It IS New Tracks Weekend, and 80% of the tracks we're spinning up are fresh in the last week, 90% in the last month or so. Of course we've got the latest from Tennis System, DIIV and Nothing. But our headliners this weekend, a band we'd criminally overlooked during debut album in January: Waterloo, Ontario's EDDYEVVY (pictured above). What began as a melodic folk duo expanded into an immensely tuneful […]
Things. New things. Lots of new things. We're loaded for a hot summer weekend, and turning up the heat! From cagey veterans like The Ocean Blue and Tennis System, to new but compelling sounds from relative newcomers like Dottie and Fern Murphy (pictured above), we're spinning to impress you this weekend. Hold us to it. New shiny singles from Jay Som, Primitive Heart, Miriam Clancy, Slowcoaching, BELAU, An Ocean of […]
A raft of fresh sounds from around the globe, and we're packed with quality once again. We're trotting out the new releases from Twin Oaks, We Melt Chocolate (pictured above, now on preorder), Longingsky (formerly Avantbored), Crystal Canyon, Cultdreams, Death Bells, Tennis System, Black Ferns, Grow Rich, Merival, Once Grace Forever, Death of Heather, The Shaking Sensations, Galants (album sneak preview!), LISA, Fleur du Mal, purepleaser, Vlimmer, Merival, SEABLITE, Temple […]
As we plug in and spin up the new music we've got hands 'round, it's obvious: we're gonna need a bigger shovel. New shiny treats from Seasurfer (sneak peek, releasing soon on Saint Marie Records), Yukia Down, Tennis System, Whitelands, Vallens, thelakesidedrive, The Orchids, Tender Age, Resounding No, Meeks (broken little sister revisits their Beatles covers series), Lost Echoes, Hyperdream, The Twilight Sad, Hella Comet, Fringe, Flower Box, Dead Little […]
We're slowly catching up after the awesome craziness of Seagaze Festival. Apologies for not updating promotion on the artists we've been adding to New Tracks Weekend, as remote management allows us to keep on-air systems up to date, but the web interface, not so much. And we have so much to catch you up on! We've plugged in the best and brightest from New Zealand's Transistor (pictured above) that'll knock […]
There is no letup. Impressive new music is coming fast and furious. As the weather turns warm, so do the tones. The new Pia Fraus single/EP is near release via Seksound label, with contributions from scene luminaries like Airiel and Mahogany, and it's worth the wait. Following two electric performances on American network television, Tennis System dropped their new single early this morning, and it has all the volcanic energy you've […]
If shoegaze and dream pop were a market, we'd be "long" Tennis System. Why? What does this band do that others don't? Songs. Hooks, feelings, musicianship, surely, but the key is songwriting. Ultimately our Tennis System fandom lies in the fact that they write quality songs, then bathe them in fuzz and shimmer. But the songs come first, they're not an afterthought. This is key, in a genre that sometimes […]
Top 20 tracks for March (the week ending March 29th). Gives a snapshot of where we're at in the year, what releases WE'RE pushing, and what our listeners are responding to. Some tracks here have climbed up and down these charts in the last several weeks, so the rankings themselves are less important than landing on the chart itself. Three tracks have carried over from February to March, and held […]
March Madness indeed. We've spent many hours separating the wheat from the chaff, and we're finally ready to bring you the awesome. This weekend, we're "long" the new album Abyss from Pastel Ghost, and happy to introduce the proggy-gazey-trippadelic sounds of Ireland's Tuath. We tease with the newest sounds from Noir for Rachel, Tennis System and Foliage, and play at the edges of My Invisible Friend, Mannequins, Wild Meadows, Witness […]
