shoegaze
Album Review: Ummagma – Compass
Any preconception about Ummagma being easily slotted into a dream/pop shoegaze label was put on notice with the release of their single ‘Caravan’ earlier this year and has certainly been dispelled for good with their new album ‘Compass’ being released on 26 July. Opening track, ‘Rolling’ has the wide-eyed exuberance of anything released by Pharrel …
Album Review: Hatchie – Keepsake
Hatchie’s debut album is remarkable: a mature, perfectly crafted pop masterpiece that, while drawing in a range of shimmering dream pop influences, is peerless and unique.
Album Review: syrup, go on – Last Light
The delightfully named syrup, go on have already caught our attention with their sparkling debut single ‘Don’t Go (Riding Down the Cosmic Drain)’ and they have just released their debut album ‘Last Light’. And it’s fantastic. Syrup, go on have developed without doubt one of the most creative sounds around under the loose veil of …
News: The Dandy Warhols announce 25th Anniversary Tour Downunder
Legendary if not slightly wild and mercurial, psych-pop funsters, The Dandy Warhols, have announced a tour of Australia to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Live, the Dandies can always be relied on to produce wild, exuberant shows and they have an extraordinarily good back catalog to explore, with gems such as Bohemian Like You, Every Day …
Album Review – Froth ‘Duress’
Froth is a band from Los Angeles consisting of Joo-Joo Ashworth (guitar), Jeremy Katz (bass) and Cameron Allen (drums). Together, they’ve explored a range of sounds shoegaze, psychedelia and post-punk over several albums, a steady regimen of East LA house shows, downtown DIY gigs and support tours with alternative rock icons Interpol and Ride soon. After a …
See: Seablite release new video for There Were Only Shadows
Ahead of their debut album Grass Stains and Novocaines, out via Emotional Response on June 6th, Bay Area shoegazers Seablite have released a new video for the track ‘There were only Shadows’. The four piece, made up of three girls and one boy, have a real DIY aesthetic that wears its heart proudly on its …
Album Review: Japan Suicide – Ki
A year and a half after the release of their magnificent album ‘Sante Sangré’, Italy’s goth maestros Japan Suicide are back with ‘Ki’, a masterful and complex album that further evolves Japan Suicide’s glorious oeuvre. Single ‘Mishima’ is inspired by the Japanese writer’s second novel ‘Confessions of a Mask’. According to the band, “The book …
Track: Local Authority – Oil Rigs
Dripping with an early The Cure vibe but infused with a Ride-like wall of harmony and jangling guitars, the new single from Brisbane’s Local Authority, ‘Oil Rigs’, is an absolute delight. With a cold, clinical spine, the sound is leavened by the layered vocals that are haunting – distantly floating in a dream-like reverie. Apparently …
EP/Track: Fragile Animals – Only Shallow
South East Queensland’s Fragile Animals have recently released their new EP, ‘Only Shallow’ and it is an absolute shimmering delight. Infused with a dream-like melancholia and an antithetical summer sheen, this band has all the genetic makeup of classic shoegaze, but has evolved this into their own unique style. There is a developing sound from …
Track: Dead Slow Hoot – An Island Keen To Float
You should never skim through music judging it’s first 30 seconds alone. Let “An Island Keen To Float” be a cautionary lesson for both listeners and writers, myself included. The latest single from Sheffield quartet Dead Slow Hoot may seem to be going down a meandering, C30 style path of earnest presentation and emotive content. …