Moon Museum deliver another slab of psychedelic-tinged dreampop on their new single Contraptions. Ryan Joseph takes over on vocals and his voice glides seamlessly between the guitars and synths. It’s a lovely track that manages to take the listener off … Continue reading Moon Museum – Contraptions
Is it really two years since we last heard from Saint Petersburg based Blankenberge? Thankfully they are back with a bang with their new single No Sense that takes the basic shoegaze template adding all sorts of wonderful noises including … Continue reading Blankenberge – No Sense
Tonight Matthew we are going to be My Bloody Valentine said Stomp Talk Modstone never but, somewhere in an alternative reality, I am pretty sure it must have happened based on the evidence provided via their new single My Birth. Given the band has slowly established their own identity over the course of their excellent singles to date I am not sure there is any need to produce a track that is like for like MBV. Yes, it’s a great track but, at the end of the day, there is nothing new here and not just for me either I … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – My Birth
I am not going to mention anything about vampires as it’s been done to death on the internet already with regards to the sparkling new single from the Lund based No Suits In Miami. It’s the most non-dreampop dreampop single … Continue reading No Suits In Miami – Buffy
After a few days away unwell I have some catching up to do – and so do you! Here is another handy sampler. Here is the Playlist: And here are the individual tracks/info: The Laundromat Chicks – Catch It Taken … Continue reading The Post “Tom Dick” Ten Track Sampler
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Another mix of shoegaze, dreampop and indiepop for your listening pleasure culled from tracks released in the last month or so and some beyond. As ever enjoy! Full Tracklisting: Lemondaze – io The Reds, Pinks & Purples – No One … Continue reading Records I Like Mix May 2021
I got tagged in a post on Twitter the other week. I could not see the actual post I was tagged in (I hope it was complimentary) but the post that started the thread was from someone who wrote that … Continue reading Ten Track Sampler
Celestial Bodies is the debut EP from London based Lemondaze. I have enjoyed their two tracks to date and one, Art Form, appears here. Whilst shoegaze is the core behind their sound there are plenty of references to 1990’s noise … Continue reading Lemondaze – Celestial Bodies
I did have to chuckle yesterday. Further to my Spotlight Kid post where I wrote that “there isn’t scope for variation when it comes to the traditional shoegazing sound” Ben over at Did Not Chart covered the new compilation from … Continue reading The Earth Earth – Peel Slowly & See
I haven’t heard Spotlight Kid sounding this much like an early Ride in ages. They manage to send my ears hurtling back over thirty years in time via the title track of their new VRHN EP. I could say it … Continue reading Spotlight Kid – VRHN EP
