Shoegaze

mosstin

indiewindy wrote: »

I was at that gig, it was excellent, nearly fullv in a nice venue, got all the classics, didnt like the clown heckler at the back though. Picked up his book black postcards after the gig, one of the best music autobiographies that I have read. Wouldnt hold out any hope of a reunion

Damon & Naomi are on record - sorry - as saying that there won't be a reunion. Too much tension. Black Postcards is a fine read though - written as wryly as a Galaxie 500/Luna/Dean & Britta lyric. Great to see some Galaxie 500 love on here.

mosstin

cinnamon girl wrote: »

That's why I said "20 years on". We can all reminisce about what was or wasn't part of the scene back then - I'm certainly doing enough of that - but "scenes" become irrelevant with time and what's left is the recorded output. To someone listening to that output today, with no knowledge of who were or weren't scenesters, I think musically they would find Galaxie 500 a fairly comfortable fit - more so than a lot of Pale Saints' output or even Moose's even though they were supposedly the original "shoegaze" band.

That doesn't make Galaxie 500 shoegazers, but it does make them relevant to a thread about shoegazers.

Well whatever gets people turned on to Galaxie 500 is fine by me even if I'd never associate them with shoegaze. On Fire is a relentlessly beautiful record.

nlgbbbblth

My first exposure to Galaxie 500 was reading a 12 dice review of On Fire in Hot Press in 1989.

Caught them at Manchester Uni in February 1990 supporting The Sundays who were on the Reading, Writing and Arithmetic tour. A pretty intense experience.

We were supposed to head down to The Sundays in London a couple of days later but had to go back to Ireland. Pity - because 'Arriet 'ad a sore throat so gig in Kentish Town was called off and the Galaxies played instead in the Camden Falcon. Supposed to be a blinder.

mosstin

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

My first exposure to Galaxie 500 was reading a 12 dice review of On Fire in Hot Press in 1989.

Caught them at Manchester Uni in February 1990 supporting The Sundays who were on the Reading, Writing and Arithmetic tour. A pretty intense experience.

We were supposed to head down to The Sundays in London a couple of days later but had to go back to Ireland. Pity - because 'Arriet 'ad a sore throat so gig in Kentish Town was called off and the Galaxies played instead in the Camden Falcon. Supposed to be a blinder.

As were most of their gigs by all accounts. You had to read the live reviews through an Everett True filter though. Before he, ahem, discovered Nirvana.

cinnamon girl

I was privileged to see Galaxie 500 a few times. The oddest being on a double bill with the Cocteau Twins which was supposed to take place in a theatre in Baltimore, Maryland... but a couple days before the gig a burglar accidentally burnt the place down and it was rescheduled for a high school auditorium. Where we were all sat on folding chairs. The ambience left something to be desired Both bands made the most of it though!

Decuc500

The Dean Wareham gig in the Workmans Club was amazing. Just to see him finally playing those songs live was a great experience. Good to see a big enough crowd there as well. I grabbed Britta's set list/song notes from the stage at the end.

I guess my user name is a nod to the band!

rustyregan

Broken Little Sister as an tSeapain. Some really good guitar sounds on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_GQItd3mM

rustyregan

Ulrich Schnauss - Gone Forever.

I saw him playing a few years ago in the sugar club. Quite good it was. The visuals were great. He has some great chord progressions, very unusual sounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pulFEh9Tu4g

Mr_Spaceman

Interesting discussion I've just discovered as a Boards.ie newbie and original shoegazer!

Galaxie 500 as 'proto-shoegazers' ? Definitely!

Moose were hugely under-rated. Their early stuff was the fine noise of buzzsaw guitars before they went all jangly.

Another name to throw into the pot. Who remembers Spirea X?

From Glasgow and an offshoot of Primal Scream, this tune, Chlorine Dream, hints - at least in part - towards shoegaze.

Although as Scots they were never going to be lumped in with the Thames Valley shoegazers (Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive) there's a lovely dream pop vibe to them.

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

nlgbbbblth

I had Fireblade Skies on vinyl but quickly moved it on.

SilverScreen

Shoegaze mixed with trip-hop anyone? Bowery Electric are all kinds of awesome. Grab their 1996 album Beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kRrLmGJho

2012 so far has been a very dry year for new shoegaze releases compared to the last few years. The best album I've heard is Pipe Dreams by Whirr but it's still far from being a great album.

This song is pretty good however

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXn15m7QZDw

Rothko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wpc1lhFfMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_V62O2wa64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnc-pYFPFdM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5zTuVhNs5c

In general, I wouldn't regard the Smashing Pumpkins as fitting under the term shoegazing, but I think this song could:

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

Mr_Spaceman

Zero1986 wrote: »

Shoegaze mixed with trip-hop anyone? Bowery Electric are all kinds of awesome. Grab their 1996 album Beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kRrLmGJho

Thanks for this, Zero.

My shoegazer street cred has gone out the window as Bowery Electric somehow passed me by.

It's certainly good stuff and I'll look up the Beat album. This is what the hipsters back in the day would have dubbed 'shoe-tronica'

cranks

Not sure Loop could have been considered Shoegaze but much of their stuff up to and including the album Heaven's End wasn't far from it - albeit a little dark. One of the few bands I travelled for and whose sounds frequently accompanied my getting very familiar with my shoes...:p

From album 'The World in Your Eyes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXwT-WHYvss

From 'Heaven's End'

nlgbbbblth

Loop's LP A Gilded Eternity was great. Two slabs of heavy heavy wax.

I saw them at McGonagles in December 1990. Therapy? supported.

Here's a photo from the gig - by Karl Burke.

cranks

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Loop's LP A Gilded Eternity was great. Two slabs of heavy heavy wax.

I saw them at McGonagles in December 1990. Therapy? supported.

Here's a photo from the gig - by Karl Burke.

I was there:D

cranks

Here's a bunch I came across a year ago or so. They're American - which perturbs me a it when I think of Shoegazing - but, in fairness, they can knock out a good tune or two.

Manchegan

Is it any wonder they were considered carpetbaggers to begin with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnsF4sqZg54

Of course, per Mr. Agreeable, the scene was called 'shoegaze' coz they needed to look at their hands to find the chords

Mr_Spaceman

Again, not strictly shoegaze, but certainly of the spirit. Kitchens of Distinction?

I remember a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin from Belfast to see them in McGonagle's back in '91, supported by Whipping Boy. A criminally ignored band, the Kitchens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McrG25IJGC0

nlgbbbblth

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

Again, not strictly shoegaze, but certainly of the spirit. Kitchens of Distinction?

I remember a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin from Belfast to see them in McGonagle's back in '91, supported by Whipping Boy. A criminally ignored band, the Kitchens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McrG25IJGC0

great band. I adore the first two LPs. They played TCD in '89 if I recall correctly.

quaalude

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Loop's LP A Gilded Eternity was great. Two slabs of heavy heavy wax.

I saw them at McGonagles in December 1990. Therapy? supported.

Here's a photo from the gig - by Karl Burke.

I was at that too! Deadly gig. Thanks for posting, nlgbbbblth.

Jim_Kiy

Great thread some music here I ain't familiar with..my favourite kind!:cool:
Never considered shoegaze as a genre..some bands in this list surprised me by their inclusion e.g Blonde Redhead/Spiritualized but they are I guess when you think about it.I like shoegaze I do!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shoegazing_musicians

Killed By 9V Batteries - great name I just had to check them out on utube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_3T8z21Fs

SilverScreen

cranks wrote: »

Not sure Loop could have been considered Shoegaze but much of their stuff up to and including the album Heaven's End wasn't far from it - albeit a little dark. One of the few bands I travelled for and whose sounds frequently accompanied my getting very familiar with my shoes..

Loop were an incredible band, their music is as trippy as hell. They were more of a neo-psychedelic/space-rock band in the vein of Spacemen 3 but definitely an influence on shoegazing. Heaven's End is my favourite album of theirs, especially 'Forever' and 'Fix To Fall', but Fade Out and A Gilded Eternity are both amazing albums too.

cranks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aseWxLNpGO4

cranks

At the psychedelic end of shoegaze.
Fuxa2000 & Supercharged albums worth a listen

More recent release

cranks

Fovourite cover-shoegaze?, favourite cover-shoegaze?, favourite cover=shoegaze?, faovurite cover..............
I'll go with shoegaze

SilverScreen

^ Their cover of Suede's 'The Drowners' is pretty awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bsRJDx5hM4

Flying Saucer Attack were an amazing band, it's a real shame they're not around anymore. By favourite album by them is Further, which has a really eerie and atmospheric feel to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCqid1r8y-k

cranks

Zero1986 wrote: »

Flying Saucer Attack were an amazing band, it's a real shame they're not around anymore.

I was a latecomer to FSA. Some wonderful stuff but some tough going stuff too IMO. I recall John Peel being fond of them and, if I'm honest, it was the name of the band that caught me before the music.

Didn't one of them (the main man?) lose it (mentally) or am I imagining things?

SilverScreen

cranks wrote: »

I was a latecomer to FSA. Some wonderful stuff but some tough going stuff too IMO. I recall John Peel being fond of them and, if I'm honest, it was the name of the band that caught me before the music.

Didn't one of them (the main man?) lose it (mentally) or am I imagining things?

I only discovered them about 3 years ago myself. I don't know what happened him (Dave Pearce) exactly but he just seemed to stop making music about 10 years ago and just disappeared into oblivion. Unless you're thinking of Jason DiEmilio of a similar band Azusa Plane who suffered from tinnitus and hypercusis and commited suicide in 2006.

duckysauce

The Telescopes Taste was a great album