blank mood.
@blankmood.com
music blog + podcast: #shoegaze, ambient, dream noise, loud calm sounds. compiled by wendy. www.blankmood.com
this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
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episode 29 of blank mood
Listen now to episode 29 with music by:
Tijuana Taxi, Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Chainlacing, Emily A. Sprague, Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson, Drexler, and Nadia Struiwigh
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January 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM
this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998.
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific
We dip back into the late 90s and hear from Southpacific in this Q+A.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998.
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Q+A with Southpacific open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Finally made my way through Star Sailors vol.4 - some good stuff, an expansive indie comp. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Star Sailors shoegaze and dreampop compilation
Star Sailors: A Shoegaze & Dreampop Compilation is a collection of twenty-three indie tunes, delivering all the glimmers, tight squalls of noise, and moody haze you’d expect from a shoegaze comp.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Finally made my way through Star Sailors vol.4 - some good stuff, an expansive indie comp. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Get to know Canadian shoegazers Bloom Effect www.blankmood.com/p/get-to-kno...
Get to know Bloom Effect
Formed in 2023 from the ashes of a previous project, Bloom Effect is a Canadian shoegaze / dream-pop trio based in Vancouver, BC. Catch them live in Amsterdam in January 2026 at the Automatic Noise Fe...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Get to know Canadian shoegazers Bloom Effect www.blankmood.com/p/get-to-kno...
Favourites and thank yous... 2025 in review for blank mood open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Year in review: blank mood 2025
38 features, 30 songs, four episodes, and 1 AI interview... blank mood favourites of 2025 and thanks to some special people, named and un-named.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Favourites and thank yous... 2025 in review for blank mood open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Too bad Mixcloud doesn't get mentioned as an option as there are so many great shows to be found there, produced by independent creators and curators. @npr.org
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Ditching music algorithms? Here are 12 streaming alternatives to explore
If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Too bad Mixcloud doesn't get mentioned as an option as there are so many great shows to be found there, produced by independent creators and curators. @npr.org
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www.npr.org/sections/wor...
👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀
electro-shoegaze-dream-pop
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit
a blend of electronic pop and shoegaze that growls slowly, dissolving into the orbit of Krautrock disco
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December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
electro-shoegaze-dream-pop
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...
"Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...
Q+A with White Flowers
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Q+A with White Flowers
"For us, making music is a constant process. We treat recording like diary entries, putting ideas down constantly and letting them evolve organically." White Flowers talk about the 'energy of tragic e...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Q+A with White Flowers
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"Deep Cut" is the debut single by Glisten Trick. It's is a slow and gradual burner. Girded with the solid sparseness characteristic of early Low, the song unfurls with delicate lonesome guitar reminiscent of the Velvet Underground... one that really grows on you.
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"Deep Cut" by Glisten Trick
Glisten Trick is a project led by Glasán Ghost featuring collaborators from cult drone, neo-psych and garage acts from the US and UK. The band's debut single "Deep Cut" is a slow and gradual burner th...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Deep Cut" is the debut single by Glisten Trick. It's is a slow and gradual burner. Girded with the solid sparseness characteristic of early Low, the song unfurls with delicate lonesome guitar reminiscent of the Velvet Underground... one that really grows on you.
www.blankmood.com/p/deep-cut-b...
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A treat to see and hear LA’s @modottiband.bsky.social last night all the way over here in Amsterdam! Perfect set, loud and tight yet still swirling and fuzzy. 🖤
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A treat to see and hear LA’s @modottiband.bsky.social last night all the way over here in Amsterdam! Perfect set, loud and tight yet still swirling and fuzzy. 🖤
Something new, relaxing and surprising for your Friday afternoon freak-out... Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin
Nice work @juliendemoulin.bsky.social! www.blankmood.com/p/microchime...
Nice work @juliendemoulin.bsky.social! www.blankmood.com/p/microchime...
Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin
An "improbable mix of folk, ambient, musique concrète and experimental electronics, sprinkled with spontaneous incursions from friends, neighbours, and family members,” Microchimères by Frédérick Dufo...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Something new, relaxing and surprising for your Friday afternoon freak-out... Microchimères by Dufourd & Demoulin
Nice work @juliendemoulin.bsky.social! www.blankmood.com/p/microchime...
Nice work @juliendemoulin.bsky.social! www.blankmood.com/p/microchime...
Enjoy a lunchtime freak-out with a new episode of blank mood.
Full of dream pop from: Ghost Mutt, @hazelene.bsky.social, So, Reverie, @whitelands.bsky.social, Gold Cage, @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social, Alphabet and White Flowers.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-28
Full of dream pop from: Ghost Mutt, @hazelene.bsky.social, So, Reverie, @whitelands.bsky.social, Gold Cage, @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social, Alphabet and White Flowers.
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episode 28
Listen now >> episode 28 includes music by: Ghost Mutt | Hazelene | Peel Dream Magazine | So, Reverie | Alphabet| Whitelands | Gold Cage | White Flowers
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October 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Enjoy a lunchtime freak-out with a new episode of blank mood.
Full of dream pop from: Ghost Mutt, @hazelene.bsky.social, So, Reverie, @whitelands.bsky.social, Gold Cage, @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social, Alphabet and White Flowers.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-28
Full of dream pop from: Ghost Mutt, @hazelene.bsky.social, So, Reverie, @whitelands.bsky.social, Gold Cage, @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social, Alphabet and White Flowers.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-28
Spaced-out group harmonies, cascading drums and a funny little flute showing up makes “Skinks” a plop happily down somewhere in a field of green grass on a sunny day kinda song. Hear it on the new 'Gazed and Bemused' collection compiled by @4000.bsky.social
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"Skinks" by Ghost Mutt
A conversation with Annie Bingley of Ghost Mutt about the band's tune on the new Gazed and Bemused shoegaze compilation released by 4000 Records.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Spaced-out group harmonies, cascading drums and a funny little flute showing up makes “Skinks” a plop happily down somewhere in a field of green grass on a sunny day kinda song. Hear it on the new 'Gazed and Bemused' collection compiled by @4000.bsky.social
www.blankmood.com/p/ghostmutt?...
www.blankmood.com/p/ghostmutt?...
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My new single arrives 24 October 2025. Wondermuddle sent me this happy video when I sent him a sound snippet, thank you! 🎥🖤
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The story behind Liverpool duo So, Reverie's latest power pop single "Close My Eyes" ... plus a catch-up with Andy Power about what the band's been up to and what 2026 will sound like. www.blankmood.com/p/closemyeye...
"Close My Eyes" by So, Reverie
A quick catch-up with Andy Power of So, Reverie about the band's latest single and forthcoming EP.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The story behind Liverpool duo So, Reverie's latest power pop single "Close My Eyes" ... plus a catch-up with Andy Power about what the band's been up to and what 2026 will sound like. www.blankmood.com/p/closemyeye...
Really dig the new album by Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Corporal… a few (fun) words about it… open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
Corporal by Lorelle Meets the Obsolete
Corporal is a seductive wrath of contortion, slipping quickly and deeply into psych trance territory. Some heavy Zeppelin bad-assery on “Ker” preps you for the trip. “Casi no estar” feels like you’re ...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Really dig the new album by Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Corporal… a few (fun) words about it… open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...
New #shoegaze compilation incoming! Gazed and Bemused: Hazy Sounds from the Meanijn Underground @4000.bsky.social www.blankmood.com/p/gazedandbe...
Gazed and Bemused: Hazy Sounds from the Meanijn Underground
Gazed and Bemused is a showcase compilation of 12 bands pumping new life into Brisbane, Australia’s shoegaze vein.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New #shoegaze compilation incoming! Gazed and Bemused: Hazy Sounds from the Meanijn Underground @4000.bsky.social www.blankmood.com/p/gazedandbe...
HOLY SPRINGS' new album Outside delights with 36 minutes of scuzzed-out fuss-budget tunes.
Q+A with HOLY SPRINGS >> www.blankmood.com/p/holyspring...
Q+A with HOLY SPRINGS >> www.blankmood.com/p/holyspring...
Q+A with HOLY SPRINGS
South London indie lo-fi rockers Holy Springs released several catchy singles this year, culminating recently in an album titled Outside. Outside delights with 36 minutes of scuzzed-out fuss-budget tu...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
HOLY SPRINGS' new album Outside delights with 36 minutes of scuzzed-out fuss-budget tunes.
Q+A with HOLY SPRINGS >> www.blankmood.com/p/holyspring...
Q+A with HOLY SPRINGS >> www.blankmood.com/p/holyspring...
Q+A with The Burning Paris
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Q+A with The Burning Paris
The Burning Paris are a six-piece band from Boston combining post-punk, shoegaze, neo-classical and dream pop. Their new album Last Leaves will be released September 5, 2025.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Q+A with The Burning Paris
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On AI-generated ‘fake albums’ and trademark infringement >> www.sandsip.com/en/2025/08/1...
Bootleg Beats: How AI-Generated ‘Fake Albums’ Constitute Actionable Trademark Infringement - Saunders & Silverstein LLP
Musical artists often spend years or even decades cultivating a loyal audience by building a brand around their stage names. These stage names develop into valuable trademarks with rights and goodwill...
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August 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On AI-generated ‘fake albums’ and trademark infringement >> www.sandsip.com/en/2025/08/1...
Heavy shoegaze from Helsinki, plus some pizza... Q+A with Thelma's Dream
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Q+A with Thelma's Dream
Thelma’s Dream is a four-piece band from Finland, crafting shoegaze with heft. Vocalist Jennamiia infuses their grunge-tinged shoegaze with a soft, sophisticated, and doomy dream pop flair. At moments...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Heavy shoegaze from Helsinki, plus some pizza... Q+A with Thelma's Dream
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