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Re: Slowcore song recs

latenighttv — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:59:55 GMT

Author: latenighttv

Posted: 09/29/2013 17:59

Am pretty new to slowcore but very open to checking more of it out (this thread'll be my first stop 😁 ). I like 'The Great Destroyer' by Low but is that a bit too big-sounding to be seen as slowcore?

I know Boa Morte because they are Irish - I'd be, ahem, slow to really recommend either of their albums ('The Dial Waltz' is probably the better of the two) but there's one great track on each :

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Re: Slowcore song recs

meccalecca — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:20:11 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/29/2013 16:20

CellarDoor wrote:

Great rec ! I recently listened to Damon & Naomi, loved them !

yeah same here. they're a very recent discovery.

Re: Slowcore song recs

CellarDoor — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:40:31 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 09/29/2013 15:40

meccalecca wrote:

and some post Galaxie 500

"New York City" by Damon & Naomi

Great rec ! I recently listened to Damon & Naomi, loved them !

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More Sad Hits by Damon & Naomi

Re: Slowcore song recs

meccalecca — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:34:23 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/29/2013 14:34

ppnw wrote:

Thanks for all the recs thus far! Some acts I know well like Smog, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Mazzy Star, and Giles Corey but didn't think of them when creating the OP. Keep 'em coming. And get well soon, meccalecca.

Thanks!. feelin quite a bit better today, which is important, because the Atlantic Antic is today. "So I'm out pickin' pockets at the Atlantic Antic / And nobody wants to hear you cause your rhymes are so frantic" -Beastie Boys
Found some great vinyl at the Atlantic Antic last year.

Back to the slowcore.

I think Yo La Tengo could be thrown into the mix.

"Nowhere Near" by Yo La Tengo

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and some post Galaxie 500

"New York City" by Damon & Naomi

Re: Slowcore song recs

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:14:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/29/2013 03:14

Thanks for all the recs thus far! Some acts I know well like Smog, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Mazzy Star, and Giles Corey but didn't think of them when creating the OP. Keep 'em coming. And get well soon, meccalecca.

Re: Slowcore song recs

Norman Bates — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:39:18 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/28/2013 22:39

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Re: Slowcore song recs

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:30:30 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2013 21:30

Bluetile Lounge - Liner, Hiding to Crash

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Carissa's Wierd - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave

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Codeine - D:

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Smog - Hangman Blues

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The White Birch - Breathe

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Low + Dirty Three - Down By the River

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Jessica Bailiff - Sanguine (Please Say a Word):

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Idaho - To Be the One

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Early Day Miners - Summer Ends

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Julie Doiron - Love to Annoy

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Aerial M - Wedding Song No. 2

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Arab Strap - Ne Birds

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Re: Slowcore song recs

meccalecca — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:30:18 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/28/2013 18:30

No slowcore discussion is complete without this masterpiece.

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Sadly Mojave 3 don't get much love around BEA, even though it's basically Slowdive part 2

Re: Slowcore song recs

meccalecca — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:22:35 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/28/2013 15:22

CellarDoor wrote:

Here's my own little comp I came up with a few months ago :

1. Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder
2. American Music Club - Laughing Stock
3. Codeine - Pickup Song
4. Bark Psychosis - All Different Things
5. Cowboy Junkies - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
6. Low - Words
7. Lisa Germano - Cry Wolf
8. Smog - To Be of Use
9. Red House Painters - Katy Song
10. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
11. Idaho - Stare at the Sky
12. Seam - Broken Bones
13. Bedhead - Beside Table
14. The Black Heart Procession - Your Church Is Red
15. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness

So yeah, the usual suspects, but I've listened to it quite often...

Americana, alt-country, aren't far off slowcore, so you could also dig in that direction.
Or some lo-fi like Sparklehorse.

This is pretty much perfect.

I think you could definitely add early Cat Power into the mix too. Maybe "Nude As The News"
also, maybe not totally slowcore but worth considering:
Grant Lee Buffalo - "Mockingbirds"
East River Pipe - "Make A Deal With The City"
This Mortal Coil - "Kangaroo" (because where does dream pop end and slowcore begin?)
Pedro The Lion - "Bands With Managers"

sick as a dog right now, but i'll give a much better response later.

Re: Slowcore song recs

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:04:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2013 15:04

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Re: Slowcore song recs

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:29:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2013 14:29

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Re: Slowcore song recs

creator — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:26:24 GMT

Author: creator

Posted: 09/28/2013 14:26

Maybe some Giles Corey?

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Re: Slowcore song recs

Norman Bates — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:19:18 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/28/2013 11:19

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Will come back with more recs, but for now it's siesta time.

Re: Slowcore song recs

CellarDoor — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:32:55 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 09/28/2013 10:32

Here's my own little comp I came up with a few months ago :

1. Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder
2. American Music Club - Laughing Stock
3. Codeine - Pickup Song
4. Bark Psychosis - All Different Things
5. Cowboy Junkies - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
6. Low - Words
7. Lisa Germano - Cry Wolf
8. Smog - To Be of Use
9. Red House Painters - Katy Song
10. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
11. Idaho - Stare at the Sky
12. Seam - Broken Bones
13. Bedhead - Beside Table
14. The Black Heart Procession - Your Church Is Red
15. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness

So yeah, the usual suspects, but I've listened to it quite often...

Americana, alt-country, aren't far off slowcore, so you could also dig in that direction.
Or some lo-fi like Sparklehorse.

Re: Slowcore song recs

CellarDoor — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:04:25 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 09/28/2013 10:04

Red Apple Falls by Smog

To be of use 😢

Re: Slowcore song recs

19loveless91 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 03:26:08 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 09/28/2013 07:26

Is Cat Power slowcore? I'd recommend What Would Community Think?, Metal Heart, Colors and the Kids, ...

Re: Slowcore song recs

bongritsu — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 02:31:27 GMT

Author: bongritsu

Posted: 09/28/2013 06:31

Check out some duster my dude. By far my favorite slowcore band and no one really talks about them :s

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Stratosphere and contemporary movement are both incredible albums and I cant recommend them enough. Their music just seems to stand out much more then any other slowcore band i have listened to (although im not really that well versed in slowcore)

Re: Slowcore song recs

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 01:17:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2013 05:17

quote from the 2009 thread, back in my pure-punk days

purple wrote:

I don't know what the hell slowcore is, but it makes me think of Black Flag's "My War"; might as well check that out, just cos its so damn cool anyways.

I was like the JMan of genres back then

Slowcore song recs

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 01:09:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2013 05:09

Hey dudebros, I'm creating a slowcore playlist on Spotify and want some slowcore song recs. I know Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek/2013's most productive musician, Low, Codeine, Bedhead, The For Carnation, Galaxie 500 (meh, might as well include them), some American Music Club, some Carissa's Weird, and some Blue Tile Lounge, but recs within these groups and especially without are greatly appreciated.

Also, I think we'd agree genre lines are blurry, so also feel free to discuss whether acts like Mazzy Star, Morphine, Lisa Germano, etc. might qualify as slowcore. Think of this as a general slowcore thread, leaning towards recommending your favorite slowcore songs. Really looking for meccalecca, CellarDoor, Norman Bates, and Saiorse to step up here.

There was a thread for this back in '09, but it's closed now.