Earl Jolly Brown
26-08-2007, 19:15
Class assignment here! I'm burning a couple of CDs of dream pop/shoegazery for a friend and I'm looking for tips on lesser-known bands and songs.
I've been into this kind of stuff for a while now - think it was the Guthrie/Budd Mysterious Skin soundtrack that kicked off the obsession. I'm wanting to include newer folks like Ulrich Schnauss, Maps, Trespassers William as well as early-90s classics like Ride, Chapterhouse, the astounding Slowdive (how did I go without them so long?) and, of course, MBV.
Here's my basic list so far. I'm going by the one song/one artist rule so when there's more two or more listed then they'll need pruning - argue over the merits or suggest alternatives!
Playlist (not in order)
1) Mazzy Star - Disappear
2) M83 - I guess I'm floating
3) The Sundays - Goodbye
4) Asobi Seksu - Thursday
5) The Duke Spirit - A Message to a Pretty
6) Trespassers William - Vapour Trail (Ride cover)
7) Lorna - Flux Capacitor
8) Foxtail Somersault - A Love Song Part 1
9) Mojave 3 - My Life in Art / Hard to Miss You
10) Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder / Snowstorm
11) Livid - Love Song (Syd Barrett)
12) Joy Zipper - Out of the Sun
13) Maps - When you leave
14) Lovesliescrushing - Blooded and Blossom-Blown
15) Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
16) Chapterhouse - Breather
17) Red House Painters - All Mixed Up
18) My Bloody Valentine - Soon
19) Pellumair - Retirement Gold
20) Seefeel - Plainsong
21) Slowdive - Waves / Days / When the Sun Hits
22) Spacemen 3 - Drive/Feel So Sad
23) The Radio Dept. - Against the Tide
24) Ulrich Schnauss - As If You've Never Been Away / In All the Wrong Places
25) Air Formation - Adrift / For the Hours
A roughdefinition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_pop
It's more an American term than a British one but 'shoegaze' was too narrow (can you have pre-89 shoegaze?). Earlier stuff like Catherine While/Swervedriver are maybe a bit guitar heavy for my chosen audience and don't quite have the etheral vibe I'm trying to capture (basically soundscapes and ambience - but with a strongish melody and some kind of song structure).
Basic rule of thumb for choosing tracks. Playing it, can you imagine yourself -
a) in the midst of a blissfull heroin overdose? (ok, maybe that's just me)
b) taking a late night taxi ride through the neon-lit streets of some foreign city?
You have... well, however long you like really :thumbs:
Thanks for all suggestions!
I've been into this kind of stuff for a while now - think it was the Guthrie/Budd Mysterious Skin soundtrack that kicked off the obsession. I'm wanting to include newer folks like Ulrich Schnauss, Maps, Trespassers William as well as early-90s classics like Ride, Chapterhouse, the astounding Slowdive (how did I go without them so long?) and, of course, MBV.
Here's my basic list so far. I'm going by the one song/one artist rule so when there's more two or more listed then they'll need pruning - argue over the merits or suggest alternatives!
Playlist (not in order)
1) Mazzy Star - Disappear
2) M83 - I guess I'm floating
3) The Sundays - Goodbye
4) Asobi Seksu - Thursday
5) The Duke Spirit - A Message to a Pretty
6) Trespassers William - Vapour Trail (Ride cover)
7) Lorna - Flux Capacitor
8) Foxtail Somersault - A Love Song Part 1
9) Mojave 3 - My Life in Art / Hard to Miss You
10) Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder / Snowstorm
11) Livid - Love Song (Syd Barrett)
12) Joy Zipper - Out of the Sun
13) Maps - When you leave
14) Lovesliescrushing - Blooded and Blossom-Blown
15) Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
16) Chapterhouse - Breather
17) Red House Painters - All Mixed Up
18) My Bloody Valentine - Soon
19) Pellumair - Retirement Gold
20) Seefeel - Plainsong
21) Slowdive - Waves / Days / When the Sun Hits
22) Spacemen 3 - Drive/Feel So Sad
23) The Radio Dept. - Against the Tide
24) Ulrich Schnauss - As If You've Never Been Away / In All the Wrong Places
25) Air Formation - Adrift / For the Hours
A roughdefinition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_pop
It's more an American term than a British one but 'shoegaze' was too narrow (can you have pre-89 shoegaze?). Earlier stuff like Catherine While/Swervedriver are maybe a bit guitar heavy for my chosen audience and don't quite have the etheral vibe I'm trying to capture (basically soundscapes and ambience - but with a strongish melody and some kind of song structure).
Basic rule of thumb for choosing tracks. Playing it, can you imagine yourself -
a) in the midst of a blissfull heroin overdose? (ok, maybe that's just me)
b) taking a late night taxi ride through the neon-lit streets of some foreign city?
You have... well, however long you like really :thumbs:
Thanks for all suggestions!