The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers
How do you follow up a popular debut album? It’s a question bands have struggled with decades trying to balance …
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The Churchill Garden – We Can Dream
On April 16 Andy Jossi and Krissy Vanderwoude from The Churchill Garden released a remarkable project called “We Can Dream” as a …
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Sun Kin – Coming Back, Again
Sun Kin is the indie-pop project of the very talented (Oakland-based/Bombay-born) Kabir Kumar. Kabir made an appearance on the Fadeawayradiate …
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Palm Ghosts – Lorelei
Palm Ghosts is a Nashville-based dreampop/jangle/post punk project initiated by songwriter/producer Joseph Lekkas who is assisted by in his musical …
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Fadeawayradiate Top 5 lists 2019
The end to a decade: time flies! All in all, I think this decade definitely saw more interesting releases in …
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Polly Preacher – Blood On The Moon
Ashleagh Claire Hurren, better known as her musical alias Polly Preacher (Colchester, UK), returns with a second single this year …
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GOLDEN – Unaccountable
We have another girl called Bailey (see Bathe) making music by herself in her bedroom. This time under the moniker …
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Night Flowers – Fortune Teller
Night Flowers seem to be one of the hardest working indie pop bands running at the moment. A glance at …
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F.A.R. OUT – A Sunshine/Psychpop compilation
Our world was without color in the pair of decades prior to 1963, our pupils perceiving only black, white, and …
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Our Favourite Fallen Idols – An Adorable Interview
Everybody that was into indie bands in the first half of the 1990’s will instantly recognise the intro of “Sunshine …
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Hazel English – Shaking
I listen to so many bands in the dream pop genre for the blog, radio-show and groups, and bands and …
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Adorable’s 25th Anniversary Show – Bush Hall, London
Somewhere the spring of 1993 I was walking down the street in Amsterdam and I bumped into a bunch …
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The Stargazer Lilies – Living Work of Art
I had the opportunity to see The Stargazer Lilies live a few years ago and thought it was a little …
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The Memory Fades – Space Pilot
“Space Pilot,” the new release by The Memory Fades, is the soundtrack behind a mythical four-reel biopic, a movie that …
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Hospital – Dust
Formed in 2011, Hospital is the vision and project of talented lead vocalist Egor Berdnikov and assisted by band members, …
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Remington Super 60 – The Highway Again
Remington super 60 is/was an indie pop band from Norway, that released quite a bit of material in the late …
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Blue Unit – S/T EP
Just within the past few weeks, the date and lineup for the Midwest Kalama-Shoegazer event has been revealed. This event …
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The Memory Fades – She Loves The Birds
The Memory Fades creates dreamy pop, bittersweet below the surface, a dream from which you awaken with the sensation of …
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MMBLR – That Breeze
“That Breeze“ is a track that reminded me of the kind of thing that Austin based duo Hovvdy do: kinda dreamy …
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Fanclub – All the Same
Last year we were introduced to Texas trio Fanclub who landed on the dreampop scene with three singles of catchy …
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Heavy Heart – Bed Bug
I introduced London-based indie-poppers Heavy Heart on FAR in October 2016 in a feature and interview with singer Anna (http://fadeawayradiate.com/2016/10/meeting-heavy-heart). Today …
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Shiny Happy Records Tapes: the spirit of DIY alive in Indonesia
Some time ago the label Shiny Happy Records was recommended to me by Gregory Harrigan (from the band The Skating Party) as a small …
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Oslo Oscillator – City Nomads
I introduced Oslo Oscillator on Fadeawayradiate last year. The band has been tantalizing us with demos and singles for some …
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Fadeawayradiate End of Year Song List 2018
Well, it’s that time of the year again! Time for lists! This time we decided to skip whole album/EP’s and …
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Fanclub – Stranger
Austin based trio Fanclub have released their third in a series of brilliant singles titled “Stranger”. Building on a simple …
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Men I Trust – Say, Can You Hear
Men I Trust, are a dreampop trio from Montreal (Canada) that started out in 2014 and consists of Emm(anuelle) Proulx …
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Marble Arch – I’m On My Way
I know I do go on about current dreampop bands sounding formulaic etc. but once in a while I find …
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Amber Arcades – European Heartbreak
Dutch dreampop outfit Amber Arcades release their second album, European Heartbreak, on 28th September 2018 via Heavenly Recordings. The album was recorded and co-produced in …
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Reverse Play: C86 re(dis)covered cover compilation
FadeAwayRadiate released our annual compilation last month titled Reverse Play: C86 Re(dis)covered and since we’re music reviewers at heart here …
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The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
What do you get when you take some university jazz students and a former folk singer and put them in …
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Sobs – Telltale Signs
The on the far side of the world lies a small record label in Singapore called Middle Class Cigars. With …
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Oslo Oscillator – Newlands
I introduced Norwegian band Oslo Oscillator on here last year (Article Norway Calling ). To refresh the memory: Oslo Oscillator …
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The Catherines S/T
Before you’ve even heard a note of The Catherines music you can almost imagine what you’re in for. The monotone …
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Blue Note Indie
Jazz and prog are hot… I have noticed. Go to any hip underground club and there will be some cute …
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Stephen’s Shore – September Love
September Love by Stephen’s Shore Summer might be a few months away, but Stephen’s Shore is here to fill that …
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Flashes – Black Monday/Infinites double-single
Black Monday / Infinites by Flashes Flashes are a “four-sometimes-five” piece band based in Cornwall (UK), self-described as playing “dreamy …
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Boy Pablo – Losing You
Boy Pablo are Pablo Muñoz, a 19-year-old teenager from Norway with a Chilean background, and Declan Mckenna and Gus Dapperton, …
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The Day – Leave the Dark
I am quite ruthless in my search through new indie tracks. I always look for a certain sound, a certain …
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Dayflower – Daisy Age (single and video)
Daisy Age by Dayflower By now, British band Dayflower have become a household name on Fadeawayradiate! It all started when …
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Candace – New Ruins
It is amazing to hear a band evolve right before your ears. I had to take a listen at Candace’s …
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Gliss – Strange Heaven
Berlin duo Gliss released a new album just a few weeks ago, and it has absolutely enraptured me. At times …
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Bolinas – Casa
Subtle is the word that springs to mind when I listen to Bolinas‘ latest song “Casa” (or any Bolinas song …
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Camilo Beltran – Whispers
I recently got this subtle gem of a song submitted that was too precious not to pay attention to: “Whispers” …
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North West – Sun
Etheral, London-based duo Northwest (Ignacio Simón & Mariuca García-Lomas) want to show you their latest creation/single/video (ironically?) called “Sun“. NorthWest: “Sun” is …
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Bolinas – Vacation & Angostura
Bolinas are a dreampop quartet I came across by accident on Soundcloud suggestions, and immediately adored! The band, and their perfectly …
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AKWUAR – Millions of Same Faces
We are pleased to introduce you to a whole new name in indie-dom and present this first single/ video release by …
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Light upon Brief Candles
Today marks a little bit of post-show depression for me, as I just wrapped up the concert weekend that I …
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Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet live & highlights
Japanese Breakfast was one of the last bands on the line-up of the 25th anniversary London Calling edition (yes,yours truly …
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Surf Rock is Dead – We Have No Friends? EP
Brooklyn based dreampop duo Surf Rock is Dead are Kevin Pariso and Joel Witenberg. The duo have spent the last …
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I Remember That!: 12 Sophistipop tunes quoted out of context…
Somewhere in May I sent a nice little cover of Oh Patti by Scritti Politti to a friend who said: …
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Norway Calling!: brandnew Oslo Oscillator, Måke and The Megaphonic Thrift
In the last weeks, three brandnew indie-tracks from Norwegian bands saw the daylight. I am intentionally avoiding the word “fresh” …
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Pia Fraus – Field Ceremony album
Field Ceremony will be released in digital, CD and Vinyl LP on the 16th of October, between labels Seksound …
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Frankie Rose – Cage Tropical album
Cage Tropical Slumberland Records/Grey Market 11 August 2017 Phenomenon Frankie Rose, former member of Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, …
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Bye Bye Badman – Wave EP
Artist: Bye Bye Badman Album: Wave Released: April 29, 2017 Genre: K-pop Label/Distributor: Magic Strawberry sound Korean band Bye Bye …
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Space4lease – “Must be Something” single
Space4Lease’s new song “Must Be Something” premiered on Friday July 14 comes as the first single of releases. They released their …
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Kingsbury – Emeralds
I came across this wonderful track because it was suggested as one new indie tracks on Spotify and it instantly …
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The Dream Eaters – We are a Curse review & interview
The Dream Eaters’ new release “We are a Curse” features folky dream pop a’la Beach House, with echoes of low …
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Spotlight: Northwest – Dimaryp
I already added their mesmerising track “Wind” to one of my playlists this year, and was an instantly hooked on …
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The Holiday Crowd Album
The Holiday Crowd Album Label: Shelflife Records Release date: January 13, 2017 If ever there’s music that I consider to be …
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Drab Majesty – The Demonstration
Drab Majesty – The Demonstration Released: January 20th 2017 Label: Dais Records Stark, beautiful, and poignant; the much-anticipated release from …
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The Marbles Jackson – Ten Million Suns Single
After their debut album “Notes To The Dust“, Londoners ( Hackney) The Marbles Jackson release a new single called “Ten Million …
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Sunshade – Souvenir & Interview with Mathieu & JC
Sunshade are an Indiepop duo from France, consisting of two guys with the most exotic sounding surnames: Mathieu Rivalan and …
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Sound Smiths: 12 shoegaze /dreampop artists on their favourite tools….
Sound Smiths: 12 shoegaze /dreampop artists on their favourite tools…. To celebrate the guitar & guitar-pedal/effect as the foundation for …
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Top 10 indie releases 2016
The year has nearly gone…to the majority it wasn’t a good year. And that is an understatement. Surely strange things …
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Meeting Heavy Heart…
Review and short interview with Anna Vincent I hear a lot of similar music and find myself scanning through SoundCloud …
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Hazel English – “ Never Going Home” EP
I have been following Hazel English and sharing her stuff ever since I heard “It’s Not Real” last year. After …
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THE DEATH OF POP/ THE SKATING PARTY SPLIT 7″ LATHE CUT
Hidden Gem Records presents, “Skate or Die!” Limited Run, split 7″ lathe cut. Hidden Gem Records has just released this …
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The Arctic Flow – “The Luminous Veil”
The Arctic Flow – “The Luminous Veil” Label: Oscarson Realease: December 14, 2015 The Arctic Flow, again was discovered on …
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Souvlaki Reheated – A Slowdive Tribute
Souvlaki Reheated – An Italian Tribute to Slowdive “Souvlaki Reheated – An Italian tribute to Slowdive” is a declaration of …
