Casting aside his former monicker Final Fantasy (for copyright reasons), Owen Pallett returns with his third full length. One of my favourite albums of 2010. Very warm and fun sounding.
Small artwork. Yes. Features a great early track by The Delgados. Tracklisting in comments.
One 22 minute track. Written in 1892 but wasn't given a proper release for 15 years. You can hear pieces of what would become Blue Monday, Ultraviolence and of course, 586.
Amazing debut album by one of my favourite bands. Fantastic song writing, effeminate boy/girl vocals, creative drumming, great guitar/bass interplay and bits of toy piano. Features a former member of Failure on guitar.
Japanese compilation of shoegaze/dream-pop bands. Hope you enjoy. Features a song by previously posted Luminous Orange. Track 2 is a cover of Ride's classic track Vapour Trail.
Castor hail from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, the same area as wonderful bands like Hum and Love Cup. They're a great band and it took me a little while to track down their stuff, but it was worth it. Recommended if you enjoy guitar based music.
Collaboration between Ween and Japanese experimental noise-rockers Boredoms. An interesting mixture of Ween's off-kilter humour and Yamantaka Eye's unmistakable noisy style, and a pretty enjoyable listen overall.
Fifth album by the legendary psych-folk group Ghost. This is the band that collaborated with Damon & Naomi on the previously posted Damon & Naomi with Ghost.
Fourth album by the incredible Boris. Unlike previous albums, which focused on a drone-doom style, this album is straight up stoner rock/metal. The title is very accurate.
The third and final album by Nick Drake, which was impressively recorded in less than two days. His only album that is completely solo. A depressing, beautiful listen, and one of the best folk albums ever made. A masterpiece.
World's End Girlfriend's most recent album. According to Katsuhiko Maeda, he wrote complete vocal tracks for each song first, then filled them in with instrumentation. Afterwards, he removed the vocals and continued to mix until each song was completed. Very interesting. I would call it Maeda's best to date.
Another amazing soundtrack from an amazing game. While not quite as good as the Silent Hill 2 OST previously posted, it is still more than deserving of a listen. Play the game too, while you're at it.
Second album by the incredible Sweet Trip. This album is like mixing IDM, Dream Pop, and My Bloody Valentine, all into one beautiful album.
The proper sequel to the amazing Split Personalities by 12 Rods. Let's just say that Separation Anxieties didn't happen, shall we?
"I was trying to make a piece that could be listened to and yet could be ignored... perhaps in the spirit of Satie who wanted to make music that could 'mingle with the sound of the knives and forks at dinner.'" - Brian Eno.
Second album by Elliott Smith. Another one of my all time favourites, this is possibly his darkest (and best) album. Depressing and beautiful, an absolute essential.
A compilation of newer shoegaze bands covering some shoegaze classics. Tracklisting in comments.
Fantastic album from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. I really like the sound of this album.
Slow, delicate songs with pretty cello arrangements. Vocalist reminds me Björk.
I'd been looking for this for a while and I was so glad when I found it. Short and sweet little songs made up of of interesting synth sounds, chopped vocals (samples too), and some other instrumentation. Very short but I enjoy it.
This band has been getting a lot more attention lately. This is their debut EP, originally released under their old name, "The Neighborhood Council". Delayed and reverby guitars and synths, strange waily vocals. They get a lot of comparisons to Animal Collective which I understand. Enjoy.
