Been keeping this under wraps for months and it almost doesn't feel real, but it is: I'm writing the definitive book on shoegaze. It'll be out 2026 via @StMartinsPress.

RT @mirandareinert: 🧍‍♂️

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I really like the knobby, abrasive textures on quannnic's new album 'Warbrained.' They talked to me about geeking over Autolux, being inspired by DIIV, and wanting their music to "feel off.". Read the interview:

RT @eli_enis: ☁️ I wrote about a new genre/sound/vibe. People are calling it cloud-rock, and it's basically "indie-rock" with the anatomy o….

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A few passages from my cloud-rock assessment. This sound is everywhere in contemporary "indie." Many of the most creative "guitar" musicians currently working fall under this overcast banner. Cloud-rock is really intriguing to me because it actually sounds like a new frontier.

☁️ I wrote about a new genre/sound/vibe. People are calling it cloud-rock, and it's basically "indie-rock" with the anatomy of outsider rap/electronica. Think ML Buch, Chanel Beads, Fine, untitled (halo), Horse Vision, etc. Read my cloud-rock manifesto:

Decided to write a Giant Article for this week's Chasing Sundays dispatch. Coming soon. .

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RT @chrisdeville: My debut book is OUT TODAY!. 'Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is about how….

They're playing Deerhunter at a random rest stop in the middle of PA 😎.

Generational release. Two of the best tracks in tagabow and full body 2's catalogs, and still so far ahead of the curve now four years onward. Crucial to shoegaze and just such an advancement for guitar music in general.

The Endless Scroll tri-centennial 🎗️.

RT @eli_enis: 9Million -- the shoegaze band helmed by Ethel Cain's co-producer Matthew Tomasi -- dropped their new album last week. I was h….

9Million -- the shoegaze band helmed by Ethel Cain's co-producer Matthew Tomasi -- dropped their new album last week. I was hoping it'd live up to the majesty of their live show, but the results are mixed. My full review:

RT @eli_enis: Packed newsletter this week. Wrote about new ones from Ninajirachi, 9Million, Outta Pocket, and ear; slightly older ones from….

For context. wrote abt their 2024 album and why The Virgos rule here:

I'm so fucking excited to drive across Pennsylvania next week cranking this fucker and pumping my fist like a goddamn idiot. This is real PA music. It's Virgos season. Back and better than ever.

This dude I knew in college used to do whippets in his dorm room while listening to Deftones and have an orgasmic reaction, and then constantly proselytize to me to me abt them. I've had so many opportunities to succumb to the band's higher power and never have. Wish I could.

There's really no way to express this opinion without coming off as contrarian, but I truly just do not like Deftones. Might be the most "up my alley" band who does nothing for me. I respect 'em, I've heard all their records, I like a few songs. But I find most of it so boring.

Packed newsletter this week. Wrote about new ones from Ninajirachi, 9Million, Outta Pocket, and ear; slightly older ones from Postcards and Faze; and my thoughts on the Crowbar/Eyehategod gathering of the sludgealos. Plus, a Q&A with Golden Apples.