From Busan, With Love: Say Sue Me’s ‘The Last Thing Left’
Whether Say Sue Me are surf-rock, shoegaze, or dream-pop, none of these categories seem to matter when listening to the delightful The Last Thing Left.
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Ferri-Chrome’s Dazzling Azure: Japanese Twee/Shoegaze Is Just Muscular Enough
Ferri-Chrome mixes Japanese shoegaze and twee-pop into a focused and eminently listenable homage to 1990s Lush on Dazzling Azure.
Shoegaze’s Whimsical Improves After 10-Year Hiatus with ‘Melt’
Whimsical’s Melt strikes a pleasing balance between droning Slowdive wash and a more kinetic Lush vitality – while also unafraid to slow things down.
Spiritualized Harness Their Sonic Power on ‘Everything Was Beautiful’
Spiritualized harness their power on Everything Was Beautiful. Filling the album to the brim with instruments, they find new space in old sounds.
Andy Bell’s Solo Career Just Keeps Getting Better with ‘Flicker’
Andy Bell’s Flicker is the sound of a musician known primarily in shoegaze/Britpop circles who decided to make a singer-songwriter album, and it’s smashing.
Big Vic’s Auspicious Debut Finds a Bleary Sweet Spot Between Grunge, Shoegaze, and Emo
Grungy shoegazers Big Vic wade through a fog of guitar noise in search of clarity on their debut album, Girl, Buried.
Deafheaven Put Aside Metal and Embrace Melody on ‘Infinite Granite’
Deafheaven’s Infinite Granite is a very successful shoegaze-inspired alt-rock record with a great sense of dynamics and some really catchy songs.
Reb Fountain’s Alternative Folk Mesmerizes on “Lacuna”
New Zealand indie folk artist Reb Fountain concocts a mesmerizing new song with “Lacuna”.
Swedish Dream-Poppers ViVii Deliver a “Smackdown”
Swedish pop trio ViVii play the dreamiest of dream pop with pristine melodies, gossamer harmonies, and enthralling textures.
Keen Dreams Create Majestic, Timeless Noise on ‘The Second Body’
On their debut, The Second Body, New Orleans’ Keen Dreams lean into a 1980s aesthetic while still sounding fresh, vibrant, and forward-thinking.
Gaadge Hit All the Right Notes on Excellent Debut ‘Yeah?’
Gaadge’s debut LP Yeah? is the sound of a new Pittsburgh. This version of the “Paris of Appalachia” is more cosmopolitan, more contemporary but still reserves a kind of understated magic behind its Fort Pitt-like cement walls
Stockholm’s Holy Ship Find a Trippy “Rabbit Hole”
For their second single, “Rabbit Hole”, Holy Ship up the psychedelic quotient considerably.