My Bloody Valentine – “You Made Me Realise”

I’ll probably be just about landing at home in Toronto when this post goes live, but still it seems appropriate to close out this trip with a nod to Ireland’s greatest ‘gazers, My Bloody Valentine, though the country’s claim on the band is not necessarily the strongest. Though they were formed in Dublin, only drummer […]

Just Mustard – “Seven”

Carrying on with the “hey I’m in Dublin” series: Just Mustard announced their return to action a couple months ago but haven’t yet revealed exactly what that return entails, at least with regards to new recordings. So while we wait, let’s go back to November 2019, when they released the single “Seven”. Because of its […]

Cephalo -「ルート225」

It has been exciting to see Tokyo’s Cephalo taking last year’s Fluorite Code international, though only to nearby nations like Thailand and Taiwan, so far. It’s interesting to see the band working that record while frontwoman Fuki also handles promotion for 混乱するアパタイト, the debut album from her other project, the more pop-oriented duo iVy. Also […]

Ride – “Taste”

I’m in London this week to catch a show by Ride’s Andy Bell’s side-project which has been dug out of mothballs after many years. No, not that one. Or that one. In any case, being abroad will keep posting brief for the duration, but I am reminded that I’ve never posted – or even seen […]

TTSSFU – “Studio 54”

Manchester’s Tamsin Stephens records and releases music as TTSSFU and while some might complain that it doesn’t fit the classic benchmarks of what gets called dreampop or post-punk, I challenge anyone to come up with better reductive pigeonholes for her hazy, angst-tinged, reverb-drenched bedroom pop. For the record, she accepts the labels gladly: For those […]

NEWMOON – “Eternal Fall”

The Belgian quintent may take their name from the Elliott Smith album, but their sonic cues comes from the billowing echoes of the Slowdive-inspired branches of the shoegaze family tree. It’s no coincidence that Simon Scott mastered their third album, 2024’s Temporary Light; one can imagine listening to the record’s chiming guitars and drifting vocals […]