It's a Bandcamp Friday, AND multiple album contenders for AOTY all dropped today. That's a bunch to juggle, innit? First and foremost, the Drop Nineteens reunion LP Hard Light unlocked today, and we've been singing its praises all week. That's headline enough, but there are three contenders hot on heels: Crystal Canyon (pictured above) have been producing quality material for years now, but Stars and Distant Light shows them reaching […]
New weekend, and a great haul of new and compelling sounds on offer, fresh to us, fresh to you. Headliners this weekend include Newmoon (brilliant new song, premiered on Drowned in a Sea of Sound), april june (just unleashed a slew of new tracks via Nettwerk), Crystal Canyon, beach novels, Bright Arc (pictured above), skeever, ENDLESS, skymender, Wings of Desire, and The Veldt. But that barely scratches the surface: we're […]
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 […]
This albums chart is specific: rated first by number of album tracks graduating to long-term rotation, second by total spins. And there's a methodology to that madness: many crucial albums unleashed in the latter half of the year. Those LPs, solid as they may be, would suffer under a "total spins" criteria, because there was less of a year to spin them in. This specific chart helps level the playing […]
Eighty tracks in all, sorted and rotation weighted for airplay. And it's not even a Bandcamp Friday. Our headliners should be obvious: both album covers display above. Cosmicdust's TACHYON is a brilliant return of near twenty-year veterans of the Japanese shoegaze scene, and they've ripped the rule book and rewritten it. Somwhere between Swirlies and MBV, this album is a perfect sweet spot between the most excellent output of both […]
A raft of fresh sounds so large, we got delayed just sorting through all the tunes! New album releases to celebrate: Stella Diana, Caroline Loveglow, and Deserta (pictured above) all unlocked this weekend, and we'll treat your ears. We're also hyped about the freshest releases from The Veldt and Ammonia Wash (both of which saw world premieres on our air this week!), as well as the debut EP from Reaching […]
The third hour of this month's DreamGaze Worldwide virtual festival has something for every taste. Magic moments are brought to bear from Newmoon, The Veldt, Tears Run Rings, Eternal Something, Daniel Land, Resplandor, and Soon She Said. It's almost all the entertainment you'll ever need. Except for hours one and two, and four through eight. But, sincerely, dare you not to be charmed by this hour's sonic sparkle. DreamGaze Worldwide […]
Well of course we're late. What with cross-country travel, several epic shows, and yesterday's rollout of our new billboard (inorite?), we're getting things done. Just a tad slower than usual. We're still behind on submissions and some new music, but catching up. This weekend, we celebrate the release of the new album from Gingerlys, which has layers of charm and sparkle. We're pushing the new Day Wave cover of Interpol, […]
Today we're treated to a new track from Montréal's The City Gates. We'd grabbed hold of the EP's first single, "Checkpoint Charlie" as soon as we'd stumbled upon it. Only seconds in, you're treated to an airy, expansive, classic feel. Alternately melodic and abrasive, "Checkpoint Charlie" was a reminder that amazing music is being made right now, that appreciates the genre without simply aping it. These qualities are brought into […]
