Whirr

Philly shoegaze crew Whirr have shared another track from their upcoming album Sway. This one is called "Heavy" and it bears out the name, carrying a dark, droning undercurrent beneath the swirling shoegaze guitars that we're accustomed to from guitarist Nick Bassett and producer Jack…

Whirr at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge)

Nick Bassett might be one of the busiest guys in shoegaze right now, as an active member of Nothing, Death of Lovers, and Camera Shy (he also used to be in Deafheaven), and now his band Whirr are ready to release their new album, Sway, the followup t…

Camera Shy is the duo of Nick Bassett (currently of Whirr, Nothing and Death of Lovers, formerly of Deafheaven) and former Whirr vocalist Alexandra Morte, who are getting set to release their debut EP, Jack-O-Lantern, on June 25 via Run For Cover (pre-order)...

NYC-area chiptune band Crying, who put out their Get Olde EP on Double Double Whammy last year, recently announced that they've signed to larger label Run For Cover (Modern Baseball, Basement), who say new music is coming soon...

You may remember that ex-Deafheaven shoegazers Whirr recently went on a tour with Nothing in which they performed without any of the vocalists who contributed to their Around EP...

Philly's Nothing just wrapped up a few shows with Weekend and Disappears, including one at NYC's Glasslands last week (10/22). Before that they played their only CMJ show at our BrooklynVegan party at Baby's All Right on 10/19, which went from noon til just after 2 AM and had tons of …

The Whirr/Nothing tour stopped into a packed Saint Vitus on Tuesday (8/13) with Dead Leaf Echo, echoing the halls of the mostly-metal venue with reverb-soaked shoegaze...

Nothing at Saint Vitus, July 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge)

Much like their previous material on A389 Records, Nothing mines heavy shoegaze but never veers into full on metal territory, much like their godfathers in My Bloody Valentine did in the past...

California shoegazers Whirr (whose Nick Bassett used to be one of the revolving members in post-metal crew Deafheaven) are set to release a new mini-LP, Around, on July 9 via Gravef...

KIngston, PA punks Title Fight, whose 2012 emotionally charged post-hardcore record, Floral Green, was one of the best of its kind that year, just returned home from a European tour with Whirr and they've now got some upcoming US shows scheduled for the summer...