My Bloody Shoegaze Fest brought out Glass Star, Yearn, Luna Ivy, Joseon, and Cherry Pick to East LA to celebrate the heavy distortion and dreamy soundscapes of the contemporary shoegaze scene. Each band brought their own unique style to the table, mixing emo or grunge with the hypnotic waves of shoegaze.
Keep up with My Bloody Shoegaze Fest and all the bands here.
Queens-based grunge-gaze band Bummer Camp have announced their sophomore album Fake My Death, out May 8th via Trash Casual. To tide us over until then, they've let their lead single "One Bullet" loose with an accompanying music video (dir. Preston Spurlock). "Climbing up the hill to tumble down," sings frontman
Well, we've made it to the end of the week. After six jam-packed days of non-stop music and vibes, we're feeling super emo that it's all over. To close things out, here's a final look at the bands we caught on our very last day. ALIEN CHICKS (@alienchicksband) London-based experimental
BLOOD CLUB (@bl00dclub) Bilingual coldwave alt-rock from Chicago. LIP FILLER (@lipfillertv) Thrashy indie-rock shoegaze from England. DROOK (@droooooook) Richmond-based indie-electro-pop. FEET (@feetband) London-based indie-rock, with pizazz. WINTER MCQUINN (@_wintagram_) - mads Folky singer-songwriter pysch-rock from Melbourne. YUVEES (@yuveesnyc) Brooklyn-based no-wave noise-rock chaos. PLIGHT (@plightnyc) Grunge-gaze from NYC. WINTER GARDENS (@wintergardensband)
JUNK DRAWER (@junkdrawerband) Indie psych-rock from Belfast. SUNDAYCLUB (@sundayclub.band) Alternative dream-pop from Winnipeg. DITCH DAYS (@ditchdays) Funky Lisbon-based electro-indie-pop. THE K'S (@theksofficial) Electric indie-rock hailing from Earlestown. SHALLOW (@itsonlyshallow) Shoegaze noise-pop from Montreal. AUNT KATRINA (@auntkatrinaband) Experimental indie-pop from D.C. BABE CITY (@babe_city_) NYC-based patchwork dreampop. ALIEN