Psychedelic gazers The Stargazer Lilies returned in 2022 with a new studio album three years after their outstanding 2019 release, Occabot. The album was recorded over those few years in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, in Austin, TX, and Central Florida. Cosmic Tidal Wave was one of my albums of the year and remains a firm favourite to this day. The band have teamed up with the good folks over […]
Last year I met an amazing new artist out of Tel Aviv, Israel, named Lital Hagayan. One year on and I’m proud to count her as a really good friend. I’ve played her previous singles ‘Eternity’ and ‘Like I Remember You’ on my Static Sounds Club radio show and feedback from the DKFM faithful was unanimous. Everyone wanted more. The great news is, after a turbulent year for Hagayan, she […]
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 […]
Hong Kong 'gazers Lucid Express first jumped into my consciousness with the release of their 2018 single ‘Ado’. At the time the band were known as Thud and aptly named they were, too. That single fairly knocked me for six. Fast forward to 2021 and the release of their debut, self-titled album. The album was a critical and commercial success, quickly selling out two variants of the album on vinyl. […]
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’m a huge post rock fan and can find myself wallowing in fifteen-minute-long instrumental tracks and loving every minute. What I really enjoy though is when post rock merges with other genres to create something new and exciting. This is exactly what UK-based producer/musician Jamie Duddy has achieved with his musical project Dreamback. You may remember hearing his DKFM debut on The Velvet Hum Goes to England a few weeks […]
Not exactly a secret: these are difficult days for all of us. Fans, bands, everyone is looking for some uplift right about now. Something to smile about, something to celebrate. We have an idea we've been working on. We've seen multiple platforms trying to do quality things for live performance video streaming. But there's always a stumbling block, one piece of the puzzle missing, to do a true "festival" type […]
Long-time rotation staple Leicester's Dayflower dropped their anticipated honeyspun LP last Friday, and it's full of dream pop gems. Subtle and tuneful, it's an engaging listen from end to end, especially if you've been following the preceding singles, as we have. "Daisy Age", "Big Blue", "Heart Shaped Tambourines", all display depth and and earnestness, executed with heart. Which brings us to the video premiere for a "refreshed" 2019 version of […]
Last Thursday, The Churchill Garden released their latest single, "Noise", featuring Krissy Vanderwoude of Whimsical. Andy Jossi's musical imprint has always been expansive and textured, rarely fitting in the traditional "radio" constraints. This time, The Churchill Garden has worked to maximize impact in a shorter time window, and the results are quite impressive. While we don't expect Andy to start cranking out four-minute chart hits, it's obvious he's mastered his […]
