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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 6h

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Digital Cover Story: Wolf Alice on “The Clearing”

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 11h

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“I got it on Craigslist from this avid Strat collector who needed new teeth. He was so sad to see it go. I think of him every time I pick it up”: Indie-rock’s secret weapon Jay Som on a guitar with hi...

Back with new album Belong, producer-guitarist Melina Duterte discusses working with teen heroes Jimmy Eat World, how Hayley Williams defended her and the pedal that is her shoegaze shortcut

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 11h

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Jay Som on ‘BELONG’: Finding Home in Indie Rock’s Ecosystem!

After six years, Jay Som returns with 'BELONG'—a masterpiece that redefines indie rock for the 2020s. Featuring Hayley Williams & Jim Adkins, discover her journey.

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 1d

incoming:
Rare DM @ The Dance Cave - November 7
James And The Cold Gun @ The Monarch Tavern - December 2
The Belair Lip Bombs, Dust @ The Garrison - April 6
Great Lake Swimmers @ The Great Hall - April 10
Rush @ Scotiabank Arena - August 11, 13 (3rd and 4th shows)

Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 1d

Just Mustard - "Endless Deathless" spaceecho.chromewaves.net/2025/10/08/j...

Just Mustard - "Endless Deathless" - Space Echo

We’re still a couple weeks out from Just Mustard dropping album number three, WE WERE JUST HERE, and the band has released their third preview of the new record with maybe the most pop-aligned song of...

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 1d

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Always 'On': Echobelly Talk 30 Years Of A Britpop Classic | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Echobelly’s Sonya Madan is looking back on Britpop and the 1990s. “Very early on, I was dating an NME journalist,” she relays to CLASH. “He had a

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 2d

incoming:
Austra @ The Great Hall - January 31
Sudan Archives @ The Great Hall - February 1
Say She She @ The Great Hall - February 24
Joyce Manor, Militarie Gun @ The Danforth Music Hall - March 26

Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 3d

Jays up 2-0 in ALDS, gonna try to get Rush tickets. #toronto

Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 3d

incoming:
Drama @ The Opera House - January 27 (new venue)
Margo Price @ The Phoenix - February 25
The Midnight @ History - April 28
NewDad, Freak Slug @ The Danforth Music Hall - May 4
Rush @ Scotiabank Arena - August 7, 9

cancelled:
Flyte @ The Drake Underground - November 2

Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 3d

Kurayamisaka - "Metro" spaceecho.chromewaves.net/2025/10/06/k...

Kurayamisaka - "Metro" - Space Echo

When Kurayamisaka dropped their long-awaited full-length debut kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete last month, I commented that it was odd that for such a long-awaited record, the release rollout was surpr...

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 6d

Dry Cleaning - "Hit My Head All Day" spaceecho.chromewaves.net/2025/10/03/d...

Dry Cleaning - "Hit My Head All Day" - Space Echo

It wasn’t a surprise that London’s Dry Cleaning had a new record in the hopper – they’ve been respectably prolific since coming on the scene in 2021 and it’s been three years since their last full-len...

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 7d

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“Every time I picked up a guitar I got the horrors”: Radiohead were the world's most talked-about guitar band. Then they burned the rulebook, and made the instrument sound like no-one else had before

Released 25 years ago, Kid A subverted all of the lofty expectations that had been placed on the band, and cemented their status as one of popular music's leading creative lights

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 8d

incoming:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Lula Lounge - February 16
Nine Inch Nails @ TD Coliseum, Hamilton - February 18
Shad @ The Mod Club - February 21
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ Prepare The Ground - May 29-31

Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 8d

Whitelands - "Glance" spaceecho.chromewaves.net/2025/10/01/w...

Whitelands - "Glance" - Space Echo

Lots of on-topic new music in the last little while which we will largely get to in time, but for now let’s ring in October with news of Whitelands’ second album. The London shoegazers teased the foll...

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 10d

incoming:
Glaive @ The Danforth Music Hall - January 20
Drama @ The Axis Club - January 27
Ghost @ Scotiabank Arena - January 31
Ichiko Aoba @ Massey Hall - April 27
Doja Cat @ Scotiabank Arena - November 26, 2026

Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 10d

Soft Blue Shimmer - "Bodyknot" spaceecho.chromewaves.net/2025/09/29/s...

Soft Blue Shimmer - "Bodyknot" - Space Echo

Los Angeles’ Soft Blue Shimmer started their North American tour for third album They Will Leave Us With Nothing last week and will be rolling into Toronto tomorrow night for a show at The Baby G. The...

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Frank Yang @chromewaves.bsky.social · 10d

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