"The first single Week-end At Bernie's - a delightfully 90's little indie pop rock candy"  Read more at Rock n Folk “Week-end At Bernie’s” is the first single released from the upcoming album A Superior Athlete (April 22nd), and like the other tracks on the record, it wears the influences and experiences of the last year on its sleeve. A year spent in and out of lockdowns hunkered down with a series of classic 80s movies, including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and this song’s namesake. A year spent rediscovering era-defining records that graced the cd-changers of many a college student’s […]

Mixed and mastered by Mark Gardener (Ride), The Fires is the latest from Blushing's upcoming album "Possessions," which you can preorder here, out February 18, 2022. Forged from thick, moody instrumentation, layered with warm vocals, Gardener added a punch and glimmer to showcase Blushing at their dreamiest. "The Fires" and previous singles "Sour Punch" and "Blame (feat. Miki Berenyi)" are all streaming now. Upcoming Blushing tour dates: 4-16 Austin TX - Hotel Vegas 4-18 Ft. Worth TX - Main At Southside 4-19 Kansas City, MO - MiniBar 4-20 Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge 4-21 Salt Lake City, UT - […]

Pearl Charles "Magic Mirror"   Back in February, Pearl released her sophomore album "Magic Mirror." Rough Trade recently included it in their Top 100 albums of 2021, and The Guardian named "Only for Tonight" one of their Top 20 songs of the year! Shindig said it's album "suited for Saturday nights and Sunday mornings" and that is the most on the nose review we've seen this year. "Magic Mirror" is available on blue vinyl, CD and streaming here. If you just discovered Pearl, you'll want to check out her debut Sleepless Dreamer which was reissued on vinyl this year. Buy/Stream […]

“'Sour Punch' leans heavily into the band’s pop talents, enveloping their sweet shimmering melodies with waves of distortion and hazy beauty." Read more about it at Under the Radar Blushing shares "Sour Punch", the latest single and video from the upcoming album Possessions, which is available for preorder now. "Sour Punch" finds the Austin dreamgazers embracing 90s indie pop and wrapping it in a blanket of the heaving reverberated sounds and hazy vocals that have become the band's signature. The DIY visual pays loving homage to the fun and strange low budget music videos the group grew up watching in the heyday […]

Toronto-based Tallies is sharing their first new single, "No Dreams of Fayres" since the release of their self-titled debut in 2019. Once again drawing on the ethereal dream-pop aesthetics of Lush, Beach House and Cocteau Twins, this time turning the dial on some of those shimmering guitar lines. Produced by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and Dylan Frankland of the band at Palace Sound, Baskitball 4 Life and Candle Recording in Toronto, "No Dreams of Fayres" documents singer, Sarah Cogan's battle with depression; the moments when she was trying to work it out but couldn't find the energy to do so. Tallies will play SXSW and […]

"Therapeutic, banging pop deliciousness" Gigwise “'His Brother' is a track baked in the frustrations of youth" The Line of Best Fit UK Dates Announced: Mar 11 Bristol - Louisiana Tix Mar 12 London - Sebright Arms Tix Mar 13 Birmingham - Hare & Hounds Tix Mar 25 Liverpool - Jacaranda Mar 26 Manchester - Yes Tix Mar 27 Leeds - Headrow House Tix Following the release of their debut EP ‘Open The Door’ and a string of impressive festivals this summer,  Oslo’s VEPS returns with their new single ‘His Brother’ - out today! ‘His Brother’ is an infectious, angst filled, […]

"Collaboration made in dream pop heaven" KEXP Austin, Texas’, Blushing announces their signing to Kanine Records, and shares the lead-off single “Blame” from upcoming album Possessions (due February 18th, 2022). The track is an immersive reintroduction to Blushing’s heavy brand of dream pop and harnesses a veritable who’s who of established and upcoming shoegaze scenesters; most notably in the distinctive vocals of Miki Berenyi from Brit legends Lush. This testament to trans-atlantic mutual appreciation began when Blushing covered “Out Of Control” for a Lush tribute album in 2018, catching the ear of Berenyi, who tweeted her appreciation, and a friendship was […]

Cole Koch, Toronto based DJ / Producer, has crafted songs in response to his experience stuck in NYC during the beginning of the pandemic. Lockdown NYC gets the deluxe treatment with remixes by Kontravoid, Prince Josh, and Nailbiter all available to stream today along with a new visuals at the right. "A party-ready palette with distorted instrumentation to create an apocalyptic dance song." THE LINE OF BEST FIT