Afterglow Echoplex
The process of making an analog mixtape is something of a lost art these day. Today, anyone can create a playlist of easily-available songs without digging through piles of vinyl records, cassettes or CD's, worrying about time constraints, or painstakingly writing out the bands and songs featured on these cassette mixes on a J-card.
My name is Anthony King and I am the host of Afterglow Echoplex. I love independent, underground music sub-genres like shoegaze, dreampop, noise-rock, post-rock, post-punk, jangle, twee, goth, darkwave, indie hip-hop, etc. Much like the compilation cassettes and CD-R's of yore, the mixtapes on each of these episodes were painstakingly handcrafted just for you; yes, YOU! I hope you enjoy 'em!
Every episode of the Afterglow Echoplex podcast is not a playlist, but rather a virtual mixtape featuring back-to-back songs by independent, self-funded artists you might not be privy to... yet. Each episode's 60-minute mixtape is produced in direct collaboration with the bands and musicians featured on the show. The basic tenet of this podcast is to highlight the incredibly talented artists you're hearing here, while getting their staggeringly amazing music out to a wider audience.
It's my hope that, in listening to the carefully crafted mixtapes on each of these podcast episodes, you, the listener, will seek out and support the talented and hard-working artists you discovered here. Buy some records! Go to their shows! Wear their T-shirts! Show 'em some love!
If you are in a band and create music similar to the hazy, swaying, feedback-drenched gossamer sounds you've heard here, why not send in one of your songs for consideration on a future Afterglow Echoplex mixtape episode? Please email WAV or FLAC files of your song(s) to: afterglowechoplex@gmail.com.
As with the bands featured here, this podcast would not be possible without you. Thank you for listening.
Afterglow Echoplex
Afterglow Echoplex - Episode Seven (Xmas Bonus!)
Seasons Greetings and welcome back to the Afterglow Echoplex, a shoegaze, dreampop, noise-rock, et al. and etc. collaborative mixtape podcast, featuring snow-storms of feedback, blissed-out merriment and Rudolph-guided melodies! Everyone deserves a Christmas bonus, and this episode of the podcast is yours! This episode features Iceblynk, Films On Song, The First Eloi, The Prids, Kallai, Stubai, and much more!
Each episode of the Afterglow Echoplex is a virtual 60-minute dubbed cassette tape made in direct collaboration with the underground, independent bands you hear here.
Side One
1. The Prids "You Drive, I'll Shoot"
2. Stubai "Another Way"
3. Moon Void "Is It True"
4. Iceblynk "Tragic"
5. Pacific Latitudes "Every Bad Beat"
6. Lester O'Shea "Gun Fighting in a Small Enclosed Space"
7. Films On Song "Venus Sickness (Demo)"
Side Two
1. Reviser "Burn it Out"
2. then there were blackbirds "Horizon"
3. Kallai "Always Never"
4. new burglars "Far from Perfect"
5. The First Eloi "Shoe Button Eyes"
6. The Hydrogen Trees "Sylvia"
7. A Reminder "Tonal Wakeup"
This podcast would not be possible without the generous contributions of the bands listed above. Please visit their BandCamp pages to show them some much deserved appreciation in the form of purchasing their music, following their links, and (when possible) seeing them play live.
As mentioned in today's episode, you can find my friend Amy Abshier's Etsy page here. Amy's hubby, Krysztof Nemeth's page can be found here! Their amazing artwork makes for great Christmas gifts (hint, hint!)
If you enjoyed what you've heard here today and want to help the podcast grow, please consider visiting our Patreon page. Any amount you can contribute is greatly appreciated. Tis the season of giving, after all!
Please rate and review this podcast on the podcast catcher of your choice. If you're in a band and would like to contribute one of your songs for consideration on a future episode of Afterglow Echoplex, please email a WAV file or Bandcamp code to: afterglowechoplex@gmail.com
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Look for not one, but TWO very special episode of the Afterglow Echoplex at the end of this month! It's the podcast's first foray into a luminary band's B-Sides and rarities that you will not want to miss.
Until next time, keep celebrating the scene!
(((Afterglow Echoplex: A Shoegaze Mixtape Podcast!)))