Dream pop

A genre of music containing pop melodies and sensibilities with an ambient feel. The Cocteau Twins are recognized as pioneers of the dream pop sound, their sound a collage of soft, almost indecipherable vocals and languid soundscapes. The Velvet Underground are regarded as a major influence on early dreampop bands. Dreampop is characterized by, acoustic guitars and keyboards, heavily delayed electric guitars , vocals mixed lower than usual, a drum track punctuated by pads and samples Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: The Meeting Places

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Saturday 11 February 2012
Umphrey's McGee Work Drugs Saturday 11 February 2012	Electric Factory Philadelphia PA, United States 39.958868 -75.150212	10 went 1 shout
Super River The Withers Saturday 11 February 2012	Yeaheavy Los Angeles, United States	1 went 1 shout
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Umphrey's McGee Work Drugs Sunday 12 February 2012	Rams Head Live! Baltimore MD, United States 39.289144 -76.607122	4 going Add shout
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Twin Sister Ava Luna Monday 13 February 2012	Hi-Dive Denver, CO, Denver, United States 39.71634 -104.987672	5 going Add shout
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Twin Sister Ava Luna Wednesday 15 February 2012	The Waiting Room Omaha NE, United States 41.285019 -96.008757	2 going Add shout
Asobi Seksu Wednesday 15 February 2012	The Bishop Bloomington, IN, United States 39.165713 -86.533448	2 going Add shout

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KeithLew wrote:
last week

Check out this new artist! http://www.last.fm/group/Santa+Leja+Group

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mattabad wrote:
last month

Youth Lagoon, rocks

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JuliusNepos wrote:
last month

Cocteau Twins should be no 1

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ooMiLtOnoo wrote:
last month

love genre <3

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carlosmachete wrote:
last month

opeth

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fuckyouty1 wrote:
December 2011

very good genre. I like it.

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kwokwokwo wrote:
December 2011

Ну хотелось бы чёнить новенько.но покачт таким и не пахнет

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bc_ranger wrote:
December 2011

here is a nice free compilation of lesser known shoegaze and dream pop bands, feel free to try.

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galaxydustZea wrote:
December 2011

<----- recommend some good tunes to her

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RussellChap wrote:
November 2011

If Anyone's interested there's a Group for A.R. Kane http://www.last.fm/group/A.R.+Kane

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RussellChap wrote:
November 2011

Umm. Cocteau twins didn't coin the term Dream pop A.R. Kane did, but The Cocteau Twins were a big influence on them so by default The Cocteau Twins are the original Dream pop group ;-)

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BearsandLions wrote:
November 2011

I think this music is really good for studying?

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Nazka-Doherty wrote:
November 2011

LOOOOVE

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devstones wrote:
November 2011

Cherry-Coloured Funk

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fuckyouty1 wrote:
November 2011

Eels is dream pop too. they're also labeled alternative.

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damnitcrack wrote:
November 2011

White Hinterland & The Radio Dept.

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devstones wrote:
October 2011

Mojave

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Retrogums wrote:
October 2011

Fairly bad genre from my little experience but I did fix up the genre description for you.

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JelenaIcic wrote:
September 2011

New single of Serbian band Vranorod (shoegaze/post-rock/melancholic pop) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6Cq0glE7I

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tlkk wrote:
September 2011

The Radio Dept.

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