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Shoegaze Anti-Hits of Today

I can't stand music discourse—particularly of the "rock is dead" or "rock is back" variety—because I find that nobody has decent taste, and often they're not even aware of the best bands making music now. I feel like most adults have a period of their life when they discover a lot of music and then they give up searching. I'm relentless when it comes to discovering new favorite bands. I don't think there has ever been a time with as much incredible and timeless guitar-driven music as right now. Nothing, Teenage Wrist, Soft Kill, Ruby Haunt, Ski Lodge, cursetheknife, Jorge Elbrecht, Narrow Head, Sports Coach, Gold Star, Choir Boy, Better Person, Private World, Peel Dream Magazine, Salem, Heavenward, Broken Head, Sweet Trip, Valleyheart, Sculpture Club, Winter, Deafheaven, No Joy, Sheer Mag, Day Wave, Roseville, Kitten, Glare, Amusement Parks On Fire, Soft Blue Shimmer, Black Marble, Provoker, Anonymous Club, Holiday Sidewinder, House of Harm, Superbloom, Softcult, Tigers Jaw, Second Skin, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, NewDad, Failure, Beachy Head, The Chain Gang of 1974, Cindy, Seer Believer, Fearing, and VR Sex are the names of some current bands you should probably be listening to that come to mind. And Drab Majesty's The Demonstration, a melodramatic tragedy pageant in honor of the Heaven's Gate suicides, remains the best album of the last decade. If you want something more electro, go for Real Lies, these two Islington dudes who make the most tasteful club pop since the Pet Shop Boys. Their recent single "Late Arcades" was written as an ode to their old schoolmate, Richard Spencer, who vanished years ago. That shit makes me cry.  (Especially in the car.)

@patrik-sandberg

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Mar 3, 2022

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GOOD SMALL BAND RECS! (SO U CAN SAY U WERE THERE B4 THEY BLOW UP)

major motion picture: went to high school with these guys and they are local to co! if u like alt rock then check them out ------> fav song by them: hedgerow wilt: they were an opener for lovejoy eons ago b4 the icky stuff came out abt a certain guy named w****r. anyway they slay and do indie pop/rock! the band members are also all very cool and nice and pretty. become a wilter. it is very fun. ------> fav song by them: moved along moontour: local band in az!! self-described as a indie/alt rock band and after seeing them live can confirm they have some bangers under their belt. some of my fav stuff by them is unreleased tho bc I've only heard it at said live shows ------> fav song by them: honeybee superet: these guys opened for idkhow AGEESSS ago but the set still has an impact on me. they are def alt-rock and I mostly listen to older stuff by them but I hear they have an experimental album that looks fun coming out soon so ig thats a thing. ------> fav song by them: YDS2M beeler/bee ler: ok this isnt a band it is one person but shhh. she has music under both the name beeler and bee ler (idk don't ask me what the space does) but she is local to co and a friend of a friend lmaooo. if u like indie folk check her out perchance ------> fav song by them: moth man sunday the cats: a band that is local to my college so plz dont doxx me thanks. anyway they slay! idk what genre they are but they are self-described as "fuzzed out beach bum gutair rock" if that helps ------> fav song by them: wasting days moon walker: found these guys off tiktok ageeeesss ago. solid alt-rock band methinks ------> fav song by them: devil Songs I Like By Small Bands/Artists But I Only Like That One Song So I Can't Vouch For Any Other Stuff By Them But I'm Sure It's Also Good: • flashback by sub-radio • waterfall by the alright-alrights • odysseus by alex loverich • villian OR badside by sōl (yes this is two songs stfu) • brother by tuska • nightcrawler by rock halls • tarot cards by saturdays at your place • lobotomy by cigman fraud • enemy by trueblood

@sillylily

Jun 23, 2025

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Parannoul

Korean shoegaze band made a bit of a splash with “To See The Next Part of the Dream” a few years ago. I also love DIIV And if you don’t know them I’ll add the more classic bands Chapterhouse and loveliescrushing

@slowdazzle

Jun 13, 2024

Top Recs from @jake.tanda

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SAY YES - ELLIOTT SMITH

This song always reminds me of when my friends visited me in college and we drove through downtown LA listening to this song :)

@jake.tanda

Jun 18, 2025

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SPORTS - MODERN BASEBALL

I’m obsessed with them

@jake.tanda

4d ago

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FOREVER HOWLONG - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD

One of my favorite bands ever releasing an incredibly beautiful album. I absolutely love the new direction they’ve taken with it and their ability to create such variation from album to album

@jake.tanda

Jul 3, 2025