#Shoegaze

Dream Pop Duo Sungaze Honor Human Connection on Sophomore LP This Dream

The Cincinnati duo – comprised of husband and wife Ian Hilvert and Ivory Snow – combine cinematic swirls of shoegaze, psychedelic rock and dream pop on their new 8-song offering, released on Friday....

Victoria Moorwood

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

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

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

PLAYING DETROITShady Groves Release Dreamy New Singles Ahead of Hiatus

Shady Groves - the culmination of Detroit songwriters Adam Fitzgerald, Dylan Caron, Jeff Yateman, Jamie Dulin, Colt Caron, and Sage Denam - recently released two singles from their upcoming record, Dreamboat, and both are worthy predecessors for an album with a title that hints at serenity. “Quiet...

Sara Barron

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

MORNING AFTERHot Cakes With Bloom Waves

There are three ways Bloom Waves’ Ren Julius Reyes saved me before we even met, with the first involving the doldrums of being stuck in Brooklyn during SXSW. It’s not that I even have designs on Texas, it’s just that being stuck in a gray, slushie hellhole during Indie Kid Spring Break is rough...

Mary Grace Garis

EP REVIEWPhosphene "Breaker"

A phosphene is the experience of seeing light when none has actually entered your eyes; it's where the phrase "seeing stars" comes from, and common causes include rubbing your eyes or being hit in the head.

Emily Daly

BAND OF THE MONTHA Place Both Wonderful And Strange

Sorry For Your Loss, the debut album of the 'occult electronic dance music' duo A Place Both Wonderful And Strange, is like an eerie journey into a dark forest; it's terrifying, yet beautiful, and you can only arrowope you'll make it out alive. This duality in Niabi Aquena and Russ Marshalek's...

Emily Daly

BAND OF THE MONTHThe Harrow

With a name inspired by a Kafka story, it makes sense The Harrow would be well-spoken. Yet even with the bar set high the mysterious Brooklyn coldwave/post-punk band impressed with their bewitchingly intelligent interview. The Harrow is Vanessa Irena (vocals, synth, programming), Frank Deserto...

Sophie Saint Thomas

VIDEO OF THE WEEKThe Bulls "Come Unwound"

Happy day after Thanksgiving. Let's fade away from sweaters and forced family relations and return to head-in-the-blogosphere normalcy with a viewing of Los Angeles duo The Bulls "Come Unwound." Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll is a cliché for a reason, the trio go together like turkey, stuffing, with...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ALBUM REVIEWStagnant Pools “Geist”

The name of Stagnant Pools' new record, Geist, implies a phantom or spiritual figure and the music definitely channels a kind of ghostly misery. You’ll hear a bit of Joy Division, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, with an undercurrent of emo. It’s a familiar dream that doesn’t always work – sometimes there’s too much going on to feel much and sometimes there’s just nothing to feel - but it's great for any creative mind.

Alexandra Freeman