Luna – “Dear Paulina”

I’ve been a committed Luna fan for about 30 years now, starting from the day I bought a copy of Bewitched during university at the Kitchener location of The Beat Goes On when I probably should have been studying instead of cruising the used CD bins of the Kitchener-Waterloo region. And, from those very first […]

Whitelands – “Setting Sun”

And the hits just keep coming, but not the good kind of hits – more the body blow sort. Proving that shoegazers disbanding isn’t a phenomenon restricted to Japan, one of the bright new lights of the shoegaze scene – London’s Whitelands – abruptly announced their dissolution yesterday, effective immediately. Beyond the band’s statement, there’s […]

The Voices of Tokyo Shoegazer

Cat-loving J-gaze godheads Tokyo Shoegazer have just released their fourth album Remains, and obviously believing that their name tells you everything you need to know, did not release a single video or preview of any kind. And since the whole thing is out now, you can just go and listen on the platform of your […]

Glazyhaze – “Do You?”

Venetian shoegazers Glazyhaze have returned with their first new song of the year, described as “a rock song with a pop heart, suspended between the warmth of the night and the quiet intimacy of early morning light”. The song arrived last week mostly without comment, so it’s not clear if it’s a one-off or the […]

deary – “Alfie”

When it rains, it pours, and the deluge of new singles in the last little while made it so that even an epic new track from deary didn’t even get a listen until this morning as I write this, fully five days after it was released. A tribute to guitarist Ben Easton’s dog – presumably […]

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 […]