Andy Jossi is never one to do a thing halfway. His sonic sculptures rival his visual work in depth and intensity, as rich visuals often match sumptuous sonic swells. Sure, we may have occasionally chided about near-epic-length songs, but The Churchhill Garden is his project: he writes the sonic structure, he decorates with swirls and filigree, and he allows each creation to unfold at its own pace, never sacrificing until […]
It's not really supposed to happen this way. By the time the third single from a forthcoming album drops, you can often expect an attendant drop in quality. This is not that, in fact, far from it. We, like the rest of the shoegaze-loving world, have been waiting for the February 18th release of Blushing's Possessions LP on Kanine Records. The first two singles were understandably a cut above, reaching […]
It’s been a year since their stunning debut album Death of a Very Good Machine and Eep are back with their sophomore release Winter Skin. Bands tend to place a bit more time between albums but with a global pandemic stopping live shows and a band full of creative minds there’s no stopping Eep. The debut album predominately featured the lush vocals of Rosie Varela. This time the band have […]
Formed in 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, re:lapse is a supergroup of sorts. Finding each other, and sharing their talents at the most fortuitous moment, well, that's just serendipity. We're grateful to Marky Anderson for the interview, re:lapse for agreeing to a translated interview (where language barriers can unintentionally obscure intention), Matthew and Ayumi for facilitating the interview and managing the translation. We're thrilled to have this opportunity. –Ed. Marky Anderson: […]
Krissy VanderWoude got the opportunity to sit down and chat with the cast of Film School (some of them, anyway) about the creative process, tour planning during the COVID era, the addition of new cast members (and much more) for her 18 August 2021 transmission of Drowned in a Sea of Sound. While that interview was pared down to a bite-sized seven minutes, this extended cut provides a much wider […]
There are anomalies, there are outliers, and there's Älägator. A Finn-inspired quintet that was born in Edinburgh, U.K. (currently residing in NYC), specializing in a sort of slowcore dream pop that takes you to the outer reaches of imagination. While the instrumentation is tightly and deftly controlled, it belies a certain fragility, in that it feels like it can fall apart at any moment. If you're looking for comparisons, keep […]
No, not "Lemmy", that's Motörhead. "Lemony". It's like a fresh lemon tart with powdered sugar sprinkled generously on top. Coming from T. G. Shand, formerly of station standouts Miniatures, but now a solo songwriting powerhouse, it's another impressive chapter in a fresh and surprising sonic evolution. The first new single since February's "The Ease", it's got so many engaging elements competing for your ear, and it's all sonic sugar. Guitar […]
We've been anticipating the single drops for the upcoming Wednesday album, drop by drop. This Asheville, North Carolina quintet are stumbling towards excellence with every step forward. By now you may have heard "Handsome Man", one of the singles in hot rotation on our air. But all is tease, all is temptation, as there's so many more facets to this band, revealing on the Twin Plagues LP release this 13 […]
New song. New video. New cast? Seems like a whole lot has been going on with Lightfoils. We last checked in with the crew in August 2019, pre-covid, as the future still looked limitless. As cornerstone artists on the DKFM platform, it's up to us to find out what's going on now, and what it means for this talented lot going forward. We caught up with the modified cast of […]
