Slowcore Appreciation Thread

[bearhead]

I think we need one.

Low?
Acetone?
Duster?
Codeine?
Bedhead?
Red House Painters?
Pedro The Lion?
Slowdive?

[Treefingers]

The For Carnation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKLbq0oAxJw

[pianoforte]

I think we need one.

Low?
Acetone?
Duster?
Codeine?
Bedhead?
Red House Painters?
Pedro The Lion?
Slowdive?

<3

slowcore-shoegaze-dreampop stew is the best kind of stew. or perhaps i just like saying, 'stew'.

slowcore was a brilliant genre/scene. sort of before my time, but i have grown to appreciate it very much now.

[Mexicola]

The For Carnation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKLbq0oAxJw

Oh yeah! Didn't realise anyone here knew them

[bearhead]

A timeless tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx2eCO3DgKk

American Analog Set - Punk As Fuck

[fujee]

Jesu!

[mechanismj]

Hammock.

Slowdive has got to be in my top 5.

[A_Northern_Soul]

Nice to see Acetone get a mention round these parts - great band.

[bearhead]

Nice to see Acetone get a mention round these parts - great band.

It's sad that he killed himself, though. They could've made a lot of other great albums.

[pianoforte]

The For Carnation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKLbq0oAxJw

touch and go were a brilliant label.

i've never heard of the for carnation. that is a very pretty song, thank you for the link.

[turquoise70]

Low is magnificent.

I would be lying if I said the fact that they're Mormons didn't ruin the experience for me a little bit.

[bearhead]

Low is magnificent.

I would be lying if I said the fact that they're Mormons didn't ruin the experience for me a little bit.

Why does that affect how you hear the music?

I mean, look at Charles Manson, and what he did.

And he made really nice music.

[Treefingers]

The For Carnation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKLbq0oAxJw

touch and go were a brilliant label.

i've never heard of the for carnation. that is a very pretty song, thank you for the link.

I've not heard a great deal of them, to be honest. I just know them from the Slint connection (it's Brian McMahan's project, and David Pajo and possibly other Slint alumni have been involved).

I need to hear more stuff from Touch & Go, as well. Seems to be the go-to label if you're interested in a lot of the Louisville post-hardcore / post-rock stuff (speaking of which, The Sonora Pine might be a good mention, if they can be counted as slowcore).

Also -- Sparklehorse? Certainly not all of it can be called slowcore, but some of it definitely can. Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2HUJhhIrgI, which is freaking beautiful.

[pianoforte]

I need to hear more stuff from Touch & Go, as well. Seems to be the go-to label if you're interested in a lot of the Louisville post-hardcore / post-rock stuff

there were many brilliant bands on that label. Three best examples:

Bedhead
Rachel's
Red Stars Theory

Many of the bands in their roster are well worth further investigation. I still haven't gone through all of them myself!

[bearhead]

I need to hear more stuff from Touch & Go, as well. Seems to be the go-to label if you're interested in a lot of the Louisville post-hardcore / post-rock stuff

there were many brilliant bands on that label. Three best examples:

Bedhead
Rachel's
Red Stars Theory

Many of the bands in their roster are well worth further investigation. I still haven't gone through all of them myself!

Red Stars Theory, yes.

[Treefingers]

A good percentage of Yo La Tengo's back-catalogue can probably be described as slowcore. Especially 'And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out'.

[bearhead]

A good percentage of Yo La Tengo's back-catalogue can probably be described as slowcore. Especially 'And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out'.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention Yo La Tengo in this thread.

I would also like to throw in Papercuts. Not really "slowcore" but a lot of tracks off You Can Have What You Want are really slow and drone-y.

[pianoforte]

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/rainshine ... he_shadows
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/rainshine ... __slowcore

Two REALLY nice lists that I found on RateYourMusic. I've already found this brilliant track via the Join Us In The Shadows list. The series of Ultimate Box Set lists are amazing - read about them here.

edit: This is also quite pretty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMwTqYw5pLE

Secondarily, there are lots of solid records on this list. http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/khz_/stag/slowcore/

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[Torn n Frayed]

Nice to see Acetone get a mention round these parts - great band.

It's sad that he killed himself, though. They could've made a lot of other great albums.

Got to meet him once after an Acetone show and he was just begging for drugs! I have to add the unknown band called Idaho, check out their first lp Year After Year; here is a video for Skyscrape; //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ek_8WZ-Oa4

And you'd have to add the Red House Painters to that list of band as well.

[pianoforte]

I have to add the unknown band called Idaho, check out their first lp Year After Year; here is a video for Skyscrape; //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ek_8WZ-Oa4

I could tell within three seconds that I was going to like this track. I was right. Thanks!