The new wave of American shoegaze is upon us. As Stereogum contributor Eli Enis astutely laid out for us late last year, there are an abundance of bands out there right now making distortion-heavy music. They’re indebted to the ’90s totems of the genre (MBV, Slowdive, Ride, Lush) but they’re also part of a generation of musicians that elevated the homespun warbles of Alex G to god-like status and rode so hard for Duster that the nearly forgotten slowcore band seemingly had no choice but to reunite. Bands with this specific confluence of influences are popping up all over the country (and the world), but a lot of the heat seems to be concentrated in Philadelphia, where a decade ago artists like the Spirit Of The Beehive (another of this wave’s guiding stylistic lights) were in the process of turning scurrying slacker jams into an appealing and emulatable artform.
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In March 2022, indie-music platform Bandcamp was purchased by Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite. Last month, members of Bandcamp’s US editorial, design, engineering, and support staff organized with the Office And Professional Employees International Union to form a union: Bandcamp United. “The music and tech industries are at a juncture, and it’s time that we as workers have a seat at the table to weigh in on the challenges and opportunities of this moment,” they write on their official website. Now, Topshelf Records (home to Knifeplay, Ratboys, Parannoul, and They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, among others) has revealed that Bandcamp management asked them not to support Bandcamp Union.