Another does of Mirage in the Water, this time with “Is It Real?”
Evidently the movie scenes are from a 1970s Japanese film on transvestites. I doubt that’s going in my to-be-viewed queue anytime soon…
Posts Tagged ‘Shoegazer’
Shogazer Sunday: Mirage In The Water’s “Is It Real?”
Sunday, May 12th, 2013Shoegazer Sunday: Kyte’s “Planet”
Sunday, May 5th, 2013Kyte hails from Leicestershire, UK. Here’s “Planet,” which sounds a bit like M83 with a dash of Sigur Ros thrown in.
Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Summer Daze”
Sunday, April 28th, 2013Better late than never, here’s the mellow Slowdive demo “Summer Daze.”
Shoegazer Sunday: Lúna’s “Leggöng Tunglsins”
Sunday, April 21st, 2013It’s been an eventful week out in the real world, so here’s some pretty, mellow, noodly Shoegaze in the form of Lúna’s “Leggöng Tunglsins.” I think they’re Icelandic.
Shoegazer Sunday: Alcest’s “Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde”
Sunday, April 14th, 2013Alcest, a French shoegazer band that sounds a little bit like M83 by way of Sigur Ros and Midsummer, offers up the compelling “Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde” (“Memories of Another World).
Shoegazer Sunday: Clams’ “Sundae Bird”
Sunday, April 7th, 2013From Japan comes Clams with “Sundae Bird.” The first 48 seconds are space music drone, but after that the catchy dreampop tune kicks in.
Shoegazer Sunday: Pastel Blue’s “Ariel”
Sunday, March 31st, 2013Another Sunday, another obscure Japanese Shoegaze band. This time it’s Pastel Blue with “Ariel.”
A lot of people compare them to Slowdive, and this songs tells you way.
Shoegazer Sunday: Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s “Antennas to Heaven”
Sunday, March 24th, 2013I’ve tried listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor before, but nothing clicked until I chanced across “Antennas to Heaven,” the fourth track from Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. The first four minutes are sort of random sound assemblage, but after that there are several extremely interesting segments, recalling everything from the end of “Layla” to Mike Oldfield’s Hergest Ridge, with a lot of tasty gaze and post-rock in-between.
And the entire album seems to be on YouTube as well:
Shoegazer Sunday: Mirage in the Water’s “Chimera Panorama” (plus The Hour-Glass Sanatorium)
Sunday, March 17th, 2013What is it with Shoegaze bands and surreal Communist-era Eastern European films? First No Joy used the Czech film Daisies. Now here’s Mirage in the Water’s “Chimera Panorama,” whose video features clips from the 1973 Polish film The Hour-Glass Sanatorium, which looks extremely weird and interesting.
And it being the Internet, the entirety of The Hour-Glass Sanatorium is available online as well:
The video is in black and white, but the film is in fairly glorious color.
Shoegazer Sunday: The Asteroid Shop’s “Destroyer”
Sunday, March 10th, 2013Austin’s own The Asteroid Shop presents “Destroyer,” a video full of stop-motion plastic dinosaur goodness.
I may have to catch one of their live shows one of these days…