anaraug

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Member Since: 6/12/2007
Total Mixes: 2
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Other Mixes By anaraug

CD | Alternative - Indie Rock

Sometimes Strangers

Artist Song
My Bloody Valentine  Sometimes  
Slowdive  Alison 
Lush  Ladykillers 
My Bloody Valentine  When You Sleep 
Slowdive  Souvlaki Space Station 
Loop  Afterglow 
Moose  Suzanne 
My Bloody Valentine  To Here Knows When 
Slowdive  Dagger 
Aarktica  Big Year 
Luminous Orange  Mother Pearl 
Asobi Seksu  Thursday 
Hartfield  Strangers When We Met 
Condor44  db 
Luminous Orange  How High 
Hartfield  A Sorrowful Heartland 
Asobi Seksu  Strawberries 
Condor44  F"rF__ 

Comment:

Um yeah... I didn't end up using this site again for a while... I got reminded of it when I was talking to Annie. And realized I need to learn her what shoegaze is. Or maybe the only two mixes I have on here are both for her because I have a crush or something. Who knows. I don't like putting more than one song by the same artist, but I assume that's ok when it's a didactic mix.

Tracks 01-09 are all examples of the original London shoegaze scene in the early 90s.

Tracks 11-18 are all from members of the burgeoning Japanese neo-shoegaze scene.

My Bloody Valentine is what most people think of as the canonical shoegaze band. Slowdive have a much more space rock sound, but still fall under the umbrella. Lush is what I consider dream pop, which is a more melody-centric subgenre of shoegaze. (Other people's definitions may vary.) Moose are more generic alt rock with some shoegaze influence. (One could say the same about The Smashing Pumpkins, if you really wanted to.) I call Loop "proto-shoegaze" in that they use similar techniques in songwriting as shoegaze bands, but predate the actual scene.

Aarktica is just awesome ambient acoustic and separates the two halves.

Luminous Orange are more traditional shoegaze with guitars that cry in a way that can only be called lovely. Hartfield are more j-dreampop; luscious intertwining guitar and vocal melodies contrasting with drones of noise and powerful riffs. Asobi Seksu is what happens when a Japanese musician moves to America... And finally Condor44 are an indie rock band that shows some shoegaze influence while not necessarily being shoegaze themselves.

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mahdishain
Date: 2/3/2008
lush is the highlight for me.
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doowad
Date: 3/23/2008
Nothing wrong with that comment, very educational.