Eric·Jul 31My Dead Girlfriend(Shinda Boku no Kanojo): The Amateur Band That Predates the Word “Shoegaze” It…死んだ僕の彼女 (Shinda Boku no Kanojo, internationally known as My Dead Girlfriend) is routinely filed under “Japanese shoegaze” whenever the…
Eric·Jul 28Moon in June: In 2026, One of the Great Japanese Bands That Deserves to Be Talked About as Haze…Moon in June comes up constantly in conversations about Haze Pop — a wonderful, J-pop-derived scene of Japanese amateur and indie bands…
Eric·Jul 2Haze Pop 101: A Guide to Japan’s New Shoegaze-Inspired SoundIf you’ve spent time browsing Spotify playlists or Japanese music blogs recently, you may have come across the term Haze Pop — a label used…
starr-gazer·Jun 27To my fellow alt-rock geeks: Why Pasteboard’s “Glitter” is a Japanese Shoegaze Masterpiece the…Let’s be honest. In Japan, shoegaze and dream-pop are incredibly niche genres. Even a titan of the scene like Kinoko Teikoku (きのこ帝国) — a…
starr-gazer·Jun 26To my fellow alt-rock geeks: Why Apple Light is the greatest undiscovered Japanese indie band you…Hey there. If you’re a crate-digger who constantly hunts for hidden indie gems, Japanese shoegaze, or 90s alternative rock, it breaks my…
