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Slowcore Appreciation Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:44 pm
by bearhead
I think we need one.
Low?
Acetone?
Duster?
Codeine?
Bedhead?
Red House Painters?
Pedro The Lion?
Slowdive?
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:58 pm
by Treefingers
Re: Slowcore Appreciation Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:00 pm
by pianoforte
bearhead wrote: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.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:01 pm
by Mexicola
Oh yeah! Didn't realise anyone here knew them

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:04 pm
by bearhead
A timeless tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx2eCO3DgKk
American Analog Set - Punk As Fuck
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:45 pm
by fujee
Jesu!
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:53 pm
by mechanismj
Hammock.
Slowdive has got to be in my top 5.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:05 pm
by A_Northern_Soul
Nice to see Acetone get a mention round these parts - great band.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:55 pm
by bearhead
A_Northern_Soul wrote: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.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:04 pm
by pianoforte
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:36 pm
by 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.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:41 pm
by bearhead
turquoise70 wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:17 am
by Treefingers
pianoforte wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:31 am
by pianoforte
Treefingers wrote: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!
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 2:34 am
by bearhead
pianoforte wrote:Treefingers wrote: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:
BedheadRachel'sRed Stars TheoryMany 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.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:09 pm
by 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'.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:15 pm
by bearhead
Treefingers wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:06 pm
by 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/
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:22 pm
by Torn n Frayed
bearhead wrote:A_Northern_Soul wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:15 pm
by pianoforte
Torn n Frayed wrote: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!