Blushing – “Dream Merchants”

Following the breakout success of their third album Sugarcoat, Austin shoegazers Blushing have gone back to their 2019 self-titled debut, given it a fresh remaster, and re-released it on fancy translucent blue vinyl with an A Place To Bury Strangers remix as a bonus track. “Dream Merchants” was one of three videos released from the […]

Hammer Head Shark -「園」

Following a fairly steady stream of EPs and singles over the past five years, Tokyo indie heroes Hammer Head Shark have announced details of their first proper full-length album. Out June 27, 27°C, comprises a dozen songs, half of which have been previously released though the “(27°C)” in the tracklisting implies they’re re-recorded versions of […]

Savages – “Flying To Berlin”

Spurred by recent solo activity by Savages drummer Fay Milton’s Goddess project and news of frontwoman Jehnny Beth’s upcoming solo record You Heartbreaker You (coming August 29), I’ve gone wandering through their back catalog and even though I was still well in the music media game when they came on the scene, I did not […]

Slowwves – “Anywhere Else”

While they tipped off a while ago that it was coming (via Instagram story showing the album information on a computer screen), Bangkok shoegazers Slowwves still caught me by surprise – pleasantly – by announcing that their debut full-length Perfect Evasion would be coming out digitally this Wednesday, June 4, with physical copies later in […]

The Floatings – “Lily”

Self-described “Tokyo Neo Gazer” outfit The Floatings were supposed to be releasing their debut full-length Flowering today, but last week announced that “Due to production circumstances, the release of our 1st Album “Flowering” will be postponed” to a date TBA. This was disappointing as the band had done quite a good job of building anticipation […]

Fazerdaze – “Motorway”

Barely a half year on from the release of her second album Soft Power, Amelia Murray – aka Fazerdaze – is already rolling out new music; quite a change from the years of silence following her first record, Morningside. The new song is “Motorway”, comes with a suitably vibey and grainy video, and she describes […]