“Shoe-gaze” as a genre of music has been around since the 1990s. I like to refer to the genre as “Dream-gaze,” and I’ve also heard it referred to as “Sea-gaze. Both of which are less condescending names, while they more accurately describe the sound and appeal of the genre. The genre made a revival in the early 2000s, making it more well known to a wider international audience. And now it seems it’s making an even bigger comeback as a popular genre with the Generation Z crowd. This was evident at this concert at Great American Music Hall San Francisco, where the line to get in the door was wrapped…
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Elf Freedom Double Album Review by Bird of the Phoenix Movement
Elf Freedom | Solstice 2024 Elf Freedom informs us that “all songs are channeled from the Elf Dimension”. So what happens when you spiral into this dimensional rabbit hole? Intro track ‘Treasure Underground’ is like an invitation to plug into the benevolent Borg; if you psychically answer this invitation, where will this mystery trip take you? Vocals weave together the new century essence of Nico with a hypnotic rhythm section and extenda-vibe guitar, surging the echoes of the dreaming amps. Space synth keeps percolating through the mix, encouraging the listener to look up, up, up through the ever-expanding Milky Way. Back on Planet Earth, witness Jimi Hendrix and early era Pink Floyd jamming in a deep forest…
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HUGE MOLASSES TANK EXPLODES | “III”
Residing in Milan, Italy, this neo-psych band is back with a new release on Tidal Wave Records. A spacey, instrumental, electronic, pulsed opener sets the vibe leading up to the first song, “Bow of Gold”. The shimmering of guitars and octave bass line now kicks in, taking us on a cosmic ride. Reverberated vocals gloss over the prevailing musical landscape as a blend of clean, pristine Fender guitars are mixed in over a wash of sound pulsating into tremolo waves. “Tenuous Form” has a grungy, thick baseline that drives the entire track with ethereal guitar and synth sounds, enveloping the lyrics in an abstract echo followed by a big, washed-out, heavenly…
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The Stargazer Lillies – “Cosmic Tidal Wave”
Starting “Lit like the Sun,” Kim Field’s lush vocals wash over the stratospheric mood of this opening track, like they’re emanating from the source of the center of this solar system. “Any color can be bright, but it takes all to produce daylight.” Vast expanses of space and time transverse perfectly, reflecting the album’s title “Cosmic Tidal Wave.” An epic album opener, it set the stage for the rest of the astral journey over the course of the solid nine song album. “Bending the lines” is the second track, having more of a bounce, and creating a nice low-key dance vibe after the cosmic voyage of the album opener. Smooth…
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Infinite Possible Futures is the new album by Mayya
Infinite Possible Futures is the new album by Mayya, and it hits like a comforting warm breeze or a hug from a long-lost friend.
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Baroque pop at its finest: HIGH TATRAS’ release their new single “Soft Leather (Dead Line)”
"It’s an eclectic mix, but balances out like a smooth scotch on the rocks. "
