VT Live - Just Meagan 7/26/2024
finishing the second part of These Shoegaze States of America (50 Bands from 50 States)
two songs selected while Meagan gathered show songs:
Mitski - Your Best American Girl
Chelsea Wolfe - American Darkness (born in Northern California)
These Shoegaze States of America (50 Bands from 50 States) begins:
BLEAK - Is It Mine? X - representing New Jersey (Boonton)
“BLEAK is a 4-piece nu-gaze / alternative rock band from Lea County, NM” - Bandcamp
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Soundpool - On High - On High (from On High SOLD OUT, released May 16, 2006) - representing New York (NYC)
Wednesday - Bath County - Rat Saw God - representing North Carolina (Asheville)
The Electric Blankets - Siren Song - Below Grade Studio Session - representing North Dakota (Fargo) “We play moody, atmospheric rock in Fargo, ND.” - B
Sungaze - So Light - representing Ohio (Cincinnati) “Midwest Shoegaze” - B
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Submotile - EDBZ Promo
Mutual Enjoyment - Winter Sun (demo) - representing Oklahoma (OKC or Oklahoma City)
As Above - Descend Into - representing Oregon
Her New Knife - Schoenberg - from Destroza, - representing Pennsylvania
The Flowers of Hell - Darklands - representing Rhode Island (Providence)
Isaur - Leather - representing South Carolina
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Chris from The Orchids - EDBZ Promo
Off Contact - Demonize - representing South Dakota
“Post-punk you can trip out to. A primal scream into a throw pillow. Gothic shoegaze in steel-toed boots. The hangover crust of self-doubt in the corner of last night's clear eye, if the crust had a melody and the melody had teeth. Unsettling. Invigorating. Terrifying. Cathartic.” - Bandcamp
Tape Deck Mountain - NOMO - representing Tennessee - “Shoegaze" project, Nashville, TN via San Diego, CA” - Bandcamp
Ringo Deathstarr - Summertime - Levitation Sessions (Live) - representing Texas (Austin)
World’s Worst - Dry It Out - representing Utah
sleeping in - Big Starr - representing Vermont (Burlington) - “we want naps” - Bandcamp
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cathedral bells - EDBZ Promo
Keep - Sodawater - representing Virginia (Richmond)
Alcian Blue - song is listed as A Fading Smile but correct song title is A Faded Smile - representing Washington, D.C. **NOT A STATE but this DJ believes that it should be and hopes that statehood will be granted to it in her lifetime - MVM **
The Long Lost Somethins (Sic) - Jacob Held High - Some Dodging Crows- representing West Virginia (Huntington) “Rock and roll tunes from Huntington, WV.” - Bandcamp
HUMID - Catch My Drift - representing Wisconsin (Milwaukee) “A swirling wave that screams our dismal array.” - Bandcamp
Supportive Care - Old High - representing Wyoming (Laramie) “Laramie Shoegaze
2022-2024” - Bandcamp
End of These Shoegaze
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Meagan’s 3 selections to represent Washington State
Screaming Trees - I Nearly Lost You
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
Shabazz Palaces - The Mystery of Lonnie the Døn
Two songs chosen purely for the love of them:
Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover) (UK)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Quiet (Chicago, Illinois)
Meagan selections to represent California
DIIV - Acheron
Weekend - Coma Summer (Live at the Independent, San Francisco)
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