I'm not mentioning much that wasn't mentioned before, but if you'd like to
filter the list below down a little (obviously coil and nin are at relative
remove from broadcast), here goes:
Stereolab is obviously the closest to Broadcast's sound. The UiLab Fires EP
(covers of St. Elmo's Fire-- took me over a year to warm up to it, but now I
think it's lovely) seems really relevant as well. Mum (the icelandic, not
the austrian outfit) is also weirdly reminiscent to my ear-- moodwise, at
the very least. You could also say St. Etienne, but why bother? Yawn....
As far as the lush, disaffected, breathy female voice goes: My Bloody
Valentine, the Sundays, the Cocteau Twins, Julie Cruise (cheese factor =
high; irony = nonexistent), and *recent* Yo La Tengo (Georgia's tracks are
gorgeous) are all quite nice, for various reasons.
United States of America, John Barry (lots of Barry), and Eno are some
important back influences, as are Edith Piaf and the ever-lovely Francoise
Hardy. I think someone also mentioned the Forbidden Planet soundtrack
recently?
I'm sure there are others that are just as reminiscent-- the shoegazer and
trip-hop scenes definitely churned out their share of cookie-cutter
contenders, and Broadcast have soaked up a steaming heap of prog along with
their noir-- but the bands/people above I can recommend without much
reservation. Probably someone from Birmingham could fill this in better. Not
that anything other than Stereolab sounds all *that* much like Broadcast....
What was that line from Simon and Garfunkel.... "I been Phil Spector'd...
resurrected"-- that's how I always remember it, anyway. Always comes to mind
when listening to Broadcast.
Cheers,
M.
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Made with affection by distrustful lovers.
quoted 56 lines Here are all of the bands in my MP3 collection that I put in the same
>Here are all of the bands in my MP3 collection that I put in the same
>category as Broadcast:
>
>aerial m
>air
>beck
>belle & sebastian
>bjork
>Bjork
>boards of canada
>bowery electric
>brian eno
>broadcast
>brokeback
>chapterhouse
>coctaeu twins
>coil
>current 93
>Dead Can Dance
>econoline crush
>fuxa
>Garbage
>god lives underwater
>godspeed my black emperor
>Hooverphonic
>king kong
>labradford
>lamb
>lush
>massive attack
>miranda sex garden
>mogwai
>mojave3
>morrissey
>my bloody valentine
>nin
>nurse with wound
>Phillip Glass
>portisehead
>salaryman
>siouxsie
>Sisters of Mercy
>slowdive
>sofa surfers
>SouthPacific
>sparklehorse
>stereolab
>sub oslo
>sundays
>swirlies
>the cure
>the sea and cake
>The Sisters Of Mercy
>the telescopes
>vangelis
>yo la tengo
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