From the UK, to North America, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, shoegaze and dreampop sounds have returned in a global renaissance. 

One of the last great unmined veins of popular music of the postwar era runs through the Japanese underground of the 60s and 70s, all the up to the crest of the late 80s New Wave. This year and next sees a series of compilations unearthing gems from these largely overlooked movements and scenes.