Seagaze Festival 2025
September 5, 2025
@ Horseshoe Bar & Cabaret
ACTORS
Vancouver’s ACTORS has been called “Canada’s most exciting post-punk band” for good reason. With a sleek, cinematic sound that’s ice-cool and anthemic, the four-piece—Jason…
Fotoform
Taking their name from a mid-century avant-garde photography movement, Seattle’s Fotoform create melodic, gauzy, and driving post-punk. The band takes an ambitious leap…
Leathers
LEATHERS is the darkwave dream of visual artist and musician, Shannon Hemmett of Vancouver, BC based outfit, ACTORS. After teasing the world with a few leaked singles over…
Darkswoon
Darkswoon is a Portland-based trio that has carved out a unique blend of styles. Recently described as one of the strongest darkwave artists in Portland (Robert Ham,…
Jupe Jupe
Jupe Jupe presents a collection of darkwave-pop hooks in its latest full-length album, Midnight Waits for No One. Released on No-Count Records, the 12-song album is a…
September 5, 2025
@ Lucky Dime
Funeralhomes
FUNERALHOMES is the electronically-produced project from Everett, WA musician, Brad Heyne. Heyne began to write the FUNERALHOMES songs after his life shattered after a…
New Age Healers
ew Age Healers is a shoegaze/psych-rock project conceived from the mind of Seattle based multi-instrumentalist Owen Murphy, featuring guitarist Jeramy Koepping (Voyager One,…
Replicas
REPLICAS is the musical project of Geoff Zalot with Steven H. Geoff grew up in the barren, lifeless Sonoran Desert of Phoenix while Steven grew up in the stark Tri-Cities…
Mechanical Plague
Dark Psychedelic Dreamwave From Seattle
September 6, 2025
@ Horseshoe Bar & Cabaret
The Stargazer Lilies
Drifting somewhere between a glitter-drenched dream and a swirling, psychedelic haze, The Stargazer Lilies create immersive soundscapes that feel both otherworldly and…
The Veldt
The Veldt One of the most notable first-wave shoegaze bands, formed in North Carolina in the 1980s, The Veldt revolves around identical twins Daniel Chavis (vocals, guitar)…
TREMOURS
TREMOURS formed in Los Angeles in 2021 by the duo of Lauren Andino and Glenn Fryatt. Late night jam sessions in the midst of lockdown uncertainty slowly transformed into…
The Prids
Do I Look Like I’m In Love?, the new full-length from The Prids, illustrates the Portland dark pop band’s mettle through keen lyrical observations, but also in its attention…
Iroiro
Led by members of the inimitable IQU*, Michiko Swiggs (synths) and Kento Oiwa (guitar/theremin), Iroiro also feature drummer Justin Schwartz (Cobra High) and…
Blackpool Astronomy
Started as side project by Jeff McCollough, a former founding member of 1990’s Seattle shoegaze band Lapis. In 1998 the project took a backseat to several other…
September 6, 2025
@ Lucky Dime
Painted Vein
Painted Vein is the music project of the musician, producer, and audio engineer Andrea Fox Volpato who has spent the last 10 years collaborating in writing, recording, and…
Ponyboy
Ponyboy is a rock band from Everett, WA. Comprised of two brothers and two of their friends of 20+ years, Ponyboy’s music reflects the influence of a childhood spent around…
Shadowhouse
Shadowhouse is a band that sits perfectly at the intersection of post punk and goth rock, coming from Portland Oregon. Like so many of its peers in the increasingly crowded…
STAHV
Channeling the gritty melodrama of Fields of the Nephilim, the reverb-soaked churn of M83, and epic scopes of Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cult, The Mission, The Damned, and…
