Yeah that could be their best song.
― Evan, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
i think i like the Cheatahs album a very great deal
― doodle cock-up (electricsound), Saturday, 9 August 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
This one seems promising, though I've only listened a little. Jetman Jet Team. Definitely have the sound down, I just haven't had time to live with the songs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-3ejk2KiM
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
Vaadat Charigim - terrific Israeli neo shoegaze!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
Another vote for Cheetahs - 'the Swan' especially
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I've ended up liking the Cheatahs album a lot more than I thought I would. Also really liking the Flyying Colours, so thank for that rec, above.
I recently heard a great track from 2011 in a Songza playlist by The Golden Awesome who I'd never heard of. Facebook page shows some relatively recent live activity but no mention of new music. A quick sample of their album makes it sound promising though:
http://thegoldenawesomenz.bandcamp.com
― early rejecter, Monday, 18 August 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
I've really been enjoying the latest from Champaign's Withershins, Mt. Fuji in Blue. It's not exclusively shoegaze, there is some (eek!) post rock in here too, but some really great moments of fuzzed out bliss. The vocals and lyrics can be a bit of a stumbling block, more than once I wished a track was instrumental, but when they really lock in I'm finding this to be pretty compelling, musically anyway.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that's not shoegaze. I have this weird and probably unfair impulse to reject the shoegaze tag for anything with those shouty college town vocals in it. To me, it gives it away as ex-emo/hardcore or indie players (I'm betraying my age a bit here) who probably bought delay pedals after trying drugs or sexual intercourse. They know who MBV is, for example, but have really no idea why the band is so important.
I guess it's pretty unfair of me because some Estonian black metal/Detroit techno hybrid band could get tagged with shoegaze and I wouldn't bat an eyelash even if they growled Javascript syntax into a vocoder.
― fields of salmon, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I get exactly what you mean and it probably isn't shoegaze, but I wasn't sure what other thread to talk about the album in. It's definitely not metal and, despite the vocals, it doesn't fit in with the emo revival thing either.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
i'll second Vadaat Charigim, their album from last/this year (or whenever) is sneaky great
― alpine static, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
uh, make that Vaadat, not Vadaat boy is my face red
this is a local band that seems very indebted to mbv
http://wildhoneysound.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2K5R3sb_NI
― ͡ᵒಠಠ ͜ʖ ͡ಠಠᵒ (am0n), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
got a single of theirs the other day, it's not half bad
― the kingness of stranders (electricsound), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
There's an emo revival? Is there a thread for that? I might lurk.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
rolling emo/pop/punk/bullshit/feelings about pizza or something like that. thread rules.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
the Vaadat Charigim album is so great.
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
the upcoming Lees of Memory album is pretty shoegazey. it's the dudes from Superdrag.
full stream here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/09/an_interview_w_75.html
― alpine static, Monday, 15 September 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
gr8080: Thank you for mentioning Vaadat Charigim. I checked out the album and it's quickly become one of my favorites of the past few years. Nothing particularly groundbreaking about it, but great guitar tone, great songs, tight playing, really nice downer vibe. They seem like interesting dudes, too, based on the few interviews I've read.
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
i saw a band called Leave The Planet last week, who had all the right ingredients but just kinda mushed them together.
anyway, looking for samples this morning up popped these in the 'related bands' section of one website:
http://www.coctailtwins.com/
WORST. NAME. EVER.
― koogs, Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
not strictly "shoegaze", but an excellent record from this year that seems likely to appeal to fans of the genre:
https://soundcloud.com/flenserrecords/botanist-rhizophora
― Vomits of a Missionary (bernard snowy), Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the Botanist record is gorgeous. Love it.
― Bloody Pelt Found Near the Scene of the Crime (Skrot Montague), Thursday, 9 October 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
OTM it's been the soundtrack to my autumn '14 so far
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Friday, 10 October 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
2014 Shoegaze World Tour:
Spain: Linda Guilala - Verano (from their Xeristar debut):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpdI7UFmEI8
Rakovník, Czech Republic: Manon Meurt - Glowing Cityscapehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkt7_FYBdOw
Warsaw, Poland: Evvolves - Emma (from Hang mini LP)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uODiNwxWGgM
St. Petersburg, Russia: Pinkshinyultrablast - Umihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAVYbf9CBL4
Beijing, China:Dear Eloise - Vanishing Winterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loXcgbJGKOA
― TTAGGGTTAGGG (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
I kinda like Aerofall (from Russia). This track in particular reminds me of early Moose: https://soundcloud.com/handsandmoment/i-turned-a-blind-eye?in=handsandmoment/sets/aerofall-aerofall
― daavid, Monday, 10 November 2014 06:31 (nine years ago) link
Discovered these guys when I was looking for Stargazer (the metal band):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfh_2a-QWo0
― pelvic slang (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 11 January 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure if younghusband exactly count as shoegaze...they sometimes sound like the shoegaze bands just as they started to move into other areas and transcend the genre, but anyway I've been really obsessed with their "Dromes" album of late, which I missed in 2013.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7-hApWeYY
― dlp9001, Monday, 12 January 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
i have a lot of time for them, the two singles they did before dromes are excellent too. they have gazey elements though i think calling them a shoegaze band is a stretch.
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Monday, 12 January 2015 03:10 (nine years ago) link
I saw the Stargazer Lilies a year ago - liked them a lot.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:45 (nine years ago) link
Venera 4 from France
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knHC1yUWH60
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:46 (nine years ago) link
Stargazer Lilies sound pretty good. Didn't realise they were a followup after Soundpool.
Still hoping to hear a dreampop band with ambitious symphonic structures.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
really enjoying the pinkshinyultrablast album. not a shred of anything new or original really but it does sound very lovely
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
Me too on pinkshinyultrablast. Also maimaiscripting. These two could tour as a lexical double-bill...
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
i cant really find a thread where ppl talked about whirr except this one so excuse the derail
being contacted about booking whirr - not sure what all was up with that whole shitstorm except that they made fun of a dude for having the last name "lemmon" and called people pussies a lot. was there a lot of homophobia or sexism going down? should i avoid these ppl?
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
i cant look at tumblr at work which is apparently where all this shit is being archived, curated and commented on, so
one interview deep and they sound like massively tedious people at the absolute least so avoid away
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
yeah p sure im gonna pass
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Thursday, 26 March 2015 03:18 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/vaadat-charigim/ein-li-makom-1
new Vaadat Charigim. pretty awesome.
― nostormo, Thursday, 26 March 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udVSVWOtAVE
they've got a new album out next month (this is the lead single).
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 26 March 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
new and very good Vaadat Charigim:
https://soundcloud.com/vaadat-charigim/hashiamum-shokea/s-lx2oE
― nostormo, Thursday, 16 April 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
I see Venera 4 was mentioned a little bit upthread, but this album is amaze!
http://venera4band.bandcamp.com/album/eid-lon
If you need me, I'll be listening to this and nothing else for the next two weeks.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 06:50 (nine years ago) link
I am still working through my first listen of Eidôlon and HOLY SHIT this band is breaking my heart they're so good.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 06:55 (nine years ago) link
^ this is great
― nxd, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:47 (nine years ago) link
YAY! Love Venera 4. Love the new album. Love that folks are discovering them.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:58 (nine years ago) link
thanks, great recommendation.
― skip, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
jeez, this is really shoegaze
― young ruffian - sick banter (imago), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
kinda the precise intersection of schnauss the cure and a.m.p. who's with me here
― young ruffian - sick banter (imago), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
I like Nothing, local (for me) Philly boys on local (for me) metal label Relapse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9UIdlXhrBQ
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
^ thinking about seeing them live, could see their show either being great or real boring/samey... recommended?
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
Unfortunately I have yet to see them live other than an acoustic in-store they did for Record Store Day this past weekend but it was nice enough for that sort of thing, though I wished it was a bit louder.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
That ain't shoegaze. That's Hum worship.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link