Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Orchin – “Dark” + “Wasting Time”
If you’re a fan of guitar-forward jangle-pop tracks with a relatively nocturnal vibe (Wild Nothing’s Nocturne accomplished that, apt title and all), then you’re really going to dig Orchin. The LA-based project...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Slowcoaching – “Night Fiction”
Melbourne-based Dean Valentino is Slowcoaching, a highly engaging music project whose new single “Night Fiction” explores “the isolating anxiety that can creep in from nowhere and the crippling search for fami...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Plastic Picnic – “Nausea in Paradise”
Although based out of Brooklyn, Plastic Picnic is comprised of four “Pacific Northwest transplants” who converge the West Coast’s enjoyably relaxed vibes with a shimmering post-punk touch reminiscent of Wild N...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
The Lightning Year – “Endless Memory”
The Lightning Year is the solo project of Crystal Palace-based musician Matt Bishop, who describes his alluring new track “Endless Memory” as “a brooding rumination on a one night stand that you can’t get out ...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Trails and Ways – “My Things”
We last heard from Trails and Ways back in 2012 with their track “Tereza“, a successfully quaint effort with post-punk rhythms and angelic vocals that led into a powerful chorus with impressive backing vocal use. Ne...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
3421 – “Not Coming Back”
3421 is a stimulating new electronic project from Haifa, the northern capital of Israel. Their new track “Not Coming Back” – premiering here – blends elements of atmospheric free-jazz electronica (especi...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Starar – “Ride”
Starar impressed a year ago with the gauzy shoegaze beauty “Talisman“, and the duo is back at it with the wonderfully mellow “Ride”, which evokes imagery of cruising through a desert just as the sun is s...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Junior Rocket Scientist – “Why”
Why by Junior Rocket Scientist Growing distortion and a bouncy bass line begin this tantalizing effort from Boise, Idaho-based Junior Rocket Scientist, immediately showing as excitingly likable with the vocal introduction 20 se...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Swimming Tapes – “Souvenirs”
With a keen ear for melody, London quintet Swimming Tapes have found dream-pop bliss on their single “Souvenirs”. Layered guitars that sound straight out of the ’90s shoegaze era (albeit with a lot less fuzz) ...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Sister Wanzala – “Bleach”
“Bleach” from alternative trio Sister Wanzala succeeds in merging the group’s seemingly disparate musical influences. The brothers who make up the Bradford, UK outfit cite everyone from Steely Dan to D’A...
