# Help me beef up my "dreamy" music playlist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172 "2011-03-02T05:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/1 "2011-03-02T05:21:24Z")
The playlist consists primarily of dreampop, shoegaze, and electronica. Looking for songs that are (subjectively of course) dreamy, ethereal, & transcendent. Some examples from my playlist: [Sometimes by My Bloody Valentine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0dJqlvOSq4) - around 1/4 of this playlist is MBV so far [Fotzepolitic by Cocteau Twins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIs6uc440Z4) [Zebra by Beach House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ipyWYO3LM) [Spooky Rhodes by Laika](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6dpW0a265s) Any suggestions for songs with this vibe? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/2 "2011-03-02T05:50:20Z")
Dream and Shoegaze aren’t subgenres I’ve developed a lot of interest in - I’m more into Bullet For My Valentine than My Bloody Valentine - but there are some songs I really do like. Catherine Wheel “I Want To Touch You” Elysian Fields “Bend Your Mind” Eisley “Taking Control” Dubstar “Stars” Dinosaur Jr. “Feel The Pain” Gravenhurst “Blue Beard” As for electronica being on the dreamy side, I think you should listen to **Zero 7** (try “Pop Art Blue” specifically) and **Warpaint** (“Billie Holiday”). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/3 "2011-03-02T06:53:02Z")
Lush – [“Deluxe”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcLIZ9D5ZgA&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/4 "2011-03-02T07:54:26Z")
I immediately thought “Cocteau Twins” upon reading the thread title, but I see that’s already been taken. Lush was my next thought, but that’s also taken. How about M83? Kind of like electronic shoegaze–definitely influenced by both MBV and CT. It somewhat depends on what kind of “dreamy” you want, but [Unrecorded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_zL2_rcTMg) or perhaps [Run Into Flowers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR9VzRd0l-s) should be up your alley. Massive Attack [Teardrop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K72X4eo_s) Sigur Ros [Svefn-g-englar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5Grncdjlc) Plenty of Smashing Pumpkins would fit the bill, too. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/5 "2011-03-02T08:15:21Z")
> [@HoboStew](#): > > Any suggestions for songs with this vibe? You linked to and probably already know all the ones I’d mention right offhand. Besides Cocteau Twins, there’s This Mortal Coil, Delirium, Massive Attack, Portishead, and others. Are you familiar with Cranes? Alison Shaw has a very unusual, kinda little-girl voice, but if you like it, many (not all) of their songs might fit somewhere into your playlist. I can’t find most of my favorites, and songs I know would work for you, on YouTube, damn, but here are a few I like. Are they too far off the mark? At least it lets you know if you can handle her voice. Cranes - [“Adoration”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB0C5zM_g4Q) Cranes - [“In The Night”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKCyLt9wvI) Cranes - [“Everywhere”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvlEGMa1wI8) Cranes - [“Thursday”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXzLZh_vRTs) How about Bel Canto? Many of their songs are way outside of your playlist (like [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97KFcezkyQc), and [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXpjHvs7wPU), and [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWWj8nIvAfc), and [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wssltGWyb-s), and [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjA3zrXl5NY), and [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcZDL6dQA0M), and [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLZCwtsVU9A)) but some are close. Hmm, now that I’m searching and listening, I can’t find the songs that I wanted to recommend. How frustrating. I’m going to have to do something about that, and Cranes, one of these days. This gets closest. Bel Canto - [“Picnic On The Moon”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_1T6_8Z_8) Fitting the “dreamy, ethereal, & transcendent” criteria, though not with the vibe of your links, you might like these for another playlist another time: [“The Chariot,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qn5q8d26DE), [“Winter,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znCo5FI9h9o) [“Temporary and Eternal,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL4LHADZ-L8) [“Summer,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0pIbzyVwU) [“Ra Is A Busy God.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPNMohJMH7M) ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/6 "2011-03-02T11:18:29Z")
For me, far and away the best shoegaze/dream band was Slowdive. Any of their early stuff is exemplary, but I love ‘She Calls’ and ‘Primal’. Their version of the old Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra song ‘Some Velvet Morning’ is very good too. I’ll second M83, particularly ‘Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun’ (great title) from Before The Dawn Heals Us. In a gentler vein, Love Spirals Downwards are very good. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/7 "2011-03-02T13:34:14Z")
When I hear “dreamy, ethereal, & transcendent” I think Radiohead, Sigur Ros. Some of the songs off of the Into the Wild soundtrack are pretty awesome as well by Eddie Vedder ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/8 "2011-03-02T13:37:44Z")
Oh there’s this [song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA_5a0miWk)as well that I love. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/9 "2011-03-02T13:43:09Z")
Another vote for Sigur Ros Some Lemon Jelly tracks would fit your description but not all. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/10 "2011-03-02T13:54:41Z")
Whenever I see people asking for music recommendations I wonder why [All Music](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/my-bloody-valentine-p4984) is so apparently little known. You can start anywhere you like and find hundreds of bands to follow. Check out the linked page. Everything is linked even Styles and Moods It lists Similar Artists: A.R. Kane The Jesus and Mary Chain Lush Ride Chapterhouse Moose Slowdive Swervedriver Ultra Vivid Scene Medicine Hüsker Dü Loop Dinosaur Jr. The Flaming Lips Pixies The Primitives Spacemen 3 Yo La Tengo His Name Is Alive Mercury Rev Influences: The Beach Boys The Birthday Party Cocteau Twins The Cramps Sonic Youth The Velvet Underground The Beatles The Durutti Column Hüsker Dü The Kinks Spacemen 3 Throbbing Gristle Wire Chrome Burt Bacharach Brian Eno Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix Followers: Amp Asobi Seksu The Boo Radleys Giant Drag The Swirlies The Raveonettes Amnesia Guitar Serena Maneesh Chapterhouse Fennesz Spirea X Cranes Autodrone Garbage Run Run Run Manitoba Pia Fraus The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa Sweet Trip ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/11 "2011-03-02T14:03:45Z")
Damon and Naomi-The Mirror Phase ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/12 "2011-03-02T14:06:25Z")
I would suggest The Faunts [M4 (Part 1)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0wxjnmwOg) and [M4 (Part 2)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkSnCZMXSM). ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/13 "2011-03-02T15:14:14Z")
I would highly recommend [Tristeza - Dream Signals in Full Circles](http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Signals-in-Full-Circles/dp/B000TERIL6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299078273&sr=8-4) [The Album Leaf - One Day I’ll Be On Time](http://www.amazon.com/One-Day-Ill-Be-Time/dp/B000TEPGTM/ref=sr_shvl_album_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299078438&sr=301-4) [Lumen - The Man Felt An Iron Hand](http://www.amazon.com/Man-Felt-Iron-Hand/dp/B002U3J9VG/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299078500&sr=301-3) The Mercury Program - [All The Suits Began to Fall Off](http://www.amazon.com/All-Suits-Began-Fall-off/dp/B000TDIERE/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1299078596&sr=301-2) and [A Data Learn the Language](http://www.amazon.com/A-Data-Learn-the-Language/dp/B000TDG9WQ/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299078596&sr=301-3) These are all instrumental bands that have a psychadelic but mellow sound. Links are to [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) with samples so you can check it out and see if anything strikes your fancy. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/14 "2011-03-02T15:48:37Z")
[Sparklehorse](http://www.myspace.com/sparklehorse/music) [Stereolab](http://www.myspace.com/stereolab/music) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/15 "2011-03-02T17:23:35Z")
Hope you don’t mind if I inject some retro suggestions. Jimi Hendrix Experience: [May This Be Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOOUJy69p7g) Pink Floyd: [A Pillow of Winds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUdG4RiO268) Beatles: [Sun King](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23n7O6cwJis) Brian Eno: [By This River](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUyZgXN6DBQ) (Eno is the king of ethereal music) Family: [Bolero Babe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAIs6PvUIA0) King Crimson: [Book of Saturday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZBoXTsAQ-k) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/16 "2011-03-02T18:18:38Z")
How about Shaun Cassidy’s cover of _Da Doo Ron-ron_? My sister always said _he_ was dreamy. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/17 "2011-03-02T18:28:30Z")
The Verve’s first album, _A Storm in Heaven_. Some songs: [Already There](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7fRBszSf0) and [Star Sail](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtS_KMsSoDo&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/18 "2011-03-06T01:01:51Z")
Weird, I could have sworn I posted a rather lengthy reply a couple days ago. I must have failed at clicking, oh well. Thanks for all the responses everyone, apologies if I can’t get to each one. > [@pulykamell](#): > > How about M83? I actually toyed with putting “Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts” (the song, not the album) but decided it was a bit too long. “Run Into Flowers” is a good call, thats going on the list. > [@pulykamell](#): > > Massive Attack [Teardrop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K72X4eo_s) I’ve never liked MA as much as everyone else does. I dunno why. It certainly SEEMS like I should like it based on everything else I like, but it just never works for me. > [@pulykamell](#): > > Sigur Ros [Svefn-g-englar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5Grncdjlc) Already on the list 🙂 [QUOTE=cjepson] Jimi Hendrix Experience: May This Be Love [/QUOTE] Weird, I have this listed as “Waterfall” in my library. Guess we have another Baba O’Reilly situation. Love the song, although not quite… fuzzy enough to qualify as “dreamy” for me. > [@](#): > > Brian Eno I have whole other playlists devoted to Eno, one of my heroes. For this mix, if I were going to use an Eno tune I would go with [Spider and I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPluE34pkGg). [QUOTE=Paintcharge] Sparklehorse [/QUOTE] Loves me the 'horse, I was really sad when he decided to end it all. I put [Junebug](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57abbm3UfV8), [Hey Joe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i8s245jxRE)(which I just learned was a Daniel Johnston cover), & [It’s a Wonderful Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZsQf6WjHI) on the mix. [QUOTE= interface2x] I would suggest The Faunts [/QUOTE] I like part 1. Is it on an album? I see part 2 on the Mass Effect soundtrack but not part 1. [QUOTE= stpauler] Damon and Naomi-The Mirror Phase [/QUOTE] My favorite D&N song, good call! [QUOTE=don’t ask] Whenever I see people asking for music recommendations I wonder why All Music is so apparently little known. [/QUOTE] I’m all over [allmusic.com](http://allmusic.com). For these purposes, though, I find it a little broad. Husker Du and The Pixies aren’t really what I am looking for at all. Great site in general though. The list did remind me of Raveonettes, though, so I threw [Hallucinations](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw91tPJyPyI) on there. [QUOTE= NineToTheSky] For me, far and away the best shoegaze/dream band was Slowdive [/QUOTE] Ooh good call. Souvlaki (only album of theirs I have) has some great dreamy songs on it. I think I will go with [Country Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IA57iKHbro). I should pick up more of their stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/19 "2011-03-06T01:33:37Z")
There’s some of Bill Frisell’s stuff that you might enjoy, like ‘[Shenandoah](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svzv-YkUzdk)’. ---
**Author:** ![superslug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@superslug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superslug)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172/20 "2011-03-06T02:49:19Z")
This fits your request perfectly. You will not be disappointed. [http://www.amazon.com/Untitled/dp/B000W1YYRC/ref=sr\_shvl\_album\_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299379676&sr=301-4](http://www.amazon.com/Untitled/dp/B000W1YYRC/ref=sr_shvl_album_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299379676&sr=301-4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-beef-up-my-dreamy-music-playlist/573172.md?page=2)