The Basement Collective hosted a stacked bill at Cactus Club featuring Milwaukee bands HUMID, Overhand and Shamewave alongside Chicago-Rockford dark post-punk band Bleached Cross; the show was the first stop on a weekend tour Shamewave and Bleached Cross embarked together. HUMID are a shoegaze band consisting of vocalist-guitarist Matt Tomashek, guitarist Ben Schuelke, bassist Sam Gargulak, and drummer Cody Ratley.
Read more
Cactus Club hosted Milwaukee’s Shamewave and Winnepeg’s noise punk trio Tunic on Friday night. Shamewave is fronted by Cody Ratley; Nicci Halverson plays guitar and synth, Peter Stanislawski also plays guitar, Ben Wittlinger plays bass, and Matt Weinberger plays drums. Jacob Hornak and Sahan Jayasuriya have played in the band as well. Their sound encompasses shoegaze, grunge, ambient, and alternative
Read more
Alternative rocker Shamewave teamed up with Rockford’s darkwave artist Bleached Cross for a split EP on No Funeral Records. It’s four songs, two from each. Ensnared by shadow and darkness, the two artists deliver a bewitched platter of industrial-tinged grunge and experimental post-punk. It feels like taking a galleon through a cursed ocean of treacherous waves. They’ve got t-shirts too
Read more
Ben Slowey talks to the man behind the shoegaze project.
Read more
Shoegaze artist Shamewave has a new EP out today, consisting of three tracks. We get immersed into Cody Ratley’s shadowy, textural world of oceanic sound pools and imaginatively dark lyrics. The second track is a cover of Cheap Trick’s “Heaven Tonight” while Ratley’s originals touch on dreading to make it safely into the realm of angels. The EP is dedicated
Read more
This week, check out new music from Grey Genius, AWill, Oliver Low and more!
Read more
The band put out a new song to commemorate their one year anniversary.
Read more
Check out brand new music from Will Rose, DC The Don, Fuzzysurf and more!
Read more
Shoegaze band Shamewave prove that time and effort pay off with their debut release.
Read more