Singles of the Week (34//22)

1) Beach Vacation - All For Me

 

 New single from Seattle, Washington indie pop band...

Beach Vacation started out as a high school band that formed after playing together at a talent show. After getting international recognition while the band members were just 16-17, their first EP was released on CD's/Vinyls in the UK, Japan, and US. They are set to release their debut album "I Fell Apart" on November 13th through Slovakian label Z tapes 

 

(digital - Beach Vacation)

2) Lucid Express - Lime

 

 

 
News from Hong Kong dreampop / shoegaze band... 

Wang | Wai | Andy | Kim | Sky Lucid Express are five young dreamers creating a stunningly airy blend of shoegaze and indie pop amongst Hong Kong’s skyscrapers, mountains, and packed alleyways. 

Originally formed as Thud. Album Floret releases October 21, 2022 

 

(digital - Kanine)

3) Bummer Camp - Bummer Camp

 

 

 News from Queens, New York indie noise pop project Eli Frank... 

 

(EP / Minialbum - Bummer Camp)

4) sonhos tomam conta - borderline / dias perdidos 

 

 

News from São Paulo, Brazil dreampop 

Lua ela/dela (she/they) hi people!! 

i posted those two songs before on different compilations but wanted to remaster them and finish them better to post as a single 

released August 24, 2022 bass on dias perdidos by joão martins @Iazylife420

 

 

 
(digital - Longinus)

5) Phoxjaw - thesaddestsongever

 

 

 New single from Bristol, UK indie-rock band... 

Album notverynicecream releases November 11, 2022 

 

(digital, video - Hassle)
 

vinyl:
EPs:
digi single, video:
The Dreamtoday - Lemon Haze
Surf Rock Is Dead - Back and Forth
Warstories - Kerosene
M.U.T.T. - Another Saturday Night
april june - Biking to Your House
Cold Gawd - Gin
EKKSTACY - I Want to Die in your Arms
DEEP//FAKE - Be Me
Phantom Youth - Country Roads
Triangle Rain Club - High
Catch The Breeze - Embrace (feat. Camilla Florentz)
José González - Visions (Ela Minus Remix)
Pale Sketcher - I'm Your Possession
Uniforms - Nomofobia
Ruby Haunt - Glider
Nanashi - Vivienne Westwood

Singles of the Week (33//22)

1) Helens - Reverie

 

 New single from Portland, Oregon dreampop / shoegaze band... 

Second Single from upcoming album 'Somewhere In Nowhere' out 11/18. 

Vinyl preorder: budtapes.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-in-nowhere credits released August 15, 2022 

Recorded in Loveland, Colorado - October 2020 Produced, Engineered, Mixed, & Mastered by Corey Coffman Drums, Synth by Julian Boyd Bass, Vocals, Synth by Aspen Koch Guitar, Vocals, Synth by Jordan Portlock Additional Percussion by Corey Coffman Photography by Adrian Cadena Aspen, Jordan, Julian, & Zac write songs together then record them as voice memos then play them at shows then make nice recordings of them with friends then play more shows then do it all over again but not always in the same order.

 

 

 
(digital - Helens)

2) Strange Ranger - Demolished (Frost Children Remix)

 

 

 
News from New York alternative pop band... 

Frost Children remix "Demolished" from No Light in Heaven by Strange Ranger. Throughout the last decade, Strange Ranger have been crafting seamless indie music that feels both already classic and precisely of its time. From ‘Daymoon's strains of the Microphones by way of the Pacific Northwest-era indie scene to the dark elation and Cure-reminiscent stylings of ‘Remembering the Rockets’ they’ve become one of the rare standouts of a crop of bands that have managed to grow up with us. More than just a stopgap along that progression, the new mixtape entitled No Light In Heaven holds some of the band’s most experimental and ambitious work yet. Stitched together through a series of sessions at both a house in rural NY and Strange Ranger’s home studios in both Philadelphia and NYC (where Eiger and Woodman moved in 2021], the mixtape possesses something both abstract and astute; the product of a band in transition and a group of people making something effortlessly transcendental out of their new surroundings. With prior accolades from Pitchfork, the FADER, NPR, Uproxx, & more, Vice has heralded their music as “unpredictable and expansive, a thrilling document of a band with an ever-changing muse,” with “songs that are packed with hooks and an abundance of feeling” 

 more credits released August 16 2022

 

 
(digital - Fire Talk)

3) Die! Die! Die! - Smelter

 

 

 
News from Auckland, New Zealand noise-rock post-punk trio... 

 released August 19, 2022 

Recorded by Steven Marr at Roundhead and Earwig Studios Tāmaki makaurau 

 Aotearoa 2020/2021

 

 
(digital - Die! Die! Die!)

4) Meat Wave - What Would You Like Me To Do

 

 

 New single from Chicago, Illinois noise-rock punk band... 

 "What Would You Like Me To Do" by Meat Wave from their album Malign Hex out October 14, 2022 

 

(digital, video - Big Scary Monsters)

5) Goodbye Ranger - Memories and the Sky 

 

 

 Debut EP from US dreampop / shoegaze duo... 

Sway guitarist and producer Andrew Saks (Millia Pink and Green, This Was Tomorrow- Saint Marie Records) is joined by vocalist Gwendolyn forming a new guitar-based ethereal dream-pop project. A wonderful wash of textural guitar-work and blissful vocal harmonies that will surely delight fans of Sway, Slowdive, Windy and Carl, Yo La Tengo, Cocteau Twins, Auburn Lull, etc! credits releases August 19, 2022 goodbye ranger is andrew saks & gwendolyn all music & lyrics by goodbye ranger recorded at bliss_lab_phx produced by Andrew Saks

 

 
(EP - Sillas Famosas)
 

vinyl:
Other Helf / Negative Measures - split (7")
Girls In Synthesis - Watch With Mother​ / ​Dub With Mother (7")
The Wedding Present - Each Time You Open Your Eyes / That Would Only Happen In A Movie (7")
Nation Of Language - Androgynous (7")
EPs:
Moonpools - Damaged Goods /EP/
Stranded - We Are /cassette EP/
Gordi - Inhuman /EP/
Slam - Transcript /EP/
digi single, video:
Community Swimming Pool - all the time (feat. COOL HEAT)
Soft Pastels - California Circus
Soft Blue Shimmer - Prism of Feeling
EVNTYD - Hard On Us
CASTLEBEAT - Home
always other - neverknowsbest
Hot Mass - Lung Capacity
Iceage - Shake The Feeling
Loobs - Hour By Hour
These New South Whales - Bending at the Knee
Suburban Eyes - SoCal (Psycho)
Holy Fawn - Void of Light
Home View - Forever
Gilla Band - Backwash
Tiny Moving Parts - Demons Are Taking Over
Sparta - Mind over Matter
Lilac - Crystalline
Echoberyl - Silent Monster
Everdeen - Fairweather Friend
100% - No Cure For Love
Billy Idol - Cage

Singles of the Week (32//22)

1) Been Stellar - Been Stellar

 

 News from New York indie-rock band... 

Hailing from the suburbs of Detroit, the beaches of Los Angeles, and Brazil by way of Sydney, 

Nando Dale (guitar), Laila Wayans (drums), Sam Slocum (vocals), Nico Brunstein (bass) and Skyler St. Marks (guitar) 

have positioned themselves at the glimmering rotten center of tonight's rock and roll. Each member so distinctly themselves, it must be assumed that such a diverse and unlikely gang were drawn tight together in their first year of university by nothing short of serendipitous fortune and a shared, waggish sense of humor. 

 Release date: 12th August 2022 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - So Young)

2) WINGTIPS - Cross the Line

 

 

 New video from Chicago, Illinois synth / dreampop duo 

Cross the Line from album Cutting Room Floor (2021) Starring Jamie Nanni, and Vincent Segretario + Hannah Avalon (WINGTIPS) 

Filmed by Flynn Drew Edited by Tri Le Directed by Masalah Baskin Special thanks to PK's (Carbondale), Rainmaker Art Studio (Makanda), Plaza Records (Carbondale), and Evan Neuman of High Street. 

WINGTIPS: 

Vincent Segretario (vocals, production, keyboard), 

Hannah Avalon (writer) 

 

(video - Artoffact)

3) blood club - Surreal

 

 

 New video from Chicago dreampop / post-punk trio 

Surreal from EP Current Lust out 18/3/2022 

Directed & Written by LeMarc Cinematography by LeMarc 

Produced by LeMarc Edited by LeMarc

 

(video - blood club / Cruel)

4) Sunbeam Sound Machine - I Promise That I'll Try To Give You All My Love

 

 

 News from Melbourne, Australia psychedelic garage rock Nick Sowersby

'I Promise That I'll Try To Give You All My Love' is the first single from my new album 'Possum', out October 7 

Direction/Camera / Edit: Clancy Walker Wardrobe + Makeup: Lauren McClean Colourist: Daniel Stonehouse Colour by: Crayon 

 

(digital, video - Dot Dash / Remote Control)

5) Regulate - Why Can't We? 

 

 

 News from New York hardcore punk band... 

Off of their 12" LP "Regulate" on Flatspot Records out 30/9/2022 

Directed by: Sebastian Paba 

Produced by: Ricky Singh Director of Photography + Edited by: Manuel Casanova VHS by: Rita Pinto Special thanks to: Park Street Studios Music Produced + Engineered + Mixed + Mastered by: Jon Markson Photography: Rebecca Lader 

 

(digital, video - Flatspot)

 
vinyl:
EPs:
Token Of Devotion - First Skies Of August /EP/
Sinking - Some Piqued Interest /EP / minialbum/
Patole - Zítra už nebude nic /EP / minialbum/
Plastic - Hereditary /EP/
digi single, video:
Roomer - Dust (from 10" vinyl “Skice” out 2/9/2022)
Elevator Division - Summer Nights
Bathrobe - Unrequited
Russian Circles - Gnosis
The Vacant Lots - Thank You
Micra - 5th Room
Minimal Schlager - Rush
Gawjuss - I Feel Ill
Twin Drugs - World Fell Off
Terra Pines - Indoor Kid
TTSSFU - California
The Garden - Chainsaw the Door
To Be Gentle - An Ardent Light (Cornelius)
The Post-Everything Collective - Disillusion
No Age - Tripped Out Before Scott
The Big Pink - Rage
Alvvays - Easy On Your Own?
Cherished - Weekend Girlfriend / Enough Anymore
Grazer - In My Winter
High Vis - Trauma Bonds
Altered Images - Home
Keep Shelly in Athens - Fire
Four Tet - Mango Feedback
Roentgen Limiter - Todos Locos (Crazy Mix)

Singles of the Week (31//22)

1) Muted Color - Radial

  

News from Chicago, Illinois dreampop / shoegaze band... 

Available August 5th, 2022 via Fever Ltd.

 

 
(EP - Fever Ltd.)

2) artestella - December Never Ends

 

 

 Debut EP from Chicago, Illinois indie pop 

Giovanny Reyes artestella is an Alternative artist from Chicago. He began his musical journey with an interest in writing, and learning how to... Happiness is a feeling, therefore it cannot be sustained. I am no longer searching for that feeling. I am searching for peace. These are my realities. 

credits releases August 5, 2022 Written, and performed by Giovanny Reyes Recorded at Saint Cecilia Studios Production by Steven Lee Tracy Original Photograph by Madison Morse Artwork by Giovanny Reyes 

 

(EP - artestella)

3) Spite House - Dying Leaves

 

 

 
New single from Montreal, Québec post-hardcore band...

debut album out 26/8/2022 SPITE HOUSE is one of those bands born out of intuition. Vocalist Maxime Lajoie (guitar and vocals) cites the unexpected death of his mother as the spark to dig into his desire to sing for a band and ignite an old idea between former friend and schoolmate Marc Tremblay (drums). Shortly after, the two had fallen into a cohesive writing rhythm of tracks bearing influences such as Samiam, Jawbreaker and Seaweed with a modern flair. The band’s sonic trajectory was cemented with the inclusion of Nabil Ortega (bass), who also shared a mutual love for the band’s list of influences. The band has wasted no time. Since their inception they have hit the ground running and have been hungry to create. In February, the band released their “3 Song Promo” that caught mention and interest ranging from casual music fans to the ears of music journalists at places such as BrooklynVegan. What was heard on these promo tracks is reinforced on their upcoming LP, “Spite House”. The LP boasts 10 full post-hardcore tracks shaped by modern introspection and the curiosities of life. While this is Max Lajoie’s first time fronting a band, lyrically and vocally he delivers. Max’s wide vocal stylings offer listeners a glimpse into the emotions put into each line and driven home by the musicianship of the band as a unit. 

credits releases August 26, 2022 

Album credits: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Lajoie Produced by Spite House Artwork by Dominic St-Aubin 

 

(digital - New Morality Zine)

4) Ducks Ltd. - In Between Days (Feat. Jane Inc)

 

 

 New single from Toronto, Ontario jangle pop duo 

"In Between Days (Feat. Jane Inc)" is a cover by Ducks Ltd. 

from their series called The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, out on Carpark Records. released August 2, 2022 

 

(digital - Carpark)

5) Lifeguard - Crowd Can Talk 

 

 

 News from Chicago, Illinois noise punk rock trio... 

Chicago noise makers Lifeguard return with their Born Yesterday debut "Crowd Can Talk" EP. Emerging out of the young and exciting windy city DIY scene with the likes of Horsegirl, Post Office Winter, and Friko, Lifeguard have become a part of a cultural moment. The trio are going full pummel on these 4 tracks, crafted over many live performances and recorded over the course of 3 days at Electrical Audio. They waste no time jumping into the first track "New Age (I've got a)" which recalls the same unhinged energy that made early Dinosaur Jr so transcendent. Following track rides a similar path, blasting you with a full on head rushes of fuzz and twisting riffs. Track three slows things down into droned out post-hardcore territory, with churning apeggios and tension. The final track "Typecast" starts similar to preceding tracks but evolves into feedback drenched industrial mayhem à la This Heat. Though the members are all still in high school, they are on the forefront of a younger generation taking old music, understanding what made it great, applying it to their art and pushing it in the future. This isn't a nostalgia act, this is a band for now, distilling lessons learned from SST, Dischord and Sub Pop and channeling it into fury and anxiety for the modern world. - Joe Trainor 

credits released August 5, 2022 

Lifeguard is: Isaac Lowenstein - Drums, Percussion Kai Slater - Guitars, Vocals Asher Case - Bass, Vocals 

 

 
(cassette EP - Born Yesterday)

 
vinyl:
EPs:
Observer - Absence of Humanity /EP/
Ceilings - Double Vision /EP/
digi single, video:
Faye - Teeth
Hazel English - Hamilton
Kal Marks - Everybody Hertz
No Better - It's All Coming Down
Youth League - Part & Parcel
Welcome Strawberry - Harvest Apartments
Moonpools - Feel
Tamara - Western
Cruel Sister - Chihiro
Crystal♱Angel - Jänistin
Night Terrors - The Red Room
Loke Rahbek, Frederik Valentin and Croatian Amor - Beginners Mind
Winter - Atonement (ft. Hatchie)
The Dreamtoday - Grind
Spielbergs - The New Year's Resolution
Beta Máximo. - Todos Mis Amigos Son Subnormales
Makeout City - Drifting Away
City of Caterpillar - Decider
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Edge Of The Edge
The Killers - Boy
Clearfight - Save It (feat. Christian Fisher)
Unkenny Valleys - Crawl
Zetra - Float
Scale & Feather - A Name To Fear
Boris - My Name is Blank

Singles of the Week (30//22)

1) Lacing - Never

 

News from Chattanooga, Tennessee indie-rock / shoegaze band 

LACING is: Joe Davenport: Guitar, Vocals Jerry Reed: Drums Robert Parker: Guitar Joseph J Micolo 

 

 
(EP, minialbum / cassette - Candlepin)

2) Dreamback - Awake

 

 

 News from dreampop Jamie Duddy... 

Dreamback is the project of Staffordshire-based producer/musician Jamie Duddy. Drawing on influences including My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, Japanese Breakfast and Tame Impala; Dreamback combines lush, dreamy reverberation, fuzzy distortion and shimmering acoustic guitar. All music and lyrics written by Jamie Duddy. Recording and production by Jamie Duddy. Jamie Duddy: guitar, voice, bass, 

drums, noise. Laura Beth Duddy: vocal on

 

 
(EP - Dreamback)

3) Wince - Wince

 

 

 
News from San Jose, California emo / screamo / shoegaze band... 

released July 30, 2022

Wince = Bobby, Paul, Renee, and Ry Recorded by Jason Hallyburton at Underdoom! Studios. Big thanks to: Vivian for making the cover art Tristan Bastida for basslines on Cupcaking, and Sunlit also for co-writing Sunken Jason Hallyburton for basslines on Dogs, and Mikey Zamora for co-writing Sunlit 

 

(EP - Wince)

4) You, Nothing. - Call

 

 

 
New single from Verona, Italy dreampop / shoegaze band... 

You, Nothing. are: Gioia Podestà - Vocals / Guitar Federico Costanzi - Guitar / Backing Vocals Giulia Cinquetti - Bass Nicola Poiana - Drums 

credits released July 29, 2022 Mixed and mastered by Michele Zamboni Produced by Coypu Records | | Shore Dive Records 

* * Filmed by Sarah De Bolfo. Edited by Federico Costanzi. Shot in Verona, Bosco Buri and Parco dell'Adige. Music by You, Nothing. * "Call" mixed and mastered by Michele Zamboni. Recorded at Anna Guglielmini's Recording Studio. 

You, Nothing is a shoegaze/dream pop band formed in Verona (Italy) in September 2019. Their music mainly recalls the shoegaze scene of the early 90s, made up of reverberated and distorted sounds, vocals sometimes ethereal, sometimes punchier with the addition of post-punk rhythms. 

 

(digital, video - Coypu / Shore Dive)

5) Trementina - I Can Show You Wonders 

 

 

 New single from Valdivia, Chile shoegaze band 

Music by Trementina Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk Mix and video by patulecofilomeno 

 

(digital, video - Disco Intrépido)
 

vinyl:
EPs:
digi single, video:
Alan Fitzpatrick / Reset Robot - Lotus
Cryalot - Touch The Sun (EP 'Icarus' out 26 August 2022)
David Löhlein - Bad Bitch
CASTLEBEAT - Spill
CLAMM - Something New
Pole Star - Stasis
Guerilla Toss - Zum Herz
Brutus - Liar
Pianos Become The Teeth - Buckley
Hollywood Slasher - Cherry Burst
Vincent Christ - When Can I Be Good?
Slightest Clue - Just Fine
Loma Prieta - Sunlight
EKKSTACY - Wish i was Dead
Fucked Up - Strix
Preoccupations - Death of Melody
Dead Leaf Echo - Milk.Blue.Kisses
Dear Boy - Forever Sometimes
Indoor Voices - Hope & A Magical Life
No Sun - In My Heaven
Wild Pink - ILYSM
A Projection - Careless
Tallies - Memento
Grazer - I Want Control
Soot Sprite - Lazy
Leftfield - Pulse
David Löhlein - Bad Bitch
Two Door Cinema Club - Lucky
Barbora Cihak - Down