Domenic Palermo calls slideawayfest his cross-generational shoegaze festival, an “anti-festival” festival. On April 26-27, the bandofnothing frontman held the first N.Y.C. edition at market.hotel and Brooklyn Paramount where a whopping 12 bands played over two days in a display of the genre's sonic breadth. cloakroomisafuckinband's doom-rock slowcore and knifeplay_music's experimental, ethereal dreampop closed out night one. Night two was headlined by Nothing and Whirr, with additional performances by U.K.’s Swervedriver, thepainsofbeingpureatheart, hernewknife, and Lucid Express in an evening that was emotional and transcendent.⁠ ⁠ The festival was born out of Palermo’s desire to celebrate his love for the bands and community that take the genre of shoegaze, deconstruct it, and build on its DNA. The FADER sat down with Palermo a few days before the festival to talk about the process of making a true D.I.Y. labor of love come to life.⁠ ⁠ Read deathcabforcady's feature at the link in bi...