Courtesy of Drew Perez, Instagram: @d.r.e.w.b.y

Courtesy of Drew Perez, Instagram: @d.r.e.w.b.y

Image courtesy of Drew Perez, Instagram: @d.r.e.w.b.y

On August 8th and 9th, Glass Animals took over Brooklyn Mirage and Popdust had the chance to catch it for you.

So, we all know “Heat Waves” right? Released in June of 2020, Glass Animals released the song-of-the-summer that we had no idea would never end. Flash forward to 2022, the chart topping track has not only stayed relevant but has been remixed by artists like Diplo, Sonny Fodera, and Iann Dior.

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Music Lists

7 Modern Shoegaze Bands Keeping the '90s Dream Alive

With new music from My Bloody Valentine in the works, we're looking at the subgenre they helped pioneer.

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This year has brought big news for My Bloody Valentine fans.

The shoegaze icons announced recently that they currently have two new albums in the works for their new label home, Domino Records. In addition to the new music, My Bloody Valentine's 2013 comeback album, m b v, is finally available on streaming, and their albums Loveless and Isn't Anything — famously difficult to find on vinyl — are being remastered and reissued.

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New Releases

Exclusive Premiere: The Dumes' "Everything Is Horrible" EP Is a Tribute to Real-Life Gloom

The Los Angeles rock quintet dance through the fire on their latest release.

Emily Cole

The Dumes couldn't have begun recording their new EP, Everything Is Horrible, at a more appropriate time.

The Los Angeles quintet's first day in the legendary Sunset Sound Studios coincided with the first day their city went on lockdown back in March 2020. "We didn't know if the world was ending or if we had just stepped into a time machine that transported us back to the '70s," vocalist Elodie Tomlinson said in a statement accompanying the release of Everything Is Horrible. Premiering exclusively at Popdust today and available to stream everywhere tomorrow (April 23), the EP is a timely tribute to real-life gloom.

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FILM

Interview: The Greeting Committee on Being Featured in Netflix's "To All the Boys: Always and Forever"

The band's vocalist Addie Sartino talks to Popdust about appearing in the third and final installment of Netflix's beloved teen romcom series.

Elizabeth Miranda

For most bands, being approached for a movie means one of your songs might be featured on the soundtrack.

But for Kansas City indie rock band the Greeting Committee, a call from their manager about contributing to a film soundtrack quickly spiraled into a much larger opportunity: being asked to actually appear in To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the third installment in Netflix's film series based on the novels by Jenny Han.

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Music Lists

So, You Like Phoebe Bridgers? Here Are 9 Up-and-Coming Folk Artists You'll Love

Get acquainted with these musicians now before they make it big.

Phoebe Bridgers

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Now that she has a Grammy nomination, a viral TikTok dance, and a (literally) smashing Saturday Night Live performance to her name, everyone's eyes have been on Phoebe Bridgers lately.

On the heels of her highly-acclaimed sophomore album, last year's Punisher, Bridgers has gone from an angel-voiced industry darling to a full-blown household name. With her whip-smart sense of humor, trademark all-black outfits, and immense talent at just 26, indieheads and normies alike are boarding the Phoebe Bridger bandwagon like it's the only route to a vaccine.

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Culture Feature

Bean Dad Redemption? The Sad, Strange Saga of John Roderick

John Roderick came under fire for a story that sounded like child abuse, but maybe his worst crime is being awful at Twitter.

The saga of Bean Dad is a tale as old as time.

First, a random psychopath goes viral for bragging about making his daughter go hungry. Then people uncover his homophobic, ableist, and horrifying white supremacist tweets of yore.

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