Whirr
Whirr share new song from 'Sway' (listen)
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 Shirley…
Whirr and Cloakroom playing Beat Kitchen on tour together
Whirr in NYC in 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge)
Noisy shoegazers Whirr going on tour with slowcore/emo-gazers Cloakroom that hits Chicago on September 23 at Beat Kitchen with Sad Actor and Airiel…
Whirr releasing a new LP, touring w/ Cloakroom (dates, song stream); ex-Comadre members formed Everybody Row
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 to 2013’s mini LP Aro…
Camera Shy (mems Whirr, Nothing) releasing 'Jack-O-Lantern' EP (stream a new track, "Come Around")
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)…
Crying sign to Run for Cover, touring; Tigers Jaw streaming 'Charmer'; Makthaverskan reissued 'II' & more RFC news
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…
Miserable (former Whirr singer Kristina Esfandiari) releasing an EP (stream a track, "Bell Jar")
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…
Nothing played BV CMJ party, playing 285 Kent w/ LODRO; Death of Lovers releasing EP on Deathwish (pics, videos)
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 complimentary Sailor Jerry in addition to the hours of music…
Whirr played Saint Vitus with Nothing and Dead Leaf Echo (pics & video)
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…
stream new Nothing track from forthcoming Relapse debut
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…
Whirr streaming new album, playing 3 TX shows on tour
Northern California shoegazers Whirr will release Around on July 9 via Graveface, but you can stream the whole thing now at Pitchfork. The first single, “Swoon”, is also streamable be…
