shoegaze
News: Cherry Red Release Definitive CD Boxset Of Shoegaze Legends Chapterhouse
With the ever-increasing number of Gen Zs, discovering new music through Social Media platforms like Tik Tok, the timing perhaps could not be better for a definitive box set on shoegaze legends, Chapterhouse. Spotify has already seen an increase inthe interest in luminaries such as My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive and Swervedriver on the platform, …
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Dark Mofo Festival, Enola/RVG at The Hanging Garden, Hobart, 18.06.2023
naarm/Melbourne bands, ENOLA and RVG played their sets for Dark Mofo 2023 at In The Hanging Garden, an open air venue which sits between two of Dark Mofo’s other sites, The Odeon and Altar. This was the first time, surprisingly, that I had shot at this venue, and was surprised at how good it was …
Premiere: ‘No Meaning Man’ – Primo Italo shoegaze maestros We Melt Chocolate cook up a dreamy psychedelic video for the sonic thunderstorm single, with a new album on the way.
Straight out of Florence, We Melt Chocolate are an integral part of the highly impressive Italian psych/shoegaze scene and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive look at the video for their thundering new single ‘No Meaning Man’. ‘No Meaning Man’ is shoegaze dream pop heaven: a hazy fugue of guitars, …
News: The legendary Slowdive announce new album ‘everything is alive’ and unveil the glorious first single ‘kisses’ on eve of antipodean tour
In very exciting news, today, Slowdive announced their new album, everything is alive, coming out Friday, 1 September on Dead Oceans, and unveiled the video for the gorgeous lead single, ‘kisses’. This comes ahead of the band’s headline Australia and New Zealand tour which kicks off in July — tickets on sale here. The announcement also comes ahead of the band’s first-ever Glastonbury performance this weekend, …
Premiere: Sydney’s Grids & Dots unveil the luscious, evocative video for the dream pop delight that is the appealing ‘Pink Plaster Walls’. A New EP is also on the way.
We are overjoyed to bring you an exclusive look at the new video for the dreamy evocative track ‘Pink Plaster Walls’ from Sydney’s Grids & Dots. ‘Pink Plaster Walls’ is a heavenly slice of dream pop: unfurling across a bright blue sky with its iridescent glow and gentle, warm disposition. The distant, almost observational, delivery …
Premiere: Brisbane’s SGO search for ‘Pieces of You’ with their usual dreamy, mesmerising delivery, all coated in sparkle and regret.
We are extremely honoured to exclusively unveil the new single ‘Pieces of You’ from Brisbane’s dream pop exponents, SGO. Formerly known as Syrup Go On, we are massive fans of this ethereal band who have an inordinate ability to mary melody and euphoria in their music, creating vast cinematic vistas in the process. ‘Pieces Of …
Live Review plus Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival, Trentemøller, MAC 02 Centre, Hobart, 18.06.2023
Last night, Anders Trentemøller and his full band played the last night of the musical part of the Dark Mofo Festival in the vast cold cavern that is the MAC 02 hall. A performance so immersive and cathartic it made the venue feel like an intimate cavern, and heated up the interior like a solar …
Premiere: Italian neo-psych band Bluedaze unveils a little shoegaze sparkle with ‘Flesh’ ahead of EP release.
We are honoured to give you an exclusive look at the video for the new track ‘Flesh’ from Italian neo-psych band Bluedaze, title track to their new EP due out on 30 June 2023. The track a thoroughly enjoyable blast of shimmering sounds that ebbs and flows, mixing a heady onslaught of guitars with quieter …
Premiere: Anatomy Class are back in session with blistering new single ‘Wrong Side’.
We are inordinately honoured to premiere the new single ‘Wrong Side’ from class act Anatomy Class. It feels like eons since we last heard the exquisite jingle jangle guitars and sky scraping melodies from this Melbourne outfit – although it’s only been a year – and it is pleasurable indeed to report they are back …
Track: Hobart resident Tahi unveils the dream pop fugue of ‘Hartnett’: a luscious pop anthem with a melancholic golden thread.
We are very pleased to have come across Tahi – a new artist originally from Sydney but now based in Hobart – who has released a gorgeous ethereal track ‘Hartnett’. Channeling a cross between Alvvays, Wolf Alice, Fazerdaze and a touch of Hatchie, ‘Harnett’ is a jangling jewel with a rousing chorus and a burnished …