Porcelain Raft and similar artists

Sounds like: Youth Lagoon, Painted Palms, Porcelain Raft

Where have you heard of Trevor Powers before? Yes, he used to create music as Youth Lagoon -- but no more: Powers "murdered" the moniker in 2016 and ...

Slow No Wake

La Fin du Monde

Sounds like: Porcelain Raft, Spiritualized, Braids

indie pop dream pop lo-fi shoegaze dreamy

La fin du monde is French for "really good fucking beer." Okay, so it's actually French for "the end of the world," which, if true, sucks because that...

Porcelain Raft

All In My Head

Sounds like: Frankie Rose, Small Black, Blouse

indie pop electro-pop synth-pop dream pop alternative

Brooklyn's Mauro Remiddi has teased my heart for years now, dating back to his amazing live show as Youth Lagoon's opening act at The Independent in 2...

Young Magic

Sparkly

Sounds like: Bear in Heaven, Porcelain Raft, Blue Hawaii

indie rock psych-rock folktronica braids cinematic

Young Magic is a Brooklyn-based band I just came across recently. They've got a very cinematic, lush sound that is complemented by organic, eclectic p...

Slow No Wake

Noah, Pt. 1

Sounds like: Beach House, Porcelain Raft, Braids

Electronic indie pop dream pop chillwave lo-fi

I've been a big fan of Chicago-based Slow No Wake for a while now, searching for lost parts of myself while "Everyone Needs Someone" and "Ghosts, Pt. ...

Slow No Wake

The Tides

Sounds like: Porcelain Raft, Spiritualized, Beach House

indie pop dream pop psychedelic psychedelic pop shoegaze

Ohio artist Slow No Wake caught our attention earlier this year with the reverb-filled "Everyone Needs Someone." His emotional, somewhat psychedelic s...

Porcelain Raft

Think Of The Ocean

Sounds like: Youth Lagoon, Bear In Heaven, Heavenly Beat, Wild Nothing

indie pop electro-pop synth-pop dream pop synth

Porcelain Raft is the solo project of Mauro Rebumiddi. He caught my attention with his debut album, Strange Weekend, and he is now ready to release a ...

Slow No Wake

Everyone Needs Someone

Sounds like: Tame Impala, Porcelain Raft, Built to Spill, Youth Lagoon

lo-fi youth lagoon reverb Porcelain Raft

Any Tame Impala fans out there? That was the first band I thought of when listening to "Everyone Needs Someone" by Ohio-based Slow No Wake. It's hard ...

Still Corners

Berlin Lovers

Sounds like: Fear Of Men, Widowspeak, Chairlift, Blouse

female vocalist indie rock indie pop synth-pop dream pop

Still Corners last appeared on Indie Shuffle with "Hearts of Fools, and the London duo have been working hard on their next full length since then. Th...

Bear In Heaven

Kiss Me Crazy (Beacon Remix)

Sounds like: Active Child, Porcelain Raft

ambient dreamwave active child bear in heaven beacon

Brooklyn-based outfit Bear In Heaven have done a great job getting their songs into remix crosshairs. From When Saints Go Machine to CFCF, none of the...

Twin Cabins

I'm Sure

Sounds like: Onuinu, Youth Lagoon, Porcelain Raft

dream pop chillwave shoegaze surf rock Surf pop

Twin Cabins is the solo project of San Diego-based Nacho Cano. His sound is a nice balance of shoegaze and surf rock that I've discovered just in time...

Lower Dens

Propagation

Sounds like: Beach House, Ice Cream Shout

shoegaze beach house Porcelain Raft lower dens ice cream shout

It's time for the third installment of SPIN and Absolut's SXSW journey! This time we've got video footage of them following Lower Dens around Austin. ...