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Cigarettes for Breakfast on Philly Grit and Staying DIY
Cigarettes for Breakfast talk about Slow Motion, colour wheel, the Philly shoegaze scene, and how a bedroom project became a DIY band with a wider reach.
Kamola Atajanova
May 46 min read


Shoegaze from Costa Rica: Adiós Cometa on Identity and Singing in Spanish Without Compromise
Far from the "tropical paradise" clichés often projected onto Costa Rica,Adiós Cometa draws from the introspective, misty atmosphere of the San José mountains. There’s a sense, as the band puts it, that when guitars are picked up here, they don’t just sing—they lament.
Kamola Atajanova
Apr 166 min read


Sparkler Discusses Glidewinder and Making Happy Shoegaze
In this interview, band members Chris and Tron take us behind the scenes of the recording process—from experimenting with coconut shells to "feral screams"—and walk us through the new record with an exclusive track-by-track breakdown.
Kamola Atajanova
Apr 109 min read


Ukrainian Shoegaze: plaaaato on "Forced Adulthood" and Making Music During the War
Ukrainian shoegaze project plaaaato offers a raw sonic map of a life uprooted by the brutality of the full-scale invasion. This interview explores the struggle to create art during the war, capturing the "forced adulthood" of migration and the search for identity through a noisy, singular language.
Kamola Atajanova
Apr 96 min read


Supertriste: Shoegaze from Chile and Latin American Melancholia
An exclusive interview with Chilean shoegaze band Supertriste. We discuss their 2025 album Bloop, the isolation of Iquique, and how social tension shapes the unique sound of Latin American shoegaze.
Kamola Atajanova
Mar 255 min read
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