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Jasonaparkes
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Re: Shoegazer Recommendations
Mar 23, 2010, 19:30
No doubt I'll probably mention what's already been listed. But I'd pick the following from the universe of dream pop & shoegaze and some related stuff:

*Quique by Seefeel
*Isn't Anything/You Made Me Realise/Feed Me With Your Kiss by MBV
*69 by AR Kane
*Fade Out/World In Your Eyes by Loop (the Hair & Skin Trading Company LP deserves to be checked out too)
*any of the Galaxie 500 reissues, though they hated the shoegaze-tag and preceded it by a few years (all going cheap in 2 disc reissues on domino between £6.93 and £8.99)
*The Singles by Spacemen 3 (especially for Transparent Radiation)
*Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk
*Hex & The Singles comp with Scum on by Bark Psychosis
*anything by Slowdive, though the 2nd & 3rd albums were best
*Gala & Split by Lush
*Smile & Nowhere by Ride
*Kinky Love by Pale Saints
*Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys
*the early singles comp inc. Suzanne by Moose
*the first e.p by Levitation
*the first two Chapterhouse e.p.'s and Pearl
*the Rain Tree Crow LP and the Fripp/Sylvian record aren't far away
*Ocean Beach and 'Rollercoaster' by Red House Painters
*Fridgid Stars by Codeine
*Mezcal Head by Swervedriver
*Pubic Fruit by Curve (their 1st three e.p.'s were fine)
*Heaven Sent an Angel by Revolver
*Ferment/covers e.p by Catherine Wheel - just reissued on Cherry Red
*Hellborine (sp) by Shellyan Orphan
*The House of Love stuff on Creation
*Hydra/Calm by Main
*A Storm in Heaven and the early singles like Gravity Grave, She's a Superstar and All in the Mind by The Verve
*The Buried Life by Medicine
*all three Ultra Vivid Scene albums, especially the 1st
*The Perfect Needle by The Telescopes
*Heaven Scent by The Perfect Disaster
*the EAR LP from 1995 (?)
*Sonic Boom's 1st solo LP and Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) by Spectrum
*the first three Kitchens of Distinction albums, especially Strange Free World - Railwayed, Aspray and Drive That Fast better early Bunnymen and have that shoegaze quality, a few years prior to the scene that celebrated itself...

I remember liking the Darkside LP at the time, though haven't heard in decades. Must go and dig out some Sun Dial....
Of bands that are more nu-gaze, I'm rather partial to Gliss, as well as bands influenced like the Jonestown, A Place to Bury Strangers, Maps, Ladytron, Nadja, The Warlocks, Jeniferforever (or whatever they'r called), School of Seven Bells, Secret Machines,Engineers, M83 etc
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