Category: dreampop

Lucid Express – Wellwave

By Estella Rosa 20th April 2021 20th April 2021

Lucid Express are Wang, Wai, Andy, Kim and Sky: five …

Temple In Man – Golden Sparks

By Estella Rosa 17th April 2021 17th April 2021

Temple In Man is musical project from multi-talented songwriter and …

Calundé – Feathers

By Simon Heavisides 16th April 2021 16th April 2021

Some music shouts loudly at you, not necessarily in a …

New Candys – Begin Again

By Simon Heavisides 13th April 2021 13th April 2021

Oh, didn’t my ears prick up quickly when this not …

Joseph of Mercury – Pretty Blonde Boy

By Estella Rosa 8th April 2021 8th April 2021

Joseph of Mercury ( Joseph W. Salusbury in real life) …

Memoryhouse – Mania

By Dane Di Pierro 6th April 2021 6th April 2021

It’s been five years since Soft Hate, what’s Memoryhouse been …

Romance Languages EP

By Estella Rosa 27th March 2021 27th March 2021

Dane Di Pierro has been a co-writer of this blog …

Maida Rose – Where Do We Go

By Estella Rosa 21st March 2021 21st March 2021

Maida Rose is a relatively new dreampop duo from The …

No Suits In Miami – Make You See

By Simon Heavisides 15th March 2021 15th March 2021

Many years ago I met Spanish girl. One day, as …

Redspencer – All I Do

By Estella Rosa 12th March 2021 12th March 2021

I adore Redspencer – seriously is there anything more awesome …

Real Estate – Half A Human

By Simon Heavisides 12th March 2021 12th March 2021

 If I said I like surprises you may guess I’m …

Piper King – October Sun

By Estella Rosa 22nd February 2021 22nd February 2021

Following the release of her debut single “My World” in …

FadeAwayRadiate Update 6

By Estella Rosa 19th February 2021 19th February 2021

As opposed to last week, the releases seemed to have …

Margot – Falling In Between Days/Walk With Me

By Simon Heavisides 15th February 2021 15th February 2021

I’ll let you into a secret, I don’t approach music …

FadeAwayRadiate Update 3

By Estella Rosa 29th January 2021 5th February 2021

This week, as opposed to the last, was full of …

Fadeawayradiate Update 2

By Estella Rosa 22nd January 2021 5th February 2021

A change in the air! Trump is gone and the …

Fadeawayradiate Update 1

By Estella Rosa 15th January 2021 5th February 2021

Since we get quite a few submissions but cannot take …

Nathaniel Paul – Songbird

By Estella Rosa 7th January 2021 7th January 2021

Nathaniel Paul is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter born in …

Blue Arcade – Hello Yellow

By Simon Heavisides 18th December 2020 18th December 2020

I hate the Internet, or to be more accurate, what …

Abe Anderson – Pushing Me Under

By Estella Rosa 18th December 2020 18th December 2020

Cannon Falls-based musician Abe Anderson makes and produces songs in …

Orchid Mantis – Far From This World & Interview

By Estella Rosa 9th December 2020 9th December 2020

Orchid Mantis needs no introduction on this blog. The experimental …

There’s Talk – Golden

By Estella Rosa 8th December 2020 8th December 2020

Within the dreampop or shoegaze genre, vocals are a sensitive …

Beautiful Noise Compilation (Sunday Records)

By Simon Heavisides 5th December 2020 5th December 2020

As we haul ourselves, shellshocked and weary, to the end …

Mt. Misery – I Was Wrong

By Estella Rosa 2nd December 2020 2nd December 2020

Hartlepool-based jangle pop band Mt. Misery have been evolving as a …

Abe Anderson – Love You More

By Estella Rosa 20th November 2020 20th November 2020

Based in the Twin Cities, Abe Anderson may be better …

Lost Tapes – Quoting Salter E.P.

By Simon Heavisides 19th November 2020 20th November 2020

Just as 2020 begins to finally wind down and the …

KALI – Back To The Start

By Estella Rosa 14th November 2020 14th November 2020

KALI is a 16-year-old singer, multi-instrumentalist and bedroompop producer who began …

The Churchill Garden – Reality

By Estella Rosa 13th November 2020 14th November 2020

Today, following the release their first double vinyl record, shoegaze/dreampop …

Orchid Mantis – Never Know Why

By Estella Rosa 7th November 2020 9th December 2020

Orchid Mantis is an experimental recording dreampop project by Atlanta-based multitalent Thomas …

Choux – Super Moon

By Estella Rosa 23rd October 2020 23rd October 2020

Choux (US/Canada) is a dreampop outfit led by lead vocalist …

Softsummer – Reverie

By Estella Rosa 4th October 2020 4th October 2020

Softsummer is the indie-folk/dream-pop project of LA based indie artist …

Dayflower – Stuck To You

By Dane Di Pierro 2nd October 2020 2nd October 2020

It’s been only six months since Dayflower released the Popping Candy …

Found Space – Shadows

By Estella Rosa 27th September 2020 27th September 2020

We introduced Found Space here in May with debut single …

Color Of Light – My World Ends

By Estella Rosa 26th September 2020 26th September 2020

South-Carolina based dreampop outfit Color of Light just shared their …

Deja Blu – Crystal Eternal

By Estella Rosa 24th September 2020 24th September 2020

Surrey-based dream-pop band Deja Blu release their new single ‘Crystal …

Wa’el – I Love You Why Would I Ever Leave?

By Estella Rosa 15th September 2020 22nd September 2020

Wa’el is a Swedish multi-instrumental bedroom-pop artist who has been …

Archie Sagers – I Don’t Wanna Leave Home

By Estella Rosa 10th September 2020 10th September 2020

Wiltshire-based dreampop artist Archie Sagers‘ busies himself in running a …

Family Mart – For Eric

By Estella Rosa 23rd August 2020 23rd August 2020

Austin-based Family Mart is the brand-new project of Mike Lee …

Orchid Mantis – Within And Apart

By Estella Rosa 20th August 2020 20th August 2020

Orchid Mantis needs no introduction on this blog as he …

Miserable Chillers – Audience of Summer

By Estella Rosa 20th August 2020 23rd August 2020

A few years back, I was introduced by the music …

Leila Sunier – Sober / Without

By Estella Rosa 12th August 2020 13th August 2020

The start of new single “Sober/Without”, by singer/songwriter Leila Sunier, …

Valentine Dial – 5AM

By Estella Rosa 7th August 2020 7th August 2020

Valentine Dial,  the musical project of Melbourne bedroom artist Thomas …

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 …

Ferns – Auf Wiedersehen

By Estella Rosa 1st August 2020 1st August 2020

The best and the most happy-pill,  jangly indie-pop seems to …

Inner Oceans – Islands 777

By Estella Rosa 17th July 2020 1st August 2020

Amongst the many submissions this blog gets, sometimes a song …

Mashmellow – “Melt”

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

Eastern Siberian natives Masha Shurygina and Egor Berdnikov have been …

Margot – Walk With Me

By Estella Rosa 26th June 2020 1st July 2020

Ugh, I am way behind on this beautiful release. 12 …

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 …

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 …

Mini Trees – Slip Away EP

By Estella Rosa 29th May 2020 1st July 2020

With Maddie Jay and Port Lucian we had some solo …

Capitol – Weathered

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

There’s something alluring about Toronto that has made it fertile …

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 …

Port Lucian – Full Control?

By Estella Rosa 13th May 2020 1st July 2020

Philadelphia bedroompop musician Portia Maidment, aka Port Lucian premieres her …

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 …

Laveda – Rager

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

“Rager” is the third single released this year ahead of …

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 …

Sunstack Jones – Glass Boat

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

Sunstack Jones were initially conceived as a songwriting project in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Blue Canopy – Always

By Estella Rosa 21st April 2020 21st April 2020

Portland/US-based band Blue Canopy is led by former Modern Rivals …

Juliper Sky – Infinite Jets

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

For most of us this spring has seemingly been put …

TARA – Oceans

By Estella Rosa 14th April 2020 14th April 2020

If I am totally honest, after having lived the 1st …

Mashmellow – Share It

By Estella Rosa 10th April 2020 10th April 2020

Mashmellow has released their debut single “Share It” on April …

Berries – Stuck

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

Berries is the moniker of Virginia Beach musician Chris Ledbury …

Day Wave – Potions

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

Jackson Phillips aka Day Wave returns with the second single …

Soccer Mommy – Color Theory

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

Sophie Allison has been releasing music under the moniker Soccer …

Wolf & Moon – The Road

By Estella Rosa 15th March 2020 15th March 2020

The world is in bad state right now: scenes we …

Draag – Around My Fear

By Estella Rosa 5th March 2020 5th March 2020

Draag began as a project to reissue songs that musician …

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 …

Laveda – Ghost

By Estella Rosa 28th February 2020 28th February 2020

Laveda are a dreampop outfit that draw heavily from 90’s …

Bathe Alone – Calm Down

By Estella Rosa 27th February 2020 27th February 2020

We introduced Bathe Alone, formally known as the project Bathe …

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 …

Wilsen – Ruiner

By Estella Rosa 24th February 2020 24th February 2020

Wilsen are the Brooklyn-based project of Tamsin Wilson (guitar/vocals), Johnny …

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 …

EGOISM – You, You

By Estella Rosa 7th February 2020 8th February 2020

Australian indiepop duo EGOISM (the result of the teenage friendship …

Vivienne Eastwood – Home Movies

By Estella Rosa 4th February 2020 4th February 2020

Brooklyn based band Vivienne Eastwood wrote to me and asked …

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 …

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 …

Real Estate – Paper Cup

By Estella Rosa 16th January 2020 16th January 2020

The new single “Paper Cup” from dream/jangle poppers Real Estate …

Hause Plants – City Vocabulary

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

Hailing from Lisbon Portugal, DIY bedroom pop artist Guilherme Correia …

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 …

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, …

Fanclub – Trespassing

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

Austin Texas’ Fanclub has been churning out dazzling singles for …

Fadeawayradiate Top 5 lists 2019

By Fadeawayradiate 6th December 2019 20th December 2019

The end to a decade: time flies! All in all, …

Night Flowers – Fortune Teller

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

Night Flowers seem to be one of the hardest working …

Teen Idle – Dreaming

By Estella Rosa 21st November 2019 21st November 2019

Teen Idle is the music project of 22-year-old songwriter Sara …

Capitol – Dream Noise

By Brenna Cavanaugh 11th November 2019 11th November 2019

Every so often an album comes out of nowhere and …

Pia Fraus – Hidden Parks

By Estella Rosa 10th November 2019 10th November 2019

Estonian dream-poppers Pia Fraus are revealing their 2nd single from …

Hazel English – Shaking

By Estella Rosa 6th November 2019 6th November 2019

I listen to so many bands in the dream pop …

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”, …

Foliage – Take

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

Coming off of 2018’s III and a successful split single …

Men I Trust – Oncle Jazz

By Estella Rosa 15th September 2019 15th September 2019

The Québécois trio Men I Trust are guitarist and vocalist …

Bathe – The Silence

By Estella Rosa 11th September 2019 11th September 2019

Last year saw Hatchie, Tallies and Barrie emerge unto the …

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 …

Moon Loves Honey – Crystal Clear

By Estella Rosa 1st September 2019 1st September 2019

Moon Loves Honey is a dreampop project by Danish songwriter …

Treatment – Solitary

By Estella Rosa 16th August 2019 16th August 2019

Brooklyn’s 80’s sophistipop/dreampop project Treatment announce “Solitary” as the first …

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 …

Capitol – Blondie

By Brenna Cavanaugh 26th July 2019 26th July 2019

Sometimes we get overloaded with things. Work. Our hobbies. Our …

Tokyo Tea Room – Always Tomorrow

By Estella Rosa 14th July 2019 15th July 2019

Tokyo Tea Room are the psych/dream-pop project of Canterbury-based Daniel …