Category: dreampop

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 …

Stray Fossa – Eyze

By Estella Rosa 10th July 2019 10th July 2019

Charlottesville / Virginia 3-piece dream-pop project Stray Fossa released a …

Hatchie – Keepsake

By Brenna Cavanaugh 9th July 2019 9th July 2019

Summer is here and with it brings my most anticipated …

An Interview with Teen Body

By Dane Di Pierro 4th July 2019 4th July 2019

On a humid summer night I stood in a dark …

Epic 45 – Sun Memory EP

By Estella Rosa 17th June 2019 17th June 2019

Staffordshire’s Epic 45’s “Sun Memory”, a 6-track EP, was released …

Soften – Iridescent

By Estella Rosa 13th June 2019 13th June 2019

The Cincinnati based Dreampop band Soften, consists of vocalist/guitarist Brianna Kelly, …

Foliage – In Reference To

By Dane Di Pierro 8th June 2019 8th June 2019

Foliage have shared a new single titled “In Reference To” …

Morabeza Tobacco

By Estella Rosa 29th May 2019 29th May 2019

Morabeza Tobacco’s “TTYL” has been on repeat in my playlists for …

Swimming Tapes – Morningside

By Dane Di Pierro 27th May 2019 27th May 2019

London quintet Swimming Tapes has been quite a prolific group …

Teen Body – Dreamo

By Dane Di Pierro 22nd April 2019 22nd April 2019

Brooklyn four piece Teen Body return after three years with …

LIPS – LIPS EP

By Estella Rosa 11th April 2019 11th April 2019

Indie/Jangle pop band LIPS are a four-piece from Falmouth, Cornwall …

Tamaryn – Dreaming The Dark

By Brenna Cavanaugh 31st March 2019 31st March 2019

“Dreaming The Dark”; the long anticipated follow up to 2017’s …

Marble Arch – Gold

By Estella Rosa 25th March 2019 25th March 2019

I introduced French dreampop outfit Marble Arch here last year …

Max Gowan – Mylena

By Estella Rosa 10th March 2019 10th March 2019

Max Gowan is a 22-year old student who has been …

Brothertiger – A Chain Of Islands

By Brenna Cavanaugh 9th March 2019 9th March 2019

John Jagos, aka Brothertiger, has been making sunshine synthpop since …

Living Hour – Softer Faces

By Dane Di Pierro 8th March 2019 8th March 2019

Winnipeg’s Living Hour return with their first collection of new …

Superego – Loose

By Estella Rosa 2nd March 2019 3rd March 2019

UK/Midlands-based shoegaze/ dreampop quartet Superego just released their single “Loose” …

Margot – Arles

By Estella Rosa 1st March 2019 28th February 2019

London dream-pop quintet Margot, were introduced here in May last …

EGOISM – Enemies

By Estella Rosa 22nd February 2019 9th March 2019

As opposed to the more electro based Wild Nothing-offspring-dreampop of …

Secret Attraction – All Night

By Estella Rosa 16th February 2019 16th February 2019

Secret Attraction is the project of Phoenix/Arizona-based producer Derek Wise. …

MMBLR – That Breeze

By Estella Rosa 1st February 2019 1st February 2019

“That Breeze“ is a track that reminded me of the …

Fanclub – All the Same

By Dane Di Pierro 27th January 2019 27th January 2019

Last year we were introduced to Texas trio Fanclub who …

Heavy Heart – Bed Bug

By Estella Rosa 23rd January 2019 23rd January 2019

I introduced London-based indie-poppers Heavy Heart on FAR in October 2016 …

Shiny Happy Records Tapes: the spirit of DIY alive in Indonesia

By Estella Rosa 19th January 2019 19th January 2019

Some time ago the label Shiny Happy Records was recommended to …

Cathedral Bells – Ethereal Shadow

By Brenna Cavanaugh 17th January 2019 17th January 2019

This is the second single I have had the pleasure …

Tallies – ST album & Interview

By Dane Di Pierro 15th January 2019 16th January 2019

We introduced Tallies earlier last year with their single “Trouble” …

Elsa – ST

By Dane Di Pierro 6th January 2019 6th January 2019

In the summer of 2012 Toronto’s Jonathan Rogers began recording …

Foliage & Andrew Younker – Split EP

By Dane Di Pierro 18th December 2018 18th December 2018

Andrew Younker and Manuel Joseph Walker (AKA Foliage) have charted …

Oslo Oscillator – City Nomads

By Estella Rosa 16th December 2018 16th December 2018

I introduced Oslo Oscillator on Fadeawayradiate last year. The band …

Fadeawayradiate End of Year Song List 2018

By Estella Rosa 15th December 2018 15th December 2018

Well, it’s that time of the year again! Time for …

Fanclub – Stranger

By Dane Di Pierro 10th December 2018 18th December 2018

Austin based trio Fanclub have released their third in a …

Men I Trust – Say, Can You Hear

By Estella Rosa 2nd December 2018 2nd December 2018

Men I Trust, are a dreampop trio from Montreal (Canada) …

Tallies – Trouble

By Estella Rosa 22nd November 2018 1st March 2019

  With their debut album out 11th Jan 2019 via …

Marble Arch – I’m On My Way

By Estella Rosa 15th November 2018 15th November 2018

I know I do go on about current dreampop bands …

Softer Still – Nuances

By Dane Di Pierro 14th November 2018 14th November 2018

Surrey’s purveyors of gentle blissed out indie pop, Softer Still …

Orchid Mantis – Yellow House

By Daylily Alvarez 12th November 2018 12th November 2018

Out of the many artists I have enjoyed on many …

The Strange Creatures – Phantasms

By Estella Rosa 6th November 2018 6th November 2018

Manilla based The Strange Creatures have got to be the …

Piroshka – Everlastingly Yours

By Estella Rosa 6th November 2018 6th November 2018

On the first of October, the bomb dropped that Piroshka, an …

Cathedral Bells – A Passing Phase

By Brenna Cavanaugh 2nd November 2018 2nd November 2018

As late Fall descends on the Midwestern US, I find …

Hypnagogica: new psychedelica in slumberland

By Estella Rosa 21st October 2018 26th December 2018

Recently, I have been noticing this little sub-niche within the …

The Daysleepers – Creation

By Dane Di Pierro 8th October 2018 8th October 2018

In 2005 I was twenty years old and just starting …