https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pSqj-xWJnM
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 6 July 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
electricsound I just now am checking out the first Big Troubles album. I'm really liking it- but did they go the same direction as Pains of Being Pure at Heart with the second album? Haven't heard it.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
they turned into a jangly powerpop band instead
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
In a good way or bad? Also Freudian Slips is a bit of a blatant Boo Radleys rip.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
I also live right next to Ridgewood relatively and am upset I don't get to jam with this whole scene of late 80s early 90s inspired guitar pop lovers (referring to Real Estate and those I've yet to discover). But I don't know what I'd have to do to befriend these people.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
a bit
to say the least
i like 'romantic comedy', about a third of it is fantastic, but it doesn't "sound" as nice as its predecessor
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Friday, 21 September 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
not a new band, but I'm sad that the Austin, TX band Astroblast has never been mentioned on ilx. tweegaze/Slumberland/Velocity Girl type stuff with lots of keyboards — search their 2003 album This Will Help You on Your Way
― 50 miles of lmao room (unregistered), Friday, 21 September 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ozazHKXLg
― 50 miles of lmao room (unregistered), Friday, 21 September 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Very cool! I like it, thanks!
― Evan, Friday, 21 September 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
That's not bad...but what about "harder" stuff? I mean, I like Cable and Isis, which is sort of like art metal but they're kind of shoegazy. Like really LOUD guitars.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Friday, 21 September 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
Have we mentioned Whirr yet?
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
i thought the whirr album was pretty generic, but there was potential there
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
Hammock are new to me but lord this is doing it for me right about now:
http://hammockmusic.com/departure-songs
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
Neat. Hammock's past work has been largely instrumental which placed it in the post-rock continuum, but I always thought they should bring in a vocalist.
From 2009:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjIWriDTptY
― ‽ Interrobang You're Dead ‽ (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
They were on one of those shoegaze cover compilations in the mid 2000s - Never Lose That Feeling album if I am remembering correctly. They covered "Black Metallic"
― van smack, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
this one: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Never-Lose-That-Feeling-Volume-2/release/812718
― van smack, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
Which reminds me, David Altobelli's videos for Hammock may be the most poignant, beautiful indie music videos I've ever seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rENnKECnfs
― ‽ Interrobang You're Dead ‽ (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
just wanted to say this Hammock album is incredible
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, 26 October 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
Knew you would love it.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
"(Let's Kiss) While the Stars are All Falling Down" has been on repeat for a while now.
― ‽ Interrobang You're Dead ‽ (Sanpaku), Friday, 26 October 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
haha that's exactly the song that was playing which prompted me to post to this thread
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, 26 October 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
Wish the timelapse went on longer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w9EiRIXtE8
― ‽ Interrobang You're Dead ‽ (Sanpaku), Friday, 26 October 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, another one here, from Bristol, and they have a lot to choose from:
http://soundcloud.com/stumbleineuk
Very much on the neoelectrogaze tip, plus flecks of ethereal r'n'b (but this isn't How to Dress Well etc. if that's your concern). And they're named after a Smashing Pumpkins song, of COURSE I like 'em.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
not totally shoegaze but lots of gauzy guitars and dreaminess
Pony Trash from Mpls, kind of like crazy horse/the chills/the church in a blender, slick basslines too
http://ponytrash1.bandcamp.com/
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
The headline is correct. For better or worse.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 April 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
would the besnard lakes fall into this category?
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 12 April 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
Need emphasis:
"We are not rock," shouted back frontman Blixa Bargeld. "We are shoegaze; look at your fucking shoes!"
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Friday, 12 April 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
that article was pretty bad in a couple of ways
― wee waa nee (electricsound), Friday, 12 April 2013 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
My Bloody Valentine, grandaddies of 'gaze, finally release the album they started 17 years ago and suddenly, somehow, along comes a massive wang of new bands sounding like music's equivalent of mumblecore
followed by a list of bands some of which have been around for five years or more
"It was when 'shoegaze' was given as a genre option on MySpace that it became acceptable to label your music in that way,"
holy shit this is piffle
― wee waa nee (electricsound), Friday, 12 April 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
No Joy's Wait To Pleasure (April 23) gets the advance streaming treatment on Pitchfork this week.
I think thisthreaders will find much to like.
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
this is nice
http://halfstring.bandcamp.com/track/honeycut
― captain snus (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 06:41 (eleven years ago) link
I've been sort of meaning to pick up the Half String reissue 2xLP thing on CT for awhile now. Do you have that?
― Evan, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
Of course. I had all the ipr stuff anyway but the extra tracks were cool
― captain snus (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Finally got around to listening to their new album after seeing them at Austin Psych Fest, and yeah - they fall into this. This is the most Slowdivey thing I've heard in years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXTVedMZTL0
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 1 June 2013 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:22 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is on spotify and is really good
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 15 June 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
I picked up Ghost Blonde by them not long ago. Is the new one better?
― Evan, Saturday, 15 June 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
Wait To Pleasure is one of my favourite albums of the year so far... so, yes :D
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 15 June 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
New Exit Calm single. I love the Verve too, but sheesh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExRI5AQ8xUE
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
Did the Besnard Lakes improve a bit or something? They always seemed kinda there.
Currently getting my attention is Eros and the Eschaton, about to release a debut album. Got some earlier tracks up on their Bandcamp site:
http://goldenhearts.bandcamp.com/album/songs
And more info here:
http://www.theunderbellyofthesun.org/Eros_and_the_Eschaton/aum_mani_padme_hum.html
https://www.facebook.com/erosandtheeschaton
Been listening to the album this morning -- nice take on the whole American homegrown 'gaze/couple approach, and some actually loud/twisted/violent moments with a few curve balls along the way. It's a good start rather than something truly remarkable, but it IS good.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Ran across them in Austin and dug what they were doing. I think the new album is a keeper.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 1 August 2013 05:48 (eleven years ago) link
there was a p big jump in their songwriting from dark horse to roaring night imo
― take that, bitterman (electricsound), Thursday, 1 August 2013 06:35 (eleven years ago) link
Giving the new one a listen now, it does seem more intriguing. Maybe they just needed their woodshedding phase.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 August 2013 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
Lovesilkpalemilk might be a little too post-punk, but bits of the latest album/ep/whatever (on Paradigms) are like Garlands era Cocteau Twins in places.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:39 (eleven years ago) link
a couple of new(ish) aussie ones i love
roku music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmbEG4_kY1E
flyying colours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G12Itbv0q8s
― this patch is evolving (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 08:24 (ten years ago) link
actually i should have put this one for FC. love this so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9wnpiiMUJs
― this patch is evolving (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 08:26 (ten years ago) link
Second song is great!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 11:12 (ten years ago) link
Seconded, nice track.
― skip, Monday, 10 March 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
they played flyying colours wavygravy on bbc radio6 last week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xpcr8
― koogs, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Deifnitely like them better than the other Flying Colors (the Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse pop-prog supergroup).
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btqggj8cWFU
^Wish there was an entire album that sounded like this.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link