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Valentine Dial – 5AM

By Estella Rosa 7th August 2020 7th August 2020

Valentine Dial, the musical project of Melbourne bedroom artist Thomas Bryce, releases single “5 AM” today: a stunning, reflective piece …

RÊVERIE – Life

By Estella Rosa 6th August 2020 6th August 2020

RÊVERIE are an all girl trio from my native Amsterdam, who look like Billie Eilish (when she still had cool …

French Alps Tiger – Let Me Down

By Estella Rosa 4th August 2020 5th August 2020

When I get submissions I often hear songs that start out ok, or at least have me hooked, waiting for …

Ferns – Auf Wiedersehen

By Estella Rosa 1st August 2020 1st August 2020

The best and the most happy-pill, jangly indie-pop seems to be coming from Asia these days: they seem to have …

Inner Oceans – Islands 777

By Estella Rosa 17th July 2020 1st August 2020

Amongst the many submissions this blog gets, sometimes a song just jumps out waiting to be heard! “Islands 777″ is …

The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers

By Dane Di Pierro 15th July 2020 17th July 2020

How do you follow up a popular debut album? It’s a question bands have struggled with decades trying to balance …

Mashmellow – “Melt”

By Dane Di Pierro 1st July 2020 1st August 2020

Eastern Siberian natives Masha Shurygina and Egor Berdnikov have been teaming up as Mashmellow since 2018 writing songs reminiscent of …

Crystal Furs – Beautiful And True

By Reverb Raccoon 30th June 2020 1st July 2020

The Farfisa Combo Compact organ gins out reedy, cheesy sounds, coolly retro today but once coolly modern, notes that trace …

Margot – Walk With Me

By Estella Rosa 26th June 2020 1st July 2020

Ugh, I am way behind on this beautiful release. 12 days to be precise! I have just been so busy …

Cruise Control: A Yacht Rock Cover Comp

By Estella Rosa 25th June 2020 1st July 2020

Our very own label has recently released our 5th comp to date. The musical genre we have chosen to cover …

Divine Sweater – Ten Year Plan

By Dane Di Pierro 10th June 2020 1st July 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns may have ground much of the music world to a halt in 2020, but …

The Infinite Daisy Chains – Wake Up / Melting into You

By Estella Rosa 7th June 2020 1st July 2020

On June 5th, the two-sided single “Wake Up / Melting into You” by new, WashingtonDC-based project The Infinite Daisy Chains, …

Gary Olson S/T

By Reverb Raccoon 1st June 2020 1st July 2020

Gary Olson’s new self-titled album is a memory box overflowing with postcards, curling photographs of forgotten friends, badly-refolded road maps, …

Mini Trees – Slip Away EP

By Estella Rosa 29th May 2020 1st July 2020

With Maddie Jay and Port Lucian we had some solo bedroompop girls prove their “worth beyond fad” this spring, and …

Knower – Different Lives

By Estella Rosa 29th May 2020 1st July 2020

Knower hasn’t released anything for a while. In the meantime we had to do with the solo projects of Genevieve …

Capitol – Weathered

By Dane Di Pierro 29th May 2020 1st July 2020

There’s something alluring about Toronto that has made it fertile ground for talented young bands in recent years. Groups such …

Join A Comp!: an indiepop compilation

By Reverb Raccoon 24th May 2020 1st July 2020

In locations across the world, curves are flattening, lockdowns are loosening, and brave souls are venturing into the open. It’s …

Silver Liz – Microwave S’mores

By Estella Rosa 23rd May 2020 1st July 2020

Silver Liz is the bedroompop project project of Chicago-based couple Carrie and Matt Wagner. The two of them had tinkered …

Port Lucian – Full Control?

By Estella Rosa 13th May 2020 1st July 2020

Philadelphia bedroompop musician Portia Maidment, aka Port Lucian premieres her single “Full Control?” today on Fadeawayradiate. When Lucia sent me …

Found Space – Don’t Let It Go

By Estella Rosa 12th May 2020 1st July 2020

Good stuff is easily missed, but luckily we have a good network and when I have time, I will sift …

Laveda – Rager

By Dane Di Pierro 8th May 2020 8th May 2020

“Rager” is the third single released this year ahead of this New York duo’s debut album What Happens After, out …

Divine Sweater – “Looking For You (Everywhere)”

By Dane Di Pierro 4th May 2020 1st July 2020

Coming off the back of last years debut Human Love (one of my picks for FadeAwayRadiate’s Best of 2019) Divine …

Sunstack Jones – Glass Boat

By Dane Di Pierro 3rd May 2020 1st July 2020

Sunstack Jones were initially conceived as a songwriting project in 2011 and blossomed into a full fledged band over the …

Tokyo Tea Room – Half the Man

By Dane Di Pierro 2nd May 2020 1st July 2020

Since their early days crafting psych rock singles “Like A Drug” Tokyo Tea Room have since turned down the distortion …

Lisa Mychols & Super 8 – Honey Bee

By Estella Rosa 1st May 2020 1st July 2020

True Californian Girl Lisa Mychols, who also seems to be known as “The Queen of Power Pop”, and UK-based pop …

Maddie Jay – Shakes

By Estella Rosa 29th April 2020 29th April 2020

Los Angeles based / Canadian born Maddie Jay is one of those girlies that make bedroompop. There seems to be …

Fadeawayradiate volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 on DKFM

By Estella Rosa 27th April 2020 27th April 2020

We were very lucky that the great Greg Wilson of DKFM Shoegaze radio gave us the chance to present our …

The Churchill Garden – We Can Dream

By Estella Rosa 23rd April 2020 1st July 2020

On April 16 Andy Jossi and Krissy Vanderwoude from The Churchill Garden released a remarkable project called “We Can Dream” as a …

Emmett Kai – Marigold

By Estella Rosa 22nd April 2020 22nd April 2020

Since the album “Baby Hits” ( February 2019), Emmett Kai, who according to himself is a freak pop novelty, has …

Blue Canopy – Always

By Estella Rosa 21st April 2020 21st April 2020

Portland/US-based band Blue Canopy is led by former Modern Rivals keyboardist/singer and co-songwriter Alex Schiff who, in the past, has …

Juliper Sky – Infinite Jets

By Dane Di Pierro 20th April 2020 20th April 2020

For most of us this spring has seemingly been put on hold thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic and its resulting …

TheCatherines – Bingo

By Reverb Raccoon 18th April 2020 18th April 2020

“We both like ‘Honey.’” “Always good to find common interests! What other foods do you both enjoy?” “We both like …

The Shop Window – Mannequin Lies

By Dane Di Pierro 17th April 2020 17th April 2020

“Mannequin Lies”, released today, is the debut single from British band The Shop Window and the first glimpse of their …

TARA – Oceans

By Estella Rosa 14th April 2020 14th April 2020

If I am totally honest, after having lived the 1st shoegaze wave full-on in the 90’s; after having been through …

Benzo Beneluxo – Come On Home

By Estella Rosa 13th April 2020 13th April 2020

I don’t post many bands from my own part of the world, which really doesn’t mean that nothing decent is …

Mashmellow – Share It

By Estella Rosa 10th April 2020 10th April 2020

Mashmellow has released their debut single “Share It” on April the 8th (on UK based Revolver Records) with a stunning …

Berries – Stuck

By Dane Di Pierro 3rd April 2020 3rd April 2020

Berries is the moniker of Virginia Beach musician Chris Ledbury who has just released his second album Soliloquy Road. Lead …

Day Wave – Potions

By Dane Di Pierro 2nd April 2020 2nd April 2020

Jackson Phillips aka Day Wave returns with the second single off his upcoming Crush EP set for release on April …

Soccer Mommy – Color Theory

By Dane Di Pierro 16th March 2020 16th March 2020

Sophie Allison has been releasing music under the moniker Soccer Mommy since her late teens, but it wasn’t until her …

Wolf & Moon – The Road

By Estella Rosa 15th March 2020 15th March 2020

The world is in bad state right now: scenes we held impossible are unfolding right in front of us, and …

Ackerman – Surf King

By Estella Rosa 14th March 2020 14th March 2020

New Ackerman jangle-track “Surf King”, and especially the hilarious video, are a lighthearted take/ critique on surf rock and living …

Typsy Panthre – The Strange Thing

By Estella Rosa 9th March 2020 9th March 2020

Typsy Panthre is the Minneapolis based recording duo Allison LaBonne and John Crozier who make music that they like …

Draag – Around My Fear

By Estella Rosa 5th March 2020 5th March 2020

Draag began as a project to reissue songs that musician and songwriter Adrian Acosta recorded on cassette with a karaoke …

The Francine Odysseys – Hide Your Eyes

By Estella Rosa 3rd March 2020 3rd March 2020

Gretchen DeVault is an indie-pop veteran. She steered tweepop band The Icicles through years of acclaimed albums and high-profile deals …

Laveda – Ghost

By Estella Rosa 28th February 2020 28th February 2020

Laveda are a dreampop outfit that draw heavily from 90’s shoegaze and alternative rock. Starting off as a singer-songwriter bedroom …

Bathe Alone – Calm Down

By Estella Rosa 27th February 2020 27th February 2020

We introduced Bathe Alone, formally known as the project Bathe (multi-instrumentalist/bassist Bailey Crone from Atlanta, GA) on here last year with …

Mundy’s Bay – Lonesome Vally

By Dane Di Pierro 26th February 2020 26th February 2020

The past few years have seen several shoegaze bands surface who have had roots in the hardcore or punk scenes. …

Wilsen – Ruiner

By Estella Rosa 24th February 2020 24th February 2020

Wilsen are the Brooklyn-based project of Tamsin Wilson (guitar/vocals), Johnny Simon Jr. (guitar), and Drew Arndt (bass). Ruiner is their …

Somewhere in England – A Sunday Records Tribute to They Go Boom!!

By Reverb Raccoon 16th February 2020 16th February 2020

…I remembered what it was like to feel young and happy, wearing a sweater and clean cotton pants, and walking …

Strawberry Generation – When You Were Here And I Was Sad

By Estella Rosa 14th February 2020 14th February 2020

Strawberry Generation is an international collaboration and indie-pop outfit formed in Providence (US), with band-members from Singapore, Belgium, and the …

EGOISM – You, You

By Estella Rosa 7th February 2020 8th February 2020

Australian indiepop duo EGOISM (the result of the teenage friendship and shared musical inspirations between Scout Eastment and Olive Rush) …

King Krule – Alone, Omen 3

By Estella Rosa 6th February 2020 6th February 2020

If anything in song or visual format ever comes close to what is in my mind and heart, it is …

Vivienne Eastwood – Home Movies

By Estella Rosa 4th February 2020 4th February 2020

Brooklyn based band Vivienne Eastwood wrote to me and asked me to check out their new EP Home Movies, and …

Wild Nothing – Laughing Gas

By Dane Di Pierro 3rd February 2020 3rd February 2020

It’s hard to believe that in 2020 Wild Nothing, the musical vehicle of Jack Tatum, has been around for eleven …

Remington Super 60 – I Don’t Wanna Wait

By Estella Rosa 31st January 2020 31st January 2020

In July last year we introduced and featured the first fresh material in a while from Norwegian retro indiepop outfit …

Sun Kin – Coming Back, Again

By Estella Rosa 29th January 2020 29th January 2020

Sun Kin is the indie-pop project of the very talented (Oakland-based/Bombay-born) Kabir Kumar. Kabir made an appearance on the Fadeawayradiate …

The Hazy Seas – Marquis’ BBQ

By Dane Di Pierro 26th January 2020 26th January 2020

Originating from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, four school mates comprising The Hazy Seas bonded over an appreciation for ‘80’s new wave, …

Palm Ghosts – Lorelei

By Estella Rosa 24th January 2020 24th January 2020

Palm Ghosts is a Nashville-based dreampop/jangle/post punk project initiated by songwriter/producer Joseph Lekkas who is assisted by in his musical …

Boy Romeo – Let’s Roll

By Estella Rosa 17th January 2020 17th January 2020

Boy Romeo is a Chicago based project headed by songwriter John Steiner. “Let’s Roll” is the first single from their …

Real Estate – Paper Cup

By Estella Rosa 16th January 2020 16th January 2020

The new single “Paper Cup” from dream/jangle poppers Real Estate is well worth the wait! Their forthcoming album Main Thing …

Hause Plants – City Vocabulary

By Dane Di Pierro 13th January 2020 13th January 2020

Hailing from Lisbon Portugal, DIY bedroom pop artist Guilherme Correia writes and records as Hause Plants and perform live as …

Cuesta Loeb – Immerse Inverse

By Estella Rosa 10th January 2020 10th January 2020

Another shoegaze track applying the same formulaic sonic tricks we have heard many times before? It sounds a bit like …

Nah… – Perfect Game

By Reverb Raccoon 8th January 2020 9th January 2020

“Yet so pleasing the Pain is, so soft is the Dart, That at once it both wounds me, and Tickles …

S. A. Reyners – Tracey

By Estella Rosa 3rd January 2020 3rd January 2020

When you think you’ve heard it all, along comes a track like “Tracey”: a track that heads in all posible …

Bathe – All I Wanted

By Estella Rosa 18th December 2019 18th December 2019

In September we introduced Bathe on Fadeawayradiate (multi-instrumentalist/bassist Bailey Crone from Atlanta, GA) with her debut single “The Silence“, as …

Human Barbie – Be Careful What You Wish For

By Estella Rosa 11th December 2019 11th December 2019

The name is confusing, as the front-guy of Los Angeles, Califonia based outfit Human Barbie looks nothing like Barbie (in neither …

Fanclub – Trespassing

By Dane Di Pierro 7th December 2019 7th December 2019

Austin Texas’ Fanclub has been churning out dazzling singles for the last two years and their latest offering continues the …

Fadeawayradiate Top 5 lists 2019

By Fadeawayradiate 6th December 2019 20th December 2019

The end to a decade: time flies! All in all, I think this decade definitely saw more interesting releases in …

Matt Ryder – Hours

By Estella Rosa 2nd December 2019 2nd December 2019

Matt Ryder is a 16 year old producer and songwriter from Birmingham, UK, who makes music in his bedroom like …

Polly Preacher – Blood On The Moon

By Dane Di Pierro 1st December 2019 1st December 2019

Ashleagh Claire Hurren, better known as her musical alias Polly Preacher (Colchester, UK), returns with a second single this year …

GOLDEN – Unaccountable

By Estella Rosa 30th November 2019 30th November 2019

We have another girl called Bailey (see Bathe) making music by herself in her bedroom. This time under the moniker …

Fascinations Grand Chorus – Would It Be

By Estella Rosa 29th November 2019 29th November 2019

Fascinations Grand Chorus are two songwriters, created as an audio experiment of pop-stylings. Despite their differences, Stephanie Cupo (vocals/keyboards) and …

Shaky Shack – In Honey

By Estella Rosa 28th November 2019 28th November 2019

Shaky Shack are Alex Winter and Mateusz Kosnik, a Dublin based duo making organic bedroom-pop. Their 2018 debut single “Selfish …

Night Flowers – Fortune Teller

By Dane Di Pierro 27th November 2019 27th November 2019

Night Flowers seem to be one of the hardest working indie pop bands running at the moment. A glance at …

King Krule – Hey World!

By Estella Rosa 24th November 2019 24th November 2019

There’s a few impressions that have always stayed with me for some reason. One of those is an ever-returning scene …

Teen Idle – Dreaming

By Estella Rosa 21st November 2019 21st November 2019

Teen Idle is the music project of 22-year-old songwriter Sara Barry who has just released her debut single “Dreaming”. My …

Pure Moods – Tide

By Estella Rosa 17th November 2019 17th November 2019

Wanna hear a perfect, classic jangle-tune? The kind you thought you only last heard in the 90’s, from let’s say, …

F.A.R. OUT – A Sunshine/Psychpop compilation

By Reverb Raccoon 16th November 2019 16th November 2019

Our world was without color in the pair of decades prior to 1963, our pupils perceiving only black, white, and …

Joseph Black – Wildest Dreams EP

By Estella Rosa 12th November 2019 12th November 2019

Joseph Black, from New Jersey, was brought to my attention through Harry Cubberly from Treatment since they share the same …

Capitol – Dream Noise

By Brenna Cavanaugh 11th November 2019 11th November 2019

Every so often an album comes out of nowhere and completely takes you over. As the shimmering singles popped up …

Pia Fraus – Hidden Parks

By Estella Rosa 10th November 2019 10th November 2019

Estonian dream-poppers Pia Fraus are revealing their 2nd single from the new album on 11th of November. Pia Fraus are …

Our Favourite Fallen Idols – An Adorable Interview

By Estella Rosa 9th November 2019 26th November 2019

Everybody that was into indie bands in the first half of the 1990’s will instantly recognise the intro of “Sunshine …

Hazel English – Shaking

By Estella Rosa 6th November 2019 6th November 2019

I listen to so many bands in the dream pop genre for the blog, radio-show and groups, and bands and …

Whimsical – Bright Smiles & Broken Hearts

By Jennifer L. Holland 5th November 2019 5th November 2019

Whimsical’s third full length album, “Bright Smiles & Broken Hearts”, is absolutely everything you wanted it to be based on …

Adorable’s 25th Anniversary Show – Bush Hall, London

By Estella Rosa 4th November 2019 4th November 2019

Somewhere the spring of 1993 I was walking down the street in Amsterdam and I bumped into a bunch …

Tenant From Zero – The End Away

By Estella Rosa 27th October 2019 27th October 2019

I introduced both Tenant From Zero (Tenant from Zero: single, EP and interview) and The Loch Ness Mouse (The Loch Ness …

Foliage – Take

By Dane Di Pierro 10th October 2019 10th October 2019

Coming off of 2018’s III and a successful split single with Andrew Younker, Foliage aka Manuel Joseph Walker appeared to …

Shelter Boy – Let ‘m Go

By Estella Rosa 29th September 2019 29th September 2019

“Doodling on guitars whilst never losing focus of the actual song“: that is the basis for German Simon Graupner aka …

Men I Trust – Oncle Jazz

By Estella Rosa 15th September 2019 15th September 2019

The Québécois trio Men I Trust are guitarist and vocalist Emma Proulx, keyboardist/producer Dragos Chiriac, and bassist Jessy Caron. They …

The Stargazer Lilies – Living Work of Art

By Brenna Cavanaugh 14th September 2019 14th September 2019

I had the opportunity to see The Stargazer Lilies live a few years ago and thought it was a little …

Bathe – The Silence

By Estella Rosa 11th September 2019 11th September 2019

Last year saw Hatchie, Tallies and Barrie emerge unto the dreampop scene. This year, or whatever’s left of it, the …

The Memory Fades – Space Pilot

By Reverb Raccoon 10th September 2019 10th September 2019

“Space Pilot,” the new release by The Memory Fades, is the soundtrack behind a mythical four-reel biopic, a movie that …

Orchid Mantis – Where You Are (Feat. Josh Augustin)

By Estella Rosa 5th September 2019 5th September 2019

It’s no big secret that I am a huge fan of Orchid Mantis, the experimental project of Thomas Howard from Atlanta, …

Tennis System – Lovesick

By Dane Di Pierro 2nd September 2019 2nd September 2019

It’s been a quiet five years since we’ve last heard new music from Tennis System with the exception of a …

Moon Loves Honey – Crystal Clear

By Estella Rosa 1st September 2019 1st September 2019

Moon Loves Honey is a dreampop project by Danish songwriter Jeppe Dengsø. Both their previous releases – an EP “Apart” …

Treatment – Solitary

By Estella Rosa 16th August 2019 16th August 2019

Brooklyn’s 80’s sophistipop/dreampop project Treatment announce “Solitary” as the first single to the album “Pond Life” which will be coming …

Hats and Hollow Bodies: rough Sophistipop gems

By Estella Rosa 12th August 2019 14th August 2019

Upon running the great Sophistipop Lounge on FB with DJ Calle Falksten I often bump into some rare gems, stuff …

Daisies – What Are You Waiting For?

By Estella Rosa 6th August 2019 6th August 2019

I found the Daisies album (released on June 28th, co-release by K Records and Perennial) recommended to me on Bandcamp …

Fadeawayradiate Guesthow at DKFM Shoegaze Radio

By Estella Rosa 6th August 2019 6th August 2019

Some of you might have caught it, but it was tricky with everyone being awake at different hours on this …

Capitol – Blondie

By Brenna Cavanaugh 26th July 2019 26th July 2019

Sometimes we get overloaded with things. Work. Our hobbies. Our obligations. I haven’t had much of a creative streak in …

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