Shoegaze

My "Best of 2016" turned out to be an epic 80+ tracks.

Other than several tracks being repositioned on the list itself, the list represents pretty much in chronological order when I heard the tracks throughout the year. Position is not representative of ranking in terms of preference. In some instances, the track itself may well have been recorded earlier than 2016 but has been selected for inclusion based on its availability on Soundcloud.

I'm always looking for suitable content for my playlists. If your track fits the bill, please feel free to contact me.

Best of 2016

age of aquarius

September 2016 Playlist

MoonRockPills#118

Weekend Showcase 2.36 new music playlist features 50 songs from artists based in and originally from 17 countries. Learn more about the artists here:

http://therevue.ca/2016/09/18/weekend-showcase-2-36/

Weekend Showcase 2.36

★ MALORY★ (Germany * 1995) *** track  ♥ Endora ♥ * 2006 *** mp3 free listening & download (DREAMPOP / AMBIENT / INDIETRONIC / SHOEGAZE)

Malory - Endora

First released as a single, it was later on included in "Sun Over Babaluma" EP. To download the EP for free and donate if you'd like to, please visit http://lovehippiesandgangsters.bandcamp.com 

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Yiğit Bülbül.
London, September 2014

Enjoy!

http://lovehippiesandgangsters.bandcamp.com

Donate

This Is What We Want

single from "Waiting For" (No Sense Of Place, 2015)

No Failure

Presents for Sally return with ‘Wishawaytoday’, possibly their most accessible and poppiest song to date. The title track oozes the confidence and swagger of a band on top of their game and promises great things for the forthcoming LP ‘Colours & Changes’. The UK band have always blended their influences effortlessly which range from anything from late 80’s/early 90s UK and US indie bands to dance music and classic hip hop which has always made reviewers struggle to pin down the bands sound.

Presents For Sally - Wishawaytoday

Side A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN8UkYnsvn0 : )

7" Vinyl and digital release through Häxrummet Records available on Bandcamp: https://starhorse.bandcamp.com/album/slower-now

Slower Now

From Pang Attack's 2016 album "North Country Psychic Girls"

Monk Song

New music by Film School, part of the "June" EP coming soon.

Greg Bertens (vocals/guitar), Justin Labo (bass), Nyles Lannon (guitar/vocals), Donny Newenhouse (drums), Jason Ruck (synth).

Mixed by Film School, Dan Long and Count.
Mastered by Count.

www.facebook.com/filmschoolmusic

City Lights

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7gV3d44i2hDP8waFq6hSlI 
Bandcamp (free download): https://softwounds.bandcamp.com/album/soft-wounds

'Soft Wounds' released January 31, 2016

You Can't Stay Here

The title track from the forthcoming album due 3/22 on Found Object Records.

New Future

Weapons Of Mind Distortion

Repeat by Jesse Mac Cormack is available on all DSPs on April 22nd
Get it on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Repeat_ITM
Stream it on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/Repeat_SPO 

Jesse Mac Cormack - Repeat

Dumbbo b/w Auto 7" out September 9th on Paper Trail Records. Limited to 250 copies on one-of-a-kind pink marble vinyl

PTR 008

www.papertrailrecords.com

busy is as busy does
maybe i’m frustrated ‘cuz
picking out catastrophes from
all those laid in front of me is
proving to be hard to bear 
ceiling cracks and i just stare
falling bricks and i just stare

super-silent fantasy
you don’t get what you want from me
i feel so sorry when i sing
for everybody listening
who’ll never hear a voice so sweet

sleeping limbs and undertow
the differences that i don’t know
we’re in love and that’s a fact and
i don’t even dress like that
i don’t even comb my hair
ceiling cracks and i just stare
falling bricks and i just stare

dumbbo walks the wrong way home
eyes dried up inside his skull
clouds of birds Korea-bound as
we move on to two-horse towns
big fat moons and finger bones
reminding me that i’m alone
sleeping in the undertow
pull your heart straight through your skull

put me on a higher shelf
even when i touch myself
so carefully tossed aside like
it won’t hurt if i’m alive
all this weight inside my head
fire blackening my bed
sick to death with all your friends
who all hate me for hating them

when i say your name i choke
when i say my name i choke
when i say your name i

Dumbbo/Auto 7"

Dumbbo

Track 2 of Danxia's debut self-titled EP,available to download from Bandcamp.

Closer

The Reverb Conspiracy - Volume 4

The track "Sund Spectre" can be found on the album magnifier released on Sulatron records / CD and LP / www.sulatron.com

Giobia - Sun Spectre

My Invisible Frind - Endless

Pre-order 'The False Foundation', out 7th October, now

Singed 2XLP or CD at The False Foundation store: http://hyperurl.co/TFFD2C 

Digital pre-order with an instant download of Bright Lights and Driving In Nails:
http://hyperurl.co/TFFDigital

Bright Lights

Wolf People - “Ninth Night” from Ruins, out November 11, 2016 on Jagjaguwar

Pre-order “Ruins”:
http://smarturl.it/wolfpeople 



Wolf People - Ninth Night

Feather Beds is the musical moniker of Dublin artist, Michael Orange. Play Dead is the first single to be taken from the second album, which was recorded in Montreal and Dublin and is scheduled for release in 2017. Mixed by Stephen Shannon (Adrian Crowley, Strands), Play Dead follows on from last year's critically acclaimed debut album, The Skeletal System.

Using field recordings, samples and found sounds and a dark, melancholic undercurrent, whilst still retaining a twisted pop sensibility – Feather Beds creates music that occupies the space between fragile electronica and a shoegaze aesthetic of noise and texture. It’s music that takes influence from pop to drone to noise/art rock to folk and everything in between. Formerly a drummer with Dublin bands, The Star Department, Subplots and Autumn Owls, he has spent the past number of years writing and recording with these bands, releasing records and touring extensively in Europe and North America.

Visit:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FeatherBeds/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Feather_Beds
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/feather-beds
Bandcamp - https://featherbeds.bandcamp.com/album/the-skeletal-system


FatCat Records Demo

Feather Beds - Play Dead

Second single from Purling Hiss' forthcoming LP, High Bias. Out on October 14th!

Drag City- http://www.dragcity.com/artists/purling-hiss 
iTunes- http://geni.us/purlinghighbiasi

High Bias

Purling Hiss- "3000 AD"

Track taken from the new 10" EP pressed on white with red splatter vinyl with download code. WWR 006 Release date 4th Nov 2016

Pre order from http://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com

Muertos - Ballroom Spritzer

Deerhoof's cover of "Hi" by Xiu Xiu(in the style of White Reaper), appears on the Polyvinyl Plays Polyvinyl compilation - a 20-track covers album featuring Polyvinyl artists covering songs from other Polyvinyl artists, out Nov 25, 2016.

Purchase 2xLP / digital here: http://plyvnyl.co/pv20store

Deerhoof - Hi (Xiu Xiu in the style of White Reaper)

Flower

Hard Rock Punk 3 piece from London.
Lyrics & Music written By REV
Performed recorded and arranged by Lupus-Dei ( REV , TOSHI JC . GENE CLARK) Sept 2016

Lupus-Dei 
Valley of the beast 

Verse 
I dream't I was a werewolf
I dream't I was a werewolf 

I dream't I was a werewolf 
Ripped out your throat 
Drank your blood and 
Wore your skin as a coat 

(Repeat)

I dream't I was a werewolf 
When I dreamt  I was a werewolf 

Let's go

Chorus 

Lupus-Dei 
Walks in the valley of the beast 
Out to slay
Now that he's off the leash 
Lupus-Dei 
Walks in the valley of the beast 
You better kneel and pray 
Wolves have been released 

Now let me hear you Howl
Now let me hear you howl 

When the moon rises 
I turn to the beast 
A demon inside 
Like a wolf I will feast 

(Repeat)

As the beast starts turning the valley keeps burning (x3)

Chorus (same lyrics)

My Invisible Frind - Endless

Fuzz Club Records