Coachella Weekend 1 strikes tomorrow! If you’re heading out to Indio for the festival, we know you’re probably intending to check out Blur, Phoenix, the Postal Service, and many of the other…   Read Story »

Last year, the Los Angeles shoegaze band IO Echo released their self-titled debut EP, and two weeks ago, they went extra-hard at SXSW. I somehow managed to accidentally catch their swooshing,…   Read Story »

The 'Gum crew got into Austin last night and made the most of SXSW Music's slow ramp-up into full on noise-overwhelming-the-signal mode. The options were limited, but with deep lineups: Viceland and…   Read Story »

CMJ has effectively taken over Manhattan south of 14th St. and all of northwest Brooklyn. There are a billion parties and shows and bands in town right now. Plus alcohol. And ... badges. It's chaos!…   Read Story »

L.A. shoegazers/Stereogum40 alums IO Echo are set to release their debut EP tomorrow, a record from which we've already heard the cuts "Carnation" and "Ministry Of Love." Now, the entirety of IO Echo…   Read Story »

Hey guys, it's almost CMJ Music Marathon time! Once again, we've teamed with PopGun Booking, and this year's lineup is stacked with greatness. The event takes place Wednesday night 10/17 at…   Read Story »

Here's two more from L.A. shoegazers IO Echo -- an outfit that just made our Best New Bands Of 2012 list -- a pair of soaring cuts called "Carnation" (which features Jonny Pierce from the Drums) and…   Read Story »

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that. Here's what…   Read Story »

Shoegazey pop duo IO Echo just put out the video for their first single "When The Lillies Die," and it's a trippy screensaver of a visual that uses the album cover as a reference point. Watch it…   Read Story »

Leopold Ross and Ioanna Gika form L.A. duo IO Echo, an outfit that offer goth-shaded, shoegaze-y tracks good enough to be favorably compared to folks like Siouxsie And The Banshees and Echo & The…   Read Story »