Best Shoegazing Band?

RockerNino · 04.16.2006, 10:24 PM

Besides my bloody valentine, what are ur favorite showgaze bands and why? i think after MBV, my favs are slowdive and ride, but i havent explored much outside besides them. anything i should check out?

Everyneurotic · 04.16.2006, 10:27 PM

slayer

when i saw them live, they were sometimes staring at their shoes

that's what shoegazer means, right?

RockerNino · 04.16.2006, 10:28 PM

oh yea, of course.

atsonicpark · 04.17.2006, 01:52 AM

Swirlies (who have shoegazer tendencies) and Slowdive.

RockerNino · 04.17.2006, 01:56 AM

oh man. totally forgot about the swirlies. i love blonder tongue audio baton.

Sn@ke · 04.17.2006, 03:38 AM

"Then there was the whole “shoegazing” scene that we weren’t really into. We had that term tagged to us, and it seemed slightly derogatory. It was partly because a lot of the people in those bands used to go see us when they were younger, then they all formed bands, and they were openly into us. But they all kinda had their own thing going, but what they all had in common was chorus and flanger pedals. That wasn’t what we were doing. It was literally that approach to music that made me do what I was doing. I couldn’t stand that you could hear the pattern of the effect. So instead of being psychedelic, it was the opposite. It was something that your mind immediately recognizes, and ignores. So it was weird being linked to something that was in many ways the exact opposite of what we were about."

Kevin Shields

Soundtrax · 04.17.2006, 05:14 AM

at the amusement park... its a great neo-shoegazing band, anyone into them?

SonikJesus · 04.17.2006, 02:46 PM

I was going to say Swirlies too.

doctor dan · 04.17.2006, 04:05 PM

at the amusement park? do you mean amusement parks on fire?

if yes then i most definetely am into them. theyre from my hometown of nottingham, and theyve helped completely rejuvinate nottinghams local scene. cant wait to hear their new album, its recorded at sigur ros' studio in iceland apparently...

gonna see them for like the 4th time at the dot to dot festival in may...

The 97th Hammer · 04.17.2006, 05:55 PM

It seems like every shoegazer tagged band has an argument going against them for their not being so.

Bertrand · 04.18.2006, 02:06 AM

I liked the first Telescopes album (with the Perfect Needle), before they signed to Creation to sound like Chapterhouse & others

sonicl · 04.18.2006, 03:10 AM

Loop, by a long long way.

SolidGoldHell · 04.18.2006, 03:12 AM

JAMC plus the Swirlies......

_slavo_ · 04.18.2006, 08:47 AM

Slowdive
Pale Saints
Cranes (not really shoegazer after all)
Curve
Lovesliescrushing

Onani Nic · 04.18.2006, 08:50 AM

When you think about Isis are sort of shoe-gazie

Everyneurotic · 04.18.2006, 09:53 AM

have some fucking sense of humor!!!!!!

genres suck!!!!

darthblav · 04.18.2006, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onani Nic

When you think about Isis are sort of shoe-gazie

i put isis in the same sorting as mogwai, EITS, pelican, jesu, but yeah i think they are a modernized shoegaze band in a way. kind of like sigur ros.

my shoegaze elite would definitely be:
slowdive
swervedriver
pale saints
the verve
lush
catherine wheel
jatmc

Soundtrax · 04.18.2006, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doctor dan

at the amusement park? do you mean amusement parks on fire?

if yes then i most definetely am into them. theyre from my hometown of nottingham, and theyve helped completely rejuvinate nottinghams local scene. cant wait to hear their new album, its recorded at sigur ros' studio in iceland apparently...

gonna see them for like the 4th time at the dot to dot festival in may...

haha, yeah, amusement parks on fire lol

i dont know what i did, i apparently mixed up names of "at the drive in" and "amusement parks on fire" LOL... i just cant believe what i wrote

its like: "so you like sonic blink182 ?

dirty bunny · 04.18.2006, 05:55 PM

I'm not sure if Swervedriver actually count, but they're SO awesome why not. I also think Ride are wonderful, at least their first album. Another great album is The Buried Life by Medicine.

hey alex · 04.19.2006, 12:16 AM

hey I'd like to thank you all for these. I've always liked the sound of loveless, despite only hearing it like twice. I've been wanting to check out some shoegaze so this is helpful.
Also I've heard a few amuesment park on fire songs and thought they were cool.

04.16.2006, 10:24 PM	#1
RockerNino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 170	Besides my bloody valentine, what are ur favorite showgaze bands and why? i think after MBV, my favs are slowdive and ride, but i havent explored much outside besides them. anything i should check out?
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	slayer when i saw them live, they were sometimes staring at their shoes that's what shoegazer means, right? __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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RockerNino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 170	oh yea, of course.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Swirlies (who have shoegazer tendencies) and Slowdive. __________________
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RockerNino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 170	oh man. totally forgot about the swirlies. i love blonder tongue audio baton.
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04.17.2006, 03:38 AM	#6
Sn@ke bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lisboa! Posts: 98	"Then there was the whole “shoegazing” scene that we weren’t really into. We had that term tagged to us, and it seemed slightly derogatory. It was partly because a lot of the people in those bands used to go see us when they were younger, then they all formed bands, and they were openly into us. But they all kinda had their own thing going, but what they all had in common was chorus and flanger pedals. That wasn’t what we were doing. It was literally that approach to music that made me do what I was doing. I couldn’t stand that you could hear the pattern of the effect. So instead of being psychedelic, it was the opposite. It was something that your mind immediately recognizes, and ignores. So it was weird being linked to something that was in many ways the exact opposite of what we were about." Kevin Shields __________________ Sn@ke
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Soundtrax bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Slovenia, Ljubljana Posts: 226	at the amusement park... its a great neo-shoegazing band, anyone into them? __________________ satan is boring, and so is god.
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SonikJesus the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 998	I was going to say Swirlies too.
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doctor dan bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: bath spa, uk/ nottingham, uk Posts: 157	at the amusement park? do you mean amusement parks on fire? if yes then i most definetely am into them. theyre from my hometown of nottingham, and theyve helped completely rejuvinate nottinghams local scene. cant wait to hear their new album, its recorded at sigur ros' studio in iceland apparently... gonna see them for like the 4th time at the dot to dot festival in may... __________________ IT FIT WHEN I WAS A KID
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The 97th Hammer bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iowa City Posts: 133	It seems like every shoegazer tagged band has an argument going against them for their not being so.
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04.18.2006, 02:06 AM	#11
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,268	I liked the first Telescopes album (with the Perfect Needle), before they signed to Creation to sound like Chapterhouse & others
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Loop, by a long long way. __________________
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SolidGoldHell empty page Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 20	JAMC plus the Swirlies......
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,908	Slowdive Pale Saints Cranes (not really shoegazer after all) Curve Lovesliescrushing __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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04.18.2006, 08:50 AM	#15
Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	When you think about Isis are sort of shoe-gazie __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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04.18.2006, 09:53 AM	#16
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	have some fucking sense of humor!!!!!! genres suck!!!! __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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dirty bunny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oh, why Texas actually Posts: 1,680	I'm not sure if Swervedriver actually count, but they're SO awesome why not. I also think Ride are wonderful, at least their first album. Another great album is The Buried Life by Medicine. __________________ kiss me kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
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04.19.2006, 12:16 AM	#20
hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	hey I'd like to thank you all for these. I've always liked the sound of loveless, despite only hearing it like twice. I've been wanting to check out some shoegaze so this is helpful. Also I've heard a few amuesment park on fire songs and thought they were cool. __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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