Sounds Better With Reverb - favourite shoegaze, dream pop, psych and jangle pop of 2015. More @ http://soundsbetterwithreverb.com/. Cheers!

Shoegaze & Dream pop Etc - 2015

NOVEMBER TOP TRACKS

Mixtape Monday: Better Than Your Pumpkin Spice Latte

Shoegaze Love 39

Dreamy Shoegazery Ecstasy XVI

A compilation of Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Nugaze, Noise, etc. we think deserves attention. Please enjoy, comment and visit us at steponmagazine.com


Lend An Ear: Shoegazers We're Listening To - Part 20

listen the whole playlist on
Tumblr: http://psychgazer.tumblr.com/post/138289409124/psychgazer-102-gazer-noise-fuzz-february
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Psychgazer/photos/a.477370195712696.1073741828.476359449147104/877572069025838

Psychgazer Sounds 12 Gazer

weight lifting spiders

Baddygirl 2 - MIA PARTYSQUAD BEYONCE FLAWLESS REMIX

Released by Captured Tracks as CT98. Recorded by Jarvis Taveniere at Rear House. Painting by John Stortz.

Harsh Realm

Kinoko Teikoku - WHIRLPOOL

No Sign

More information: http://projectmooncircle.com/releases/groeni-hewn/ | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04yb86j

BUY 12"/DIGITAL

Groeni 'The Oak' on BBC Radio 3 (Hewn EP - Project: Mooncircle, 24/02/2015)

LYRICS:

A bottle of wine plus a bottle of wine
Two and two makes six
Im high as a kite, lalalala
Glad you exist

A picture of I, a picture of you,
Shining so bright
Lights go out, linger around through the ground.


Please wake me tenderly.

Linger Around

DRÅPE - Together We Are Pstereo

Buy This Astro CD:

ASIA, AUSTRALIA: 
http://handsandmoment.bigcartel.com/product/la-casa-al-mare-this-astro-ep
Also available in Japan via 
FileUnder (http://fileunderrecords.com?pid=90698315)
Diskunion (http://diskunion.net/portal/ct/detail/AWS150608-LCAM1)
Tower records (http://twitter.com/TOWER_Shinjuku/status/609281570042613760)
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WORLD: CD/digital > http://lacasaalmare.bandcamp.com/album/this-astro-ep

***
This Astro EP is the debut CD release by LA CASA AL MARE, a 7 track EP disc collecting the formerly internet-released four double A-singles

M/CD Girl
Sunflowers/Tonight Or Never,

plus three previously unreleased songs

I Don't Want To, 
At All 
and the album's title track THIS ASTRO, exclusively available on CD only.

I Don't Want To

BAND: TREMENTINA
ALBUM: ALMOST REACH THE SUN
LABEL: VINYL JUNKIE RECORDINGS / BYM RECORDS
YEAR: 2015

KISSES IN YOUR EYES

State Police

For You, For Me

The A-side of an upcoming single by Tender Age, out this Fall on SINIS Recordings.

Tender Age - Get High b/w Always - 01 - Get High

Ringo Deathstarr - Guilt

"Galaxies" 12" EP, released 6 November 2015 on No Idea Records.

Recorded in February 2015 with Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab, Easthampton MA, with the exception of "Painkiller", recorded February 2015 with Matt Beaudoin at Q Division, Somerville MA.
Art by Meghan Minior.
http://www.kndlng.com

Blinding Wave

Dissolve is the debut full length album from Brilliant Beast. Released on cassette and digital November 6, 2015. Recorded and mixed summer 2015 at Old Blackberry Way in Minneapolis, MN, USA by Neil Weir. Mastered August 2015 at Magneto Mastering in Minneapolis by Bruce Templeton.

Hannah Porter - guitar/vocals
Jordan Porter - guitar/vocals
Mark N Kartarik - bass
Eric Whalen - drums

All songs by Brilliant Beast. (c) and (p) 2015 Future Fictions (ASCAP)

Like Dreaming

Just Another Day

POLA 2nd mini Album 「HAPPY HAPPY VILLAGE」
2015/10/24 Release
http://polastar.tumblr.com

Shine On (...you Crazy Valentine)

Empress

Guitar/Vocals - Michael Tenzer
Guitar/Bass/Vocals - Laura Wagner
Drums - Nick Piontek

Produced by Michael Tenzer

Cover design by Laura Wagner and Michael Tenzer 

Lazy Legs - Lipstick Prick

2nd single from the soon to be released album 'Are They Still Here?'

Due out on Jan 31st, 2016 through Psychic Ric Records.

Honey

In Memory Of My Loving Mother ~ Joyce Anne Ingman

Dear Brother Jamil: 1908 

When I read your letters I feel the existence of an enchanting spirit moving in this room-a beautiful and sorrowful spirit that attracts me by its undulation and makes me see you as two persons: one hovers over humanity with enormous wings similar to the wings of the seraphim whom Saint John saw standing before the Throne by the seven lamps; the other person is chained to a huge rock like Prometheus, who, in giving man the first torch of fire, brought on himself the wrath of the gods. The first person enlivens my heart and soothes my spirit because he sways with the sun rays and the frolicsome breeze of dawn; while the second person makes my heart suffer, for he is a prisoner of the vicissitudes of time. ...


You have always been and still are capable of causing the torch of fire to come from heaven and light the path of mankind, but tell me what law or force has brought you to Sao Paul and fettered your body and placed you among those who died on the day of their birth and have not yet been buried ? Do the Greek gods still practice their power in these days ?


I have heard that you are going to return to Paris to live there. I, too, would like to go there. Is it possible that we both could meet in the City of Arts ? Will we meet in the Heart of the World and visit the Opera and the French theatre and talk about the plays of Racine, Corneille, Moliere, Hugo and Sardou ? Will we meet there and walk together to where the Bastille was erected and then return to our quarters feeling the gentle spirit of Rousseau and Voltaire and write about Liberty and Tyranny and destroy every Bastille that stands in every city in the Orient ? Will we go to the Louvre and stand before the paintings of Raphael, Da Vinci and Corot, and write about Beauty and Love and their influence on man’s heart ?

Oh, brother, I feel a gnawing hunger in my heart for the approach of the great works of art, and I have a profound longing for the eternal sayings; however, this hunger and longing come out of a great power that exists in the depth of my heart-a power that wishes. to announce itself hurriedly but is unable to do so, for the time has not come, and the people who died on the day of their birth are still walking and standing as a barrier in the way of the living.


My health is, as you know, like a violin in the hands of one that does not know how to play it, for it makes him hear harsh melody. My sentiments are like an ocean with their ebb and flow; my soul is like a quail with broken wings. She suffers immensely when she sees the swarms of birds hovering in the sky, for she finds herself unable to do likewise. But like all other birds, she enjoys the silence of Night, the coming of Dawn, the rays of Sun, and the beauty of the valley. I paint and write now and then, and in the midst of my paintings and writings, I am like a small boat sailing between an ocean of an endless depth and a sky of limitless blue-strange dreams, sublime desires, great hopes, broken and mended thoughts; and between all these there is something which the people call Despair, and which I call Inferno.

Kahlil Gibran - A Self Portrait 1908

All Music & Mastering By: Erik A. Ingmanndsen October 30th 2015 (C) Ash Fallen Brightly 

Star Births & Breaths

She Owned Me

†▼BF▼CK x НИИ GULAG - シベリア

SMUT - P U R S E - 02 Sleeting

Pinkshinyultrablast
Release sophomore album 'Grandfeathered'
26th February 
Club AC30


•	“In Lyubov Soloveva, meanwhile, they have a frontwoman whose chiffony, choirgirl voice has a wonderfully transportive quality that whisks you out of your surroundings” The Guardian 

•	“Beautifully toned and unconventionally fast, a gutsy effort that makes a big impression” NME

•	“Anchors itself somewhere between Cocteau Twins-ian atmosphere and the melodic glitter of a Polica record” Noisey (Vice) 

•	“Excessively impressive, unexpectedly fast-paced shoegaze from these Russian peeps.” Drowned In Sound

Pinkshinyultrablast, a five-piece band from Saint-Petersburg in Russia, are set to release their second album ‘Grandfeathered’ in February 2016. 

Their debut album, ‘Everything Else Matters’, released at the beginning of 2015 was met with huge critical acclaim. Headline shows across Europe, an energetic and committed fanbase, continued support at radio – all combined to make this upcoming second record one of the most anticipated in 2016. Around the first album the band were quoted as saying “we realised the local indie scene was totally boring and wanted to play something radically different”. The vision of achieving notoriety outside of Russia has been integral to the band’s philosophy – they are very much an international band now. 

A Russian band making a shoegaze record, was seen by some, as something of a novelty. The novelty was quickly eroded, firstly by shoegaze fans who awarded the band an invaluable seal of approval, but also by the music press, who quickly realised that they were not just ‘any’ shoegaze band. This was a band with widespread appeal, an engaging front-woman and a thrilling love show. 

They’ve been compared to Lush among others. But this is no mere throwback tribute. Grandfeathered is a more experimental listen compared with the debut album, it’s the sound of a band unafraid to try new things and embrace those fine lines between visceral noise and restrained subtlety. The band saying of the new sound “The new album has been recorded and mixed much faster than the previous one. The songs have more density to them and are generally more complex.”

The band take their name from an Astrobrite album, an act who were, according to the band, instrumental in how they “researched spaces between ambient, heavy guitar and pop music”


Recent single ‘Kiddy Pool Dreams’ features on the album. Described by Stereogum as “A flashback to the glory days of ’90s alt-rock, which builds into thundering instrumental interludes. In between are trickling synths and echoing vocals backed by a rhythmic danceable guitar.”

If that single offers a glimpse of what to expect from the rest of the record, it’s only the smallest of hints – this is an album that consistently demonstrates diversity and eclectic ambition. Influences on this record certainly suggest a new direction for the band, Lyubov claiming “Hardcore, metal and afrobeat” were all instrumental in its formation. 

Pinkshinyultrablast are Igor - bass, Lyubov - vocals, Sergey - drums, Rustam - synths and electronics and Roman – guitars.

For all UK print inquiries contact Billy Burrell and for all online inquiries contact Dan McCormick: billy@9pr.co.uk / dan@9pr.co.uk

For all USA PR inquiries contact Amanda Dissinger at Terrorbird: amanda@terrorbird.com


Pinkshinyultrablast - The Cherry Pit

Song Premiere at Overblown: 
http://overblown.co.uk/fluffy-floor-tongue-overblown-track-premiere/

Tongue

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7gV3d44i2hDP8waFq6hSlI 
Bandcamp (free download): https://softwounds.bandcamp.com/album/soft-wounds

'Soft Wounds' released January 31, 2016

Download this track!

Soft Wounds - Baby Blue

My Pal K

You Can't Stay Here

Frankie Cosmos "Next Thing" out April 1st 2016 on Bayonet Records. Artwork by Meredith Wilson. 

Pre-order the limited edition LP. Comes with clear+white specks vinyl, zine+poster, lip balm and pin: http://bayonetrecords.com/products/frankie-cosmos-next-thing

For the alternate  sky blue vinyl version head to your local record store on April 1st! Comes with all of the same goodies.  

Next Thing

Sinister

Frankie Cosmos "Sinister" Official Single

Palm
2016-01-29 
Palisades
Brooklyn, NY USA 

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK22 (ORTF, stage lip)>NBob cables>PFA + Soundboard (engineer: Leeor)>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down, narrow onstage image)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects)>Audacity 2.0.3 (track, amplify, downsample, dither)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Watchman
02 Want to know 
03 Ankles
04 [new song 1]
05 Crank
06 [new song 2]
07 Walnut>[new song 3]
08 Two Toes

Palm - Ankles (live at Palisades Brooklyn 2016)

Miniatures - Midwinter (Air)

Blonde Redhead- 23

Wry - Sister

Wild Patterns is a tiny music blog with a taste for dreamy vibes, hazy textures and deep feels. Covered genres include: dream pop, shoegaze, psych pop, bedroom pop, slowcore, ambient, chillwave/glo-fi, witch house, wave, alternative r&b, alt pop etc.