Q+A with Toronto’s Tijuana Taxi open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

coming up at Grauzone Festival in Den Haag!

open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo... Already a best for 2026

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...

2016, hold my beer... I'm goin' back to 1998. 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...

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...

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 www.npr.org/sections/wor...

👀 always enjoy Steve’s year-end countdown 👀

electro-shoegaze-dream-pop "Iridescent" by Strange Fruit www.blankmood.com/p/iridescent...

Q+A with White Flowers www.blankmood.com/p/qa-with-wh...

"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...

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...

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

A #shoegaze thing in #Amsterdam to check out… open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

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?...

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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...

blank mood Q+A with @dramamine2023.bsky.social www.blankmood.com/p/dramamine?...

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...

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 The Burning Paris www.blankmood.com/p/theburning...

Q+A with Nicole Davis of Aspirin Age @bellesofparis.bsky.social www.blankmood.com/p/aspirinage...

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 www.blankmood.com/p/qa-with-th...

new episode of your fav podcast of dream noise for summertime walks and weekend freak-outs. ep. 27 of blank mood includes: Thelma's Dream The Burning Paris HOLY SPRINGS Windy & Carl Orange Cake Mix Cloud Studies feat. Auburn Lull Silver Y have a great weekend! 🖤 www.blankmood.com/p/episode-27...

Write a love letter to the music scene of your city! One of the many cool initiatives of Sound Diplomacy and Music Cities Events. www.musiccitiesevents.com/hidden-gems-...

“Isn’t it fascinating how thoughts that are more melancholic tend to linger? Things we don’t want to let go of will ultimately stay to haunt us.” - Karen Vogt on the songs of Haunted Woodland Vol. 5, released by @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social www.blankmood.com/p/love-comes...

New album from Tan Cologne, Unknown Beyond www.blankmood.com/p/unknown-be...

Paradigms II is a new compilation of note for fans of heavy shoegaze, psych and post-punk. Released by PFR Records in New York, the album offers nine gems hiding in plain sight from Tokyo, Honolulu, Portland, New York, Boston and Stockholm. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

blank mood. mid-year picks open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

2 by The Interlaken Tapes is a vapour-kraut soundtrack for your summertime meltdown. Clocking in at just 21-minutes, it’s over before you know it, so put this one on loop and enjoy the motorik monotony. www.blankmood.com/p/the-interl...

Slow Salvation, the shoegaze and dream pop project of Travis Trevisan and Christina Hernandez, continue their soothing sway with Gemini, an album of dark-washed waves of dream noise. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

"French Exit" is a sweetly tortured goth pop tune from coffin rock debutante Eloise Chamber. www.blankmood.com/p/french-exi...

A brief round up (by a colleague) on the increasing corporatization of music festivals, as seen from the academic perspective: www.richardstourism.com/post/the-cor...

New #shoegaze from Trondheim, Norway >> Slow Country open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

New songs from Australia about dating: Japanese Heart Software and fhae www.blankmood.com/p/songs-from...

New Q+A: Billow Observatory Jason Kolb and Jonas Munk, reflect on their collaborative process and new album The Glass Curtain. The two also explain the album’s title and artwork, and contemplate the current state of independent music media and critique. www.blankmood.com/p/billow-obs...

Sunday reading, Q+A with @stevequeralt.bsky.social about his forthcoming album Swallow. Plus some other nuggets about his Sun Moon Town EP, his creative collaborators and and the song that changed his listening habits way back when. open.substack.com/pub/blankmoo...

Anika talks about "last song" from her new album Abyss. www.blankmood.com/p/last-song-...

Really nice listening this morning, Pye Corner Audio: "I’ve always been inspired by the noises and submerged sounds that a lot of artists try to eradicate, such as noise, hums and hiss. Those are the quiet details that I bring to the foreground."

Robert Smith continues to sprinkle the goth glitter... www.blankmood.com/p/remixes-an...

The Chapterhouse White House Demos. Total bad-assery to start your weekend. www.blankmood.com/p/chapterhou...

Smooth and unusual jazz-tronica from Dual Dialect, recently released by @4000.bsky.social. "Saxophone melodies unfurl like strange vines and beats crumble like decaying concrete structures. The instrumental EP abstractly explores themes of Pripyat, Ukraine."

"Landing In Rome" by Tremours ... www.blankmood.com/p/landing-in...

Q+A with Silver Y about her debut album In the Depths (Bytes) www.blankmood.com/p/qa-with-si...