sundayclub – “Bannatyne”

Two bands does not a scene make, but one can’t help notice that Winnipeg has produced two new acts that are staking their claim in the new Canadian shoegaze/dreampop acts to watch. Winnipeg’s Living Hour has been getting international attention for their new record Internal Drone Infinity, and labelmate duo sundayclub has just put out […]

Cephalo -「ヴェイパーロード」

Tokyo’s Cephalo are still relative newcomers, but they’ve been very fast with making a name for themselves. Their debut EP Wind Surfing School made waves in the Japanese shoegaze pond on its release last May, and their debut full-length Fluorite Code affirmed their excellence when it followed in December. And in 2025, they’ve somehow managed […]

Glazyhaze – “Romeo”

Venice’s Glazyhaze have had themselves a pretty great year. After rolling out a string of great singles that led into the release of their also great second album SONIC in May, they’ve spent the Fall touring it around Europe. What do you do for an encore? Well, you drop one more song from the SONIC […]

burrrn – “Shut My Eyes”

A lot of current Japanese shoegaze exists within its own distinct realm of domestic influences, incorporating enough J-pop, City Pop, emo, etc into its DNA that if someone were to enter the scene with only first-generation western artists as a reference point, they might reasonably not understand why it’s in the same conversation. For those […]

Hatchie – “Only One Laughing”

Hatchie is back with album number three this week, and provided a second sneak preview of Liquorice a few weeks ago with “Only One Laughing”. Like “Lose It Again”, which dropped in September with the album details, it finds Harriette Pilbeam very much playing to her strengths with some breezy Cocteaus-meets-Sundays jangle-pop. Says Pillbeam of […]

Iterations: The Cure – “Lullaby”

A little research revealed that The Cure’s “Lullaby”, off of 1989’s Disintegration, is considered by many to be the band’s spookiest – or most Hallowe’enie – track. Not what I would have expected, but considering I’ve already posted the other usual suspects – “Burn” and “A Forest” – we’ll go with this for today’s holiday […]

Alison’s Halo – “So Far Away”

American shoegazer OGs Alison’s Halo have been back in action since 2009, but have limited their activities to touring and meticulously mining their archives, though moving at a pace that would make Kevin Shields tap his toes impatiently. Consider their Kickstarter to remix, master, and enhance five Eyedazzler-era tracks for release – it was started […]