Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2025 – A Musical Journey
Tag: dream pop
Playlists
Friday, Mar 7, 2025 – Echoes Program 2509E
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 21, 2025 – Music by Kelly Lee Owens
We enter a dream state with Kelly Lee Owens. She’s an electronic musician and singer who hovers between dreampop and EDM. John Diliberto drops a couple of tracks off her album Dreamstate.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025 – New Music from Andy Bell
Andy Bell wields guitar distortion in the shoegaze band called Ride. But on his new solo album, Pinball Wanderer, he takes a more dream pop, downtempo direction.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 February: Dieter Spears Breezes into Top Spot
Late Day Summer Breeze by Dieter Spears tops the Echoes February 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, Ludovico Einaudi, Mogwai, C37, and 20 other great CDs.
Playlists
Weekend, Feb 22-23, 2025 – Programs 2507A & 2507B
We talk to Immersion and SUSS. These are two artists who you hear a lot on Echoes that have recently converged for a brilliant new album that is a true meeting of differing musical cultures.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 7, 2025 – Japanese Breakfast and More
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Immersion & Suss Interview
Coming Up
Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025 – New Music from Hollie Kenniff
We hear new music by Hollie Kenniff. She’s the singer in the dreampop duo Mint Julep with her husband, Keith Kenniff. On her solo album For Forever, she goes purely ambient.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 17, 2025 – Echoes Program 2507A
We talk to Immersion and SUSS. These are two artists who you hear a lot on Echoes that have recently converged for a brilliant new album that is a true meeting of differing musical cultures.