With the release of Half Life, the new album from CASTLEBEAT I was dying to find out all about it. Luckily, Josh Hwang was available for a chat. We had a great conversation about the album, CASTLEBEAT and his label Spirit Goth. If you want to know how he honed that signature sound and what bands he has coming up for release on Spirit Goth then read on! […]
Atmos Bloom have been on our collective radar here at DKFM for some time now. The Manchester UK based two-piece have been responsible for some pretty luscious dream pop tracks. Their self-titled debut EP from 2020 set the bar high, so when I heard that Curtis Paterson & Tilda Gratton were set to release their debut album, I had to check it out. Flora sees the duo honing their bedroom […]
So much sonics to share this weekend, from the brand-spanking-new to the just-new-to-you, it's a lot of gold soundz. Among headliners, Brooklyn band Sooner (pictured above) is set to unleash their debut LP Days and Nights on Good Eye Records in two weeks, but they've been teasing out some tasty singles from the effort (almost weekly now) as the buzz builds. We may not be the most prominent media outlet […]
Hailing from Lisbon in Portugal, DIY bedroom pop artist Guilherme Correia writes and records as Hause Plants. Ranging from themes like social anxiety, careless coming-of-age and nights out in a big city, Hause Plants' songs are bedroom pop in their essence, but are meant to be heard and played live, combining the urgency and vitality of 80’s post-punk with the ethereal landscapes of dream pop and shoegaze. After two lush […]
Chicago's Kenneth Foss is busting out. Okay, not so much "busting" as "shuffling", in a casual, easy-to-know kind of way. His dream pop project, Teen Blush, is instantly warm and engaging. And the new single released by BIRTHDIY (NY lo-fi netlabel and subsidiary of the esteemed Spirit Goth Records) is in keeping with the aesthetic: jangly dream pop with a hazily propulsive groove. Teen Blush brings a sense of warmth […]
