Slowdive

their best in my opinion

[youtubehd]Jr1xv1c_kqo[/youtubehd]

after numerous tries i still can't get into pygmalion, it's soo boring and hollow..it's just not working. "cello" is a nice piece though.

  On 1/18/2013 at 12:11 AM, Aserinsky said:

I've just picked up their 3 albums (7digital are doing a deal where you can buy all of them for £10.99, bargain!) and I've truly fallen in love, this group are nothing short of amazing.

 

Any recommendations for anyone that sounds similar? Bearing in mind my only knowledge of anything that sounds near to this is Loveless and I'm really far behind when it comes to knowing about shoegaze...

That's really exciting man. I grew up when this stuff was in its heyday. It was a fun time.

You should check out Chapterhouse especially their 1st album, singles & EP's. Blood Music isn't that hot but Global Communications did an amazingly famous ambient reworking that is a million times better. Check it out.

Also I usually recommend some of the early Telescopes singles as they too were very close to this sound & were also put out on Creation.

All of the stuff on Dedicated was awesome. Hopefully you know the early Spiritualized albums. Early Spectrum too. Storm in Heaven by The Verve was the quintessential make-out album back then along with Loveless & Souvlaki. Ride have some good albums but my favorite by them was an EP called Today Forever - there are videos for all four tracks that you can check-out on youtube.

There is literally endless amounts of stuff from the 90's. Especially after Flying Saucer Attack kicked it back into gear in the mid 90's & everyone started making shoegaze at home.

Have fun - I'm jealous that you get to experience this stuff for the first time.

  On 1/22/2013 at 10:15 PM, igloos unlmtd said:

  On 1/18/2013 at 12:11 AM, Aserinsky said:

I've just picked up their 3 albums (7digital are doing a deal where you can buy all of them for £10.99, bargain!) and I've truly fallen in love, this group are nothing short of amazing.

 

Any recommendations for anyone that sounds similar? Bearing in mind my only knowledge of anything that sounds near to this is Loveless and I'm really far behind when it comes to knowing about shoegaze...

 

That's really exciting man. I grew up when this stuff was in its heyday. It was a fun time.

 

You should check out Chapterhouse especially their 1st album, singles & EP's. Blood Music isn't that hot but Global Communications did an amazingly famous ambient reworking that is a million times better. Check it out.

 

Also I usually recommend some of the early Telescopes singles as they too were very close to this sound & were also put out on Creation.

 

All of the stuff on Dedicated was awesome. Hopefully you know the early Spiritualized albums. Early Spectrum too. Storm in Heaven by The Verve was the quintessential make-out album back then along with Loveless & Souvlaki. Ride have some good albums but my favorite by them was an EP called Today Forever - there are videos for all four tracks that you can check-out on youtube.

 

There is literally endless amounts of stuff from the 90's. Especially after Flying Saucer Attack kicked it back into gear in the mid 90's & everyone started making shoegaze at home.

 

Have fun - I'm jealous that you get to experience this stuff for the first time.

This post is perfect, thank you so much! I'll be checking all this stuff out as soon as I get some cash in!

I quite like MBV and Slowdive. As far as Slowdive goes, the closest I've come across anything recapturing the mood it evokes for me is maybe the first album from Auburn Lull (alone I admire) and the compilation (Regions less parallel)

Auburn Lull are cool were/are part of the Michigan scene. Those were cool days - a lot of good bands from that era Burnt Hair records & all of that.

Auburn Lull did a great little split album with Mahogany. Its really hard to get a hold of these days but I really liked the Mahogany tracks on that one.

Majesty Crush were the biggest band from the area and had a sound similar to The Verve. They seemed like they were going to be huge...

I also remember a lot of those old Windy & Carl records with hand painted covers - you could always count on those to have some very good songs.

Windy & Carl have a cool record shop now up in Dearborn but the one I really miss from back then was Neptune in Royal Oak. Those guys knew their stuff & always had the goods. I remember the owner talked me into buying Pale Saints In Ribbons vinyl that's another one to check out although more on the pop / indy side.

His Name Is Alive from Livonia... Very experimental studio stuff - 4AD is something to be familiar with, not too far from shoegaze. & obviously 4AD did some Halstead & Mojave 3 albums.

Something I didn't mention at first though was Cocteau Twins & Lush... Probably the best shoegaze on 4AD & some of the best period. These two bands should definitely be towards the top of the list.

Have fun!

  On 1/19/2013 at 5:24 PM, LUDD said:

their best in my opinion

 

[youtubehd]Jr1xv1c_kqo[/youtubehd]

was going to say that. best shoegaze song ever.

http://www.slowdiveofficial.com/

Wow, festival date, interview soon, possible new album...all the speculation actually is coming true.

Wow indeed, that's some great news. Thanks for the info, wasn't aware that there was a comeback in the works. Awesome!

  On 1/28/2014 at 10:49 PM, joshuatx said:

Wow, festival date, interview soon, possible new album...all the speculation actually is coming true.

i just covered my apartment in ejaculate.

Funny to see this in the top threads tonight, I fell asleep listening to Souvlaki just the other night...

nice

what's with all the nostalgia in this decade though? I'm all for it, I guess. the music seems to be wanting to go back to the time where there weren't any smartphones. as long as it sounds authentic and nice it's fine by me.

this better be good, i adore almost all of this band's work.

Pretty excited. I also hope this reunion brings some more attention to Simon Scott. His work is criminally overlooked.

  On 1/30/2014 at 3:18 AM, Deion Sanders said:

Pretty excited. I also hope this reunion brings some more attention to Simon Scott. His work is criminally overlooked.

I see, sir.

https://soundcloud.com/simon-scott/fur-betty

Seefeel, MBV and now Slowdive have all come back now! The circle is nearly complete (now if only those Cocteaus would put aside their differences).

I hope that 'Beautiful Noise' Documentary comes out soon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3K8Nru6fnc

Here's the official tally

Reunited

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Slowdive

MBV

Chapterhouse

Seefeel

JAMC

Telescopes

Unreunited

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Cocteau Twins

Lush

Ride

Spacemen 3

AR Kane

Swallow (but Louise is back as Strata Florida & sounds promising)

Unlikely for Cocteau Twins or Spacemen - just too much emotional trauma / drugs.

But maybe we will get lucky & Global Communications will make a b.a. ambient remix of the entire new Slowdive album.

  On 1/30/2014 at 3:29 AM, Berk said:

 

  On 1/30/2014 at 3:18 AM, Deion Sanders said:

Pretty excited. I also hope this reunion brings some more attention to Simon Scott. His work is criminally overlooked.

I see, sir.

 

https://soundcloud.com/simon-scott/fur-betty

 

Also:

https://soundcloud.com/miasmah/sets/simon-scott-bunny

https://soundcloud.com/miasmah/sets/simon-scott-navigare

http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/below_sea_level/

For those interested, Rafael Irisarri/The Sight Below created a 2.5+ hour Slowdive mix:

Really talented guy. He might as well be producer for Slowdive to my ears.

Recent Performance. They've still got it:

Here's the entire set from London on May 18th. Wonderfully intimate setting and a great performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgkLMlL-VFXvxOgfm4K6tm0u92pyyIQhf&v=xIcpnY1kImA#t=31

  On 5/23/2014 at 3:38 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

Here's the entire set from London on May 18th. Wonderfully intimate setting and a great performance:

Thanks for that. I love this band. I didn't think they get together after all this time apart.

great stuff. i think i prefer female vocals with shoegaze

Do they have a new release?

My favorite more shoegaze slowdive track is allison, but Pygmalion is their best release.