The Cure / Acoustic Hits

The Cure have no shortage of greatest hits compilations, but 2001’s Greatest Hits was probably the most comprehensive, what with the band not really having anything you could call a hit after it came out – none of Bloodflowers, The Cure, or 4:13 Dream really tore up the charts. First pressings of Greatest Hits came […]

Deary – “Selene”

Deary have been canny enough about the timing of their new releases that I don’t think, “oh I just posted them a couple weeks ago” – it’s been over a month since they unveiled their last new single “The Moth” so I’m totally fine with shining the spotlight on the follow up, “Selene”. Of the […]

Moon In June – “Slowdive”

Tokyo’s Moon In June may have been born into shoegaze – their 2020 EP 海鳴り doesn’t spare the reverb, distortion, or glide guitar – but they’ve grown through 2022’s extended player Evergreen towards last year’s debut full-length ロ​マ​ン​と​水​色​の​街 (“Romance and Soft Blue City”) to reside in a neighbourhood where power pop and dreampop intersect, and […]

Lesssugär / Internet Teenage Lover

I’ve covered shoegaze and dreampop from more than a few Asian locales, but so far nothing from Thailand – let’s fix that! Lesssugär is a four-piece who released their debut mini-album Internet Teenage Lover last year, and as introductions go, it’s an impressive one. They hew more towards the dreampop end of things, favouring cleaner […]

Alvvays – “Adult Diversion”

Like many/most who were immediately taken with Alvvays’ dreamy indie-pop from the get-go, I’d prefer not to be reminded that that self-titled debut album came out a full decade ago this week. Especially since I’d been following the band for a full year and half before then, since first seeing the soon-to-be hometown heroes back […]

Shojoskip – “Glory Of The Snow”

Another act spoken of in hushed tones when speaking of Japanese shoegaze is Shojoskip, though until recently following up on their praise has been a bit tough. The co-ed outfit formed in 2007 and while streaming services have long had their two 2008 releases – Sweet Days and Her Last Kiss, their split album with […]