Dreaming in Stereo for December 16, 2017

Will this be the last episode of 2017? I'd like to think not, but I make no promises. I do promise not to do a Best Of show, in any event. Not that it's a bad thing to do, but there was so much great music that came out this year, it would almost be a disservice to only focus on some of it.

Speaking of focus, this episode features a spotlight on releases from The Blog That Celebrates Itself's Bandcamp page. Their latest collection just came out a few days ago, and while listening to it I realized that their catalog in general deserved a segment of its own. Also, who doesn't enjoy a good cover version, especially one that crosses genres? (A shoegaze Ramones collection? Tell me more...)

And yes, that is a new Noel Gallagher song. Hey, I said this show covers Britpop. Listening to it makes me sad that his collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous will never be heard. Tosser!

Anyhow, enjoy!

Hey Elbow - Quest - single
Moon Palace - Shapeshifter - Moon Palace
Lor - Aquarius - single
Alice Boman - Dreams - single
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Fawns of Love - The Ghost in You - Highwire Days, The Psychedelic Furs' Reverence - The Blog That Celebrates Itself
Coloring Electric Like - Lullaby - The Cure in Other Voices - The Blog That Celebrates Itself
Klam - Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, A Ramones Reverence - The Blog That Celebrates Itself
Soft Wounds - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (The Shirelles) - Girl Groups: The Underground Versions - The Blog That Celebrates Itself
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Brian Jonestown Massacre - Leave It Alone - + - 'a' Records
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - She Taught Me How to Fly -  Who Built the Moon? - Sour Mash Records
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored - The Complete Stone Roses - Silvertone
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The Dead Suns - Don't Stop - Sunny Side Of Heaven, Fleetwood Mac Revisited - The Blog That Celebrates Itself

Dreaming in Stereo for November 17, 2017

Not much to say about this one - had a bunch of good songs accumulating that I finally got to share, as well as some classics I was feeling particularly fond of.

Here you go:

Tall Pines - The Day is Gone - single
Au.Ra - The Triangle - Cultivations - Felte
Airiel - Song of You - Molten Young Lovers - Shelflife Records
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Desperate Journalist - Hollow - Grow Up - Fierce Panda Records
RVG - Vincent Van Gogh - A Quality of Mercy
Wishmonger - World Hurt - Wishmonger EP
Catherine Wheel - The Nude - Chrome - Fontana
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Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder - On Fire - Rykodisc
Cold Solstice - Jennifer's Body - Phosphene
The High Violets - Longitude - Heroes and Halos - Saint Marie Records
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck - Heaven or Las Vegas - 4AD
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The Chameleons UK - Swamp Thing - Strange Times - Geffen Records

Dreaming in Stereo for November 8, 2017

This was intended to be the Halloween episode, but between working on another Halloween mix in a completely different genre and general life stuff (like handing out candy on the day itself), this ended up being a bit late. Or, as a friend said, really early for Halloween 2018.

The days of wearing all black and spending entirely too much time at the goth club may be long past (are there even any weekly goth nights left in the U.S.?), but this time of year always brings out the nostalgia. You can take the boy out of the boots and ridiculous hair, etc. I toyed with doing an all goth show, but thought that would be too obvious (and honestly, I don't have that much of that stuff left), but instead opted for a variety, but all on theme.

And of course, everyday is Hallo- oh, never mind.


The Cure - Lullaby - Disintegration - Sire
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween - Juju - PVC
The Sisters of Mercy - Floorshow - Some Girls Wander By Mistake - Merciful Release
The Virgin Prunes - Pagan Love Song - If I Die, I Die - Rough Trade
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Up Jumped the Devil - Tender Prey - Mute
Ritual Howls - Blood Red Moon - Their Body
The Horrors - Ghost - V - Wolf Tone
Chvrches - Bela Lugosi's Dead - Vampire Academy soundtrack - Universal
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Lush - I Have the Moon - Chorus - 4AD
DIIV - Incarnate Devil - Is the Is Are - Captured Tracks
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Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead - Crackle - Beggar's Banquet

Dreaming in Stereo for October 19, 2017 - Going Dark

Upon finishing this up, I don't think this episode turned out nearly as dark as I'd thought it would be when starting it, but it's definitely a more electronic and moody set than most. But, as autumn was just beginning (although it turned out to be a false start at this point, but such are things now), it just felt right. Also, it was a good excuse to finally drop that Zola Jesus track into a show (holy shit is Okovi an amazing album), as well as hitting on the trip hop that made up a good portion of what I was listening to back in the days when you could hear a shoegaze/dreampop/moody electronic show on commercial radio (You could in Michigan, anyway).

So, here you are:


Zola Jesus - Exhumed - Okovi - Sacred Bones
Drab Majesty - Oak Wood - single
Skeleton Hands - Hollow - Flood Spell
Depeche Mode - Going Backwards - Spirit - Mute
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Lamb - Illumina - single
Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart - Fever Ray - Rabid Records
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl - Mezzanine - Virgin
Tricky featuring Martina Topley-Bird -  When We Die - Ununiforn - False Idols
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Second Still - Jo - Early Forms
Bauhaus - Hollow Hills - Mask - Beggar's Banquet
New Order - In a Lonely Place - Substance - Factory
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The Horrors - Ghost - V - Wolf Tone

Dreaming in Stereo for October 9, 2017

Yes, we're back! I had not intended for there to be such a long break between episodes (I've actually had this one planned for about three weeks now), but you know the drill: work, vacations, sickness, hurricanes, etc., etc.

But I'm back now, and hopefully these shows should be back on a regular schedule. To keep it interesting (for me, at least) I may be expanding the format/genres as well. We'll see.

But anyhow, on to the music:



The Church - Another Century - Man Woman Life Death Infinity -
Fotoform - You're Charming - Fotoform -
Beach House - Used to Be (2008 Single Version) - B-Sides and Rarities - Sub Pop
The Foreign Resort - Skyline/Decay - The American Dream EP - Ignition Agency
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Cults - I Took Your Picture - Offering - Sinderlyn
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Anymore - The Echo of Pleasure - Painbow
Girls Names - Drawing Lines - The New Life - Slumberland Records
Pinkshinyultrablast - Find Your Saint - single - Club AC30
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Alvvays - Dreams Tonite - Antisocialites - Polyvinyl
Suede - The Power - Dog Man Star - Columbia
David Bowie - Quicksand - Hunky Dory - Virgin/EMI
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The Big Pink - Hightimes - Empire Underground - B2SCI Records

Dreaming in Stereo for August 2, 2017

Prior to this set, I got to see Ride in Philadelphia for their Weather Diaries tour. Absolutely brilliant.


Japanese Breakfast - The Machinist - Soft Sounds from Another Planet - Dead Oceans
Slowdive - No Longer Making Time - Slowdive - Dead Oceans
Froth - New Machine - Outside (Briefly) - Wichita Recordings
Ride - Vapour Trail - Nowhere - Sire Records
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Spacemen 3 - Hypnotised - Recurring - Fire Records
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Always Sad - Damage and Joy - Artificial Plastic Records
The Pains of being Pure at Heart - Belong - Belong - Slumberland Records
Dead Leaf Echo - So.Wrong - True.Deep.Sleeper -Moon Sounds Records
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The Verve - On Your Own - A Northern Soul - Hut
Radiohead - Man of War - OKNOTOK - Capitol Records
Morrissey - My Love Life - single - HMV
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The Primitives - Hidden in the Shadows -  Spin-O-Rama - Elefant Records

Dreaming in Stereo for July 18, 2017 - Extra Dreamy

I was feeling some nostalgia for this set. Does it show?

Big ups to the Facebook dream pop/shoegaze group I'm in for offering suggestions of good dream pop.



Dead Can Dance - Yulunga - Into the Labyrinth - 4AD
The Cocteau Twins - Lorelei - Treasure - 4AD
Cranes - Shining Road - Loved - Dedicated
The Sugarcubes - Birthday - Life's Too Good - Elektra Records
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Lush - Lovelife - Split - 4AD
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic - Ferment - Fontana Records
This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo - It'll End in Tears - 4AD
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The Cure - The Caterpillar - The Top - Elektra Records
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Shadowtime - Superstition - Geffen Records
Xymox - Imagination - Twist of Shadows - Wing
Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes - Love Hysteria - Beggar's Banquet
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The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - DGC Records