yah the cloakroom record is very much a riyl: hum thing, though hum doesn't really shoot for loveliness and the cloakroom guys def have it in their sights in songs like "doubts"
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
https://radiichina.com/dreampop-music-china/
― š¯” š¯”˛š¯”¢š¯”Ø (caek), Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link
So I aimed for the impossible here and created a 21st century shoegaze guide for Shfl
https://theshfl.com/guide/shoegaze-revival
20 choices overall, honestly the merest sampling. My big caveat is that the metal/gaze crossover I just had to separate out, far too big on its own. Some electrogaze standouts made the cut. Ultimately this is just a starter pack and should be recognized as such! But reviewing this thread was helpful for some reminders for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 March 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
I enjoyed this list and your write up. Good stuff.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 7 March 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
Thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 March 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah great list. Some favorites and some Iā€™d never heard before. Best discovery so far is Venera 4. Thanks for writing/sharing!
― Skrot Montague, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 03:36 (two years ago) link
You're most welcome. Pretty sure I learned about Venera 4 from this very thread years back!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 04:16 (two years ago) link
Nice work, Ned. I rep for Serena-Maneesh and Pinkshinyultrablast myself.
You should definitely get someone to pay you for a blackgaze piece. :)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 04:32 (two years ago) link
If you caught that little aside near the end of the introduction, don't think I'm not thinking about it... (This work is a paying job, I should add.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 04:48 (two years ago) link
I had totally forgotten about Serena-Maneesh. Album holds up pretty well.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:15 (two years ago) link
does Shfl pay, Ned? if ya don't mind me asking :)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 04:34 (two years ago) link
Uh, yes? Sorry if I sound bemused, I did say that!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 05:26 (two years ago) link
Ha, you're right. You did. I missed that. Sorry. You should be bemused!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 06:16 (two years ago) link
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It's great!
― Evan, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
It's been a little quiet on this thread lately, so I figured it might be a good time to take a leap of faith and mention that the first single from my upcoming album is out now: https://angelcalm.bandcamp.com/releases (I promise this'll be the only time I self-promote on ILM.)
― CalmAsAnAngel, Monday, 13 June 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
Posted about this one many years ago. I still consider it "new" because it's not from the 90s
https://shesir.bandcamp.com/album/who-cant-say-yes
― Evan, Thursday, 14 July 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Hadnā€™t heard that before. Itā€™s really good, wow. Thanks for sharing.
― Skrot Montague, Friday, 15 July 2022 02:56 (two years ago) link
Very welcome!
― Evan, Friday, 15 July 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
I've been digging what I've heard from Tan Cologne quite a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVk9p5l-S0
― Chris L, Friday, 26 August 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
https://theyareguttingabodyofwater.bandcamp.com
Also known as TAGABOW. Recommended if you like the eclectic punk-spirited shoegaze of Swirlies, also hear some similarities with contemporaries Ovlov at times.
― Evan, Monday, 16 January 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
Moose plus others talk about the shoegaze scene (such as it was) from a 1992 issue of MM. Can't disagree too much with their peer summaries!
https://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/whatever-happened-to-shoegazing-part-1-12th-september-1992.jpg
https://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/whatever-happened-to-shoegazing-part-2-12th-september-1992.jpg
― into the crypt of ray reardon (Matt #2), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:32 (one year ago) link
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete a couple weeks ago in Sacramento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7zl49joZg
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 27 February 2023 00:39 (one year ago) link
Hard to tell if this band has been mentioned before, but some songs by Wednesday remind me of Lilys circa Brief History...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDwDF-uKyk
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
Sounds great
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 4 March 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
The new Tanukichan album is pretty good:https://tanukichan.bandcamp.com/album/gizmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEWuhSiKGQ
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 11 March 2023 06:49 (one year ago) link
New Flyying Colours rips:
https://flyyingcolours.bandcamp.com/album/you-never-know
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link
stoke is real
― liberal with a capital LIE (Hunt3r), Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:53 (one year ago) link
Giving this a relisten today and it's better the second time!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 March 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
Canā€™t believe Bleach Lab hasnā€™t blown up yet. On the dreamier and janglier side of shoegaze, with some clear traces of the Smiths. Absolutely love them
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 19 March 2023 08:02 (one year ago) link
New Flyying Colours is indeed Stoke City on this. I haven't been shown many NEW shoegazers that aren't afraid to go Swervedriver/riff-mongers and they're experts at it.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 19 March 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
can someone show me a OLD shoegaze band that stopped being a shoegaze band for a long time but now they are back to being a NEW shoegaze band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmcJUwNjKU
(excellent video imho)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 04:20 (one year ago) link
Went to see You Said Strange (French, currently touring the west coast) knowing basically nothing about them, thought they were great live!
― JoeStork, Thursday, 23 March 2023 06:07 (one year ago) link
Hm! Keeping that in mind, though sadly it seems like they're skipping the Bay Area altogether?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 March 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
https://motifs.bandcamp.com/album/remember-a-stranger
Singapore-based shoegaze/dream pop, pretty great
― omar little, Sunday, 30 April 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
Digging the new one from Uniforms: https://uniformsband.bandcamp.com/album/trance (they're from AlmerĆa, Spain)
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 30 April 2023 23:55 (one year ago) link
Twin Drugs from Richmond sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnTfL6B0PM
― Chris L, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe1Xurn12dc
― š¯” š¯”˛š¯”¢š¯”Ø (caek), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFXZOwEZu0
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
Anyone here rate the band Knifeplay? They were mentioned to me in this context (a modern MBV-influenced band), and they def sound up that alley...
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:07 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UAmQDjeIEU
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 21 October 2023 15:32 (eleven months ago) link
hotline tnt album sounding like an instant classic to me
― flopson, Saturday, 4 November 2023 16:30 (ten months ago) link
^It's so good!!!
― ripersnifle, Saturday, 4 November 2023 20:01 (ten months ago) link
I really must investigate this.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 November 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link
There are some really nice moments on this. I like the little break beat moment.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 6 November 2023 15:21 (ten months ago) link
yeah i like it ok, what kept me interested was listening for the odder stuff tossed into the stew, like "huh strong keys line"
― that genius dn i thought of on Zing but couldn't update to (Hunt3r), Monday, 6 November 2023 15:26 (ten months ago) link
Yeah initially it felt a little same-y to me but there little moments that you start to notice after a bit.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 6 November 2023 15:59 (ten months ago) link
Agree the Hotline TNT is excellent. Didn't know it but I needed this album rn.
― Indexed, Monday, 6 November 2023 18:01 (ten months ago) link
I saw Margaritas Podridas (Sonora, MX) at a tiny local bar last week and their live show was really great... I wasn't as wowed by the few studio songs I'd heard.
Sidenote: A few days earlier I saw The Umbrellas (not shoegaze) perform as 1987-1988 MBV for an outdoor halloween show and that life-affirming.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 6 November 2023 18:22 (ten months ago) link
"Spot Me 100" is my early favorite on the Hotline TNT. That middle section with the drum n bass breakbeat is killer.
― Indexed, Monday, 6 November 2023 20:09 (ten months ago) link
some pretty good songs on the hotline tnt album and some that are just kinda nothing
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 06:26 (ten months ago) link