New Jersey and New York based shoegaze band who released their only album in 1994.

Margie Wienk (Vocal)
Michael Corcoran (Guitars)
Colin Rhinesmith (Bass)
Andrew Nimmo (Drums & Percussion)

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Difference Engine

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Shoegaze & dreampop #101*

Buzz

Playlist 2

New private playlist

My favourite tracks heard on Soundcloud throughout 2015.
They're not listed in any order - that would be impossible for me to rank :)
Thanks to all the artists I've included for making such wonderful tunes this year and for their record labels for supporting them too.
To those I've missed from this list - really sorry - I've had so much going on in my personal life all year that I haven't missed you deliberately. 
Enjoy.


Best of 2015

http://fleetingjoys1.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-a-girl-in-black-single

Fleeting Joys - Kiss A Girl In Black

The third annual compilation release by the sonically-driven label Saint Marie Records. Specializing in Shoegaze, Dreampop, Indie Pop and Electronica. Featuring tracks exclusively from the Saint Marie roster, it includes tracks from past releases, future releases, remixes, and exclusives. Specially priced!

This year, we have something special with the third CD being exclusively covers of Slowdive songs spanning the bands entire career.

Difference Engine / Fall

Track 3 from "Split Ep" with Fury Things. Official video link: https://youtu.be/jupXOMXd4gY

No Fate

Let me be your Light is taken from the new album "The Door Behind the Door" due for release 24th February 2015.
www.theantimachinemachine.com

Let Me Be Your Light

Vinyles, CDs, Digital: http://venera4band.bandcamp.com

All songs written, recorded, mixed and perfomed by Venera 4 
Mastering by Paul Rannaud 
Artwork by Morgane Caux

Buy Digital/Vinyle/CD

Metal Shells

Shadows

Daydream Machine- Poverty Of Thought

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/shoegazereissuespart2

Difference Engine - Tsunami

Difference Engine - 5 Listens

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Difference Engine - "Bugpowder"

Difference Engine - "Flat"

Mock - 01 Poppy

Mock - 04 Vertigo Melt

All songs written by Eliza Shaddad
Recorded at Deep Litter Studios, Devon
Engineered by Andrew Bond
Produced by Chris Bond
Mixed by Catherine Marks
Mastered by John Davis

2015

Wars

Slowdive EP is 25 years old. It was released by Creation Records on November 5th, 1990.

When the band reformed for 2014, it seemed obvious to us to start our live shows by playing the Slowdive EP at the top of the set list. It sets out where we originally came from, and sets the scene for where we were going. And to celebrate that, we'd like to present a free live recording of Avalyn, performed during our USA / Canada tour last year. We are currently working on releasing the entire live set from that tour as a collection, so look out for news of that soon.

Vocals / Guitar - Neil Halstead
Vocals - Rachel Goswell
Guitar - Christian Savill
Bass Guitar - Nick Chaplin
Drums - Simon Scott

Song written by Halstead/Goswell/Savill/Chaplin/Sell
Mixed and Mastered by Simon Scott / SPS Mastering @MasteringSps

Slowdive - Avalyn Live 2014

The Pink Elephants: Liquid Illusions 2015

Art Pegis: Vocals,Guitar
Peter McNestry:Guitar,Drums,Effects

Makes Me Float Inside

I started playing this by accident, then got a bit carried away and recorded it. Probably my all time favourite band, I hope I've done it justice.
Oh, and the picture is a slug in water. Best I could do to combine thehoodedclaw and ride ;)

Nowhere (Ride cover)

Australia's Bloodhounds On My Trail sign to UK label Raphalite Records, Release 'Jolly' Single

"This EP is an out of body experience that I will continue to tap into again & again & again" - Primal Music Blog

"I will be shocked if I come across an EP in 2015 that is better than Escape EP by Bloodhounds On My Trail" – Love Sound Magazine

"A sparkling debut record" - This Is That Song 

"Something so sweet about this thing, it’s optimism... just kind of unassumingly soars" - Don't Need No Melody 

FOR LOVERS OF: Lowtide, Flyying Colours, Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, The Church
LEAD TRACKS: Jolly, Jolly (Ummagma Remix), She's In My Plans, Dreamless


It's no secret that Australia has a burgeoning shoegaze scene. From within the burgeoning Melbourne shoegaze community, Bloodhounds On My Trail are set to release ‘Escape II’ internationally through UK-based label Raphalite Records. This deluxe edition of their debut EP ‘Escape’ will also feature additional tracks ‘She’s In My Plans’ and a remix of ‘Jolly’ by celebrated dreampop duo Ummagma.

'Jolly' is the first single off this EP. "Jolly is about having a good moment when you've been having a bit of a difficult time and wanting to not let it go to waste. Happy for people to enjoy our music and take what they want out of it. How it makes them feel. The message is in the ears of the listener," explains Bloodhounds guitarist Chris Donaldson. 

With a love of shoegaze bands of the late 1980s to early 90s, Bloodhounds On My Trail seek to fuse the rhythmic underpinnings of bands like the Velvet Underground and the Stooges with the infectious stylings of shoegaze luminaries such as Cocteau Twins and Slowdive. 

Since playing their first show in February 2014, the band has been blossoming through a whirlwind combination of live shows, festivals and recording sessions. Their music was met with positive reactions, encouraging press, and invitations to play with notable Australian artists such as Lowtide, Contrast, and White Walls.

Thanks to Tonedeaf and Gabe Lewis from Lowtide, one of the foremost shoegaze acts in Australia, Bloodhounds on My Trail began to be known as one of the best Aussie shoegaze acts around. "They sound like how I want my guitars to sound," Gabe explains. "Needless to say, I was immediately hooked. Really languid, cascading washes, and wearing their pastoral shoegaze influences on their sleeves.”

All of this prompted the band to formally commit their hazy tones to tape at Birdland Studios with renowned engineer Matt Hosking, who was the perfect match for the band - also being deeply immersed in shoegaze music and having a record of outstanding work with fellow shoegazers Lowtide, Contrast, Parading and Hideous Towns. This year has also seen the band gain momentum with appearances at local gaze festivals alongside Flyying Colours, Immigrant Union, Black Cab and Day Ravies.

"I hope for people to enjoy it and get a buzz off our tunes. We ain't preaching anything, just making music we find exciting and want to record and play live," says Johnny Green. 

Bloodhounds are Johnny Green (guitar, vocals), Chris Donaldson (guitar), Nik Donaldson (drums) and Ché Walden (bass). In 2014, Shoegazemania named 'Escape' the year's number 2 EP, which also ranked high in DKFM's top EPs of 2014. Both Custom Made Music and Terapija.net included ‘She’s In My Plans’ at #6 in their top songs of 2014.

Bloodhounds On My Trail - Jolly

breath to breath

She's In My Plans

The first music to be shared from the forthcoming debut album by Cavern Of Anti-Matter, void beats/invocation trex, released on Duophonic as 3LP, CD & DL on 19 February 2016.

This is their first album proper following limited edition vinyl releases on Grautag, Deep Distance, Peripheral Conserve and Associated Electronic Recordings.

The album features contributions from Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3) & Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars).

www.cavernofantimatter.com

Melody In High Feedback Tones

Fish Eyes

Turning Light is written by Annelotte De Graaf and Keven Lareau

Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Greenberg
Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering, Brooklyn, NYC

All songs recorded and mixed at Strange Weather Recording Studio and Figure 8 Recording, Brooklyn, NYC

Guitars by Shane Butler
Bass and drums by Keven Lareau
Synths by Jackson Pollis

Artwork and photography by Nick Helderman
www.amberarcades.net

Management by MMM


Fading Lines

Turning Light

"Radiant Mountain Road" from the Arbor Labor Union 5/13/16 album I Hear You
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Arbor Labor Union - Radiant Mountain Road

Difference Engine - And Never Pull

06 SERENADE

Wild Eyes - When its Over

A New Band A Day

"O.B.E. is a beautifully structured song that revels in its own looseness. The song may well sound like a collection of shapeless sound snippets that have miraculously hung together into a perfect geometric form, but it’s actually an intensely careful sonic contraption."

VPME

“O.B.E.  is a gorgeous swirling otherworldly mind-trip, hypnotic, euphoric and quite fucking beautiful"

Sounds Better With Reverb

"Gorgeous new tune from London’s Sky Between Leaves, this one will put you in a new place. Hopefully a better one!" 

Klein Blues

O.B.E (Out Of Body Experience)

Kansas bred, NYC stationed Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk return with their 2nd long player for Fire Talk. Meandering through bursts of noise and slowly swelling beauty these six brand new tracks create the kind of space you're mind can seriously stretch out in. Recoded at the legendary Market Hotel over the course of the past year this collection sees the band's most focused effort to date. 
Limited to 200 copies w/ full color double sided dust jacket.

OUT JULY 9th 2013 !!

TRACKLIST:
01. What Am I Doing With My Life?
02. Saturday
03. KGB
04. Let's Listen To Souvlaki and Make Out
05. I've Been Thinking A Lot About The Universe
06. Burt

ITUNES

Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk - Saturday

SKINNY DREAM - EXHALE

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