Soundtrack2 Audiocast14: Shadowproof
June 12th, 2009 | 
Author: Radio Dept., Sciflyer, Archers of Loaf, A Place to Bury Strangers, Memory Cassette & more
New Radio Dept.! New Radio Dept.! New Radio Dept.!
In other news, lots of other great bands putting out good stuff that is rocking my ‘phones. Liked the way this one came together, but I’m pretty biased.
Check out Soundtrack2 Audiocast14 here.
1. Averkiou – Give ‘Em What He Wants
Light shoegaze pop kicks things off with great guitar and a bit of Death Cab influence on the vocal. This one’s off the Floridians’ Throwing Sparks album.
Sciflyer
2. Apostle of Hustle – How To Defeat A More Powerful Enemy
Off their new Eats Darkness album, AOH continues to fly the flag for Broken Social Scene‘s skewed take on indie rock.
3. Sciflyer - Like An Ion
Droney slice of downtempo rock and roll from San Francisco changes things up a bit.
4. Maribel – Ecstatic
Love the bright multi-tracked vocal with ringing guitars. “Ecstatic” indeed – turn it up! Off the Norweigan band’s Aesthetics album.
5. Archers of Loaf – Toast
Re-discovered Icky Mettle and realized that their righteous wallop was perfect for Soundtrack2. This near-instrumental’s a bit weirder than their usual stuff, but I dig it.
6. Autohaze – Shadowproof
Is that John Cale on the mic? Probably not, but this is a cool one off the Australian band’s Mild Steel Flat album.
7. Collapse Under The Empire – Quiet Dimension
Off Systembreakdown, some Halloween-style piano builds towards a full-on finale.
8. A Place To Bury Strangers – To Fix The Gash In Your Head (Peter Holmstrom Remix)
Love Holmstrom’s – of the Dandy Warhols no less – ultraviolent industrial funk for APTBS from a few months back.
9. Ceremony – Dull Life
Off Disappear, this one’s been passed over for past audiocasts, but no longer. Very, very good. Props to Built On A Weak Spot.
10. Abe Vigoda - Don’t Lie
Peculiar track but a real grower. Plus any band with a member who sports a Phantom of the Opera t-shirt on their MySpace page is sure to offer a unique perspective.
11. Ride – All I Can See
Classic cut of hazy psych pop from Smile.
12. Radio Dept. – David
Intriguing new single from a great band. Can’t wait for this record to drop.
13. Windy & Carl – Snow Covers Everything
ST2 goes all post rock with this track off Songs For the Broken Hearted. Too mellow?
14. Guitar – Just Like Honey
Holy crap is this an amazing mash of noise, rock & roll and beats. Why didn’t I discover this until now?
15. Memory Cassette – Surfin
A bit of Cocteau blended into this nice dreamy track. Swedish? No – from Joisey.
16. Basement Apartment - Vegas Streets
Indie pop goodness for driving on a sunny day. Don’t see the Vegas bit though…feels more like Chicago.
17. Cut City – My Hands Are Bloody
From February’s fantastically-named Nacissus Can Wait 12″, Cut City rains all over the parade with some noisy, moody guitars.
18. DulceSky – White Fields
Going out in style with this veteran band. Don’t know much about ‘em – other stuff good too?
Tags: Archers of Loaf, Broken Social Scene, dream pop, podcast, Radio Dept., Ride, shoegaze
Rob! I was meaning to listen to some of your audiocasts and I’ve listened to the first bit of your two most recent ones – they rock from what I’ve heard so far!
While not really shoegaze per se, perhaps you’ll find this interesting: I like the guitar effects and the sort of psychedelic feel of certain Minus The Bear songs (they are one of my favourite bands). Ever heard of them? Here are a couple song recommendations to try on for size: Burying Luck, Lotus, Knights, Dr. L’ling. Those are all off their new CD Planet of Ice, which is EXCELLENT, but their old stuff is fun too, I have a few of their old CDs.
Enjoy!
Boo!
Stacey: Cheers for the comment. Have a track by Minus the Bear but will seek out more of their stuff.
Chris: Boo to the audiocast? the design? or just life in general?