Category: indie

Calundé – Feathers

By Simon Heavisides 16th April 2021 16th April 2021

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

Love, Burns – Wired Eyes

By Simon Heavisides 5th April 2021 5th April 2021

We live in strange times, but wasn’t it ever thus? …

The Francine Odysseys – My Favourite Distraction EP

By Simon Heavisides 30th March 2021 30th March 2021

Love at first sight (or sound), is it real? Can …

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 …

Remington Super 60 – Nouvelle Nouveau EP

By Simon Heavisides 19th March 2021 19th March 2021

There’s a jaw dropping scene in Right Here, the documentary …

Catenary Wires – Mirrorball

By Estella Rosa 17th March 2021 17th March 2021

Mirrorball, is the new single (and video) by The Catenary …

Elephants and Dogs

By Simon Heavisides 5th March 2021 5th March 2021

Elephants and Dogs is a new solo project from Toronto …

FadeAwayRadiate Update 7

By Estella Rosa 26th February 2021 26th February 2021

No idea why but this week’s vibes seem to be …

Letting Up Despite Great Faults – I Hear You Drowning But I’m Tied

By Simon Heavisides 25th February 2021 25th February 2021

Apparently the world is divided, I know, no great shock. …

FadeAwayRadiate Update 6

By Estella Rosa 19th February 2021 19th February 2021

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

Swansea Sound – Indies Of The World

By Estella Rosa 17th February 2021 17th February 2021

We introduced Swansea Sound here in September last year when …

FadeAwayRadiate Update 4

By Estella Rosa 5th February 2021 5th February 2021

My goodness, it looked like everyone just decided to release …

FadeAwayRadiate Update 3

By Estella Rosa 29th January 2021 5th February 2021

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

Pale Blue Eyes – Motionless/Chelsea

By Simon Heavisides 26th January 2021 26th January 2021

Back in the dim and distant pre Covid world, where …

Fadeawayradiate Update 2

By Estella Rosa 22nd January 2021 5th February 2021

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

Beautiful Noise Compilation (Sunday Records)

By Simon Heavisides 5th December 2020 5th December 2020

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

In conversation with The Hepburns, Nah…

By Estella Rosa 6th November 2020 4th March 2021

Today The Hepburns and Nah… are both releasing a cover …

Sunstack Jones – Golden Repair & Interview

By Dane Di Pierro 1st November 2020 1st November 2020

Earlier this month British band Sunstack Jones released their fourth …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Fadeawayradiate Top 5 lists 2019

By Fadeawayradiate 6th December 2019 20th December 2019

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

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 …

GOLDEN – Unaccountable

By Estella Rosa 30th November 2019 30th November 2019

We have another girl called Bailey (see Bathe) making music …

Night Flowers – Fortune Teller

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

Night Flowers seem to be one of the hardest working …

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 …

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 …

Hazel English – Shaking

By Estella Rosa 6th November 2019 6th November 2019

I listen to so many bands in the dream pop …

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 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 …

The Memory Fades – Space Pilot

By Reverb Raccoon 10th September 2019 10th September 2019

“Space Pilot,” the new release by The Memory Fades, is …

Hospital – Dust

By Estella Rosa 21st July 2019 21st July 2019

Formed in 2011, Hospital is the vision and project of …

Remington Super 60 – The Highway Again

By Estella Rosa 11th July 2019 11th July 2019

Remington super 60 is/was an indie pop band from Norway, …

Blue Unit – S/T EP

By Brenna Cavanaugh 1st June 2019 1st June 2019

Just within the past few weeks, the date and lineup …

The Memory Fades – She Loves The Birds

By Reverb Raccoon 13th April 2019 13th April 2019

The Memory Fades creates dreamy pop, bittersweet below the surface, …

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 …

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) …

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 …

Amber Arcades – European Heartbreak

By Estella Rosa 27th September 2018 27th September 2018

Dutch dreampop outfit Amber Arcades release their second album, European Heartbreak, on 28th …

Reverse Play: C86 re(dis)covered cover compilation

By Estella Rosa & Dane Di Piero 14th September 2018 15th September 2018

FadeAwayRadiate released our annual compilation last month titled Reverse Play: …

The Beths – Future Me Hates Me

By Dane Di Pierro 2nd September 2018 2nd September 2018

What do you get when you take some university jazz …

Sobs – Telltale Signs

By Dane Di Pierro 7th August 2018 7th August 2018

The on the far side of the world lies a …

Oslo Oscillator – Newlands

By Estella Rosa 1st June 2018 1st June 2018

I introduced Norwegian band Oslo Oscillator on here last year …

The Catherines S/T

By Dane Di Pierro 14th May 2018 14th May 2018

Before you’ve even heard a note of The Catherines music …

Blue Note Indie

By Estella Rosa 23rd April 2018 6th February 2020

Jazz and prog are hot… I have noticed. Go to …

Stephen’s Shore – September Love 

By Dane Di Pierro 14th April 2018 11th May 2018

September Love by Stephen’s Shore Summer might be a few …

Flashes – Black Monday/Infinites double-single

By Jennifer L. Holland 27th March 2018 27th March 2018

Black Monday / Infinites by Flashes Flashes are a “four-sometimes-five” …

Boy Pablo – Losing You

By Estella Rosa 25th March 2018 26th March 2018

Boy Pablo are Pablo Muñoz, a 19-year-old teenager from Norway …

The Day – Leave the Dark

By Estella Rosa 15th March 2018 11th May 2018

I am quite ruthless in my search through new indie …

Dayflower – Daisy Age

By Estella Rosa 1st March 2018 13th March 2021

Daisy Age by Dayflower By now, British band Dayflower have …

Candace – New Ruins

By Daylily Alvarez 25th February 2018 9th May 2020

It is amazing to hear a band evolve right before …

Gliss – Strange Heaven

By Brenna Cavanaugh 19th February 2018 19th February 2018

Berlin duo Gliss released a new album just a few …

Bolinas – Casa

By Estella Rosa 1st February 2018 1st February 2018

Subtle is the word that springs to mind when I …

Camilo Beltran – Whispers

By Estella Rosa 28th January 2018 28th January 2018

I recently got this subtle gem of a song submitted …

North West – Sun

By Estella Rosa 11th January 2018 11th January 2018

Etheral, London-based duo Northwest (Ignacio Simón & Mariuca García-Lomas) want to show …

Bolinas – Vacation & Angostura

By Estella Rosa 14th November 2017 14th November 2017

Bolinas are a dreampop quartet I came across by accident on …

AKWUAR – Millions of Same Faces

By Estella Rosa 10th November 2017 10th November 2017

We are pleased to introduce you to a whole new name …

Light upon Brief Candles

By Brenna Cavanaugh 6th November 2017 6th November 2017

Today marks a little bit of post-show depression for me, …

Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet & live in Paradiso

By Estella Rosa 1st November 2017 13th March 2021

Japanese Breakfast was one of the last bands on the …

Surf Rock is Dead – We Have No Friends?

By Estella Rosa 12th October 2017 13th March 2021

Brooklyn based dreampop duo Surf Rock is Dead are Kevin …

I Remember That!: 12 Sophistipop tunes quoted out of context…

By Estella Rosa 1st October 2017 1st October 2017

Somewhere in May I sent a nice little cover of …

Norway Calling!: Oslo Oscillator, Måke and The Megaphonic Thrift

By Estella Rosa 25th September 2017 13th March 2021

In the last weeks, three brandnew indie-tracks from Norwegian bands …

Pia Fraus – Field Ceremony

By Wesley Breard 13th August 2017 13th March 2021

  Field Ceremony will be released in digital, CD and …

Frankie Rose – Cage Tropical album

By Estella Rosa 29th July 2017 30th July 2017

Cage Tropical Slumberland Records/Grey Market 11 August 2017   Phenomenon …

Bye Bye Badman – Wave EP

By Estella Rosa 17th July 2017 19th July 2017

Artist: Bye Bye Badman Album: Wave Released: April 29, 2017 …

Space4lease – Must be Something

By Estella Rosa 15th July 2017 13th March 2021

Space4Lease’s new song “Must Be Something”  premiered on Friday July …

Kingsbury – Emeralds

By Estella Rosa 11th June 2017 11th June 2017

I came across this wonderful track because it was suggested …

The Dream Eaters – We are a Curse review & interview

By Brenna Cavanaugh 13th May 2017 13th May 2017

The Dream Eaters’ new release “We are a Curse” features …

Northwest – Dimaryp

By Estella Rosa 9th May 2017 13th March 2021

I already added their mesmerising track “Wind” to one of …

The Holiday Crowd – S/T

By Estella Rosa 13th February 2017 13th March 2021

The Holiday Crowd Album Label: Shelflife Records Release date: January 13, …

Drab Majesty – The Demonstration

By Brenna Cavanaugh 26th January 2017 26th January 2017

Drab Majesty – The Demonstration Released: January 20th 2017 Label: …

The Marbles Jackson – Ten Million Suns

By Estella Rosa 10th January 2017 13th March 2021

After their debut album “Notes To The Dust“,  Londoners ( …

Sunshade – Souvenir & Interview

By Estella Rosa 8th January 2017 13th March 2021

Sunshade are an Indiepop duo from France, consisting of two …

Sound Smiths: 12 shoegaze /dreampop artists & their favourite gear

By Estella Rosa 26th December 2016 13th March 2021

Sound Smiths: 12 shoegaze /dreampop artists on their favourite tools…. …

Top 10 indie releases 2016

By Estella Rosa 13th December 2016 19th December 2016

The year has nearly gone…to the majority it wasn’t a …

Meeting Heavy Heart…

By Estella Rosa 31st October 2016 23rd January 2019

Review and short interview with Anna Vincent I hear a …

Hazel English – “ Never Going Home” EP

By Estella Rosa 5th October 2016 6th October 2016

I have been following Hazel English and sharing her stuff …

THE DEATH OF POP/ THE SKATING PARTY SPLIT 7″ LATHE CUT

By Estella Rosa 4th August 2016 5th October 2016

Hidden Gem Records presents, “Skate or Die!” Limited Run, split …

The Arctic Flow – The Luminous Veil

By Estella Rosa 13th April 2016 13th March 2021

The Arctic Flow –  “The Luminous Veil” Label: Oscarson Realease: …

Souvlaki Reheated – A Slowdive Tribute

By Estella Rosa 30th May 2015 22nd October 2015

Souvlaki Reheated – An Italian Tribute to Slowdive “Souvlaki Reheated …