Members StrangeDay Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 I have the entire Slowdive discography, I believe. And right now I'm listening to two Bethany Curve albums... I know you guys have different ideas on what "shoegaze" is, but I think of that style as atmospheric rock, spacey ambient noise full of delayed guitars and vocals full of reverb, just to give you my idea of how I see the style. Thanks!!
Members voerking Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 i like the first MEDICINE album a lot.
Members iodine74 Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Ides of Space - "There are No New Clouds" Supposedly Sounds like Sunset's new album is pretty good as well. Mira is another band I'd check out.
Members BmoreTele Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Check out the band list for the annual shoegaze-psychedelic festival.http://www.terrascope.co.uk/TerrastockPages/terrastock6.html
Members IAmAScientist Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 My Bloody Valentine comes quickly to mind. Check out "Loveless" and "(Isn't Anything)" if you're into extremely wel written shoegazer stuff. Some purists might chide me, but I think the first two Get Up Kids albums are fantastically good. The Spacemen 3 are an awesome band. Check out "The Perfect Prescription," which was written to mimic the stages of a hallucinogenic drug trip. Are the Smiths shoegazer? Probably not, but they freakin' rule. Get your hands on "The Queen Is Dead" or "Hatful of Hollow." The Stone Roses are fantastic. Get their self-titled debut. You might like some early Blur stuff. Check out Leisure or Modern Life is Rubbish. The Manic Street Preachers might be the best of the lot, next to My Bloody Valentine or the Smiths. Check out "This is My Truth Tell Me Yours," or "Holy Bible." Every one of their albums is killer. Let me know if you check any of these bands out.
Members ChitownTerror Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 I've been digging Serena Maneesh lately. Their album is heavy on the tasty shoegaze and yet, chock full of riffs. Also check out (if you haven't already): My Bloody Valentine Spacemen 3 Spiritualized Swervedriver etc.
Members NoirAbattoir Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Lush The Verve My Bloody Valentine Sigur Ros If you like shoegazey stuff I would check out Explosions in the Sky, too. Great contemporary band.
Members ollenorin Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 one of the best bands in that era was RIDE, check out "nowhere" and "going blank again"... also id recommend chapterhouse, curve, lush, moose (before they went country), m83, bowery electric... also adorable and jesus&marychain...great bands.
Members ollenorin Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by ColorsoundKid The Posies? well they sound a bit like an american version of Teenage Fanclub....but not as good....more beatles-esque
Members StrangeDay Posted November 28, 2005 Author Members Posted November 28, 2005 awesome...thanks guys.
Members ollenorin Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 check out spectrum, belly, cocteau twins....
Members Klisk Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 I'd consider Team Sleep shoegaze, and fully recommend their album. It's one of my favorite albums in a long time. Though I should warn that it's not the most 'traditional' shoegaze album, if only because some of the tracks rely on drum machines rather than a real drummer. They use a real drummer live, though. It's quite awesome.
Members StrangeDay Posted November 28, 2005 Author Members Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by Klisk I'd consider Team Sleep shoegaze, and fully recommend their album. It's one of my favorite albums in a long time.Though I should warn that it's not the most 'traditional' shoegaze album, if only because some of the tracks rely on drum machines rather than a real drummer.They use a real drummer live, though. It's quite awesome. Team sleep is more trip-hop (I love the album, btw). Yeah, I see that people really do have different ideas on what shoegaze is. i don't think it means "electronic" I think it means atmospheric, like washes of noise. Smiths a "shoegaze" band...far from it. Cocteau twins, probably. I love the "Heaven or Las Vegas" album.
Members MBET Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Autolux is fabulous The Wedding Present is not exactly shoe gaze but it's in the same ballpark. Anything by them but Seamonsters or Bizarro are my favorite followed by George Best. Seamonsters is the closest they ever got to being shoegazers.
Members Montag Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by IAmAScientist My Bloody Valentine comes quickly to mind. Check out "Loveless" and "(Isn't Anything)" if you're into extremely wel written shoegazer stuff. Some purists might chide me, but I think the first two Get Up Kids albums are fantastically good. The Spacemen 3 are an awesome band. Check out "The Perfect Prescription," which was written to mimic the stages of a hallucinogenic drug trip. Are the Smiths shoegazer? Probably not, but they freakin' rule. Get your hands on "The Queen Is Dead" or "Hatful of Hollow." The Stone Roses are fantastic. Get their self-titled debut. You might like some early Blur stuff. Check out Leisure or Modern Life is Rubbish. The Manic Street Preachers might be the best of the lot, next to My Bloody Valentine or the Smiths. Check out "This is My Truth Tell Me Yours," or "Holy Bible." Every one of their albums is killer.Let me know if you check any of these bands out. i dont know a lot about shoegaze, but the smiths are nowhere near it. they were just a really fantastic pop band.
Members Klisk Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by StrangeDay Team sleep is more trip-hop (I love the album, btw). Well that's all that matters, then. (That you love the album. )Though, while songs like King Diamond are definitely more on the trip-hop side, a lot of other songs like Ever (Foreign Flag) and Our Ride To The Rectory have dreamy/airy vocals along with washes of effect-smothered guitars that make me want to call it shoegaze. While other songs like 'Your Skull is Red' seem to just be massive walls of sound, if not a direct nod towards Pumpkins/MBV.Oh well, still love that album regardless of it's mixed and confusing genre's.
Members bad_guitar_player Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 the first Pale Saints record was cool too.
Members Barnabyhuggins Posted November 28, 2005 Members Posted November 28, 2005 Everything mentioned + Chapterhouse Adorable Kitchens of Distinction early Boo Radleys Hum Lush Curve Catherine Wheel Love Spirals Downward Flying Saucer Attack Bardo Pond early Starflyer 59 Darkside early Mercury Rev The Drop 19s Space Team Electra Swervedriver Pale Saints The Telescopes Cocteau Twins Jesus and Mary Chain Bright Channel Moose SubArchanoid Space Surface of Eceon Mazzy Star Landing Wendy & Carl early Six by Seven. Just a few...
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