February 21, 2020

The serenity of dead angels

(Exit Calm was an Alternative/Shoegaze band from Barnsley, South-Yorkshire, UK. Founded in 2007 and split up in march 2015, were formed by Nicky Smith (vocals), Rob Marshall (guitars), Simon Lindley (bass) and Scott Pemberton (drums)).

Learning the ghost dance

(Folie Adieu is an Alternative/Shoegaze duo from Wellington, KS, formed by Andrea Drongoski (guitars and vocals) and Brian Winters (drums)).

Sad times of wasted youth

(Fever Dream is a Shoegaze/Alternative english band that plays a dark, fuzzy, menacing music that blurs the line from noisy shoegaze to angular post-punk. The band is formed by Adrian Fleet (guitar, vocals), Sarah Lippett (bass) and Cat Loye (drums)). 

A poem for wild flowers

(Drowner is a band from Houston, Texas whose powerful, oceanic and atmospheric sound draws on influences as varied as shoegaze, post rock, noise pop and dream pop, as well as bands like The Cure, R.E.M., My Bloody Valentine and This Will Destroy You. The band is formed by Darren Emanuel (guitar/drums/keys), Sean Evans (guitar), Mike Brewer (bass) and Anna Bouchard (vocals)).

Distruzione dei recettori dell'acetilcolina nella placca neuromuscolare

(Ovo are an Italian Avant Garde/Noise Rock/Experimental band based in Ravenna, formed in 2000 by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella).

Saving souls from beyond

(Drop were a short lived Shoegaze band from the UK leaded by Mark Bloomer. Active mostly in the early 90's, the band was one of the many obscure UK shoegaze bands during that era).

A deserved pause in life

(Dissolve is an Alternative/Post Rock/Shoegaze duo from San Francisco, CA, formed by Blaine Patrick (instruments) and Inna Kurikova (vocals)).

February 19, 2020

Creating a new feelings-machine

(Froth is an LA-based band formed by Joo Joo Ashworth (Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Rhodes, Organ, Synth), Cameron Allen (Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Synth), Jeremy Katz (Bass, Synth, Percussion) and Tomas Dolas (Synth, Organ, Rhodes, Cello). The band performs sounds as shoegaze soundscapes mixed with krautrock beats). 

A day shining unclear

(For Against is a Nebraska-based Post Punk/Shoegaze band formed by Jeffrey Runnings (vocals, bass), Harry Dingman III (guitar) and Nicholas Buller (drums)).

February 18, 2020

A gaze to the unknown

(The Stargazer Lilies is a Pennsylvania Shoegaze/Noise band formed by John Ceparano, Kim Field and Tammy Hirata).

The slow flow of cursed poems

(HTRK (to be pronounced as 'HateRock"), began performing in 2003 as a duo consisting of Sean Stewart and Nigel Yang, both ex-members of Portraits of Hugo Perez. Later adding vocalist Jonnine Standish, the group took on a more haunting sound; citing such major influences as the electronic music label Mego, The Birthday Party, Krautrock, David Lynch and Suicide, HTRK combined highly textured guitar noise with groove-laden basslines and profound drum machine patterns).

La morbidezza del mercurio compatto

(My Invisible Friend is an Italian Fidenza-based Shoegaze/Alternative/Psychedelic band, formed by Ann (bass, vocals), Cristian (guitar, vocals), Joe (guitar, vocals ) and  Roland (drums)).

Measuring serotonin nano-fluxes

(Fever Dream is a Shoegaze/Alternative english band that plays a dark, fuzzy, menacing music that blurs the line from noisy shoegaze to angular post-punk. The band is formed by Adrian Fleet (guitar, vocals), Sarah Lippett (bass) and Cat Loye (drums)). 

Nella penombra il gambo di Nosferatu

(Ovo are an Italian Avant Garde/Noise Rock/Experimental band based in Ravenna, formed in 2000 by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella).

Beating with sugar punch

(HTRK (to be pronounced as 'HateRock"), began performing in 2003 as a duo consisting of Sean Stewart and Nigel Yang, both ex-members of Portraits of Hugo Perez. Later adding vocalist Jonnine Standish, the group took on a more haunting sound; citing such major influences as the electronic music label Mego, The Birthday Party, Krautrock, David Lynch and Suicide, HTRK combined highly textured guitar noise with groove-laden basslines and profound drum machine patterns).

Echoes of rain

(Colour is a Shoegaze band from NJ, who makes dreamy, druggy music drowned in fuzz melody and light).

The tortuous paths of universal ether

(Amp is an English ambient/space/drone group based around the core members Richard Walker and Karine Charff. Walker was a member of a band in Bristol called The Secret Garden that incubated a number of groups including Flying Saucer Attack and Third Eye Foundation. In 1992 he left the band; singles from Amp began to come out on a number of small English labels and a debut album called Sirènes was released in 1996 on the Wurlitzer Jukebox label in the UK and a short-lived American label called Petrol).
 

The day man lost

(Glaring is a Darkwave/Experimental/Post Punk solo project by german musician Anna Nin from None).

A brief introduction to dipterans life

(Nadja is Aidan Baker (guitars/vocals/drum programming) & Leah Buckareff (bass/vocals). Originally formed in 2003 as a Baker solo project, the now-duo creates ambient-drone-metal, combining ambient electronics & fragmentary vocals with snail-crawl, epic riffs & dirge-like percussion. Vampillia is an experimental/hardcore/modern classical band from Japan, describing themselves as a 10 piece “brutal orchestra” and turn classical into hardcore music; the three vocalists are backed by twin guitars and violins, a bass, a viola, a piano and a DJ. Members include recording drummer Toyohito Yoshikawa (ex Boredoms) and Kazuhisa Chikada (world’s end girlfriend) as 2nd drummer.  

Ovo are an Italian Avant Garde/Noise Rock/Experimental band based in Ravenna, formed in 2000 by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella).

In life boundaries

(Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician (vocals, guitar and piano). Her work has blended elements of gothic rock, doom metal, and folk music). 

The fourth call of death

(Necro Deathmort is an English Experimental/Electronic/Dark Ambient/Drone band. Formed in London 2007 by Matthew Rozeik and AJ Cookson, the duo that comprise the band create a intriguing and alluring blend of electronic-based music seamlessly intertwining dark ambience, noise, synth-driven beats, cinematic soundscapes, and heavy drones).

Victims of dark ages

(Tropic Of Cancer is the solo project of Camella Lobo, a LA based american experimental/post punk musician).

Remembering the Black Dahlia

(.cut featuring Gibet is a Experimental/Post Rock collaboration between .cut and Gibet, founded in 2003, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France).

Rewinding a time travel

(Blouse is a Post Punk/Ethereal/Shoegaze band from Portland, OR, formed by Charlie Hilton, Jacob Portrait and Patrick Adams).

Here

Dreaming in a dream whitin a dream

(Ovo are an Italian Avant Garde/Noise Rock/Experimental band based in Ravenna, formed in 2000 by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella).

The man who laughs in anger

(Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982) is an Icelandic cellist and composer. A prolific indie artist, she is known for her numerous live and studio collaborations with Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, múm, Ben Frost, Ilpo Väisänen's Angel, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Animal Collective, Sunn O))), Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Hauschka, the duo of BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa, The Knife, and many others.
 
Guðnadóttir is also a vocal performer, and once she arranged a choir for Throbbing Gristle performances in Austria and UK. As a composer, she wrote a score for the play Sumardagur performed at Iceland's National Theatre, as well as the Danish film Kapringen).
 

End of an endless day

(The Stargazer Lilies is a Pennsylvania Shoegaze/Noise band formed by John Ceparano, Kim Field and Tammy Hirata).

February 14, 2020

Followed by ghosts

(Bloody Knives is based in Austin, Texas consisting of Preston Maddox (bass, voice, keyboards, samples, programming) and Jake McCown (Drums, noise, programming, art). The band combines the sounds of heavy punk and industrial with blurry ambient electronics, shoegaze atmospherics, and 8-bit glitches and melodies).
 

Pines rocking in the wind

(Blemishes is a Shoegaze/Noise band from NYC formed by Brian P. and Lauren Leilani I.).

Last light of heaven

(Astral is a San Francisco based shoegaze/ post-punk trio, formed in 2001 by Dave Han, Shawn Poh (Nakano), and Amy Rosenoff).

Nanoscopic Expansion of Lithium Isotopes

(Ashrae Fax is a Post-Punk, Ethereal Wave and Dream-Pop band created in 1993 in Greensboro, North Carolina by Renée Mendoza & Alex Chesney).

Unwinding the double helix

(Pod Blotz is a Modern Electronics/ Abstract Techno/ Rhythmic Industrial/ Noise and Experimental Music project located in Los Angeles, leaded by Suzy Poling. The sound is an otherworldly, cathartic mix of modular electronics, vocals, rhythmic elements, tape manipulation, metals, and field recordings. 

Suzy Poling is a polymath and interdisciplinary artist working with sound, video, film, photography installation, sculpture, painting, collage and performance art. She researches the multi- dimensional interferences between optics, mirrors, sonic resonance, electrical synthesis, video experiments, human/alien identities and inspections of geological anomalies. Pod Blotz is Poling’s Modern Electronic / Sound Art solo project that explores posthumanist concepts, cathartic gestures and otherworldy sound source).

Psicosi causata dalla psoriasi

(Ovo are an Italian Avant Garde/Noise Rock/Experimental band based in Ravenna, formed in 2000 by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella).

February 13, 2020

A blue monday ceremony

(Dreams Never End, A Tribute To New Order is an ethereal /shoegaze tribute compilation made by The Blog That Celebrates Itself label).

Blessed with secrets

(ESA was born in 2002 in order to cross the threshold from one genre of extreme music to another. Engineer of this electronic inferno, Jamie Blacker, up until this point had been writing music semi-professionally for years in the UK Black / Death metal circle, touring and recording alongside some of the genres elite.

Having decided to experiment in dark electronics, ESA’s heavy, rhythmic style has since become rooted at the forefront of the harsh industrial / power electronics scene, predominantly owing to slews of powerful and engaging live shows all over the globe and 7 well received, critically acclaimed albums.

Taking influences initially from rhythmical noise acts, Blacker’s sound structures have developed and integrated countless influences from the broad spectrum of alternative and extreme music. The tone of ESA is harsh and oppressive, dripping with destructive and corroded grooves whilst still emanating deep melody and a strong sense of spirituality. ESA’s compositions are undoubtedly threatening and offensive floor stomping club tunes but also twist and churn enough to reward more attentive listening). 

Playing with summer dolls

(Girl Groups - The Underground Versions is a psychedelic/shoegaze compilation made by The Blog That Celebrates Itself label).

Riding through the hallucinations galaxy

(Necro Deathmort is an English Experimental/Electronic/Dark Ambient/Drone band. Formed in London 2007 by Matthew Rozeik and AJ Cookson, the duo that comprise the band create a intriguing and alluring blend of electronic-based music seamlessly intertwining dark ambience, noise, synth-driven beats, cinematic soundscapes, and heavy drones).

Embracing the asthenosphere

(Trance To The Sun is an ethereal/neopsychedelic/post-punk band originally based out of Santa Barbara, California. The band consists of multi-instrumentalist Ashkelon Sain as the primary songwriter, performer and producer; currently, the band consists of Ashkelon Sain, Ingrid Luna, and Daniel Henderson, with additional live musician Terry Luna on bass guitar).

Choosing your secret inferno

(Runes Order is a one-man Italian Dark Ambient project leaded by Claudio Dondo. His early compositions were inspired by ritualistic and industrial atmospheres and were composed using synthesizers, pre-recorded tapes and self-made metallic percussion instruments. Actually the music shifted towards cosmic sounds, similar to the so-called Kraut Rock school of Tangerine Dream, Faust, K. Schulze. Nearly all the compositions are improvised and recorded with no overdubs.Die Sonne Satan is an italian dark ambient project formed by Paolo Beltrame from Opus Vix Inchoatum).

Frá ljósi eldfjalla

(Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982) is an Icelandic cellist and composer. A prolific indie artist, she is known for her numerous live and studio collaborations with Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, múm, Ben Frost, Ilpo Väisänen's Angel, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Animal Collective, Sunn O))), Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Hauschka, the duo of BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa, The Knife, and many others.
Guðnadóttir is also a vocal performer, and once she arranged a choir for Throbbing Gristle performances in Austria and UK. As a composer, she wrote a score for the play Sumardagur performed at Iceland's National Theatre, as well as the Danish film Kapringen)

Winter funeral waltz

(Abstract Spirit is a band from Moscow, Russia, that borders between playing funeral doom and doom/death, perhaps falling just onto the side of the former subgenre. Some hints of Dolorian-like doom/black can also occationally be heard. The music can be described as intense, menacing, eerie, and above all, majestic. Ennui is a funeral/doom band from Tbilisi, Georgia, formed in 2012 by Daniel Neagoe, David Unsaved and Sergi Shengelia).

On the edge of hereditary madness

(The Third Eye Foundation is an english experimental/illbient/shoegaze band leaded by Matt Elliott, producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter, originally from Bristol, England and now based in France).

Deconstructing family constellations

(HTRK (to be pronounced as 'HateRock"), began performing in 2003 as a duo consisting of Sean Stewart and Nigel Yang, both ex-members of Portraits of Hugo Perez. Later adding vocalist Jonnine Standish, the group took on a more haunting sound; citing such major influences as the electronic music label Mego, The Birthday Party, Krautrock, David Lynch and Suicide, HTRK combined highly textured guitar noise with groove-laden basslines and profound drum machine patterns).

The silence of the forgotten

(Soda Lilies is a Shoegaze band from Austin, TX, formed by Ryan Elmore, Alexis Sidoff, Alex Stanfield and Jake Rowan).

Dying in a trance in wounds

(Glaring is a Darkwave/Experimental/Post Punk solo project by german musician Anna Nin from None).

Hearing voices from nowhere

(Gnod is a trippy, rhythm, drone & psychedelic noise collective formed 2006, Manchester, UK, with a shrinking and expanding lineup: Alex Macarte, Chris Haslam, Chris Morley, Dan Watson, David Andrew McLean, John Paul Moran, Jon Perry, Marlene Ribeiro, Neil Francis and Paddy Shine). 

Closing eyes in evening

(The Stargazer Lilies is a Pennsylvania Shoegaze/Noise band formed by John Ceparano, Kim Field and Tammy Hirata).

February 12, 2020

Non toccare la bestia sporca

(Ovo are an Italian Avant Garde/Noise Rock/Experimental band based in Ravenna, formed in 2000 by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella).

Here

Living in fresh roots of ancestors

Returning back from inspiring winds from Newen of Wallmapu. Ten years in the air, sharing for love to music.

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