[PLAYLIST] Beach Goth 4

October 23, 2015 / Darren Bonilla

It's Friday, the coffee is brewing, and word has surfaced that WW will be in the building for Beach Goth 4. A good morning it is indeed...

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categories / Acoustic, ambient, Americana, Art-Rock, Events, Ethereal Pop, Festivals, folk, Freak Folk, Fuzz, Grunge, Hazy Pop, Hip Hop, Indie, Jangle Pop, Lo-Fi, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, Shoegaze, singer-songwriter, Surf Rock, Surf-pop, Vocalists
tags / The Growlers, Beach Goth, Santa Ana, Observatory OC, Halloween, Grimes, Die Antwoord, Mac Demarco, Julian Casablancas, Fidlar, The Drums, Juicy J, Warpaint, Tom Green, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Eagles of Death Metal, The Aquabats, Mr Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Mystic Braves, Allah-Las, Toro y Moi, BadBadNotGood, Del the Funky Homosapien, The Shelters, The Frights, Night Beats, Mr Twin Sister, The Coathangers

Aquilo: Put Me Down

May 12, 2015 / Nicola Lyon

From the Lakes District of Britain, over to the ears of Northern California, and then back to me here in London, this song "Put Me Down" by Aquilo was sent...

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categories / bedroom soul, chill, Dream Pop, Ethereal Pop, Pop, R & B, r n b, Soul
tags / Aquilo, Put Me Down, Britain, California, London, penpal, Spotify, Facebook, British, England, slow jam, silken vocals, soothing, melted chocolate, teenhood, duo

[INTERVIEW] Amason

April 10, 2015 / Nicola Lyon

We spoke to Pontus Winnberg of Swedish band, Amason following their extensive string of US tour dates, including a successful SXSW...

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categories / Interviews, Folk, Ethereal Pop, Dream Pop
tags / Amason, Sweden, SXSW, SXSW 2015, Interview

Kevin Garrett: Mellow Drama EP

April 07, 2015 / Lillian Lee

Kevin Garrett is not only one of our favorite musicians, but also one of our most favorite people. The extremely talented and humble 24 year old released his debut EP Mellow Drama today and the entire music blogosphere is buzzing!..

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categories / Dream Pop, Electronic, Ethereal, Ethereal Pop, Soul
tags / Kevin Garrett, Mellow Drama, EP release, Katy Perry, VH1, hype, buzz, Fader

Kagu: Human

February 16, 2015 / Nicola Lyon

It was a sad moment when Snakadaktal split last year. But as every death is balanced by new life, a new solo project was born out of the ashes of this great Aussie band...

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categories / Ambient, Dream Pop, Ethereal Pop, Hazy Pop, Indie, Pop
tags / Kagu, Human, Snakadaktal, death, new life, Aussie, Australian, Sean Heathcliff, pop, flower, blossom, Bambi, new music

[VIDEO] BØRNS: 10,000 Emerald Pools

January 20, 2015 / Nicola Lyon

Admittedly, I was skeptical upon first stumbling across the name BØRNS a while back, filing him as another artist who decided to jump on board this current 'trend' of using Scandinavian letters in band names...

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categories / Ambient, Dream Pop, Ethereal, Ethereal Pop, Pop, synth-pop
tags / video, BØRNS, 10000 Emerald Pools, 10k Emerald Pools, Garrett Borns, Scandinavian, Europe, LA, Los Angeles, androgynous, liquid, underwater, ocean, swimming pool

Eves The Behavior: TV

January 13, 2015 / Nicola Lyon

When our Brisbane friend Morgan first told us about young musician Hannah Karydas two years ago, we couldn't help but listen...

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categories / Ambient, Dream Pop, Electronic, Ethereal, Ethereal Pop, Pop, Singer/Songwriter
tags / Eves The Behaviour, TV, Hannah Karydas, Eves, Brisbane, Australia, The AU Review, Surry Hills, Larry Heath

[VIDEO & PHOTO DIARY] Our Holiday Bazaar

December 23, 2014 / Willow Wood

We teamed up with Paper Garden Records and Fulton Stall Market to present a Holiday Bazaar down at the South Street Seaport before we left New York for the holidays...

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categories / Acoustic, Ambient, Dream Pop, Ethereal, Ethereal Pop, Events, Folk, Indie, Lo-Fi, Photo diary, Singer/Songwriter, Vocalists
tags / video, photo diary, Holiday Bazaar, holiday, Christmas, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, New York, Manhattan, Color Collage, ARMS, Oracle Room, Little Strike, Mree, The City and Horses, Teletextile, Michael Hix & Emily Weiner, Street Soccer USA, xmas

[PHOTO DIARY] Salt Cathedral, ARMS @ Baby's All Right

December 02, 2014 / Nicola Lyon

Salt Cathedral
Photo credit: Nicola Lyon

Last weekend, after we threw our little pop-up show with our friends at Paper Garden Records, we went along to their show at Baby's All Right to see Salt Cathedral, Arms, Mrs. Adam Schatz and Oracle Room...

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categories / Art-Rock, Dream Pop, dream rock, Ethereal Pop, Events, Indie, Pop, Photo diary, Rock, Electronic
tags / photo diary, Salt Cathedral, ARMS, Baby's All Right, pop-up, Paper Garden Records, Mrs Adam Schatz, Oralce Room, Brooklyn, New York

Pepa Knight: Hypnotized Vol. 1

November 28, 2014 / Lauren Labadie

It was roughly Spring in California when we first became acclimated with the warm sounds of Pepa Knight. We were driving through the desert plains of Joshua Tree and Palm Springs; the expansive sounds of Jinja Safari and Pepa Knight seemed to appropriately fit the landscape. Pepa's music has since been associated with memories of travel, the road and vast openness; three things that resonate quite well around our parts...

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categories / Psychedelic, Ethereal Pop, dream rock, Folk
tags / Pepa Knight, Jinja Safari, Australia, Summer, warmth, California

[VIDEO] Angel Olsen: Windows

November 25, 2014 / Nicola Lyon

When Angel Olsen's mother looked down at her newborn baby, and decided to call her 'Angel', she must have had some sort of premonition about what kind of woman her child was going to grow up to be...

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categories / Acoustic, Ambient, Blues, Dream Pop, Ethereal Pop, Folk, Lo-Fi, Singer/Songwriter
tags / video, Angel Olsen, Windows, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, Angel, deluxe version, release, Rick Alverson, moody, seasonal, New York, autumn, winter

[VIDEO] Elisa Ambrogio: Superstitious

November 20, 2014 / Darren Bonilla

Taking her first turn down Solo Street, the sweet voice of Elisa Ambrogio is more vulnerable than ever but she is not looking to keep the one who tugs at her heart-strings a secret...

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categories / Dream Pop, Ethereal Pop, Art-Rock, dream rock, Indie, Pop, Singer/Songwriter
tags / Elisa Ambrogio, Superstitious, video, Magik Markers, Connecticut, pool, underwater, Naomi Yang, The Immoralist, Drag City, new music

[VIDEO] Gold Lake: Lovers

November 17, 2014 / Nicola Lyon

The loveable Madrid/Brooklyn trio Gold Lake have released a new video for their song "Lovers", which premiered on Noisey last week. These Spanish sweethearts played one of our CMJ showcases and are just as delightful to watch live as they are to listen to recorded...

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categories / Ambient, Dream Pop, dream rock, Ethereal Pop, Indie, Rock
tags / video, Gold Lake, Lovers, Years, Madrid, Spanish, Brooklyn, New York, Noisey, CMJ, cinematic, film noir, blood, dramatic, new album, stream

[EVENT RECAP] Beach Goth

November 11, 2014 / Darren Bonilla

Photo credit: Sara Casey

Some say it’s like falling down a rabbit hole, but it’s more like floating to the island of misfit toys on a black cloud. The peculiar is amplified and embraced to a level unmeasurable in the mundane day-to-day of suburbia, but you need not be afraid...

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categories / Dream Pop, dream rock, Ethereal Pop, Events, Festivals, Garage, Grunge, Indie, live reviews, Psychedelic, Rock, Shoegaze, Surf-pop
tags / Beath Goth, event recap, Los Angeles, The Growlers, Halloween, DIIV, The Drums, Chelsea Wolfe, The Garden, Mystic Braves, Shannon and the Clams, Metallica, Oakland, California, Vacationer, The Abigails, La Femme, Pauly Shore, Crystal Castles

Tei Shi: See Me

November 06, 2014 / Lauren Labadie

It's nice to get back to our old ways of musical discovery, by way of serendipity...

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categories / Dream Pop, Ethereal Pop
tags / Tei Shi, Luca Buccellat, New York, Montreal, Canada, Colombia, CMJ, CMJ 2014

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