Category Archives: Bandcamp

New Slowness Album due in June

Posted on 14 May 2014 by NWshoegazer

… and there was much rejoicing throughout the land. Due to be released on the 3rd of June, How to Keep from Falling off a Mountain will be available in vinyl from the band’s website or as a download from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Interview, Shoegaze, Vinyl | Tagged Slowness | Leave a comment

Hi To Lo (part 2)

Posted on 30 January 2014 by NWshoegazer

This is the second compilation in the Hi to Lo series, featuring songs found on some of this year’s new releases. Once again, I found most of these songs via Bandcamp. I’m thinking of changing the blog’s tagline to “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Compilation, Shoegaze | Tagged Ace Martens, aheadphonehome, Carnival Animals, Conheartist, Fantasy Prom, Fragments of God, HYLA, September Girls, Teenage Daydreams, The Grease Arrestor, The Noise Tigers, The Voices, Yourself in Peace | Leave a comment

Fuzz & Fuzz Lite

Posted on 2 January 2014 by NWshoegazer

The year before last, I abandoned my plans to assemble a year-end review compilation during the last week of 2012, when I discovered that I had nearly eighty releases to consider. This time, I began work on the 2013 compilation … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Compilation, Shoegaze | Tagged Ask For Joy, Bialogard, Brief Candles, Contrast, Dear Eloise, Dissolve, Dråpe, Fleeting Joys, Helicon, Honeyslide, Let's Be Loveless, Lost In The Fog, Miniatures, No Joy, Presents For Sally, SPC ECO, Star Horse, Technicolor Teeth, Tusindfald, Venera 4, Westkust | Leave a comment

A Reason To Be Optimistic

Posted on 10 January 2013 by NWshoegazer

For mostly personal reasons, 2012 was a disappointing year for me, but I have to say I don’t think it was a particularly good year for new music either. Sure, there were lots of singles and EPs from promising new … Continue reading →

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A Girl Can Change Yr Mind, Can’t She

Posted on 13 March 2012 by NWshoegazer

There I was, thinking I had made my last Vibrato compilation, when, one after another, I kept stumbling upon good, new Shoegaze releases from bands I had, for the most part, never before heard of. My discovery of Drowner was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Compilation, Shoegaze | Tagged broaddaylight, Drowner, Miniatures, Modern Charms, Saint Marie Records | 2 Comments

The Overflow

Posted on 8 April 2011 by NWshoegazer

Even though Tom Lugo has managed to round up contributions from more than eighty artists for his Rock Back for Japan compilation series*, it turns out that there are still a few Shoegaze bands he didn’t get, so I did … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Compilation, Shoegaze | Tagged Belong, compilation, Ghost Animal, Lowtide, Mood Rings, Moonbeams, Poor Useless Me, Quiet Lights, Red Moon, Sunshower Orphan, [aftersun] | 1 Comment

SW, NW, and More

Posted on 21 March 2011 by NWshoegazer

In honor of SXSW, this compilation features two bands from Austin, Texas. There is also a band from Seattle in there somewhere – keeping the NW in NWshoegazing. Link expired 12am PDT, Monday, 14 April 2011 01. “Keep It Quiet … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Compilation, Shoegaze | Tagged 93MillionMilesFromTheSun, Between the Cities are Stars, Blemishes, compilation, Factory Kids, Jetman Jet Team, Ringo Deathstarr, The Internet, The Sky Drops, The Telewire, Thunder Bunny | 12 Comments

March Gladness

Posted on 4 March 2011 by NWshoegazer

Forget that maddening basketball tournament; here are ten very good reasons to smile while we wait for Spring to arrive. Link expired 12am PDT, Friday, 1 April 2011 Vibrato 11.04 01. “Arristea” by Mint Julep from Songs About Snow (©2008 … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Compilation, Shoegaze | Tagged bliss.city.east, Bloody Knives, compilation, folie adieu, Mint Julep, Slowness, Sonnet LVIII, Tashaki Miyaki, The Rosen Association, Tribes of the City, Young Prisms | Leave a comment

Golden Gardens

Posted on 23 February 2011 by NWshoegazer

Golden Gardens is an Ambient/Shoegaze/Dreampop duo whose members are located in opposite corners of the United States. Gregg Alexander Joseph Neville can be found basking in the Florida sunshine while Aubrey Rachel Violet Bramble spends her days singing in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Interview, Shoegaze | Tagged Golden Gardens, interview | 1 Comment

Catching Up With…

Posted on 12 February 2011 by NWshoegazer

…the contributors to Vibrato 2010. It has been a couple of months since Vibrato 2010 was made available for download, and I was wondering how the artists who helped make it possible were getting on, so I asked. Here are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Shoegaze | Tagged American Gods, Anne, C'est la Mort, Gypsy Death and You, SPC ECO, Ten Million Lights, The Great Wilderness, The Sunshine Factory, Whirl | 1 Comment