dream pop
News: New Mexican dreamers Tan Cologne announce new album and unveil the gorgeously evocative and ethereal track ‘Floating Gardens’.
Long time favourites of Backseat Mafia, Tan Cologne, have almost single handedly invented an entire new branch of essential dream pop/shoegaze emanating from the mystical deserts of New Mexico – a sort of desert-gaze dream pop that shimmers with all the beauty and alien mysteries of the vast desert skies. It’s been over two years …
Premiere: Soft Velvet Lounge Deliver Shimmering New Single ‘Blood’
For Soft Velvet Lounge, it really feels like this is the beginning of something. As they release their debut album Life Of The Party, they put focus on their new single ‘Blood’ and we’re lucky enough to be running the premiere! A strikingly impactful sound with a fresh edge but clearly a measured and experienced …
News: Melbourne’s shimmering Grazer unveil the floaty dreamy track ‘These Days (Pass Me By)’ with Lynchian flavours and an indelible melancholic sparkle, and announce album and launch dates.
Featuring a vibrantly snaking melodic bass line that would fit in Peter Hook’s repertoire and crystal sharp jangling guitars, the new single from Naarn/Melbourne duo Grazer (couple Mollie and Matt Grazer) is a gorgeous dreamy track that is aquatic and hypnotic. The distant almost dissociated layered vocals are like billowing clouds in the sky: transfixing …
Premiere: Melbourne’s BADGERS unveil an euphoric trippy psychedelic video for their new luscious single ‘Bad Dreams’.
Melbourne’s finest sonic architects BADGERS are back with another fine example of luscious shoegaze dream pop in their new single ‘Bad Dreams’, and we are honoured to premiere their new video for this rich and euphoric track. BADGERS (who we last met way back in 2020 with their brilliant single ‘Why Am I Your Only …
News: Sydney duo Micra announce EP ‘5th Room’ and unveil new single ‘Doesn’t Mean A Thing’ – a luscious dreamy dream pop reverie.
Ivana Kafedjiyska and Robbie Cain together are the Sydney-based duo Micra and they have just released a luscious and shimmering single ‘Doesn’t Mean A Thing’, awash with a shimmering dream pop coating and a languid, sensual air. Centred around Kafedjiyska’s ethereal vocals and a soft and billowing synth bed, ‘Doesn’t Mean A Thing’ has a classic pop …
Track: Brisbane’s An Heirloom bequeath to us their floaty dreamy ambient brilliance in new single ‘Return Flight’, and announce launch gig.
Remy Boccalatte must be one of the busiest creatives and entrepreneurs around. Not only does he run the tasteful boutique False Peak Records in Brisbane (with a stunning roster of bands both local and international including The Apparitions, Graywave, The Yugoslav Attack, David Rylands, We Set Sail, Spring Skier and Overland Inn) but he also plays in a number of very impressive local …
Track: The enigmatic and über cool Horsegirl release another brilliant single ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’ and announce more shows ahead of sell out dates in Europe.
Horsegirl are cooler than anyone on the planet at this moment in time and their slew of singles, thus far released, place this statement in bold and highlighted. We’ve already salivated over the louch fuzz of ‘World of Pots and Pans’ and ‘Anti-glory’. Now, in anticipation of their debut album ‘Versions of Modern Performance’ (out …
Premiere: Local The Neighbour unveils the radiant and charming video for the gorgeous dreamy pop track ‘Point The Guard’.
We are delighted to premiere the mesmerising new video for the track ‘Point The Guard’ from Melbourne-based artist Local the Neighbour (the work of Taiwanese/Australian artist David Quested). There’s a delightful ambulatory flow to the track which eases along inside the brain like sliding down a slippery slide, emitting golden rays of joy. With a …
Album Review: Mallrat’s ‘Butterfly Blue’ is a perfect collection of pure pop jewels, fused with indie rock and rap, that glitters and glows.
It’s hard to believe ‘Butterfly Blue’ (out through Dew Process) is Mallrat‘s debut album. She has graced us with two stunning EPs and a series of brilliant singles that have illustrated her perfect amalgam of feisty yet achingly beautiful tracks that seamlessly drift between pure pop, indie rock and rap (sometimes all within one song), …
Live Gallery: Sappho at the Vanguard, Sydney
Sappho dazzled Sydney with her swinging pearls and dancing girls.