Otsyuda – “As Above, So Below”

Toronto’s Otsyuda have been making a name for themselves both as one of the city’s promising new shoegaze/dreampop acts and as an international supergroup of sorts – their collective resume including Russia’s Blankenberge, Colombia’s Encarta 98 and TALES, and Canada’s Group Therapy. Following a couple of singles last year, the band have readied their debut […]

Kurayamisaka -『Summer Film』

Proving the dog days of Summer are a global phenomenon, Kurayamisaka released a new two-song single in『Summer Film』last week, followed by a video for the A-side today. In it, we see the band performing on the beach while a girl ditches work as an automotive mechanic to go enjoy the Japanese countryside with a girlfriend. […]

Tokyo Shoegazer -『The Reckoning』

A quick one to take you into the weekend. Tokyo Shoegazer have released a second video clip from Remains, and like the video for『Missing』, it’s a pretty straight performance clip of a banger of a song given a distinct visual aesthetic by trading the multiple exposure camera techniques for high-key lighting. Short and sweet.

Cephalo / Gloaming Point

A large part of Cephalo’s ascent in the ranks of Japanese shoegaze was the rate at which they released material, starting with their debut EP Wind Surfing School in mid-2024 and the full-length Fluorite Code at the end of that year. They followed it up with the Gloaming Point EP last November accompanied by a […]

DIIV / Boiled Alive

The album cycle for DIIV’s fourth album, 2024’s Frog In Boiling Water, kicked off with the viral soul-net.co infinite website/single in Fall 2023, while they were touring with Depeche Mode and carried on through 2025 before wrapping with the release of a live document of the album – Boiled Alive – which came out in […]