#Dream Pop

Dream Pop Trio Dianas Let Elegant Harmonies Shine on Third LP Little Glimmer

Cat Woods

Darity Restores Hope for 2021 with "Everything"

” The dreampop ballad seems to speak directly to the anxieties of 2020 while offering a soothing optimism...

Victoria Moorwood

Samantha Tieger Illuminates the Power of Human Connection with Premiere of "You Light Me Up"

“I really have this strong desire to connect with other people, whether it's through language or music,” the Cincinnati-born, now Nashville-based singer professes. She marries these two passions on her debut...

Cillea Houghton

PREMIERELauren Lakis Spreads Optimism With "We'll Be Fine" Video

Shoegaze/dream-pop artist Lauren Lakis originally wrote her latest single, "We'll Be Fine," about an imagined future breakup with someone she was dating at the time. "I was just trying to convey that no matter what happens between us, we'll still be friends and it's all good because there's so much...

Annie White

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PREMIERECate Von Csoke Celebrates Beauty and Danger With "Dream Around"

With COVID-19 on the mind, it's imagery that might conjure up thoughts of Mad Max or Cormac McCarthy's The Road. But when Australian-native, Brooklyn-based songwriter Cate Von Csoke wrote her...

Ashley Prillaman

PLAYING SEATTLETomo Nakayama Finds Rebirth in Dream Pop with "Melonday"

For more than a decade, songwriter Tomo Nakayama has been a staple of the Seattle music scene—first as leader of the eight-piece chamber pop group Grand Hallway, and more recently as a solo artist known for his tender and nuanced indie folk. But, after a prolonged period of feeling uninspired over...

Alexa Peters

San Mei Premieres Dreamy Title Track from Cry EP

For Emily Hamilton, an Australian singer-songwriter from Gold Coast who releases music under the name San Mei, that journey has...

Lindsey Rhoades

PLAYING ATLANTApassword:password Discuss New Singles and Dream Pop Vibes

We've really got it all here in Atlanta: rock 'n roll, pop, R and B, soul, and - with the resurgence of the indie scene - some of the best shoegaze-y dream pop a music lover could want. Atlanta-based, Georgia Tech-born quintet password:password is at the helm of the movement. Fronted by lead singer...

Luci Turner

LIVE REVIEWDead Leaf Echo @ Knitting Factory

There is no doubt about it – Brooklyn band Dead Leaf Echo’s brand new LP Beyond Desire is a fabulous stew of shoegaze, ’77 punk, pedals and reverb. Released late last week by PaperCup Music, the band’s sophomore album is expertly produced and mixed, resulting in a sonic meal you can really chew on....

Madison Bloom

ALBUM REVIEWAlvvays, Antisocialites

If Alvvays’ eponymous first record articulated a quintessentially modern fear of commitment, then newly released follow-up Antisocialites captures the next logical step, which is an ambivalence about it. The Toronto band gained momentum in 2014 with their self-titled debut, a nine-song batch of...

Mandy Brownholtz

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PLAYING DETROITValley Hush Bid Summer Farewell With "Goodbye, Sweet Mango"

The last time we heard from indie pop duo Valley Hush, they had just released a melty, celestial self-titled debut LP that explored ambition, passion and the art of getting out of your own way. This time around, singer Lianna Vanicelli and producer Alex Kaye explore longing and loss with a soaring...

Jerilyn Jordan

TRACK PREMIEREElisa "Awake"

Brooklyn-based songstress, Elisa, is releasing the third track, "Awake", off of her self-produced EP Morning Again (also available to stream today!). The emotional underpinnings of Morning Again are anchored in her self-described visceral reaction to a fomenting culture of violence taking place in...

Marianne White