Suburbia had its moment a few years ago, at least when you look back at the shape of the North American rock scene (limiting, but it was still a thing). Exclamation-pointed by Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, this interest in the communities outside major cities was also propelled by acts like Real Estate, Ducktails and Titus…
Bits and pieces from this, CUZ ME PAIN project White Wear’s debut album, have been popping up over the last few months. Yet the final product, Black Strings, has been only available in stores in Japan since its release. Now, though, White Wear has uploaded the whole thing to SoundCloud so everyone can enjoy the…
Soft As Snow But Warm Inside continues to avoid falling for the predictable trap laid out in their name – on new EP Asymmetry, they continue to not sound anything like My Bloody Valentine. Unless you count the fact the duo keep their vocals relatively low in the mix (and even that is a stretch),…
Yep, still loving this song. Tokyo’s Shiggy Jr. have just released a video to go along with the City-Pop-inspired “Saturday Night To Sunday Morning,” and it puts a bit of a childlike twist on what sounded like a night-on-the-town jam. They set it at…a slumber party! Chorus still soars.
In Your Galaxie presents an interesting test for shoegaze-leaning outfit Head On The Sofa – can the reverb-loving music they make remain strong for an entire album? Up until now, they’ve only released EPs, often clocking out after five songs. It felt like just the right amount of time for Head On The Sofa, who…