#dreampop

Alexandra Riorden Reflects Noir Pop Transcendence with Premiere of "Dirty Mirror"

It doesn’t come in a specific shape or form and it happens differently for everyone. Santa Barbara-based noir pop artist Alexandra Riorden knows this, and harnesses her own experience with darkness and healing in her new single “Dirty Mirror.” The...

Sara Barron

My Life as Ali Thomas Let Their Sound Wander Through Peppermint Town

“I totally didn’t think the band would get this far, and now I have to explain it and I feel kind of silly explaining it,” says ‘Pie’ Kanyapak Wuttara, vocalist in dreampop trio My Life As Ali Thomas. She’s referring to the name of the band; to create the powerful storytelling they do both...

Eleanor Forrest

Winter Infuses Synthy Dreampop with Magic and Wonder on Third LP

Her latest album, Endless Space (Between You and I), is full of the same infectious...

Annie White

Avery Leigh's Night Palace Pairs Opera and Dream Pop on Debut Single

Avery Leigh’s Night Palace gives us that on “Into the Wake, Mystified,” a lushly arranged meditation on the “gossamer thread that...

Sara Barron

INTERVIEWWax Idols Redefine Their Happy Ending With New LP

all photos by Kristin Cofer For Hether Fortune of Wax Idols, there’s no such thing as a fairy tale ending. There’s simply life – the bleakest aspects of which have often become fodder for her musical output – and death, the finality of which she’s come to theorize may be the sweetest release. On...

Lindsey Rhoades

TRACK PREMIERECaveofswordS "Lately"

CaveofswordS is a dreampop project based out of St. Louis, led by vocalist Sunyatta McDermott. They released their lead single, "Lately" today, off of their forthcoming album, Sigils due out on 3/10. Dark and atmospheric, McDermott's vocals are simultaneously breathy and soaring, accompanying an...

Marianne White