This was 2013 on Shoegaze Love - A year in words, pictures and music.

2013 is almost over. It's december. I love this month not only because of x-mas but also because it's the time of the year where you get a little bit quiet and take a look on the year that almost passed.
There's also snow sometimes and I love snow as long as it's still december and not march ant there is still a bunch of snow everywhere!!

How some of you guys noticed I created a little poll on facebook and asked: "Who should become Band of the Year on Shoegaze Love?"
First: Thanks to all of you guys voting for your favorite bands.
Here are the results:

1. Ummagma
I guess they are the most likable band in the universe and their music is just awesome. They just released their Single "Rotation/Live and Let Die" and I fell in love immediately. And so did you guys. Congratulations Alexander and Shauna and thank you for the never ending support for this blog and the Shoegaze Scene in general. I love you!


 
2. Venera 4
On second place you voted Venera 4. This band is kind of my personal Hype of the year! They did so well. After their Release of the Single "Haunted Summer" in april they got me. The EP was even more awesome and I'm excited for the hopefully upcoming album next year. They also released a little christmas gift for everyone calles "Winter Sessions". Enjoy!




3. Hermetic Delight
Hermetic Delight got voted and third place and they deserve it. They are doing a more noisy kind of Shoegaze and I'm in love with that. The EP is amazing so download it right now!!





Of course I also made up my mind about my personal Band of the year.
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Westkust 
This sweet little band absolutely hit right into my heart! They only released two songs this year but they had everything I needed for my august 2013. Thank you guys for creating this little piece of heaven.



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Next thing: 
This was my year 2013 in Milestones

1. I started writing for Pretty in Noise - Home is where the noise is Online Music Magazine



Thank you Marc for having me. I'm grateful to be a part of the team of Pretty in Noise!

2. I supported Tamaryn with my Band Jaguwar in Berlin and Hamburg



We had an amazing time and Tamaryn was just awesome!

3. Shoegaze Love presented: 

Empire Club + The Buyable Sluts Wanted For Stealing Virginity at Ostpol // DD




Shoegaze Night 2 | Jaguwar + The History of Colour TV + I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream



4. I worked as a DJ regularly and I loved it!
  

5. I got my own radio show on Pretty in Noise FM.



So this was 2013 for me and Shoegaze Love.
I enjoyed a lot of great music and I'm happy to be able to share all this with you. 
For the next year I hope I can keep on writing about music and stay in contact with great musicians to help the Shoegaze Scene grow larger and to support Bands of the genre to get the popularity they deserve.
I also hope that my own Band Jaguwar will recover. We had some problems in the last year but I'm pretty sure we'll get back on track and come more powerfull than before.
 
Thank you guys for the love and the support. I wish you all the best for 2014.
In Love.
Oyèmi Noize

Pretty in Noise & Shoegaze Love present: If I had a world on my own, everything would be nonsense. || Radio Show with Oyèmi Noize ||

If I had a world on my own, everything would be nonsense.

It's not only a quote from Alice in Wonderland but the new radio broadcast on PiN FM by Pretty in Noise - Home is where the Noise is.
One hour full of Shoegaze and Noise Pop music lovingly selected by Oyèmi Noize.
 
You can stream it every second friday at 9 p.m. (CET/MEZ) on http://www.prettyinnoise.de/fm.
(For those who are not able to listen at a friday night: There will be a repetition of the whole show on sunday 7 p.m.)

I hope you enjoy.  
Love.
Oyèmi Noize.
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Playlist dec 20th

Home Sweet Home – Killed by 9v batteries

I Hate Rock'n'Roll – The Jesus and the Mary Chain

Lose My Breath – Yuck

Contender – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Starrsha – Ringo Deathstarr

How Long Have You Known – DIIV

Memories - Dråpe

Stranger – Dead Mellotron

Susan – Fanzine

Noisy Summer – The Raveonettes

Superboy and Supergirl – The Manhattan Love Suicides

Thorn – My Bloody Valentine

Dash'N'Dive – The Vandelles

Alone – A Place to Bury Strangers

Citizen – Future

LET'S GET SICK – The History Of Colour TV

Captives – The KVB

BORA BORA – Venera 4

Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) - Crocodiles

VVHILE TOUR 2013

Hey Lovers.
The Noise-Pop Duo VVHILE are going to tour some cities in Europe in december.
Maybe they are coming to your town!?
So check out the dates!

06.12. Budapest, HU
07.12. Brno, CZ
08.12. Dresden, DE
09.12. Berlin, DE
10.12. Leipzig, DE
11.12. Ostrava, CZ
12.12. Vienna, AT
13.12. Ljubljana, SI
14.12. Zagreb, HR
14.12. Krapina, HR

I ♥ Shoegaze part 18

Hey Guys!!
It's time again for a new "I <3 Shoegaze" and I'm proud to present some great music to you that I found through my new fb group "Shoegaze Germany". So please all join this little place and share your music with me and all of the other members.
Today I show you 2 brand new tracks by awesome Ummagma from Ukraine. At this time you can only stream but not download 'cause release is on december 9th. Ugh. I'm so in love with this band.
The next band is called Zeit. They are from Sweden and just send me this little piece of heaven. So check them out! I love how they describe their music:
"pop music that makes you feel like you`re traveling through a long-abandoned ghost town, with a body full of tranquilizers."
The next ones joining today's Shoegaze Love are Lights That Change. Lovely electronic shoegaze pop. In Looooooooove!!!!!
There are two places left so I added the track 'A Face in the Wall' by Computer Room. The man behind the music is called Kevin Erhard. So check out his expermiental version of shoegaze music.
Last but not least Power Pyramid from Oklahoma City with their Album from September. It's for free download and just awesome!
So enjoy all of the bands and never stop sending me great music!
x
Oyèmi Noize  

About Cartoon Heroes and Lou Reed

Well. I don't know what to say. This won't become one of the thousends "Lou was my hero" posts. I don't really know what this will become. I just started writing without thinking. So let's wait what will happen.

To be honest. For me Lou Reed already died one year ago...
My friend Lisa asked me in Summer 2012 if I would like to come to the Lou Reed concert in our town. She was working for the Rolling Stones Magazine as a promo girl. So she got 2 tickets to the concert. I said "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!". We went there and we were excited as hell. When I met the father of my boyfriend there I first realized that we might have been the youngest persons in the whole audience.
Whatever. We wanted to have the best places to see and hear everything. We felt like teens on a Justin Bieber concert (WTF! I just mentioned Justin Bieber on my blog!?)
Well. He came out and the first thing I said to my girlfriend was: "He's old!" You might think: Of course he's old! But for me he always was kind of a character in my favorite cartoon. I never thought about him as a man, as a human!
The Band started to play. I guess the third song was a Velvet Underground song. 
Evereybody in the audience was going crazy. They seemed to love it. I was confused. What the hell was going on here? He didn't hit a note. His guitar play was terrible and I started to realize that he's the same age as my grandfather (but my grandpa can play guitar much much better!!).

I was carrying a book with me in this time. I got it with me all the time. I wrote down what was coming to my head. After I heared about the death of Lou Reed, the first thing I did was to look for the book! I found it and on the page I went to the Lou Reed concert was a note saying: "Lou Reed is dead."

Yesterday Lisa posted something on facebook. I didn't hear about the news so far. The post said: "Lou Reed is dead". The first thing that came up to my mind was. "Yeah. I know. We noticed this one year ago. Why is she posting this on facebook now?"
After everybody on facebook started posting "R.I.P Lou Reed". I was shocked.
It was like the second when we were at the concert and realized that he was old! I couldn't even imagine this! But now he's dead. I mean HE'S REALLY DEAD!!   

I don't know what to say.
He was my hero until that concert. He died for me last year. Now that he's really dead he might become my hero again. I know it sounds weired. But maybe for me he had to die to get back to this cartoon character he was for me. Cartoon Heroes never die!


And I am the Water Boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am much happier this way.
(Lou Reed: "The Kids" from the album "Berlin" 1973) 

I ♥ Shoegaze part 17

Hey Hey Hey.
Sorry. I wasn't able to post that much in the last time.
However...My mailbox almost exploded because of all the great submissions you guys sent me. So check out all these fabulous bands and buy all their merch. NOW!!!

I ♥ Shoegaze part 16

SHOEGAZE POEPLE!!This new collection of fresh Shoegaze stuff is as great as always!
So check out all of these awesome bands and tell me about your favorite new bands you dicovered. I'm curious!
x
Oyemi Noize

Video Killed The Radio Star.

Hey Boys and Girls.
It's time to check out what's on tv today.

I ♥ Shoegaze part 15

Hey you Shoegaze People out there.
A lot of bands come up with new great reverb stuff every day.
This makes me incredibly happy. So keep on or start your own band.
Need some inspiration? So check out the nex bands I show you.
Love Love Love
Oyèmi Noize  

I ♥ Shoegaze part 14

It's me again showing you the best new shit in Shoegaze Wonderland.

I ♥ Shoegaze part 13

WOHOOOOOOOO!!!
Shoegaze Shoegaze Shoegaze.
Check out all this great (new) bands and become a fan on facebook and anywhere else.
Love Love Love.

 

Outside Shoegaze Wonderland: Riot Grrrls & stucked back Grunge Guys

Hey Boys and Grrrls.

We're doing a little trip today. I want to show you another place I call home.
I'm a shoegaze girl. I live in Shoegaze Wonderland. But sometimes I like going out and take a drink with some friends in a cute little bar at the corner. Let's call it "BitchTown".

I call it this way, 'cause most of the girls, called a "bitch" are girls, who behave in an inadequate way.

I'm a Riot Grrrl. I play guitar in a Riot Grrrl Band called poor little rich girl. We're loud and we're not like the other girls and it sound like this:

I'm a feminist. And I'm not ashamed to say this out loud!
Every woman should consider herself a feminist. I believe in equal opportunity.
Just do, what you wanna do and be proud. Don't let anybody tell you, you're not good enough because you are a girl. You can do everything you want. EVERYTHING.
Or how Courtney would say:

Most people outside Bitch Town may think about the old times back in the 90's when hearing about Riot Grrrl stuff: "It's dead!"

I'm in love with the old stuff. And Rock'n'Roll is not dead because the King left us decades ago, right!



So, when I go out to drink some beer with my girls, we're talking about the new hot stuff out there in Bitch Town.



Last friday we talked about a band called I'm a Sloth from Vienna.
One Girl and two Boys in love with 90's Grunge and Punk Rock attitude.

They released their first album "Satisfashion" in 2012.
They are young and in love. In love with Noise, Sonic Youth, Beer, Hole and the whole 90's grunge thing. 

Of course they were too young when Kurt Cobain died and Sub Pop was (like really!) independant. So what?
They don't seem to copy things they saw on television when they were 4. They are authentic, real and honest kids, doing what they want to and give a fuck about what's in charts right now. They won't start the new Grunge Revival though, but listening to the LP I feel like 16 again. When I listened to Grunge Music the first time and was like "OMG, I was born at the wriong time." It makes me blue.

But back to I'm a Sloth. One thing I really like about them is the female and male vocals. They are adaptable. The one moment they sound like Melvins. Deep and dark. The next one they are L7. Punk Rock and Pop at the same time. I like it. I really do.

The guitar voicings are changing to much in my oppinion. Sometimes it reminds me of myself, when I got my first guitar ... However in Songs like "Employee Of The Mounth" they should ask Thurston Moore if he wants his sound back.

I hope I'm a Sloth will be able to release their next album very soon. I'm excited and dancing in my room while listening to the last song "Different". Hopefully they'll find their own sound and get support for Hole when Courtney is touring Austria again. :)

next shows:

Sept 9th @ Fluc | Vienna
Oct 14th @ Arena Beisl | Vienna
Jan 9th @ Noise Fest (B72) | Vienna

I ♥ Shoegaze part 12

I found some new, old, great, awesome, breathtaking, incredible, loud, noizy, reverby (I guess this ain't a word but I don't care) shoegaze bands I couldn't keep from you.
so check them, love them and buy all their stuff.
RIGHT NOW!!!!!

 

I ♥ Shoegaze part 11

It's time again. shoegaze time.check it out out out.
as always I'm just happy to support all these great bands.
love.
Oyèmi

 

New Song "Rebirth" by YUCK

YUCK just released their new track "Rebirth"!!
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH.
I fell in love with the band when my boyfriend showed them to me some years ago. They didn't even bring out an album yet but 2 great Demo-Songs.
Some years later it happened that my band JAGUWAR went on tour with them and they are so great people and an awesome live band.
After Daniel (singer/songwriter/guitarist) left the band there were many voices telling that without him it won't work out. BUT they proved them all wrong!
I love the new song. It's more shoegaze then the first record and that's always great, he?
And the title matches perfect. So check it out and show the guys some love.
You can also download the song for free here.

I hate TV 'cause it makes me sick.

Hey.After I did my last Video Action I received a lot of submissions. Thank's to all of you. They are all great and I'm happy to show them to the world.
In my eyes Music Videos are still important. Fuck MTV and all that crap. But art in any forms always come best together. So if you have the opportunity, grap a camera and put something together. It doesn't need to be highly produced. Everybody can do it.
Keep on.
Oyèmi Noize

I ♥ Shoegaze part 10

Hey Shoegaze people.
Today we have some kind of anniversary here.
It's the 10th version of I ♥ Shoegaze. I never thought there would be some many increcible cool bands out there. I'm kind of moved ...
So let's keep Shoegaze alive. Together. Support each other and stay on your way.
Reverb keeps me alive.
Love.
Oyèmi Noize
 

I ♥ Shoegaze part 9

Hey Hey Hey! 
It's time for a new "I ♥ Shoegaze" episode.
Check these great bands and support them.
In love.
Oyèmi Noize

I ♥ Shoegaze part 8

hey folks.
first of all I want to thank you for all the great submissions you sent me the last few weeks. It's amazing and shows me that there are a lot of really great bands out there and many people who are inspired by my blog. I'm sorry that I can't work on this blog as much as I want to but there is a lot of other things like my own band and my study that take advantage of my time. so please forgive me and if I forget you or your submission, please don't be mad and just remind me!
keep on living the shoegaze spirit. I just love you all.
x
Oyèmi Noize
 

Shoegaze Video Action.

Hey to all the Shoegaze Lovers out there!
I know you're all absolutely into crystal reverb sounds but I think it's much better if you can see something while listening to your favorite song.
I'll just post a few videos I like but please post your fav videos below as a comment or on my facebook page. I'm so excited to see moooooooore.

Shoegaze around the world: France

Hello world.

Today I start a new post-series called "Shoegaze around the world".
There are so many awesome shoegaze bands from all over the world.
So take your time and check this. Maybe you're new favorite shoegaze band is right around the corner.


So I start with France today!
A great big country and a lot of bands. However a bunch of french Shoegaze bands told me lately, that Shoegaze's not the shit in France. Well, I got you kids. Same here in Germany. But keep on and people will follow. I promise! Sometimes it just needs some time and people will understand thet Shoegaze is the most amazing music style ever invented!


The first band I want to entrust to you is FUTURE. Two guys from Paris creating noise walls in the tradition of A Place To Bury Strangers. They just released there new EP "Abyss" and it's just awesome. I love the voice of bassist Yann Canévet and the electric drum sound matches perfect with the reverb guitars. They just bacame Band of the Week on Shoegaze Love.


Not to forget the officiating Band of the Week - VENERA 4. They released their new Single "Haunted Summer" as an advanced song of their upcoming 2nd EP on wednesday this week and it just blew me away! The band consists of two boys and two girls and they also live in Paris. I love female voices so if you do too, this band is a little treasure you should not pass over.


Next band in the corner is DEAD HORSE ONE. They released their Debut album "Heavenly choir of jet engines" in march this year over Cranes Records. The voicings and the sound in general is really warm and powerfull and sometimes reminds me of Oasis. This guys have a feeling for great pop-songs and are more psychedelic then shoegaze but I don't mind. Just great!


MOUNTEBANK is a shoegaze band from Limoges. In March this year they released the b-side track called "Imagineerie". Their sound is more lo-fi and reminds me of the early My Bloody Bloody Valentine Stuff. Guitars are right in the front and sometimes it's a little dream-poppy.Sweet. They also work with drum-mashine how many shoegaze bands nowadays do.

Well, that's it so far. Tell me about your favorite Shoegaze band from France. I'm sure there are so many more out there I missed.

Riot Grrrls set the world on fire, bitchez!!

HEY HEY HEY !!
It's time to riot.Today shoegaze can kiss my ass! Girls get to the front!
Today I show you some ass-kicking Grrrl Bands (there may be some kind of guys in there, so what?!).
Check them out and become a fan. Riot Grrrl never dies! (Punk Rock does!)
Yeah, you're right thinking I'm a feminist bitch but I don't care. 

 
So first: Check out my Band POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL. 

  

And I just discovered this great band from Detroit - CrashDollz on facebook.
OMG!! this girls are amazing. Rock'n'Roll into your face!

   
And not to forget the incredible Candelilla from Munich.
They recorded their new album with mastermind Steve Albini. Wow!


Luise Pop from Vienna: Surf Indie and Syntie Pop. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

 
Fuck, there are so many great bands out there and this is just the smallest part.
So do you have a grrrl band? Let me know!!!!
cheers.
O. 

I ♥ Shoegaze (Soundcloud Edition n°1)

Hey folks.
Unfortunately there are some shoegaze bands you won't find on bandcamp.
Nevertheless they've got some ass-kicking songs out there and that's why I decided to make this special SOUNDCLOUD EDITION of 'I ♥ Shoegaze'.
I also got my very own soundcloud page. So please follow me.

The first song is a demo of my band JAGUWAR.
Our EP will be released in some days and you should absolutely check out the first noisy tones.

(they actually have a bandcamp but you don't find this rough mix on it.)

I ♥ Shoegaze part 7

Hey guys.
I'm happy as usual to give you a little view into the awesome world of shoegaze music. Today I want to thank THE SHOEGAZE COLLECTIVE for being a great support for every shoegaze band in the world. Become a part of something big and check out the group on facebook. It's also one of my most important sources for my blog and the 'I ♥ Shoegaze' line.
So enjoy the music and stay noisy.
love.
Oyèmi Noize
 

I ♥ Shoegaze part 6

It's time for the next I ♥ Shoegaze.
I show you the best (new) shoegaze-bands you'll find on bandcamp.
Some downloads are for free, but please think about the artists and leave them some bugs so they can continue doing great music.
Enjoy.
Kisses.
Oyèmi Noize

Girls Girls Girls

Today's International Women's Day - the perfect day to remind you people out there how many great female musicians were involved in great shoegaze, noise pop etc. projects from when the shit started on til today.
I always wanted to be one of them and show the world that it's not your gender making you a great musician, but talent and effort.

As I'm a real fucking Riot Grrrl (also tattood on my feet!), I want to encourage girls to take a fucking guitar or some drumsticks and just start playing. Just have fun and be loud. Give a fuck about what people say and just be yourself. You're great the way you are and everyone telling something different is a dumb-ass liar!

So first step:
Most of the musicians who influenced me when I was a little girl and made me want to be a rockstar were women. The next photos show the most important ones for me. Don't care if they are shoegaze or not. NOIZE!!

Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine)

Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, Free Kitten and many other projects)

Amanda Palmer (Solo, The Dresden Dolls)

Brody Dalle (The Distillers, Spinnerette)

Emilie Autumn (Solo)

Björk (Solo, Sugarcubes)

Courtney Love (Hole, Solo)

These are just a few impressions. The list could became endlessly long conaining nearly every Riot Grrrl of the early 90's, Patti Smith, Kate Bush, The Girls of Lush and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, ...

One thing making me really happy the last years is, that more and more women start founding bands and create some really great music. Some of the next ones I show you are already more popular then others, but they are all great and worth to check out. Thats why I will post a bandcamp link to the ones I guess you may not know so far.

Tamaryn (Solo)

Alex Gehring (Ringo Deathstarr)

Mariko Doi (YUCK, Parakeet)

Dum Dum Girls

Vivian Girls

Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast)

Candelilla (candelilla.bandcamp.com)

Luise Pop (luisepop.bandcamp.com)

Katarina Trenk (Sex Jams - sexjams.bandcamp.com)

Nan Turner (Schwervon! - schwervon.bandcamp.com)

There are also a lot more great women I adore.
I just hope you'll never forget:

"Girls invented Punk Rock not England!"

Cheers.
Oyèmi Noize