Shimmer

💫🎸🦋 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽! 🦋🎸💫 WOW! We are beyond thrilled with how many people came out to dance, socialize, chill and, of course, enjoy shoegaze music with us for the first Shimmer of 2026!!! We're very pleased with how much new music we were able to play this month for everyone. Quite a few people asked us about the playlist, so here it is- less than 24 hours after the party! (Please share it with a friend who likes shoegaze music and may not know about Shimmer!)

[PLAYLIST] Friday, January 9, 2026; Shimmer; DJs Scary Lady Sarah & Philly Peroxide; DMen Tap, Chicago

[CG] denotes a band from the Chicago area
[R] denotes a request played

(DJ Philly Peroxide; set 1)
Prepare My Glider- Breather
[CG] Lightfoils- Synastry
[CG] Night Glare- Thousand Eyes
[CG] Plush Crush- Lose Yourself
[CG] Static Trip- Awake
[CG] Morvern Hum- Nine Hours
[CG] S**t- Touch and Go
young prisms, bbreathrr- candytrip
Drive Driver Drive- Co***ne Girl, Co***ne
Sister Ray Davies- Aidan
The Verve- Catching the Butterfly
Strawberry Lust, honeyboi- Silk
The Florist- Sundown
Catherine Wheel- Crank
[R] Cocteau Twins- Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires

(DJ Scary Lady Sarah; set 1)
The Veldt- The Everlasting Gobstopper
Melting Palms- Echoes
[CG] Ghost Days- Butterfly Girl
PAASTEL- Angles
Lush- Sweetness and Light
Bluhm- Slow Rewind
they are gutting a body of water- violence iii
[CG] Airiel- Bloom
[R] Slowdive- Alison
My Bloody Valentine- When You Sleep
The Jesus & Mary Chain- Head On
Tennis System- Space Age Love Song

(DJ Philly Peroxide; set 2)
Luster- Don’t Need You
Allwax- Make It Easier
[CG] Snowcuffs- In Blue
[CG] Panda Riot- Extra Cosmic
Chapterhouse- Love Forever
Northern Gloom- Rabbit Hole
Ci******es for Breakfast- Melting
Blushing- Tamagotchi
Taleen Kali- Aepex
Planetaria- El Encuentro
liar, flower- monolithic ego
Serena Maneesh- I Just Want to See Your Face
Whitelands- Blankspace
Hazy Waters- Anything(E)
The Telescopes- Flying
Sunn Days Cult- Fantasy Reality
[CG] Cool Heat- Cynical
[CG] Whimsical- Dreams
SRSQ- Born Alone, Die Alone

(DJ Scary Lady Sarah; set 2)
Happy Phantom- This Ordinary Girl
[CG] creaturefight- run
Deadlights- Kill Me Softly, Kiss Me Slowly
Winter- Just Like a Flower
The House of Love- I Don’t Know Why I Love You
The High Violets- The Orchard
[CG] bosses- Dogwoods
slow quit- Burt Cokaine
High.- Flowers
Tears Run Rings- Beautiful Stranger
She’s Green- Smile Again
Wisp- Breathe Onto Me
Bleary Eyed- Shimmer Away
Bhopal’s Flowers- L.O.V.E.C.A.L.L.
Tripwires- Cinnamon
Drop Nineteens- Tarantula
Cathedral Bells- Make Me Right For You (feat. Yndling)
Tombstones In Their Eyes- Under Dark Skies

(DJ Philly Peroxide; set 3)
The Virginia Planes- Brighter Shades of Gold
Cochlear Kill- Someones
Astral- Sand and Stars
Maud Anyways- What’s Gone Is For Nothingness
Chandeen- Glitter and Trauma

(DJ Scary Lady Sarah; set 3)
Animal Shin- Nowhere
Adorable- Sunshine Smile
Anilore- Black Halo
Cruyff in the Bedroom- Frozen
Spiritualized- Come Together
Mystery Date
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Shimmer: Monthly shoegaze / dreampop party at DMen Tap, Chicago. Next date: Friday, February 13, 2026- My Bloody Valentine’s Edition!