shoegaze
Album Review: Introducing Meanjin/Brisbane’s DIAL, Their Self-Titled Debut EP and Upcoming Show!
Meanjin/Brisbane-based band DIAL, comprising Elijah, Matt, Bobby, and Taylor, along with former member Hugh who contributed to the debut album, has made a compelling entrance into the world with their self-titled EP. Bonding over a shared love for bands like The Verve, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Replacements, DIAL’s influences are discernible throughout …
Premiere: Italy’s Kodaclips ‘Fall Apart’ in the most elegant manner with a glorious single ahead of album release.
We are very honoured to premiere the new track ‘Fall Apart’ from Italian group Kodaclips: a burning intense track that has a shoegaze haze and a powerful drive. Very much part of the Italogaze movement, Kodaclips have a history of producing the most mesmerising material, and the new single continues with their upwards trajectory. The …
News: Dream Phases switch off on ‘Turn Away’; new album Phantom Idol out today
Los Angeles quartet Dream Phases spent the guts of the past two years at work on the follow-up to late 2021’s second album New Distractions, and that time bears fruit today with the release of its successor. To coincide with the record’s release, they’ve shared a video for ‘Turn Away’, a song about being overwhelmed …
Meet: If Einsturzende Neubauten was the backing band for The Shangri-Las – we have a chat with Jim Reid from The Jesus and Mary Chain about the music, sobriety and offending Scarlett Johansson.
The Jesus and Mary Chain are about to embark on a tour of Australia as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, and I caught up via Zoom with singer Jim Reid. The question I have always pondered was how the iconic album ‘Psycho Candy’ came into existence with its bizarre marriage of sonic chaos and …
Track: Aotearoa’s brilliant T.G.Shand unveils ‘Scenes’ of pure joy as she continue her upwards trajectory accompanied by a ground breaking digital visualiser.
T.G. Shand, the nom de plume for Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, continues to stun with her brilliant output – transcendent dreamy pop with a shoegaze edge. Her new single ‘Scenes’ with a stunning accompanying visualiser continues her upward trajectory – a shimmering curtain of light emanating from the South Island of the land of the …
Premiere: lutruwita/Tasmanian band Dvrkworld unleash the powerfully intense shoegaze blitz of ‘Bonnie’ ahead of EP release.
I was hugely impressed when I saw Launceston band Dvrkworld earlier this year playing on the lawns of the iconic Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) in Hobart, and it is therefore a mighty honour indeed to be able to premiere their new single ‘Bonnie’, and bring you an exclusive look at the accompanying …
Track: It’s a ‘brand new day’ – Aotearoan artist Lucian Rice unveils gorgeous new dreamy single.
‘brand new day’, the new single from Aotearoa/New Zealand-born and based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Lucian Rice is a gorgeous, luscious track that positively shimmers with colours and textures. It features a wash of thick sound, underpinned by a shoegaze blush and delivered with a dream pop lustre, filled with a sense of yearning and …
Album Review: the black watch take us on an enticing sonic excursion through their ‘Weird Rooms’.
LA band the black watch are a veritable institution. Their albums have a sparkle and a sense of yearning that permeates every note and every song is a stadium filling anthem suffuse with melody and atmosphere. Lead singer and songwriter, John Andrew Fredrick, a songwriter and a writer (his fifth novel came out this September …
Track: There’s a shimmering space to ‘Breathe’ as the magnificent RINSE announces new ‘Starfish’ EP.
The sun always shines brighter, even on a cold winter’s day in the deep south, when Naarm/Melbourne-based shoegaze dream popster RINSE releases another single. And the radiance is altogether brighter with the news that it will be part of a new EP entitled ‘Starfish’, out through Cohort Records on 20 June 2024. RINSE is of …
Track: T.G. Shand’s new single ‘Cheese’ takes a delicious, immersive, darker turn with its crystalline guitars and ominous drive.
T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label) and she returns with her first single of 2024, the shimmering ‘Cheese’. There is a more muscular drive to the new single – a dark majestic pop element that results …