Should I listen to....

[Deacon Blues]

i hear a lot of people recommend stuff to listen to online and i was curious if any of it was worth a shot. and i'm sure other people hear stuff too and are all like "should i listen to such and such band is it even worth it" so i figured i should start a topic about that. anyways,

last night i was out with some friends and one of them mentioned shoegaze. it kind of sounds like the sort of thing i'd like, but i feel like i've heard people rag on it a bit online so i was curious about that. anyhoo, should i listen to shoegaze?

[GargleGoyle]

I had no idea what shoegaze was before reading this but it doesn't sound too bad. I dunno if it's something I'd get REALLY into, you know? It just seems like good "have it on while you work" music. If I'm being honest it kind of reminds me of Molchat Doma... 'cept shoegaze has more of a pop influence and sounds more ethereal than Molchat Doma
(MOLCHAT DOMA - SUDNO

[ghoul_house]

I love shoegaze, but them not recommending ANY bands, just the genre, is really unfortunate. My favorite accessible shoegaze band is probably Curve, specifically the album Come Clean, aptly named because it's less pure shoegaze and closer to Industrial or Techno in some places. It's just a really good genre for people who love intense music. If you like Come Clean, Curve's Cuckoo is a great album too.

Favorite track from Come Clean: KILLER BABY
https://youtu.be/L1lKVqNG5RY
Curve at their smoothest and most menacing. Like all the best Curve songs, there is a wonderful and varied wall of sound to drown in. Like the best of Come Clean, there's a heavy techno and edm influence and mastery of buildup and closure.

Favorite track from Cuckoo: SUPERBLASTER
https://youtu.be/Uh25cWav6Xs
Buttery guitar, hypnotic vocals, drums half-buried in the sand. While killer baby and some of the others off Come Clean are almost wet with sound, SUPERBLASTER is an overwhelming sandstorm or drought trying to swallow the bloody vocals. Excellent fucking song.

[Deacon Blues]

thanks, gang! i'll be sure to check it out

and maybe i'll bug my buddy about his favourite shoegaze bands, eheheh

[angel]

rap/rnb thats not MF doom.

- joey bada$$
- amine
- a$ap rocky
- schoolboy Q
- fka twigs
- meg thee stallion but only her earlier shit (stalli freestyle is crazy. if u think dave strider is good at rap -- btw, barf -- then she will make u lose ur shit, flow and rhyme scheme crazyyy)
- steve lacy (hes problematic but his musics awesome)
- azealia banks (very problematic but good house music)
- listen to 50 cent n tupac seriouslly, gang starr + goodie mob + a tribe called quest have that old school feel
- lupe fiasco (kinda mid but cool songs)
- vince staples (but hes a weirdo)

[GargleGoyle]

- amine

Amine is fuckin awesome
Charmander goes hard