Tugboat Captain have a lengthy new album called Everybody Seems To Think That I’m A Raincloud that captures a lackadaisical attitude and is filled with a golden melancholy. If only we all had the spunk of the band’s tambourine player. Continue reading
Tag: dream pop
“Later Days” is the latest single from Glances, acknowledging that time is whizzing past us faster than we can anticipate, but we must remember to appreciate each moment. Glances have a new album out now, I feel very close to you right now, where you can hear “SEM,” “Later Days,” and a whole slew of other calming tunes. Pick it up on Bandcamp today. Source: SoundCloud / glances Continue reading
The other day YouTube inexplicably shuffled me to this classic gem of a music video, “Carried Away” by Canary. The beauty of jumping rope is its consistent jagged rhythm, one that makes for wonderful DIY choreography. If you haven’t seen it before, enjoy; you can listen/buy Canary’s debut LP on Bandcamp. Continue reading
Loosen up and brush your shoulders off. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
I had the pleasure of catching Samira Winter’s ambient-drone set at Echo Park Rising back in August, which just adds to her brilliance. Her latest single is another brilliant testament to shoegaze. Continue reading
Entering the World of Oddnesse
Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Oddnesse is the duo of Rebeca Arango and Grey Goon (aka Doug Walters). Arango describes their songs as co-written, though the project came about after she had been working on some song ideas on her own and needed help with production. Like many music endeavors sprouted in LA, their introduction was happenstance but the music cemented the connection. Their debut … Continue reading Entering the World of Oddnesse
Sunny guitars bloom magnificently. Source: SoundCloud / Headclouds Continue reading
New bouncing dreampop from Irish producer Sal Dulu. His beats can go all night, be sure to check out his two previous singles on his Soundcloud. Source: SoundCloud / Sal Dulu Continue reading
Chicago’s new dreampop band Bunny gears up to release a six-track EP, including this longing tune. It will be called Sucker and will arrive sometime later this year; check out their previous single, “Not Even You.” Source: SoundCloud / Bunny Continue reading
‘Hemm’ is a reference to gender neutrality, both as a cross of the words ‘him’ and ‘her,’ and also as a derivative of the Swedish gender neutral pronoun ‘hen.’ For a band whose name has many layers of meaning, their single “Dearest Friend” is alarmingly straightforward: it was written as an ode to the people that are most special in our lives. <a href=“http://hemm.bandcamp.com/track/dearest-friend”>Dearest Friend … Continue reading
Sawdust & Gin 