The New Music Radar
Cellar Doors
Alex Maas of The Black Angels best describes San Francisco's Psych/Post-Punk band, Cellar Doors.
"Depeche Mode and Joy...
With Hidden Noise
With Hidden Noise is a mix of Dream Pop, Shoegaze, and Slowcore created by Charlie Berger, who is also part of Soft...
Oranj Son
Oranj Son are a synth-punk band from Ellesmere Port, influenced by the likes of the Jesus & Mary Chain, Can, Suicide and...
Craig Finn
Craig Finn of The Hold Steady is set to release his fourth solo album, but third of a trilogy, entitled I Need A New War . ...
Venus Furs
Venus Furs is a Psych/Surf band based out of Montreal. Their second single on their yet-to-be-released debut album is inspired by...
Live In Concert
DISARM’s BEST Of 2018
2018 was an excellent year for music, be it new releases or live shows. Here are some of the best things...
Music Reviews
Dead Swords – Enders
Dead Swords is the project resulting from
the combined creative forces of Alex Rosamilia of The Gaslight Anthem and Corey
Perez of Bottomfeeder and...
J Mascis – Elastic Days
I recently had the pleasure of fulfilling a dream; seeing a J Mascis solo set live. After absorbing hours on YouTube of...
Praises – In This Year: Ten Of Swords
Praises is the solo project from Jesse Crowe, one half of Toronto’s ambient Dream-Pop band Beliefs. Her debut album, In This Year: Ten of...
Destroy Boys – Make Room
Hailing from Sacramento, CA, Destroy Boys have shoved and dominated their way into well-deserved notoriety with their aptly named album Make Room, released on...
Silver Screams – Alive In The Afterlife EP
If it’s ever necessary to describe Silver Screams’ new EP, Alive In The Afterlife, in just a few words, those words would be loud,...
Listen to our Shoegaze Playlists!
DISARM's VIDEO PLAYLIST
BLACK VULPINE - Limbus (Official Video)
05:54
Murray A. Lightburn - To The Top
04:07
Basic White - Time To Leave (Official Music Video)
03:16
BEAUTY IN CHAOS ft. TISH CIRAVOLO - LOOK UP (Official Video)
05:29
Bitch Falcon Prime Number
05:19
VICTORY CHIMES - 40 DAYS ON THE BRIDGE
05:04
This Is England - Official Video
03:02
Morrissey & Marshall - Cold November Sunrise (The Late Late Show)
03:46
WILD LYFE by POLARTROPICA featuring Jett Kwong
04:22
WOOING - Could Have Been (Official Video)
04:06
The Suncharms - Red Dust
05:59
THE MOON - THE NAIVE (official music video)
03:48
Acid Dad - Living With A Creature (Official Video)
02:38
Shad - "Stakes Is High (De La Soul Cover)" | House Of Strombo
04:08
Bilk - Spiked
02:59
The Bandicoots - Shady Lane (Official Video)
03:08
Nax. (ft: The Churchhill Garden) - Atrapado (En el ámbar eterno)
06:54
Hero Fisher - If I Die and Nothing Happens (Official Video) *FLASH WARNING*
03:39
Astronaut Project - Reptilian Song (Video Oficial)
05:23
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Transformed) (Official Audio)
04:59
All Them Witches - "Diamond" [Official Video]
06:13
The Twilight Sad // I/m Not Here [missing face] (Official Video)
05:40
Still Corners - The Trip
06:15
Repeating Patterns [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
04:13
Silent Forum - How I Faked The Moon Landing (Video)
06:23
Swoone - This Bullet Never Kills
03:48
Starframes - Berlin is in love
03:50
Sally Dige - "Sail to Me" (Official Music Video)
04:12
Basement Revolver - Knocking (Official Audio)
04:53
Somehow - While the Days Go By
03:39
Orbital - Kein Trink Wasser
09:28
Almagrey - Drag Me Down
03:05
Stella Diana - Iris
05:01
Shiiine On Festival 2018
01:11
NANAKI - The Days Go By
07:10
Vast Asteroid - Encrypted (Official Video)
03:24
Citrus Clouds- You Loved Me First
04:11
Crooked Teeth - Mountain Song
04:28
10 O'Clock Chemical - Babylon is Fallen
03:45
JAGUWAR - Crystal (official video)
05:22
Vast Asteroid - Poison Fang (Official Video)
06:31
Ask For Joy - Pull My String
04:06
Tim Muddiman And The Strange - Get It On - (Official Video)
03:13
Miniatures - Honey (Official Music Video)
05:54
Peter Hook and The Light - Love Will Tear Us Apart : Live @ Shiiiine On Weekender 2017
05:43
Citrus Clouds - Life Happens
03:18
CLUSTERSUN - Lonely Moon
04:11
Blushing - "Weak" (Official Video)
04:29
The Afghan Whigs - Can Rova/Last Goodbye (Union Transfer) Philadelphia,Pa 9.12.17
07:25
The OBGMs - Torpedo (Official Video 2017)
02:56
Explosions in the Sky - Wilderness
04:37
The Dears - Lost In The Plot
03:55
Apocalypse - Cigarettes After Sex
04:51
Beliefs /// Ghosts
04:56
Vinyl
All Nerve, The Acropolis, and Mom: The Breeders’ whiplash masterpiece –...
By Jacqueline Howell
To preface: I was there. I was twenty years old in 1993. If you weren't, please Nevermind the narrow story you've gleaned...
Wild Arrows – Dreamlike Dream
Wild Arrows
Dreamlike Dream
2018
Black Vinyl
Dreamlike Dream, the second album by Brooklyn duo Wild Arrows pushes further into the realm of New Wave and Shoegaze than...
Wild Arrows – Tell Everyone
Wild Arrows
Tell Everyone
2014
Black Vinyl (Gotta Groove Records)
Wild Arrows, the Brooklyn Alternative/Dream-Pop duo once consisting of Mike Law (vocals and other instruments) and Shiori Takenoshita...
Film
The Florida Project: Childhood’s Essence
What do you do when the official, powerful, grown up world is a false front, as useless as balsa wood, and the...
Suede: The Insatiable Ones Documentary Review
‘I once described the history of the band as being like a pram that’s been pushed down a hill. There was always a hint...
Halloween 2018 Review
Is there any subject in the history of cinema more divisive and debated than a sequel? Whether or not follow-up films are necessary and...
TV and Streaming
Duncan Jones’ Mute: No Words
By Jacqueline Howell, Disarm Editor
I urge you to set aside two hours this weekend to watch the best film since 1982's Blade Runner of...
Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series Blu-Ray Boxset – A Feast...
By Matt Sitler
What to say that hasn't been said already about maverick filmmaker David Lynch?
Finally handed the funding, freedom and platform to drill his...
Pop Culture
Hitting Vegas On Tour: The Ultimate Guide For Music Lovers
Whether you're a music fan or in a band, checking out the Vegas live music...
Tully Film Review: A masterclass in modern storytelling
By Jacqueline Howell
Astute filmgoers likely don't need to revisit the exciting trajectory of Diablo Cody...
Have you been following Halt and Catch Fire? Because you should.
By Stephen Porzio
On the basis of its first season, one would never have thought AMC's...
The Big Feastival Comes to Canadian Shores August 18-20
DID YOU KNOW?
Toronto and Canada has a new, exciting event venue, a shining, idyllic jewel...
Kuso review – Flying Lotus takes a leap into abstract body horror / comedy
Kuso is the feature length debut of Steven Ellison a.k.a musician Flying Lotus a.k.a. rapper...
Books
Listen to Moby Narrate Porcelain. A Memoir.
Moby came to prominence in my world in the early 90s when the rave scene in Toronto was still primarily underground. Electronic...
Book Review – Robin by Dave Itzkoff
It’s no surprise to discover that the late, lamented Robin Williams, man of a million other men, was a multi-layered personality: school-age recluse, joke-stealing...
Listen to John Taylor Narrate In the Pleasure Groove
In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran takes a trip through bassist John Taylor’s life of extremes, from his perspective and in...
Book Review – Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of...
In the final chapter of Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero, a new study of the...
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