Artist Features

Veteran rockers Dave Dupuis and Swaan Miller have set forth with drummer Jimmy Lucido in a diabolical plan to melt faces worldwide with their L.A. based band Nightmare Air. Their new full-length album “High In The Lasers” (out now on Saint Marie Records) has already received praises from serious music critics like Drowned In Sound, [...]

SYNTHPOP is a way of life for musician Jim Smith. Not only does he run a successful record label called Synth Records, but he also wow’s crowds from the stage as Teeel. Inspired by the New Wave movement of the 80′s, Teeel continues the musical legacy with synth heavy tracks that could be described as [...]

Slowness San Francisco based band Slowness has been playing together since 2008. Band members Julie Lynn, Geoffrey Scott and Scott Putnam admit their musical influences range from artists like Charlatans UK to R.E.M. and have been an important factor in molding their sound today. Their first full length album entitled “For Those Who Wish To [...]

SEX JAMS Imagine mixing Dinosaur Jr. and The Breeders with a dash of My Bloody Valentine and you’ll have a perfect description of the DREAM WAVE featured artist this week. Sex Jams is a 5-piece band from Vienna, Austria that incorporates just as much fun into each track as they do love. Their latest album [...]

The Flower Drums When I set out to create my own indie radio show nearly 3 years ago my goal was to discover some incredible bands out there in the world and share them each week with my listeners. This week’s Extended Play Feature artist is a perfect example of the success that has graced [...]

If you’re a regular listener of the Indie Darkroom then you know how much we love shoegaze. We fucking love it. So naturally, we love Colour. [...]

The Waves are a four piece indie band from the UK. They recently submitted their music to me and I was very impressed with the tracks they have put together in their latest work entitled Blue Mantra EP. This week I’m featuring their music in the DREAM WAVE Extended Play Feature so get yourself a [...]

Leave it to the San Antonio based trio Pop Pistol to take their music to the next level and break through the ceiling of their previous musical accomplishments. Their new album entitled “Animal Prisms” picks-up where “Disappearing Edges” leaves off with a mysterious and emotional soundtrack that makes great for playing beginning to end. Opening [...]

Fake Your Own Death is a talented 4-piece band from San Francisco. Formed by frontman Terry Ashkinos, the band has been working diligently on perfecting their sound and recently released their debut album on Monolathe Recordings that certainly deserves your attention. The album, titled “Invisible and Bulletproof“, brings a fierce alternative pop sound to your [...]

United Ghosts: “Unhypnotized” LA based group United Ghosts are on the move again with another single and a video to boot. Their new track entitled “Unhypnotized” is ironically quite hypnotizing. The enchanting vocals from Sha & Axel are a combination that mix perfectly aside this brilliant, dreamy track. The video, directed by Arian Soheili, is [...]

//orangenoise is a very rare breed of shoegaze rockers from Pakistan. These guys have been rolling out distortion induced shoegaze tunes for a couple of years now and they’ve finally released their highly anticipated full-length album entitled “A Journey to the Heart of Matter“. Check out these tunes and more on their Bandcamp page and [...]

The art of bringing back a sound like the digital pop-delightfulness of the 80′s is a seriously tricky one. The truth is that artists often miss the mark when trying to accomplish this delicate, yet lofty goal. That’s why it’s so pleasant to hear an artist that has mastered the craft while bringing so many [...]