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80 - yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun

What music of the 2020s was supposed to sound like, according to 90s music and sci-fi.

yeule.bandcamp.com/album/evange...
Evangelic Girl is a Gun, by yeule
10 track album
yeule.bandcamp.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
79 - Metrik - Awake

(Not Metric) ALT BLK ERA had me digging for some drum step. I think I code better with DnB than with caffeine and sugar. Especially with a bit of wobble and tracks where the only lyric is “SIMULATION.” Favorite track - Simulation

metrikmusic.bandcamp.com/album/awake
Awake, by Metrik
12 track album
metrikmusic.bandcamp.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
78 - Bleary Eyed - Easy

Shoegaze that starts out with almost new wave sounds mixed in and ends up with some power/grunge guitar.

blearyeyed.bandcamp.com/album/easy
Easy, by Bleary Eyed
11 track album
blearyeyed.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
77 - Chatham Rise - Trillium

Dreamy, spacy shoegaze from MN.

chathamrise.bandcamp.com/album/trillium
Trillium, by Chatham Rise
9 track album
chathamrise.bandcamp.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
76 - haloplus+ - Musicality

More New Copenhagen School. Somehow, I enjoy these and Smerz, but Snuggle isn’t really clicking for me.

haloplus.bandcamp.com/album/musica...
Musicality, by haloplus+
10 track album
haloplus.bandcamp.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
75 - Totorro - Sofa So Good

Maybe math rock from France.

totorro.bandcamp.com/album/sofa-s...
Sofa So Good, by Totorro
9 track album
totorro.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
74 - Smerz - Big City Life

New Copenhagen School. Chessboard floor in album art.

smerzforyou.bandcamp.com/album/big-ci...
Big city life, by Smerz
13 track album
smerzforyou.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
73 - Robounoishi - Vocaloid Youth

Mikgazer time. I mean, Hatsune Miku Riot…

robounoishi.bandcamp.com/album/vocalo...
VOCALOID YOUTH, by 路傍の石
11 track album
robounoishi.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
72 - Plastic Girl in Closet - High Heart

What’s a good song title for a Japanese shoegaze song? How about, “Ramune River?”

pgic.bandcamp.com/album/high-h...
HIGH HEART, by PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET
11 track album
pgic.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
71 - HONESTY - U R HERE

Needed December weather for music this overcast. Track 2 sounds like if AIC did trip hop. Track 6 comes in like the sun splitting the clouds, low on the southern horizon.

honestyrhere.bandcamp.com/album/u-r-here
U R HERE, by HONESTY
10 track album
honestyrhere.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
70 - Activity - A Thousand Years in Another Way

Menacing. Vocals that seem to come from a trancelike state. How can it be this unsettling and so easy to float away on at the same time?

activity.bandcamp.com/album/a-thou...
A Thousand Years In Another Way, by Activity
10 track album
activity.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
69 - ALT BLK ERA - Rave Immortal

DnB, rock, pop, even a little wobble here and there. Way more drops than my wife’s holiday playlist.

altblkera.bandcamp.com/album/rave-i...
Rave Immortal, by ALT BLK ERA
10 track album
altblkera.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
68 - Calibro 35 - Exploration

Italian Cinematic Funk. Per favore.

calibro35rk.bandcamp.com/album/explor...
Exploration, by Calibro 35
11 track album
calibro35rk.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
67 - 100%WET - 100%WET

Shoegaze, DnB, Vaporwave. Danish. Makes me smile.

100wet.bandcamp.com/album/100-wet
100%WET, by 100%WET
9 track album
100wet.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
66 - Scowl - Are We All Angels

More Bay Area hardcore. Might be Drain’s friend.

scowl831.bandcamp.com/album/are-we...
Are We All Angels, by Scowl
11 track album
scowl831.bandcamp.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
65 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world…

kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/phanto...
Phantom Island, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
10 track album
kinggizzard.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
64 - DRAIN - …IS YOUR FRIEND

Just a hardcore band living what sounds like their best life on the coast. And… is your friend.

drain831.bandcamp.com/album/is-you...
...IS YOUR FRIEND, by DRAIN
10 track album
drain831.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
63 - Maruja - Pain to Power

From Manchester to the Windmill, some shouting and some saxophone.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Pain to Power - YouTube
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
62 - NewDad - Altar

Continuing the weekend vibe. Irish. Dreamy.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Altar - YouTube
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
61 - Sorry - COSPLAY

sorrybanduk.bandcamp.com/album/cosplay

Just listened to this three times in a row while I was putting up Christmas lights on the front porch. Wife came out and asked, “Who is this? This is good.” Runs the whole spectrum of indie post punk. #windmill #brixton #sorry
COSPLAY, by Sorry
11 track album
sorrybanduk.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
60 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Tranquilizer

Mostly soothing collection of sounds from yet another Moogfest 2011 artist. Then there’s tracks with names like “Fear of Symmetry” that are not in, shall we say, comfortable time signatures.

oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/album/tranqu...
Tranquilizer, by Oneohtrix Point Never
15 track album
oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
59 - Blood Orange - Essex Honey

For a gray, humid November day or the dark, foggy drive home. Here some piano keys, there a little cello, off in the distance a seagull.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Essex Honey - YouTube
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
58 - M(h)aol - Something Soft

Not soft. That thing where they use words to mean other things. Maybe several things.

Loud enough to be soothing. Except for the phone part. Which actually I get used to.

mhaol.bandcamp.com/album/someth...
Something Soft, by M(h)aol
11 track album
mhaol.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
57 - Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE

Wonderful dreamy shoegaze with a bit of electronic sounds and even some noisy stuff. But, like, dreamy noisy.

justmustard.bandcamp.com/album/we-wer...
WE WERE JUST HERE, by Just Mustard
10 track album
justmustard.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
56 - caroline - caroline 2

Generally far more soothing than YHWH Nailgun. Occasionally only slightly more soothing. One song has some subtle sub bass or something that had me trying to figure out if it was the FedEx truck next to me with unlawfully loud music.

caroline.bandcamp.com/album/caroli...
caroline 2, by caroline
8 track album
caroline.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM