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
I had totally forgotten about Serena-Maneesh. Album holds up pretty well.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, March 8, 2022 10:15 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
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
Hadn’t heard that before. It’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
Can’t believe Bleach Lab hasn’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 Almería, 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
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (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
This sounds like Ride, which is not a bad thing. I enjoyed this and will play it again.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 06:44 (ten months ago) link
Hotline TNT in case that wasn't clear.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 06:45 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1txICBt0Y
― giraffe, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 07:28 (ten months ago) link
(^Korean shoegaze that popped up on my radar today)
― giraffe, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 08:15 (ten months ago) link
Anyone into Hotline TNT should check out Will Anderson’s previous band Weed. Criminally overlooked. 90s alt rock anthems brutalized by distortion blankets. Really lovely sad boy melodies throughout.
Devotion is a great record to start with, specifically the song Silent Partner.
Or maybe Set Me Back. Or Your Right. Or Granted…
https://weed.bandcamp.com/album/deserve
― Travisssss, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 18:08 (ten months ago) link
― Evan, Monday, 16 January 2023 16:27 (nine months ago) link
Feels like Hotline TNT is from the same universe as this^
― Evan, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:39 (ten months ago) link
enjoying this hotline TNT, thx for rec
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:52 (ten months ago) link
co-sign, especially the love for "spot me 100."
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:29 (ten months ago) link
"brutalized by distortion blankets" is a good way to describe TAGABOW, who rule.
i thought the last Hotline TNT album (Nineteen In Love, below) was a close cousin to TAGABOW, but this new one seems quite a bit "cleaner" ... admittedly, i have only listened once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rFAFl4iK9U
― alpine static, Thursday, 9 November 2023 02:15 (ten months ago) link
Not sold on HTNT - feels pretty generic - but what really turns me off is the lifeless mastering, could this be an Apple Music issue?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 10 November 2023 15:03 (ten months ago) link
True the last one definitely felt closer. In general the whole Smoking Room Label roster has a similar sound
xp
― Evan, Friday, 10 November 2023 15:50 (ten months ago) link