan Graveface of The Casket Girls and Graveface Records, Steve Clarke of The Soft Cavalry, Matt Duckworth of The Flaming Lips... […]
