Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse

Artist: Warpaint

Album: Exquisite Corpse

Genre: dream-pop/shoegaze

Year: 2009 (but most of the songs have been around for longer I believe)

Heres a link to the song Billie Holiday, after listening you'll know if your onboard or not. It feels like the group has been around forever but this album has only (or rather finally) been released this past year. Dreamy, a little fuzzy around the edges, Warpaint has a sound that truly takes you elsewhere. And oh yeah, Shannyn Sossaman was originally the drummer for band.

Hop to it.

Sune Rose Wagner

artist: sune rose wagner
album: self titled
year: 2008

like the raveonettes? wondering how you didn't hear about this album? well don't feel bad, apparently no one really did. and sune seemed to be pretty okay with that, as the release of this album was about as low key as the album itself. maintaining his lo-fi sound from the raveonettes, but presented in a more shoe-gaze fashion, this is some norweigian goodness that sounds a bit like sigur ros having a love affair with the 60's.

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Film School - Hideout

Album: Hideout

Genre: Alternative/Shoegaze

Country: USA

Hideout is the third release from the band, and also features guest appearance by Colm Ó Cíosóig of my bloody valentine fame. Its awesome, you should download it. i don't like typing posts, you should download it. stop reading this, you should download it.

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Coaltar of the Deepers - Yukari Telepath

Band: Coaltar of the Deepers
Album: Yukari Telepath
Genre: Alternative Shoegaze
Country of Origin: Japan
Year: 2007

Track Listing:

1. Introduction of Zoei
2. Zoei
3. Wipeout (Retake)
4. Water Bird
5. Hedorian Forever
6. Aquarian Age
7. Automation Structures
8. Interlude
9. Lemurian Seed
10. AOA
11. Yukari Telepath
12. Carnival (Oumagatoki Mix)
13. Evil Line
14. Ribbon no Kishi
15. Deepless

Coaltar of the Deepers is pretty unusual Shoegaze. I list as Alternative Shoegaze because of the multitude of different influences and quirks that the music brings. Numerous tracks have Electronica influences and synths (a good example is "Automation Structures"), and the track "Wipeout (Retake)" even contains Death Metal growls, a Metallic heaviness and parts with a Japanese folk sound. Very interesting.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UE6QBW4Y

Band: Film School

Album: Film School (self titled)

Genre: Shoegaze (Newgaze)

1.) Untitled

2.) On & On

3.) Harmed

4.) Pitfalls

5.) Breet

6.) He's A Deep Deep Lake

7.) Garrison

8.) 11:11

9.) Sick Of The Shame

10.) Like You Know

Film School is the second album of the band of the same name, and also my first exposure to the group. Initially being captivated by their modern shoe-gaze feel, new-gaze if you will, and rough around the edge riffs and all too often dreamy vocals along with several post-rock elements, I instantly fell in love with the band and this album. I think that spin(dot)com put it best:

"Quiet but intense, subtle but unrestrained, the songs of Film School possess, musically speaking, more balls than Sigur Ros and less eccentricity than Moby. It's like a seamless score to your dreams. Or hallucinations"

Give it a spin, then go ahead and put it on repeat.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5R34V70Q

Alison's Halo - Eyedazzler 1992-1996

Band: Alison's Halo
Album: Eyedazzler 1992 - 1996
Genre: Dream Pop Shoegaze
Country of Origin: USA
Year: 1998

Track Listing:

1. Raindrop
2. Wishes
3. Melt
4. Chime
5. Always April
6. Slowbleed
7. Torn
8. Leech
9. Sunshy
10. Chalkboard James
11. Untitled (Live at the Beautiful Noise Festival, 1995)

Alison's Halo is a Dream Pop Shoegaze band formed in 1992 from Tempe, Arizona, consisting of members Adam and Catherine Cooper, Lynn Anderson, and the band's drum machine Alison, which might be named after Slowdive song by the same name. Eyedazzler is a collection of songs the band wrote and recorded between 1992 and 1996, and was finally released in 1998. It is one of the most beautiful and atmospheric albums I've heard. The guitars change from reverberating riffs that envelop the listener, to gentle strumming and picking, and suck you into each song. From the energetic waves "Raindrop", the uplifting melodies "Sunshy", to the delicate echoes of "Leech", Eyedazzler creates engulfing soundscapes that feel as though one could swim through them. One of the best things about the music is Catherine Cooper's vocals; they're light, airy and angelic, accenting the music perfectly.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2R0P7AWI