GazeTube Track of the Day: Glass Vaults. Forget Me Not.

Played this track on WTSH last night. Lovely.

Video: Glowbug. Gagging Order (Radiohead Cover).

News: Airiel Officially Announces Release Date for Upcoming EP, Kid Games.

HOLY CRAP, GAZERS, IT'S HAPPENED! Rejoice, and be glad! After like a BAZILLION years, Airiel has revealed the release date of their hotly anticipated upcoming EP, Kid Games.

IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
that Airiel's next four song EP, entitled Kid Games,
will be released May 1st , 2012.

Airiel announces the release of Kid Games, a 4-song EP available on Shelflife, available on vonyl and digital download. Pre-orders will receive a coupon for a free digital download for the album. A limited edition cyan vinyl will be available until sold out. Tee digital download for those that pre-order will be available May 1st, 2012.

Airiel will perform with The Telescopes, Lightfoils and Chatham Rise on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, at Subterranean to celebrate the release of Kid Games. For more information and to purchase tickets, follow this link to Ticket Web.

Tonight! When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Hosted by DJ Amber Crain.

Come join me this evening for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. When The Sun Hits is one full hour of distilled shoegazey goodness, so black out the windows, grab your headphones, and go down the rabbit hole tonight on Strangeways Radio.

Don't forget to log in to the Strangeways chatroom during the show to hang out with me and many other awesome people while we talk about the music that is airing in real time and god knows what else...

Tune in live every Wednesday, 10pm-11pm (EST), for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Join us in the Strangeways chat room for additional entertainment!

Stream it here: http://www.strangewaysradio.com/

Set List for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio, Aired March 21st, 2012.

band name. track title.
woolfy. looking glass.
magical mistakes. i feel it.
curve. my brain cuckoo remix.
hazy mountains. all gone away.
funeral home. here below.
moonbell. the golden hour.
primal scream. shoot speed/kill light.
phantom caste. atlas.
modern myths. standing in line.
desert stars. boys i like.
sea oleena. island cottage.
nadja. northern lights.

Strangeways Radio Blog: Shoegaze Spotlight - A Weekly Gaze. This Week: Nadja.

When The Sun Hits and Strangeways Radio are uniting on yet another level - activate the weekly Shoegaze Spotlight! Every week WTSH will present a shoegaze/dream pop band on Strangeways' blog, highlighting how very awesome the band is and how you should be listening to them and buying their music and supporting them because they deserve it.

This week's focus is on WTSH faves Nadja. We at WTSH adore Nadja and after reading this, so will you.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE STRANGEWAYS RADIO BLOG

Tonight! When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Hosted by DJ Amber Crain.

Come join me this evening for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. When The Sun Hits is one full hour of distilled shoegazey goodness, so black out the windows, grab your headphones, and go down the rabbit hole tonight on Strangeways Radio.

Don't forget to log in to the Strangeways chatroom during the show to hang out with me and many other awesome people while we talk about the music that is airing in real time and god knows what else...

Tune in live every Wednesday, 10pm-11pm (EST), for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Join us in the Strangeways chat room for additional entertainment!

Stream it here: http://www.strangewaysradio.com/

Set List for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio, Aired March 14th, 2012.

band name/track title
the tie dye laces. dead love letter.
wolfsheim. for you i'm bleeding.
brian eno. slow ice, old moon.
cold cave. pacing around the church at night.
lovesliescrushing. orphan comet tail.
mechanism for people. never reach for the stars.
ulrich schnauss. a strangely isolated place.
beach house. heart of chambers.
wild nothing. cloudbusting.
the naked souls. white rabbit.
marsen jules. once in a moment.

Set List for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio, Aired March 7th, 2012.

band name/track title
the nova saints. indian summer.
elika. stay beside me.
mirror mirror. edge of heaven.
the sunshine factory. down.
adorable. glorious.
the pains of being pure at heart. the body.
ludwyg. scream.
i, noiseferatu. in the city.
spotlight kid. all is real.
slowdive. 40 days.
highspire. i believe.
jesper lundager. i could fall in love again.
dodecahedron. blue.

Strangeways Radio Blog: The Shoegaze Spotlight. Last 2 Weeks' Gaze: deardarkhead & Elika.

As you likely know by now, When The Sun Hits and Strangeways Radio have joined forces once again with their new weekly Shoegaze Spotlight feature. Every week WTSH hand picks and presents a shoegaze/dream pop band on Strangeways' blog, highlighting how very awesome the band is and how you should be listening to them and buying their music and supporting them because they deserve it.

Since I was in Vegas for about a week recently, I have been unable to share the past TWO week's Spotlights, so this post will take you to the two most recent Shoegaze Spotlights on the Strangeways Blog: deardarkhead and Elika. We at WTSH adore both deardarkhead and Elika - after reading this, so will you.

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200,000 Gazes Volume Two is Officially Released! Like, right now. Download it for FREE!

When The Sun Hits Releases Long Awaited
Volume Two of the 200,000 Gazes Compilation.

IT. HAS. ARRIVED. 200,000 Gazes Volume Two has been officially released! FINALLY! You can download it for FREE on bandcamp by CLICKING HERE.

A few things: firstly, if you thought you'd see your band on Volume One or Volume Two but you don't, never fear. We have an entire album of tracks that will make up Volume 3, the final Volume in what is apparently our 200,000 Gazes Trilogy. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC ORDER TO THE TRACKS, NOR DOES THE VOLUME YOU APPEAR ON HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW GOOD YOU ARE. There is no hierarchy. Volume Three comes out Summer 2012 (I'm thinking May) and it is RAD!

Also, let's talk about track 5 on Volume Two. Bloody hell is that a great track. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE BAND IS, HELP PLEASE! I sifted through all the emails, right clicked all up and down that file looking for a band name - nothing. So if "BlackWoodElsa" is your masterpiece, let us know so we can credit you!

Furthermore, if you see any mistakes - spelling, track title, whatever - let us know! Sometimes these things slip through the cracks.


200,000 Gazes: Volume Two.

1. Sway. Mary Blair Murals.
2. Endian. Fuckin.
3. Dodecahadron. Blue.,m
4. Jesper Lundager. I Could Fall in Love Again...
5. unknown. BlackWoodElsa.
6. Elemental Gaze. God Knows Why This Should be Kept for All Time.
7. The Phantom Light. Echoes of Ghosts.
8. thisquietarmy. Gone to the Unseen (Radio Edit).
9. Starblood. Red Hills Gate.
10. Of Silence and Sound. Alone.
11. Mirror Mirror. Edge of Heaven.
12. Stellarium. Down.
13. I, Noiseferatu. In the City.
14. Ludwyg. Scream.
15. The Underground Youth. Strangle Up My Mind.
16. Brideburger. Victims and Relatives in Japan.
17. Quiet Lights. Ablaze.
18. Starfire Connective Sound. Drive the Breeze.
19. HCMJ. Wanderer.
20. Music for Headphones. K.
21. The Microdance. We Are Made of Evil Things.
22. Transmission. Orange.
23. Depth and Current. Lost.


Download 200,000 Gazes Volume One for free on bandcamp to hear the comp that started it all.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD VOLUME ONE

Volume Three: To Be Released Summer 2012!

News: 200,000 Gazes Volume Two to be Released FRIDAY! And there's more...

Better late than never - 200,000 Gazes Volume Two will be released THIS Friday, March 9th as a free download on bandcamp. There's a reason (okay, there are MANY reasons, but this is one of them) why Volume Two is so late - choosing the tracks was insanely difficult! I can't believe how many genuinely excellent tracks we received from bands out there. There are so many, in fact, that a 200,000 Gazes Volume 3 will be released in Summer 2012! Yes, we're serious. We even already have a fancy cover for it and everything (see below). Look how fancy that is! So be ready this Friday for the long awaited second volume of the 200,000 Gazes compilation to be unleashed upon the world. It's fucking rad, seriously. And look forward to the final volume, Volume Three, this summer. Aw. We released a trilogy. That's cute.

Click HERE to download 200,000 Gazes Volume One for free on bandcamp.

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Oh, hi. I'm the cover art for Volume Three. Right below this text. Yep, right there. That's me. Volume Three. I also rhyme. See you this summer, gazers!!

Tonight! When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Hosted by DJ Amber Crain.

Come join me this evening for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. When The Sun Hits is one full hour of distilled shoegazey goodness, so black out the windows, grab your headphones, and go down the rabbit hole tonight on Strangeways Radio.

Don't forget to log in to the Strangeways chatroom during the show to hang out with me and many other awesome people while we talk about the music that is airing in real time and god knows what else...

Tune in live every Wednesday, 10pm-11pm (EST), for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Join us in the Strangeways chat room for additional entertainment!

Stream it here: http://www.strangewaysradio.com/

Live Photos: Bloody Knives at Notsuoh. Houston, Texas. March 2, 2012.

Bloody Knives live at Notsuoh
March 2nd, 2012. Houston, Texas
photos by: Amber Crain

My camera only has one setting: the shoegaze-on-acid setting. Okay, not really, my camera is actually pretty nice and has at least 25 different settings, but the shoegaze-on-acid setting is the only one I'll actually use. Especially when I'm going to see a live band play. And even more especially when that live band is Bloody Knives. Great performance, as usual, from the Knives. Those guys are fucking awesome. Enjoy the psychedelic pictures!

Set List for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio, Aired February 29th, 2012.

band name. track title.
the cure. snow in summer.
principe valiente. dance like there's no tomorrow.
between the cities are stars. jimi.
be forest. hanged man.
bloody knives. problem.
keith canisius. where did you go all these years.
the megaphonic thrift. tune your mind (deep cut insanity mix).
assemblage 23. cocoon.
the soft moon. alive.
cranes. lilies (flood mix).
flying saucer attack. she is the daylight.
love spirals downwards. dead language.
ulrich schnauss and mark peters. ekaterina.

Stream When The Sun Hits live on Strangeways Radio every Wednesday night, 10pm EST (9pm CST)!