Last weekend of 2024, so let's make it EPIC, shall we? We're celebrating new music from an impressive cast of talents this weekend, including Whirr, Ozean, Cold Morning Colors, luvoir, Airline, blue heron holy ghost, Glasstrees, copperplate, Sren, Honey Saxon, Euthymia, Longingsky, Kim Frasier, The Cataract Pools and more! It's not the largest roster of artists for a weekend, but these new tunes pack a punch, suitable for year-end celebration. […]
The Euro shoegaze scene has been slowly becoming dominant in my listening habits. In particular France has been featuring big. The latest band to drop into my inbox with their musical delights are the Bordeaux-based trio, Cosmopaark. The name is a contraction of cosmonaut and a nod to Gus Van Sant’s movie Paranoid Park, a film which has a nineties aesthetic. The nineties are a big touchpoint for the band […]
Back in August last year, Ireland's Virgins burst into our consciousness with their epic debut single ‘Vows’. It was an instant hit with me, the perfect blend of dreamy rock and head-on gaze. The band is formed around the main man Michael Smyth with David Sloan on guitar, James Foy on drums, Rebecca Dow on vocals and Brendy McCann of Hand Models on bass. Since the release of ‘Vows’, the […]
Slacker sludge sells this short. Happy Diving announced their debut for Topshelf Records, due 17 July as a 7" EP. And on evidence of the title track, it's pretty glorious. Shades of Ovlov and Dinosaur Jr. infuse this short shot of slacker aggro, and you're left wanting more. It also proves that San Francisco is producing a deep bench of quality bands looking for your attention. With strong production from […]
Plaintive lead lines played over crunchy power chords. Cavernous male/female tandem vocals. Carefully crafted soft/loud dynamics. Hints of heartbreak and loss. We first heard the debut single "Spin The Room" from Reverse at the end of April, plugged it into New Tracks Weekend, and it graduated to regular rotation only two weeks after. Texas' Reverse are making a BIG sound that transcends any "regional" tags. While some comparisons could be […]
We own the weekend. Mostly because we bring the beautiful noise you'll hear nowhere else. Our must-hear lineup this weekend is headlined by Youth In Bloom, Weird, The Yellow Traffic Light, Nothing, Cheatahs, Husk, The Citradels, 800Beloved, LoveLoveLove, The Ropes, Kairon; IRSE!, Hollowphonic, Dialogue from a Silent Film, Whirr, The Creases, plus we're going all in with the new Last Leaf Down album, and revisiting classics from Wry. Honestly, you […]
We first played Toronto's Iris late last year with the instrumental grinder "Antoinette". We caught up with them when the single "Ragdoll" premiered via Sounds Better With Reverb, and it was a breath of fresh air. We then heard the single "Fix Me" and fell over. Like the debut from Whirl (now Whirr) and Pity Sex before them, it was less of a band, or a sound, and more of […]
BOOM! We're packing in the new, unreleased, and just-released sounds you'll only find here. Start with a world premiere from Shallow. Add in pre-release textures from Night School, Blood Candy, Screen Vinyl Image, and Bloody Knives. Sprinkle in the newest colours from Whirr, La Casa al Mare, The Lees of Memory, Flvke, Engineers, Pink Frost, SHEER, Versus People and Lubec. Plus we'll keep pushing the newest releases from Hearsays, DIV […]
We've stuffed in a bunch of new, with a sprinkling of old. New music from Lowtide, Power Pyramid, The Bilinda Butchers, Whirr, The Raveonettes, Kindling, HYLA, and Blonde Tongues. Sprinkle in Bellavista, The Koniac Net, YUKI, Spiral Life, Miracle Falls, Plastic Girl in Closet, TYYNYT, UmbraSum and rayos y manchas. Press it all down, shake it up, pour over ice. Repeat, all weekend. 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific, and […]
