Singles of the Week (48//24)

1) Paint - Gift Shop

News from Perth, Australia indie-rock / shoegaze / noise-pop band... 

Anya - Vocals 

Liam - Guitar 

Tom - Bass 

Jack - Drums 

All songs written and performed by Paint All songs recorded and by mixed Liam 

released November 29, 2024

   
(EP - Paint)

2) Novel Driver - Cliff Diving

News from Madrid, Spain indie-rock / shoegaze band... 

Written by: Juan Castellano Vázquez & Novel Driver 

Producer: Iago Lorenzo 

released November 27, 2024

(digital - Marco Martinez)

3) ADORER - Slowly

News from Sydney, Australia indie-rock / shoegaze band... 

Hailing from Sydney (Eora)

ADORER is a mesmerizing 4-piece shoegaze band that formed in 2022. 

released November 28, 2024

(digital - ADORER)

4) ASkySoBlack - You Sit Useless

News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post-hardcore / indie-rock / emo band... 

Written by ASkySoBlack who on this recording are: 

Drums: Alec Martin 

Guitar/Vocals: Jordan Shteif 

Bass: Norman Staley 

Guitar: Vaughn Cummings 

Engineered, Mixed, Mastered by Adam Cichoki at Timber Studios in the winter of 2023 Drawing on single art by Tea Fish Photo by Eric Easterday Edited by Jordan Shteif Logo by Cam 

released November 26, 2024

(digital - New Morality Zine)

5) The Men - Pony

News from Brooklyn garage rock / post-punk band... 

"Pony" is lifted from The Men's new album "Buyer Beware" released February 28th 2025 on Fuzz Club. 

single released November 27, 2024

(digital, video - Fuzz Club)

vinyl:
EPs:
Give My Remains to Broadway - This Party Sucks /EP/
The Moment of Nightfall & Tony Jay - Winter Dream /cassette EP/
The Disposed - The Disposed /EP/
digi single, video:
A Flock of Seagulls - Him
Stare Away - Table for Two
MeLLLo - Perfect Day
Amtrac - Pursuit
The Smashing Pumpkins - Who Goes There
The Cure - A Fragile Thing (RS24 Remix)
Fat White Family - Visions Of Pain (Tim Goldsworthy Remix)
Echoberyl - In My Flesh (Alter Version)
ENTRIES - Quit​ /​ Sage
Sex Mex - I Love Everyone
Bad Charm - Shorty
Shady Nasty - CAREDBRAH
Ice Planet - Up in Flames / Collapse
Dead Pioneers - My Spirit Animal Ate Your Spirit Animal
Ex-Vöid - Pinhead
вечный процесс - Мой мотылёк
Pale Blue Eyes - Pieces of You
Peaking Lights - Color In The Sky
Sunsick Daisy - Hideaway
Kestrels - Last Christmas
Bambara - Pray to Me
Total Tommy - Amsterdam
Yuragi - Oppressed
Staring Problem - The Void
Irk - Toothache In Prison

Singles of the Week (47//24)

1) LOWMOON - Cathedrals

 
News from Yorkshire dreampop / shoegaze bedroom pop project of musician Mikey Wilson. 

released November 22, 2024

(digital, video - LOWMOON / Safe Suburban Home)

2) screenager - Striker

News from New Jersey indie-pop band... 

Adri Maiella(vocals,guitar) 

Xander Haselmann(guitar,bass,keys)

Sam Martinez(drums) 

released November 18, 2024

(EP - Rose Garden)

3) The Haunted Youth - In My Head

 
News from Hasselt, Belgium dreampop / shoegaze project Joachim Liebens... 

Recorded at Mellowcat Studio, Ghent (BE) 

Composed, written and produced by Joachim Liebens 

Mixed by Joachim Liebens and Tobie Speleman 

Mastered by Jeffrey de Gans

 

released November 20, 2024

 

 

 
(digital - Mayway)

4) Okay Omen - Echoes of Loss

News from Milwaukee, Wisconsin indie-punk band... 

Okay Omen is: 

Chase Hoffman - Vocals

Mike Holloway - Guitar 

Josh Rardin - Bass, Back up vocals 

Bob Schaab - Drums 

releases  November 22, 2024

(EP, 12" vinyl - Okay Omen)

5) Lambrini Girls - Love

 

 

News from Brighton, UK noise-punk / indie-rock band... 

 

Who Let The Dogs Out is the debut album from Brighton based noise-punk duo Lambrini Girls. Released January 10 2025 and recorded with Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox with mixing by Seth Manchester (Mdou Moctar / Battles / Model/Actriz), Who Let The Dogs Out bottles everything wrong with the modern world and shakes it up. If peppering political songs with humour is like sticking a sparkler in some bread, then Who Let The Dogs Out is like a fireworks display in the factory itself: strange, dangerous, exciting. 

 

single releases November 19, 2024 

 

(digital, video - City Slang)

vinyl:
EPs:
Frozen Future - Hideaway /EP/
Waving Blue - See You At The Club /EP/
Dotzd - Empero /EP/
Dkandle - Under the Effect /EP/
Danja Uosh - Empty Place, Full Soul /EP/
digi single, video:
My Sister Maura - Immensely
Bleu Grave - Lightning Bolt
Girl and Her Bad Mood - Chani, I Believe / Pop Song
Death Goals - COVO
Dream, Ivory - Bullet Train
Diffident Daffodils - So Tired
Dusty Lucite - The Rate of Change of the Rate of Change
Ductape - Öl​ü​m G​ü​n​ü​m (feat. She Past Away)
Fright Years - Aftersun
Луговые Мари - О​л​а
Minuit Machine - Hold Me
Mesker - Not Myself
Batpiss - Summer Is Coming
Open Head - NY Frills
SKLOSS - The Pattern Speaks
HYLA - Stone
Yot Club - Too Far Gone (CASTLEBEAT Rework)
Neverless.am - Will I Ever?
Callière - Float (single & remix)
The Cataract Pools - Stranger Than Fiction
Rainsong - Tomorrow
Bluhm - Double Dream
Fat Dog - Peace Song
Forest - Are You Doing Better
Brutalligators - Get Better
The Pill - Woman Driver
Wull - In The Dawn
Wylderness - Big Idea
Winter Gardens - Search Party
Haermape - The Fake Show
Cochlear Kill - Exits
mercury - Swarm the Hive Mind
Glixen - Lick the Star
Nine Necks - Laid to Rest
Three Quarter Skies - Superwoman
Ela Minus - UPWARDS
Jet City Sports Club - Mini Skirt
Kim Wilde - Midnight Train
97jes - Carry me
XCVIII - Funny
DIIV - Raining On Your Pillow (Daniel Avery Remix)
Daneshevskaya - Scrooge
Joseph Ashworth - We Should Stay
Miami Horror - Lost Season (feat. RAC)
R. Missing - Heavens Lower (TOM and His Computer Remix)
SOM - Policy of Truth (Snakes of Russia Remix)
Mirage x Sarah Shields - Let It Shine

Singles of the Week (46//24)

1) Soft Set - Gone 

 

 

News from Toronto, Ontario indie-pop band... 

Soft Set is a songwriting and music collaboration between James Gray and Nathan Athay 

 

releases November 15, 2024 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - E5)

2) Beach Vacation - Let Go 

 

 

News from Seattle, Washington dreampop band... 

 

released November 15, 2024 

 

(EP - 16 Entertainment)

3) Echo Pines - Time Stands Still

 

 

News from Japan dreampop / shoegaze band... 

 

Turner: Lead Vocal & Acoustic Guitar 

Bennett: Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal 

Hayes: Drum & Percussion 

Reed: Synthesizer 

Moore: Lead Guitar 

 

Executive Producer: Jeon 

Artwork: Péter Gothár

 

"Time Stands Still" EP by Echo Pines captures a dreamlike exploration of cosmic and emotional themes through poetic lyrics and a sense of timelessness. Each track contributes uniquely to this ethereal journey! Through its evocative lyrics, the Time Stands Still EP takes listeners on an introspective and otherworldly experience, blending themes of love, time, and cosmic unity, making each track a distinct yet interconnected chapter of a larger ethereal narrative. 

 

released November 11, 2024 

 

(EP - Echo Pines)

4) Glazyhaze - What A Feeling

 

 

News from Venice, Italy shoegaze / dreampop band... 

 

"WHAT A FEELING" is the first tune from the band's highly anticipated second album, due out in spring 2025.  

 

released November 12, 2024

 

 

 
(digital - Glazyhaze)

5) Secret World - Guilt Is Good

 

 

News from Sydney, Australia hardcore / pop / punk band... 

 

Secret World is a group of friends from Sydney, Australia. With members who've played in bands like Speed, Trophy Eyes, and Downside, Secret World formed to scratch the itch for more melodic punk music. Their initial demo, released in 2023 on Last Ride Records, offered a taste of their heavy melodies and abrasive riffs and vocals. In 2024, Secret World is releasing their debut EP "Guilt Is Good" on Last Ride Records, with Sunday Drive Records in America. 

 

releases November 15, 2024 

 

(EP, 7" vinyl - Last Ride / Sunday Drive)
 

vinyl:
EPs:
Sue - Sue /EP/
Bathrobe - Scary Movies /EP/
blue diner. - Silhouettes /EP/
June Movement - New Mourning /EP/
OMD - Look At You Now /EP/
digi single, video:
You Could be a Cop - foreverness.
Bleach Lab - Drown
Bloom Effect - TKAA
něco něco - Všechno se rozpadá
Deathsport - Dance Hall Days
Lorelei - Dark Arches / 88
Kestrels - Sleepless
12th House Sun - Low
The First Child - I Beg for Peace of Mind
Parks, Squares & Alleys - By The Light (feat. Sololaki Space Station)
Club 8 - Something's Wrong In My Head
Sugar Soap - Talk
bdrmm - John on the Ceiling
Past Model - State
Ruby Moon - Entitled Lies
Rose City Band - Seeds of Light
The Laughing Chimes - High Beams
Decultivate - Já sám
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Detroit
The Jesus Lizard - Cost Of Living
Billy Vicente - Tipareth
Grundeis - Ignoring People
Tongues of Fire - I've Seen In
Silent Runners - The Weight You Carry
Mike Van Fabio - Love Of Yesterday
Nylon Union - The One
Fazerdaze - So Easy
Bodywash - Last Christmas
Bad Bloom - Subatomic

Singles of the Week (45//24)

1) EKKSTACY - Seventeen

 

News from Vancouver, British Columbia post-punk / synth-wave project (Khyree Zienty)... 

 

Shot and Edited by Ian Kline 

 

released November 8, 2024 

 

(digital, video - UnitedMasters LLC)

2) Phantom Youth - This Sacred Place

 

 

News from Munich, Germany dreampop / shoegaze project (William Evans)... 

 

released November 6, 2024 

 

(digital, video - Amuseio AB)

3) Vindeby - Kisses​ /​ Wishes 

 

 

 
News from Makati, Philippines dreampop / shoegaze project (Joshua Alicante)... 

 

released November 4, 2024

 

 

 

(digital - vindeby)

4) Burning Bones - Day Dreams 

 

 

News from Leeds, UK indie-rock / shogaze band... 

 

Daydreams marks a bold new chapter for Burning Bones, diving deep into fresh sounds, textures, and for the first time, vocals. This record weaves a seamless blend of Post-Rock, Post-Metal, Nu Jazz, and Progressive Rock, taking listeners on an expansive yet deeply personal journey. Inspired by the likes of Interpol, Turnover, and Oasis, Burning Bones maintains their roots while evolving, paying homage to Post-Rock pioneers like Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, and Mogwai. 

The EP features rich, layered soundscapes, shimmering guitar riffs, and dynamic drum patterns that shift effortlessly from serene melodies to powerful crescendos. The resulting sound is both familiar and refreshingly unique—an emotional rollercoaster that speaks to long-time Post-Rock fans and invites new listeners to explore the genre’s depths.

 

released November 8, 2024 

 

 

 
(EP - Burning Bones)

5) Palinopsia - Heavy

 

 

 
News from Toronto, Ontario shoegaze / grunge band... 

 

released November 5, 2024 

 

 

(digital - Palinopsia)
 

vinyl:
Umarells - One More Day (12")
EPs:
Blood Relations - The Hollow Tree /cassette EP/
Bliss - An Escape For Today /EP/
Girl Scout - Headache /EP/
Brain - An Unfinished Film /EP/
Haywire - For Better Or For Worse /EP/
Pet Shop Boys - New London boy / All the young dudes (Remixes) /EP/
digi single, video:
Meaningful Stone - Mikael
New Aesthetic - Up Away
Sea Shapes - I Can't Go Back
Social Order - Miss You
The KVB - Dead Of Night (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix)
Tides From Nebula - Rhino
Niis - Lovesick
Jawdropped - Star
Lunar Isles - Evergreen
Futureheaven - Tired Eyes
Sunder - I Guess I'll See You In The Movies (feat. Paradise Blossom)
Mannequin Flowers - Drunken Carousel
Heather Tenille - On The Inside
Bright Like Stars - Reeling
Touché Amoré - The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax
Rose Fatale - So Mature
Hyperdog - Not Cool
Fucked Up - The Refused Party Program
A Place To Bury Strangers - Don't Be Sorry
Red Torch - Jed / Ještěr
GEL - Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull
beabadoobee - Sorry
Ashen Ringlets - Cherry Colored Funk
Mondaze - Lines Of You
Diffident Daffodils - Will We Ever Unite / Alone Tonight
Dust - New High
The Velveteers - Suck The Cherry
100blumen - Die Kinder
Lucius - Take a Picture
Egoism - Melbourne
Rare DM - Skater Hits Me Harder
Colatura - Do You Miss Her
Palm Ghosts - Bright Note
Night Tapes - To Be Free
Peter Murphy & Boy George - Let The Flowers Grow
Elvish Lemonade - М​а​г​и​ч​е​с​к​о​е м​е​с​т​о
Vioflesh - Feel Fake
Dalphon - Perseverance
Simon Patterson - Apex (John Askew Remix)
HHunter - Go Get Your Lover

Singles of the Week (44//24)

1) deary - Aurelia

 

News from London, UK dreampop / shoegaze duo... 

Written and performed by Ben Easton & Rebecca 'Dottie' Cockram Produced by deary & Iggy B Co-production on ‘Aurelia’ by Alex Greaves & Matt Peel at The Nave Mixed by Iggy B Mastered by Simon Scott at SPS Mastering Drums & percussion on ‘Aurelia’ by Sammy Lynne, ‘Selene’, ‘The Drift’ and ‘Dream Of Me’ by Simon Scott Recorded between August 2023 – July 2024 at 4AD Studios, London; Bella Union Studios, Brighton; The Nave, Leeds; various London bedrooms Designed by Stuart Jones & Marc Jones Front cover photograph by Jacob McGarry Background photograph by Grace Easton 

 

releases November 1, 2024 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - Sonic Cathedral)

2) Airiel - Hide & Seek

 

News from Chicago, Illinois shoegaze / electronic / indie-rock duo... 

 

"Hide & Seek" explores the fleeting nature of young love, chasing moments of light and joy before they slip away. Frontman Jeremy Wrenn’s hazy, ethereal vocals soar above the swirling instrumentation, evoking a sense of longing, hope, and nostalgia. The band's signature mix of lush textures takes on new life here, as the song builds to an unexpected crescendo — a powerful taiko drum rhythm layered with the subtle elegance of a grand piano. This cinematic finale underscores the epic studio production that Airiel has crafted. Recorded and produced by Adam Stilson and Andrew Marrah at Palisade Studios in Chicago, IL. 

Performed by: Andrew Marrah & Jeremy Wrenn 

Lyrics by: Jeremy Wrenn 

Composition by: Andrew Marrah & Jeremy Wrenn 

Mixed/Mastered by Adam Stilson at Decade Music Studios. 

 

released October 29, 2024 

 

 
(digital - Feeltrip)

3) Prism Shores - Holding Pattern

 

 

News from Montreal, Québec indie-rock / shoegaze band... 

 

Video for "Holding Pattern", the lead single from Prism Shores new album "Out From Underneath" out January 17, 2025 on Meritorio Records. 

 

Prism Shores are Montreal janglers with one foot planted in ramshackle C86-indebted indie pop and the other in the shimmer of early English shoegaze. Their sound is reminiscent of perennial genre reference points (Sarah, Creation, Flying Nun) while leaving its own idiosyncratic stamp. 

 

Jack MacKenzie - guitars, bass, vocals, synths. 

Ben Goss - bass, guitars, vocals, synths. 

Luke Pound - drums, percussion, drum programming, guitars, vocals. 

Finn Dalbeth - guitars, vocals. 

 

single releases October 30, 2024 

 

 

(digital, video - Meritorio)

4) No Drama - Papershop / A City Within

 

 

News from Toulouse, France indie / punk band... 

 

Many thanks to all the record labels involved: Anything Bagel (US), Araki Records (FR), Brainwasher Records (DE), Bus Stop Press (FR), Hidden Bay Records (FR), Seitan's Hell Bike Punks (FR/ES), Stonehenge Records (FR), Wood of Heart (JP). 

 

No Drama is an indie/punk quartet from Toulouse, France, formed in 2022. After a year spent playing local shows (opening for bands such as Come, Spite House and Hotline TNT), the band released an eponymous debut EP on Nov 23 and subsequently toured in France and Spain. Their new release is due Nov 1st, and includes ‘Papershop’, a pop punk hit which deals with working in a stationery retail company full of annoying customers, and ‘A City Within’, a more contemplative track which imagines parallels between an old cemetery in Toulouse and housing in modern cities. 

 

releases November 1, 2024 

 

(digital, 7" vinyl - Hidden Bay)

5) Kassie Krut - Racing Man

 

 

News from New York experimental electronic trio... 

 

On Kassie Krut’s self-produced, self-titled debut EP, their approach is deceptively simple. With a constrained palette and a penchant for repetition, they find a world of opposing textures and timbres: electric and acoustic, synthetic and organic, smooth and frictive, terrestrial and celestial. Their scratch-made sounds melodize the hard-edged noise of daily life—car alarms, notification chimes, dial tones, feedback—setting it against stutter-step high hats, pots-and-pans percussion, and tensile bass tones that thrash around in the head like a rubber ball. Written and Produced by Kassie Krut Mixed By Matt Anderegg Mixing Additions by Andy Tyler Clarke Mastered by Ryan Schwabe Artwork and layout by Nicola Tirabasso 

 

EP releases December 6, 2024 

 

single  releases Ocrober  29, 2024

 

(digital, video - Fire Talk)
 

vinyl:
Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (12")
EPs:
In My Sleep - Static /EP/
dottie - Midheaven /EP/
Killmilky - If You Kill Milky Me /cassette EP/
Maze Hunters - Parts /cassette EP/
Monochromatic Visions - The World Went Wrong /EP/
Memory Strings - Static /EP/
Noche Miseria - Slasher /EP/
Hot Water Music / Quicksand - split /EP/
digi single, video:
Proud Dads - Greyscale
Veil Of Light - A Confession
WOAH - Turn Away
Wisp - I Remember How Your Hands Felt on Mine
Walter jr - Glare (feat. Paolo Damian)
Birgir Hansen - Hven​æ​r sem er​/​Gunnar Ben
Bedroom Eyes - The Drop / Canary Row (Starflyer 59)
Milledenials - ASMR
něco něco - Všechno se rozpadá
Blueboy - Deux
Midi Memory - Take the Life Out of Me
NRTHRN - Low
Unreqvited - The Starforge
Cigarettes for Breakfast - Numb the Pain
Beach Vacation - Slowly
Give My Remains to Broadway - I Know You Could (feat. Curtis Waters)
Coda Glow - Pins & Needles
Gloomhead - Possessor
Gouge Away - Newtau
Gus Baldwin & The Sketch - [She's Gone] Arigato
MyVeronica - Calf
Shady Baby - Held In
The Horrors - Trial By Fire
Delerium - InTheDeep (Clan of Xymox Remix )
We Were Blank - Summer Bones
Cherry Pick - doe-eyed
Other-ed - Abstract Heroes
Still Corners - The Creeps
Dummy - Dip In The Lake
Boxes Of Blow - Psychopath
Tycho - Devices
Grmln - Alpha II
Cloakroom - Unbelonging
Wishy - Planet Popstar
The Virginmarys - When The Lights Go Down
Tears For Fears - Say Goodbye To Mum & Dad
Mogwai - Lion Rumpus
MGNA Crrrta - American girls
Magdalena Bay - Image
Chris Element - Rise Up
Curses - Helium (Feat. Marie Davidson)
Ventolin - Když jedu z hub