Very subjective of course. Which of the below tracks do you like? What hazy dream pop or chillwave artists are you a fan of? Any other tracks you'd recommend? Share your opinions in the comments belowStickers - SLEEP ∞ OVER
Kaputt - Destroyer
I Never Would - Seapony
Spaced Out Orbit - Thao & Mirah
Letters Home - CFCF (Memoryhouse Remix)
Honey Mine - Korallreven (Memoryhouse Remix)
Hey Moon - John Maus (Molly Nilsson cover)
Leather Glove - Love Inks
Charades - Papercuts
Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me) - Ford & Lopatin
Lovedropper - The Boy Friend
Given the Time - Craft Spells
Sleep Patterns - Memoryhouse
We Have Everything - Young Galaxy
The Kiss – Pallers
Amor Fati - Washed Out
More dream pop (or near enough) from this year not to be missed:
Cover Your Tracks - Young Galaxy (CFCF Remix)
Streetlight - John Maus
Still Life - The Horrors
Quiet America - Memoryhouse
Lately – Memoryhouse
Warm In The Winter - Glass Candy
Video Games - Lana Del Ray
No Widows - The Antlers
Moullinex - Tear Club
Videotapes - Blouse
Surface - Teen Daze
Sun Hits - Memory Tapes
You're Almost There - Lanterns On The Lake
Lungs Quicken - Lanterns on the Lake
Fallout - Neon Indian
Marmelade Kids - Dumbo Gets Mad
Peripheral Visionaries - Young Galaxy
So Sorry - Geoffrey O'Connor
Sparrow Song - Acrylics (Feat. Caroline Polachek)
Lord Knows Best - Dirty Beaches
Not A Friend - Cat's Eyes
Chinatown - Destroyer
Forget that you're young - The Raveonettes
90 Degrees - Ladytron
I'm God - Clams Casino
Alien Observer - Grouper
Humdrum – Pallers
Bobby - Youth Lagoon
Our own dream - Keep Shelly in Athens
Fluorescent Nights - Echo Shade
Brief Encounter - Secret Cities
Flowers Bloom - High Highs
Moving Machine - Grouper
Stolen Dog – Burial
The White Season - Still Corners
The Twilight Hour - Still Corners
The Same Thing - Cass McCombs
Pinky's Dream (feat. Karen O) - David Lynch
Common Burn - Mazzy Star
Lay Myself Down - Mazzy Star
Ghost Dream – Blouse
Oblivion – Grimes
He Doesn’t Know Why - Silver Swans (Fleet Foxes cover)
Reunion - M83
Splendor - M83
California Birds - Keep Shelly In Athens & ABADABA
Here in Heaven 2 - Elite Gymnastics
Omamori - Elite Gymnastics
Halogen (I Could Be A Shadow) - Neon Indian
Silver Time Machine - Death In Vegas
Conquest –The Sound Of Arrows
Hearts (Bedroom Sessions) - I Break Horses
Egyptian Wrinkle - Boy Friend
Modern normal - Memoryhouse
The heavens turn by themselves - Sleep ∞ over
Into black - Blouse
Nuclear Seasons - Charli XCX
Plage - Crystal Fighters (Compuphonic Remix)
Red Light - Gigamesh (Goldroom Remix)
Swimming - Neutron Wireless Crystal (Trenchurian Remix)
Because The Night - Au Palais
Patricia's thirst - Choir of Young Believers (1st single from 2012 album)
Wild Eyed – The Horrors
The Fog Rose High - Craft Spells
Early To Bed – Weathervane
Hey Sparrow - Peaking Lights
One Second Of Love - Nite Jewel
Thunderbolts Of Love - Part Time
Still Sound - Toro Y Moi
For Love I Come – Thundercat
Paradisco - Charlotte Gainsbourg
Psychic Driving – Soft Metals
No One is Ever Going to Want Me - Giles Corey/Dan Barrett
Skeleton Key - Love Inks
Speed vs. Distance - Fotoshop
The Earth Plates Are Shifting - Young Empires
Skybound - Molly Nilsson
Yellow Halo - Goldfrapp
38 Stories - Indoor Voices
AT2 - Araab Muzik
I Remember - Araab Muzik
Dying Hipster - Torgny (feat. Maria Due)
This Aint No Hymn - Saint Saviour
Kelly - When Saints Go Machine
Better - Teen
High Priestess - Active Child
Diamond Heart - Active Child
Paris Collides - Rufus
Dreaming - Adam & The Amethysts
Eyes Be Closed - Washed Out
Far Away - Washed Out
White Trees - Mads Björn
Unspoken ft El Perro del Mar - Pacific!
Into the Wilderness - Burning Hearts
(Watch this space for more 2011 tracks in future...last updated 2nd of Feb 2012)
You might also like my list below....
Top dream pop songs of 2010:
Heirloom - Memoryhouse
I L U - School of Seven Bells
Camouflage – Small Black
When We're Dancing - Twin Shadow
Shadows – Warpaint
Undertow - Warpaint
Outer Limits – Sleep Over
Last Forever – Molly Nilsson
Forget You & I - Nite Jewel
Falling Far - Nite Jewel
Better times - Beach House
Dancing Ghosts - Azure Ray
Saviour - Teen Daze
Watch Over Me - Teen Daze
Live In Dreams (Wild Nothing Cover) - High Highs
Icarus - White Hinterland
The Truest Faith – Korallreven
Chinatown – Wild Nothing
On Giving Up - High Places
Across the Sea - D'eon
Devon - Grimes
Dream Fortress - Grimes
Don't Be Afraid - Keep Shelly In Athens
Burn Bridges – Dom
My Plants Are Dead - Blonde Redhead
Spain - Blonde Redhead
Shades Away - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
You Can Count On Me (live) - Panda Bear
Voyage - Charlotte Gainsbourg
Beatrice - Home Video
A Step Forward - Contre Jour
Soak It Up - Houses
A Real Hero - College feat. Electric Youth
Under Your Spell - Desire (2009)
Nightcall - Kavinsky
Amor Fati from Washed Out was one of my favorite songs all year. Not just dream song. You put a hell of a lot work into this. Well done.
ReplyDeletethis is perfect. i knew craft spells, lana del ray, sea pony and that was pretty much it. this is a big introduction to a great genre.
ReplyDeleteyou should check out beach fossils and young wrists
Like to see those Horrors guys on your list, they are really special refreshment from a music scene, have their own style and I appreciate it. I enjoy their live at Exit Festival in Serbia, amazing!
ReplyDelete@Max: Thanks, took me a while, was worth it though ( : The Washed Out album I find to be a bit overrated, still pretty good! Especially Amor Fati.
ReplyDelete@Gregory Roy : Perfect, thanks!! I do my best. Glad you are enjoying my list. I hope to create more such lists with other music genres later on.
I will check those artists you mention, appreciate it ( :
@Night Admirer: The Horrors, maybe its just me-they don't seem to get much attention outside of the UK? I found them by accident on a UK-based blog I follow: "burning reels"
Good to see you found them too in Serbia ( :
These are some great new tracks for me. I was really enjoying I Never Would by Seapony. I think I'll have to download that one, thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat work as always! My fave off this list is in the "other" category, and that's "No Windows" by The Antlers. And I agree that Amor Fati is a great song regardless of genre. Did you ever hear Kendal Johannson's "Blue Moon" last year? For me it was a 2011 track, but apparently it came out last year.
ReplyDelete@Colleen: The Seapony track is really great, happy you are finding some new music, I tried to share both male and female singers on the list, so both are represented.
ReplyDelete@Derek: Yeah, the "other" category is equally as strong really, no ranking here, just too many youtube videos slows down my blog.
I'm new to The Antlers, and the new album made an instant impression, should have found them sooner. I'll give Kendal Johannson's "Blue Moon" a listen, thanks. Looking forward to your best music of 2011 list ( :
Yumyum, lots of dreampop:)
ReplyDeleteI need to catch up on some of these - keep meaning to listen to the Dirty Beaches album.
Have you heard Teen Daze's 'Watch Over Me'?
Other dreamy tracks i've been enjoying lately are most things by M83, 'My Plants Are Dead' by Blonde Redhead, 'Believer' by John Maus, 'Crushed' by Cocteau Twins, 'Romantic Streams' by Sleep Over and'An Ending (Ascent)' by Brian Eno
@Burning Reels: Thanks, I'll listen to the song suggestions, Teen Daze I am not so familiar with. New M83 album was a bit loud for my taste. I tried that 80s Brian Eno ambient soundtrack album on your blog, amazing,many highlights, partcularly love: Weightless, An Ending, Drift, Deep blue day, Always returning. In 2011"The Real" by Eno impressed me:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx288P_Yd7Y
For me, Dirty Beaches album was a bit of a letdown, the track I shared was good.
Keep on burning those reels ( :
I loved your list thanks a lot man :)
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