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 […]
Another Bandcamp Friday in the books, as it were, and so much new music to sift through. We've sorted through hundreds of emails and pitches, and we've settled on these artists to showcase this weekend... headliners include Drift, Hazel English, Gloomer (pictured above, photo credit: Darin Milliner), Letting Up Despite Great Faults, and Glassmanet. And that's just the front line, we've a much deeper bench: Medejin, flyingfish, Sadness, Tomates en […]
Multiple acts can rightly claim to "headliner" status on DKFM this weekend, and that's as it should be. This weekend we're celebrating some impressive new artists and sounds. First among equals is the debut from Surabaya, Indonesia's SHRINE (pictured above), whose introduction to these studios drew parallels from Airiel, Slowdive and This Will Destroy You. Yup, I think we can co-sign that. Sacred Limbo is out today on Bandcamp (and […]
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 […]
Another amazing week for new music, with two long-awaited albums released just this morning. WESTKUST released their second LP today, and Living Hour (pictured above) unleashed Softer Faces, their second full album of original material. And the two LPs couldn't be more different, but neither is less charming for the difference. Westkust remains focused on hummable tunes wrapped in distortion, while Living Hour appears to dismantle and reassemble the form, […]
While celebrating the release birthdays of Cranes, Cocteau Twins and Ride, as well as celebrating the birthday-birthday of Bilinda Butcher, we've managed to cobble together an excellent New Tracks Weekend for your enjoyment. Guests and star-turns included from Sky Between Leaves, We Melt Chocolate, Whimsical, This Blinding Light, Citrus Clouds, Berlina, True Widow (Ariel kept calling them "True Window" until we got her head right, true story), Lubec, Wild Meadows, […]
