Category: Shoegaze

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Records I Like Podcast December – Best of 2018

Tom

55 tracks in my best of this year. Were they the best tracks in 2018? For me yes as they gave me plenty of plays, thoughts, meaning and enjoyment. Looking at the 55 choices my tastes have certainly changed this year. I have listened to Techno a lot more this year. Almost as much since I started listening to it 25 years plus ago and I was amazed that artists from then are still making some amazing tunes. Coldwave influenced post-punk gets stronger or maybe it’s because I am listening to and discovering more. Epic Shoegaze has also featured highly … Continue reading Records I Like Podcast December – Best of 2018

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ease – MK7

Tom

Indonesian shoegazers ease certainly ride the waves with MK7 which is their second single. If you spotted the pun the you may guess that the sound here is reminiscent of the 4AD back catalogue namely The Pale Saints and to a lesser extent Lush. Of course those names may not mean a thing to the current generation (I keep forgetting I am old git) so if they don’t MK7 a shimmering track with some lovely soundscapes and vocals that swirl around the reverb laden, vibrating guitars. Exquisite stuff….. Facebook Continue reading ease – MK7

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Stolen Badges – Places I’ve Been

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Stolen Badges is a one-off project by Ryan Marquez of Apple Orchard and more recently Golden Teardrops. Unlike the latter, which leaned towards baroque pop, Stolen Badges sound has more of a stripped down shoegazing feel. Musically it also started to sound like a less psychedelic version of Spacemen 3 especially on James Bay and San Francisco. It’s interesting stuff and shame the project is only a one off as there are plenty of ideas here which would have been worth pursuing further. Continue reading Stolen Badges – Places I’ve Been

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Alles Club – Décollage

Tom

Quite a journey this one which crosses the borders of shoegaze, post rock and dream pop whilst on it’s travels. The instrumental title track opens the proceedings with post rock guitars merged with voices recorded from the TV or radio. It blends into another eight minute plus track in the shape of Quanto Tempo which has a poppier sound spruced with some trumpets. Despite not sounding like it, it is effective and works amazingly well! Sadly our ride comes off the rails with the well meaning but ultimately unsatisfying Libélula. It’s a slight break with 1990’s alt-rock sounding effort on … Continue reading Alles Club – Décollage

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Don’t Let Go Of The Light – A Records I Like Playlist (November 2018 #2)

Tom

Normally as the we head towards the end of the year releases tend to dry up replaced by Christmas singles and specials. But my goodness there has been so much good stuff, released this past month or so, it’s made a second Playmoss playlist full of choice tunes possible. As ever click on the image to start. Enjoy! More playlists can be found here and the Playmoss page is here. Continue reading Don’t Let Go Of The Light – A Records I Like Playlist (November 2018 #2)

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The Records I Like Podcast – November 2018

Tom

This month’s podcast features current highlights from the world of indiepop, shoegaze, janglepop, dreampop and noise pop. That’s a lot of pop! Full Tracklisting 1. Comet Gain – If Not Tomorrow The current single out now on Tapete Records 2. Sea Pinks – Grown Up Kids Track taken from the band’s current album Rockpool Blue 3. Hater – It’s So Easy The latest single from the band’s Siesta album (Fire Records) 4. Sleepwalk – Bumblebee Taken from the forthcoming album Splatter (Emma’s House Records) 5. Elenin – Kalam Lead track from the Masa Masa EP out now on Don’t Fade … Continue reading The Records I Like Podcast – November 2018

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Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More…..

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I think this final post of the week finally sees me catching up with my bandcamp bookmarks, well the stuff I liked, for now. Lightfoils – Summer Nights (radio edit) An absolute belter of a shoegazing track. Dreamy and ethereal. Just the way I like ’em. I cannot really say any more so press play now! Edit: A longer 8 minute version can be found on the just released Chambers EP. Facebook Death of Heather – I Can Tell Bangkok’s Death of Heather build upon the promise of their July demos delivering a lovely polished dreampop effort that will be … Continue reading Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More…..

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Now That’s What I Call Compilations…..

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Today’s round up features compilations that may, or may not, grab your ears and attention….. Goodbye Idiots II A compilation put together to celebrate Mexican label Stupid Decisions second birthday. It features some excellent indiepop tunes from the likes of Marble Gods, Andrew Younker and Orchid Mantis amongst others. However it’s the new to me Perrogato and their track Fiesta Alienígena which is the pick of the bunch of those currently available for steaming. Pre-order it from here. Facebook Come On Feel The NoiZe, Vol. 2 – Americas´Attack The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records follow up last years Brazilian compilation … Continue reading Now That’s What I Call Compilations…..