Tag: SHOEGAZE
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Interview: Žarko Dragojević of Embassy 516
We’re thrilled to present an exclusive interview with Žarko Dragojević, the creative force behind Embassy 516. Today, we delve into the intricacies of their latest album, “Trans,” exploring the album’s concept, the art of songwriting, the enduring collaboration with graphic artist Igor Jurilj, and many more. Žarko provides us with unique insights into the creative…
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Glimmer Shares New Single “Buried” & B-Side “Daydream”
NY-based grungy shoegazers Glimmer release their new single “Buried” and b-side “Daydream” today. Recorded in Brooklyn with Jeff Berner and mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight, Anthony Green), the two tracks are available to stream now on Spotify and Bandcamp. Influenced in equal parts by modern acts like Nothing and Narrow Head and ’90s titans like Dinosaur Jr. and…
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Majesty Crush Reissued “Fan” EP On Numero Group
Majesty Crush’s pivotal 1992 EP, Fan broke shoegaze and dream pop into new territories, cementing the band on the forefront of Detroit’s rock scene and the burgeoning genre itself. Each of the tracks were varied and intimate. Today, for the first time ever, listeners can stream Fan in its entirety across digital platforms via The Numero Group. The release comes…
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Golden Hours – Golden Hours LP (Fuzz Club)
Golden Hours, a musical amalgamation of talents drawn from esteemed acts such as Gang Of Four, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Tricky, The Fuzztones, and The Third Sound, has unleashed a self-titled debut album that is nothing short of a contemporary rock magnum opus. Released on March 31st, 2023, through Fuzz Club Records, this record exemplifies…
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Drive Moya – The Great End CD (Noise Appeal Records)
Drive Moya‘s latest opus, “The Great End,” is a sonic expedition that transcends the confines of traditional genre classifications, delivering a luxurious collection of sounds that tastefully draws from the annals of alternative music history. Released in February 2024 on Noise Appeal Records, the album exemplifies their creativity and ability to fuse diverse influences with…
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Pranatricks – Cobras
“Cobras” is the latest single by Pranatricks, a Canadian artist based in Vancouver. It’s his first track this year and the sixth number in a row from the series of singles that started in 2023. After so many excellent songs like “Worlds,” “Birds And The Bees,” “Lights & Machines,” “Johnny Self,” and “Cor-Al,” Pranatricks walks…
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Dethcaps – Hide & Seek
“Hide & Seek” is the latest single by Dethcaps, a San Francisco-based trio. It’s their first single 2024 that serves as an adequate follow-up to “Candied Peaches,” “On The Run,” and “Nightstand,” three exceptional compositions released last year. Soundwise, Dethcaps combine many different but complementary music genres to depict such a rich and luxurious sonic…
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Hooveriii – Pointe LP (The Reverberation Appreciation Society)
Hooveriii‘s “Pointe” doesn’t just break genre barriers; it shatters them into a thousand mesmerizing pieces. Released on October 13 via The Reverberation Appreciation Society, this latest offering from the Los Angeles-based band is a sonic revelation that defies expectations and takes listeners on a journey through the far-reaching expanses of psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, garage…
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Kreajours – Hyacinth
“Hyacinth” is the latest single by Kreajours, an Orlando-based alternative rock artist. It’s the second single in 2024 and an adequate follow-up to “False Promises,” another excellent composition released this year. Lyrically, “Hyacinth” is a fictional tale of unrequited love between a young man and a prostitute. Perhaps the artist almost solely relies upon the…
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Broken Hearts Are Blue Released New Single & Video “The French Major”
Broken Hearts Are Blue released a brand new song and video from their newly announced album Meeting Themselves, out March 1st on Council Records. Originally established in late 1995, the one-time Kalamazoo, Michigan indie band Broken Hearts Are Blue regrouped in 2018 to release three previously unrecorded songs (Here Is Always Nowhere, Late Night, Walnut Street, Rustbelt Sunsets), plus a…
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Santa Claws – Grain Of Sand
“Grain Of Sand” is the latest single by Santa Claws, a French alternative rock trio. It’s their first song in 2024 and an adequate continuation of “Two Kings One Crown” and “She Turns,” two exceptional compositions these skillful musicians released last year. Also, it’s good to mention that “Grain Of Sand” is the second single…
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90s Detroit-Based Shoegaze / Dream Pop Vanguards Majesty Crush Announce “Butterflies Don’t Go Away” – A Career-Spanning Double LP Out March 29th Via The Numero Group
If you can deactivate the now-calcified preconceptions of ’90s nostalgia and push beyond the ear-perking noisy hooks that register at first as standard shoegaze moves, and get closer to the weird specifics and idiosyncratic details that live in all of their songs, it becomes easier to understand how Majesty Crush spent its existence on the perimeters of…
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