EP: GLIDDEEE – KINETIC FLAW
Kinetic Flaw marks the beginning of GLIDDEEE’s musical journey, a four-piece post-hardcore group coming straight
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Album: Plummet – No Offering
No Offering is the debut record by Plummet, an Oakland-based group that finds intensity through minimalism, dynamics, and duration.
Single: Beach Vacation – Time Alone
Beach Vacation has been around long enough that their sound feels fully formed, but they’ve
Single: CAUCUS – Kids
Coming straight from Tokyo, the shoegaze/indie pop five-piece leaves a subtle but lasting impression that handles simplicity with care.
Singles: Silverface Twin – Fix Your Hearts Or Die/Hazelgaze
Two new singles from the Phoenix-based band blend shoegaze and punk to shape a sound that shifts between distance and immediacy without losing cohesion.
Double Single: Here Pig – Retract / Swallowed
The latest double single by Detroit project Here Pig embraces a lo-fi, DIY approach that gives both tracks a raw, lived-in, and intimate edge.
Single: GULU GULU – Visszaváró
Drawing influences from groups like My Bloody Valentine, Whirr, and Title Fight, Visszaváró is the latest release by Hungarian shoegaze band GULU GULU.
Single: No Floor – Loop
Seattle’s underground continues to push shoegaze into heavier, more textured territory, and No Floor are right in the middle of it.
Single: Gambling With Dogs – Fragments
I have always been drawn to the UK music scene, home to many of my
EP: Wandour – Echoterrium
With immersive layers and cassette-like textures, Wandour’s new EP finds strength in atmosphere, nostalgia, and detail.
Single: Lucille Two – What’s In My Mind
Australian dream pop duo channels heartbreak as a gradual awakening with grungy undertones
EP: Year After Year – Across All We Know
Kyoto indie band channels Midwest emo and the final credits of a film you weren’t ready to end
EP: Louisa Bénâtre & Barbara Bessac – Two Heavy Hearts
Two Heavy Hearts is the upcoming EP by Louisa Bénâtre & Barbara Bessac, and I
EP: bloc bloc bloc – inspirational
New wave shimmer and post-punk urgency on “inspirational” feel like dancing through the pain, where groove and melancholy coexist.
Single: Paper Sister – Dreamy
The title defines the song: Glassy, liquid textures with a gentle blur around the edges make Paper Sister’s new single sing.
EP: Midnight Granger – Maybe, Perhaps
Proof that some of the most compelling music still comes from one person, alone, figuring things out in the dark.
Single: No Floor – Helm
On the new single, Seattle’s No Floor doesn’t just try to make something heavy, but something felt.
Single: Beach Vacation – Quietly Drowning
“Quietly Drowning” is the kind of song that surrounds you, soft and luminous, until you realize you don’t want to leave.
EP: Minuit Phosphène – Les enfants fous brillent dans le noir
Ethereal, pulsing, and impossible to ignore.
Single: Wolfschmidt – File
Some tracks impress you, some tracks comfort you, but this one stayed with me.