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Every once in a while – looks to be about an annual tradition – I’ll remember that I love I Break Horses, and wonder if they’ve been up to anything. I do this mostly by checking their socials and, at the very least, seek out proof of life. There’s been little to report since 2020’s […]
Following the breakout success of their third album Sugarcoat, Austin shoegazers Blushing have gone back to their 2019 self-titled debut, given it a fresh remaster, and re-released it on fancy translucent blue vinyl with an A Place To Bury Strangers remix as a bonus track. “Dream Merchants” was one of three videos released from the […]
When my listening habits first swung towards Japan, Plastic Girl In Closet from Iwate prefecture was in heavy rotation, in particular their 2014 album Eye Cue Rew See, though I favoured the 2022 remake of that record because… I don’t really know, actually. Advertised as “re-edited, re-recorded, and re-mixed”, presumably it’s better produced and better […]
Following a fairly steady stream of EPs and singles over the past five years, Tokyo indie heroes Hammer Head Shark have announced details of their first proper full-length album. Out June 27, 27°C, comprises a dozen songs, half of which have been previously released though the “(27°C)” in the tracklisting implies they’re re-recorded versions of […]
While they tipped off a while ago that it was coming (via Instagram story showing the album information on a computer screen), Bangkok shoegazers Slowwves still caught me by surprise – pleasantly – by announcing that their debut full-length Perfect Evasion would be coming out digitally this Wednesday, June 4, with physical copies later in […]
Self-described “Tokyo Neo Gazer” outfit The Floatings were supposed to be releasing their debut full-length Flowering today, but last week announced that “Due to production circumstances, the release of our 1st Album “Flowering” will be postponed” to a date TBA. This was disappointing as the band had done quite a good job of building anticipation […]
Aside from a live track and a couple of remixes, London’s deary have been relatively quiet on the release front through 2025 so far. Sure, their second EP Aurelia only came out last November, but they were releasing preview tracks from it throughout the Summer starting in June… so I guess this means they’re actually […]
Pretty much no one described themselves as shoegaze in the early 2000s, so fans looking for their hazy, reverberated music fix had to look for more subtle hints as to like-minded souls… like including gorgeous Ride covers on your albums. That’s how I found California-then-Seattle’s Trespassers William, built around the duo of Anna-Lynne Williams and […]
Athenian shoegazers Sugar For The Pill will drop their second full-length Luv next Friday, and last week they offered up their third preview of the record with the soaring “Cherry Blossom” and corresponding, architecturally-inspired video. Said the band of the song and visuals: This song explores that tender instant when something ends, yet a new […]
The day the Next Music From Toyko lineup is announced is kind of like Christmas for me… at least since I started attending last year. So yeah, not that long, but considering that the traveling mini-festival is the only way I’ll get to see any of Japan’s indie rock scene live short of flying over […]
