Kurayamisaka / kurayamisaka tte, doko? #6「くらやみざかより愛を込めてツアー」(kawasaki CLUB CITTA’)

I thought maybe something was lost in translation when I saw the title of Kurayamisaka’s sneak-released first live album kurayamisaka tte, doko? #6「くらやみざかより愛を込めてツアー」(kawasaki CLUB CITTA’), which dropped this morning with just a day’s advance warning. But no, the whole proper title of the release is as provided and translates to Kurayamisaka tte, doko? #6 ‘With […]

Glixen – “Unwind”

Arizona’s Glixen had a pretty big 2025, touring extensively around North America and hopping across the Atlantic for European dates in the Fall, and are not losing any momentum this year with an all-star tour of new American shoegaze bands, co-headlining with Trauma Ray and an undercard of Her New Knife and Knifeplay (I foresee […]

Velocity Girl – “Sorry Again” @ The Black Cat, Washington D.C. – September 2023

Velocity Girl continued their slow and steady reunion today with their second archival release, an expanded and remastered version of their 1994 album ¡Simpatico!. Unlike the 2024 reissue of their debut Copacetic which was gussied up enough to earn the title UltraCopacetic, the new release only gets the Remastered and Expanded parenthetically and comes with […]

Good Day Father – “Sonic Amadea”

If it wasn’t clear, the timing of Monday’s post wasn’t random as yesterday marked the official first release of Good Day Father, a new project from Catherine Wheel guitarist Brian Futter featuring vocals from Belly frontwoman Tanya Donelly. So not quite “Judy Staring At The Sun” part two, but certainly very adjacent. “Sonic Amadea” is […]