Slowcore

Slowcore (a term often used interchangeably with its unfortunately named superset, sadcore) is a sub-genre of alternative rock music defined by a uniformly slow tempo, minimalist arrangements and bleak, often depressive lyrical themes. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Astronaut

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Dec 11 Friday 11 December 2009
Mark Kozelek - Luna Music 15th Anniversary Event at Big Car Gallery Mark Kozelek	Big Car Gallery Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis, United States 39.778579 -86.156733	6 people attending Add shout
Dec 12 Saturday 12 December 2009
L'Altra @ Empty Bottle, Chicago at Empty Bottle L'Altra, Land of Talk	Empty Bottle Chicago IL, United States 41.900424 -87.68609	Add shout
Land of Talk L'Altra	Empty Bottle Chicago IL, United States 41.900424 -87.68609	9 people attending 2 shouts
Dec 15 Tuesday 15 December 2009
Retribution Gospel Choir	Mercury Lounge New York, United States 40.722024 -73.98682	3 people attending Add shout
Dec 17 Thursday 17 December 2009
Mountains The For Carnation	Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NY, Wellington, United States -41.3166667 174.75	1 person attending Add shout
Dec 19 Saturday 19 December 2009
Retribution Gospel Choir at Club 501 Retribution Gospel Choir, Whitesand/Badlands	Club 501 Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis, United States 44.978285 -93.261147	4 people attending 1 shout

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Jamesismynamo wrote:
Monday evening

I so fucking hate the word "core". [3]

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wahai_riz wrote:
9 days ago

I so fucking hate the word "core". [2]

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ithinkitsjustme wrote:
16 days ago

Guess some people should take some time reading about music itself (not only bands) and try to understand the logic behind the tags so they could better criticise other than just saying senseless things and making themselves look bad in public. But hey, that's just me.

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blibblipblib wrote:
20 days ago

modus is a spammer

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wphockey wrote:
last month

slowcore sounds too intense for me...

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LordRama wrote:
last month

"but for people with more experimental music tastes, it gets less relevant and mundane the further you go." Bullshit, I wouldn't have discovered half the stuff I listened to if it weren't for musically dissimilar artists getting grouped arbitrarily into media-generated boxes. Asking "what sounds like X" will just get you stuff that sounds like X, whereas asking "what is grouped into the same arbitrary category as X" is more likely to surprise you with different stuff (where X is a generic moniker, like post-rock or industrial, that includes a bunch of things that don't sound alike). For example, if I like Autechre, asking "what sounds kinda like Autechre" is going to get me mostly stuff that sounds kinda like Autechre, whereas asking "what is some other good idm-type stuff" is going to get me stuff that sounds kinda like Autechre, in addition to other great artists like The Orb or Boards of Canada, which sound nothing like Autechre.

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outoftheangeles wrote:
last month

I only found out about Low, Codeine and Bedhead by clicking on the slowcore tag out of curiosity from the Galaxie500 page. I know Low hate the term, but I think it's a useful tag, and the bands all fit the description well. If they'd been tagged indie I'd probably never discovered them.

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catachresistant wrote:
last month

It's more of a bowel movement than a genre.

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tridentgum0 wrote:
last month

Slowcore is more of a movement than a genre, and a fine movement it was.

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GKarabogdan wrote:
last month

Lachlan_Willis wrote some smart things. You kids should pay attention to it.

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Lachlan_Willis wrote:
September 2009

If you don't like the way people tag genres, just don't subscribe to it and ignore it. It doesn't really make a difference, each band will sound different, some sound more similar to others that's all. I don't say 'Hey I love Red House Painters, time to check out every Slowcore band ever', I say 'Hey I love Red House Painters, time to check out bands that might sound similar to them in the hope I can find another band I like.' Using genres to pigeonhole things just works better for some people in helping them find out what they might like, but for people with more experimental music tastes, it gets less relevant and mundane the further you go. Also, CA_Punker i'm pretty sure Shitcore does exist much to your dismay.

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Doriol wrote:
September 2009

Holy shit, get over it. Slowcore is just as much a genre as anything else.

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catachresistant wrote:
September 2009

Get a haircut.

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Lord_Bolverk wrote:
September 2009

Slowcore... One more shitty tag

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ragga_jungle wrote:
September 2009

пиздец) уже есть)

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ragga_jungle wrote:
September 2009

ничё) скоро появится postcore.

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CA_Punker wrote:
September 2009

Slowcore? What the fuck is that means? Waiting for Shitcore and Barfcore.

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Uniontrade wrote:
September 2009

One thing more....enjoy the music...the tags is create for the industries....live free...kill mtv

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Uniontrade wrote:
September 2009

if no like some...simple...leave it!......but have a little reason...so much styles with >"core", but slowcore have the slow, low, sad, pacefull, reflective alternative side "b" of 90's ...for it I say...sadcore slowcore no is so bad term for this amazing music...again...if no like some...simple leave it....no spent your energy...go out and listen your chemical romance, blink 182, falloutboy, pantera, nirvana, green day....hehehe check if someone have the slowcore tags....

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catachresistant wrote:
August 2009

But for example. Codeine isn't "serene", or remotely related to shoegaze or dreampop. I dunno what slowcore bands you've heard (you're currently listening to Things We Lost, which says it all, really), but you've got the wrong idea about what the genre actually sounds like.

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