Mister Loveless - My Share of Losing

Someone on Last.fm asked me for this so I thought I would post it here for everyone. I first read about this band through a music blog that posted an mp3 of Scatterplot off this album. I liked Scatterplot so much that I went and ordered My Share of Losing. After a month's wait and some confusion due to my school's shitty mail system I got the CD in the mail along with Mister Loveless' newest EP Two Words (for free! Very nice people).

Mister Loveless' sound is a nice mix of shoegaze and post-punk. The singer's droning voice sounds Ian Curtis inspired and many of the songs have pronounced JDish bass lines. A few songs break from this so the album is all over musically; the first track, Twiggy, is a surfy instrumental and Scatterplot is a guitar filled shoegazy song. I like My Share of Losing a lot. The EP, Two Words, represents a big change in the band's sound and I don't like it too much. Perhaps it needs another listen.

Check out the tracks below or download the full album. If you like it, buy the album from the band.

Twiggy mp3
Scatterplot mp3
Dream mp3
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800beloved - Cassette Single

800beloved is a shoegaze band from Michigan that takes its name from a 1-800 phone number. They haven't released much and what they have I don't know where to buy. There is an LP on the way titled Bouquet but no word on when it will be available. So here are two songs from a single I found on the web. Out of all the songs I've heard from 800beloved, The Skeleton Collection is my favorite due to it being the song with the most audible post punk influences. So check it out!

The Skeleton Collection mp3
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Government Warning - Arrested 7"

There are maybe eight good bands from Richmond and this is one of them. Government Warning plays fast, 80s influenced hardcore. I don't like a lot of hardcore but I love Arrested off this 7". The band is still active and has released an LP called No Moderation along with another 7" EP. Check them out if you like Black Flag, Zero Boys, and etc.

You can buy this 7" from Grave Mistake.

Arrested mp3
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KG

Here's an obscure shoegaze band I found on Soulseek. The only info on KG I found is from here.

This one-man show released some hard to find 7'inches. Fantastic JAMC overload meets MBV and Boyracer. Wow!

If you know something else leave a comment!

The JAMC comparison is spot on. The first song on the Candy 7", by far my favorite, sounds like something off Psychocandy. I love it. The other releases have a few good tracks but the standout is Candy.

Candy Loves Me So mp3
Love Me Forever mp3
Download Candy
Download 987
Download From innocence To Catastrophe
Download The Greatest Hits

Tally Ho - Takes Two To Do It + Wavves

This is kind of interesting. Download these tracks and play them in repeat + shuffle. These five short mp3s blend together randomly to make a song. For some reason I listened for at least five minutes. I don't know why.

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Also, Wavves' best song, SO BORED, is Insound's free recommended mp3 of the week. Yay! I can't wait for the De Stijl release in February. I'll probably buy both s/t LPs because I love the cover art so much.

And the track listing for the De Stijl album is new to me. Maybe it is to you as well. I haven't heard some of these.

1	rainbow everywhere
2	sun opens my eyes
3	get in the sun
4	jetplane (staying on a )
5	no hope kids
6	more fur
7	so bored
8	summer goth
9	surf goth
10	goth girls
11	ghost ramp
12	killr punx
13	scary demons

Ceremony / Screen Vinyl Image Split LP/CDR

Finally got this in the mail last week. I preordered months ago and the expected release was sometime in October but something came up and the split was delayed a long time.

Ceremony are from Fredricksburg, VA and formed from the remnants of Skywave when they broke up after the release of their second album, Synthstatic. They sound a lot like Skywave and are definitely on the noisier side of shoegaze. More Telescopes than MBV, maybe? Anyways, For Her Smile is now my favorite Ceremony track.

Screen Vinyl Image also come from north Virginia. DC, I think. I had never listened to them before this 12". I don't care too much for their songs on here but it is decent enough to warrant looking into whatever EPs they have out.

I need to catch both these bands live. I missed out on a show with both of them plus some other shoegaze band. Damn weekday metro schedule....

For her Smile mp3
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Buy it from Custom Made Music

Also, look what came in the mail today. It is beeeeeautifuuuuulll (click because it is best when viewed at maximum size)

Box Elders - Hole In My Head 7"

I read about these guys on Jay Reatard's blog. Box Elders are from Omaha, Nebraska and formed in 2005 but so far only have this single to their name. I really like it, especially the A side tracks. For fans of Wavves and Reatards. Buy it from Grotto Records.



Hole in My Head mp3
One Foot in Front of the Other mp3
Download the 7"