Shoegaze, Noise Pop, Dream Pop, etc.

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trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

teethgrinder posted:

Currently at Beliefs, HSY and No Joy. What an amazing evening of shoegazer. Happened to see Beliefs open for The Breeders earlier this year.

I hadn't heard of Beliefs before reading this post, enjoying their album quite a lot, so thanks.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2014 02:35

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# ¿ May 5, 2024 23:57

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Speaking of No Joy
https://mobile.twitter.com/nojoy/status/961263375761182722
Hell yeah

# ¿ Feb 8, 2018 05:35

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Ofecks posted:

Ride is pretty interesting. Hadn't heard any of their stuff before, but I recognized the name from a shot of a gig flyer from Failure's 2004 documentary. Apparently they opened for Ride in LA 1990-ish, when they still used a fretless bass. This Ride album kind of reminds me of that meloncholy-ish 80's/90's style of britpop, like The Smiths or the few songs I've heard from Blur before they did the "whoo hoo" song. Very different from MBV, my only other exposure to early shoegaze. Guess I need to try some Jesus And Mary Chain next. What else would you all consider shoegaze essentials from that same time period?

Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever and Giant Steps
Verve - A Storm In Heaven
Slowdive - Just For A Day and Souvlaki
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Lush - Spooky and Split
Kitchens Of Distinction - Death Of Cool
Spiritualized - Laser Guided Melodies and Pure Phase
Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
Chameleons - Strange Times
Catherine Wheel - Ferment and Chrome

A few of these might not be considered shoegaze by strict definitions of the genre and/or time period, but are at least "shoegaze adjacent" imo

# ¿ Jan 25, 2019 00:51

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Ah yeah, I haven't listened to Curve in eons. Need to sync some of their albums to my phone.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2019 03:46

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

hatelull posted:

Now I am infinitely regretful I did not see him on this recent tour (ATX and Dallas, no Houston).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoM3Ym1neJY

I still dig that album, as stripped down and straightforward as it is and this is a pretty solid live cut for what is probably the closest thing to a current single he's got.

Anyone know how long he's been performing seated?

Been that way every time I've seen Spiritualized going back to 2003.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2019 14:39

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

NikkolasKing posted:

I dunno if this is the right thread but does anyone here like dark wave or ethereal?

I've never listened to Cocteau Twins but they are listed as an ethereal wave band on Wiki and are in the OP so....

you should change that fact if you're posting ITT and asking that question

# ¿ Nov 16, 2019 09:23

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Bdrmm's album Bedroom showed up on my new release recommendations, and it is quite nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PMHvJwelug

# ¿ Jul 3, 2020 21:06

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

I'm not sure why I'm attempting to post right after that masterpiece of a tweet, but, Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis has a new solo record out, its very psychedelic and shoegazey and quite solid on the whole.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2020 01:22

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Keith Atherton posted:

Anyone old like me remember these guys? They got compared to the Jesus and Mary Chain but really weren’t that similar

https://youtu.be/AxGI68P_yk0

https://youtu.be/0q1vRVRTUuU

When VH1 Classic launched, my roommate and I watched it all the time, and the video for Candida was always played on their "alternative" time blocks, which turned me on to them.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 16:37

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

MasterControl posted:

Solid but there are certainly so many from that period as that�s the last big gasp of guitar bands. Top 25? 50? Probably some list saying as much right?

In 2000 (maybe 2001?) I played in a gaze band that opened for Adam Franklin at the now defunct khyber in Philly. I forget if he was solo project then or just doing some old swervedriver stuff for money. Nobody saw us and I was too drunk by the time he went on to remember.

I also want to toss my hat into the rink a little with my own goon shoegaze stuff and knowing goons for the last 11 years the thread to eviscerate or be cool with. I Spent the last year thanks to this lockdown recording a load of stuff and some with a singer from a band I was in years ago. Sadly I have more time than him to record so it�s just these four with three of him present and one of me doing my best explosions without the silence. There�s more in the pipe wherein I sing but I�m like the faux Andy bell�s sister in law baby cousin and begrudgingly doing it. In true goon style I�m just brute force basement recording myself to viability on the singing �spectrum�.

For fans of going blank again era ride, verve, and smiths.

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0GTWinpq985X5iZSYJLH4s?si=0etcPZI8Q9uN9wLUHx1W4w

Apple Music

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-starlit-hues/1555257662

good stuff

# ¿ Mar 5, 2021 20:31

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

The active band that hits the original shoegaze sound sweet spot for me the most is Peel Dream Magazine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQqSPd0cuUg

bdrmm is also very good, they pull in sounds of the 80s 4AD bands, or maybe The Cure / Siouxsie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fwuaYXv3M

I will always listen to anything Ringo Deathstarr puts out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZyQRXxzsFI

Also, maybe it's a bit cheating to include him, but if you haven't listened to it yet Andy Bell's solo album from a few months ago is very good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLO7N4CwuE4

# ¿ Mar 6, 2021 18:18

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

m b v is great

# ¿ Mar 30, 2021 17:26

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Vichan posted:

I'm still a bit miffed that he replaced Ladies And Gentlemen We're Floating In Space with an inferior version on Spotify but I'll give this a listen!

Wait, what is different about the new version?

# ¿ Nov 2, 2021 17:57

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Vichan posted:

The new version has a choir at the end instead of another voice chiming in.

Oh, my understanding was that the version with the choir was the actual original version, but was omitted from the 1997 release because they couldn't get clearances for the Elvis lyrics, but then they did get the rights to them on the reissue and reinstated that section.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2021 18:49

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

HOO is a band led by Nick Holton, who was in Black Hearted Brother with Neil Halstead, and the new HOO album is really good. Halstead plays guitar on two tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGNuqcAofq4

# ¿ Nov 21, 2021 16:50

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

uber_stoat posted:

lmao
https://twitter.com/mstobivail/status/1462129648255389697?s=20
https://twitter.com/BandofNOTHING/status/1462476051230113796?s=20

The strangest meltdown. She just kept doubling down on it as well.

https://twitter.com/mstobivail/status/1462188299968126978

# ¿ Nov 22, 2021 01:24

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/magicalbody/status/1462845787893813255?s=21

# ¿ Nov 23, 2021 02:10

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/berenyi_miki/status/1463304956912488454?s=21
:yeshaha:

# ¿ Nov 24, 2021 21:31

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Ofecks posted:

"Blondie was with me for a summer" is allegedly Matt Sharp of Weezer/The Rentals.

Yeah she has explicitly confirmed that in recent years

# ¿ Nov 25, 2021 21:20

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Andy Bell�s album out today is really good. Plenty of shoegaze and psych-side-of-Britpop vibes.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2022 21:04

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

hatelull posted:

Channeling Captain Obvious but Spiritualized still brings the goods. I drove up after work and am typing this from the most miserable Super 8 known to mankind, but have no regrets.

He's not pulling out a "Medication" or "Cop Shoot Cop" on this tour but god drat do they still hit those peaks.

I saw them in Denver on Monday and it was killer. The songs they played from the new album that hadn't been released as singles yet were huge, and Come Together was a nice surprise, because I hadn't seen it on the previous setlists (although I was also kinda bummed that it seemed to take the place of Headin' For The Top Now, which I love).

# ¿ Apr 8, 2022 18:40

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Not strictly shoegaze, but Spiritualized have had 3 guitarists each of the times I've seen them in the past ~20 years

# ¿ Jul 4, 2022 16:41

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

I guess I�m the Andy Bell RSS feed itt, but he plays guitar on half of the songs of the Pye Corner Audio album that is out today, blissful ambient shoegaze/drone vibes.

quote:

�This is a departure to sunnier climes, but a departure nonetheless,� says Pye Corner Audio, aka Martin Jenkins. �It�s something that I�d been thinking about for a while. I try to tailor my work slightly differently for the various labels that I work with, and this seems to fit nicely with Sonic Cathedral�s ethos.�

Designer Marc Jones� ultra vivid artwork consciously references the likes of LFO, Spacemen 3 and the early output of Stereolab.

�I think it mixes together many of my earliest influences,� explains Martin. �I�ve been a long-time fan of Spacemen 3 and Stereolab. Their moments of repetition and drone have always seeped into what I�ve tried to create.�

# ¿ Jul 15, 2022 16:11

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

The new Winter album is nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWPwrxRT-WQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AUP9FVIYl4

# ¿ Oct 15, 2022 16:08

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

New bdrmm album is out today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5-ZUS4u9s

# ¿ Jun 30, 2023 05:13

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Bright Bart posted:

I learned that apparently the band is popular with the actual old money rich and I don't know what to make of that.

Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you referring to here?

# ¿ Sep 19, 2023 21:33

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

This is a good one

https://twitter.com/SlumberlandRecs/status/1712839795838431584

# ¿ Oct 16, 2023 20:22

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Emma Anderson of Lush has released her first solo album Pearlies today. I�m a few songs in now and it�s quite lovely and quite good.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2023 05:30

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Hot Diggity! posted:

New Drop Nineteens is good.

Agreed, it�s quite nice

# ¿ Nov 3, 2023 17:43

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/LesaHannah/status/1720579921007812625

# ¿ Nov 4, 2023 02:24

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Snowpony was cool. Those albums are dirt cheap used on discogs, I�m going to buy em I think.

Deb kicks rear end in Thurston Moore�s band too.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2023 03:16

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

I just learned of Nabihah Iqbal because she's playing a gig in town soon, very cool hybrid of dream pop and King Krule/Bar Italia type post punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1aE2RMSk9E

# ¿ Dec 29, 2023 18:05

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

feel like this band isn't strictly shoegaze/dreampop, but their debut album frequently has some gaze vibes in the guitars (check outro on this one), and it is a very good record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QvqEN226M

# ¿ Mar 30, 2024 04:26

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Numero released a Majesty Crush compilation yesterday, it's that good poo poo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8bzYnb21kk

# ¿ Mar 30, 2024 14:54

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# ¿ May 5, 2024 23:57

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Eyud posted:

Etymotic ER20s have always worked well for me

ya, these

unrelated and cool:

https://twitter.com/4AD_Official/status/1774799070512504984

# ¿ Apr 2, 2024 04:50

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