Girls with guitars ROCK
October 2, 2020 11:15 AM Subscribe
Do you like shoegaze? Powerpop? Alt rock? Would you list Pavement or Julianna Hatfield among your favorite artists? Do you frequently find yourself staring wistfully out of windows while listening to the Pete & Pete soundtrack wondering where that Blake Babies sound went? Do you miss the 90s? Do you wonder what the 90s is like now, in 2020? It's been a while but Beabadoobee is here to assure you the wait was worth it.
Beabadoobee is a British Filipina guitar musician who's been putting out some of the best music of the past few years. She is very good!
Songs!
Care
If You Want To
I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus (Space Cadet sessions vers.)
She Plays Bass
Disappear
Space Cadet
Susie May
How Was Your Day?
Live!
The Bridge 909 session
KEXP session
Studio Milwaukee session
Asia Rising session
Care & Worth It on Vevo DSCVR
This is her Bandcamp
Most of Bea's videos - which evoke an elaborately idealized dream world of 90s pop culture without wallowing in nostalgia - are directed by Bedroom, a shoegazey artist worth checking out as well.
Beabadoobee is a British Filipina guitar musician who's been putting out some of the best music of the past few years. She is very good!
Songs!
Care
If You Want To
I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus (Space Cadet sessions vers.)
She Plays Bass
Disappear
Space Cadet
Susie May
How Was Your Day?
Live!
The Bridge 909 session
KEXP session
Studio Milwaukee session
Asia Rising session
Care & Worth It on Vevo DSCVR
This is her Bandcamp
Most of Bea's videos - which evoke an elaborately idealized dream world of 90s pop culture without wallowing in nostalgia - are directed by Bedroom, a shoegazey artist worth checking out as well.
She also recorded a cover of Don't You Forget About Me which is '80stastic, better than the original IMNSHO.
Great post!
posted by signal at 11:35 AM on October 2, 2020 [3 favorites]
Great post!
posted by signal at 11:35 AM on October 2, 2020 [3 favorites]
She also recorded a cover of Don't You Forget About Me which is '80stastic, better than the original IMNSHO.
Damn, that's really good!
Here's a stellar review from the NME of her upcoming full length. As an also-old, who got through college in the early-mid 90's on a diet of Juliana Hatfield and Velocity Girl, I am really happy to hear this sound coming back strong.
posted by schoolgirl report at 12:36 PM on October 2, 2020 [4 favorites]
Damn, that's really good!
Here's a stellar review from the NME of her upcoming full length. As an also-old, who got through college in the early-mid 90's on a diet of Juliana Hatfield and Velocity Girl, I am really happy to hear this sound coming back strong.
posted by schoolgirl report at 12:36 PM on October 2, 2020 [4 favorites]
I was planning to see her at SXSW this year before it got cancelled. That was a real bummer.
But, yeah, the dream of the 90s is back in full force! Beabadoobie, Soccer Mommy, Alvvays, Courtney Barnett... all amazing.
posted by grumpybear69 at 12:37 PM on October 2, 2020 [3 favorites]
But, yeah, the dream of the 90s is back in full force! Beabadoobie, Soccer Mommy, Alvvays, Courtney Barnett... all amazing.
posted by grumpybear69 at 12:37 PM on October 2, 2020 [3 favorites]
Huh, that pete+pete soundtrack has a lot I wouldn't have expected... Heavy on the Magnetic Fields and like every Stephin Merritt side project (both the 6ths and the Gothic Archies!). The age-old answer to 'how do I put more magnetic fields on this mix tape without seeming like I ONLY listen to the magnetic fields?'
(for want of nothing, here's my favorite from the 50 song memoir: 'No'.)
posted by kaibutsu at 1:46 PM on October 2, 2020 [1 favorite]
(for want of nothing, here's my favorite from the 50 song memoir: 'No'.)
posted by kaibutsu at 1:46 PM on October 2, 2020 [1 favorite]
Not that long ago NYTimes had a story on the resurgence of guitar sales since the pandemic began. Fender reported their best sales EVER, Gibson said something similar. And almost half of the new users were female. It used to be about a third.
When I go to the Fender Play community on Facebook I see half the posts are from women of all ages. There's going to be a revolution brewing because in a few years these folks will start coming out of their homes and blowing the roof off in venues.
posted by Ber at 2:05 PM on October 2, 2020 [5 favorites]
When I go to the Fender Play community on Facebook I see half the posts are from women of all ages. There's going to be a revolution brewing because in a few years these folks will start coming out of their homes and blowing the roof off in venues.
posted by Ber at 2:05 PM on October 2, 2020 [5 favorites]
This is really excellent! I'm so excited by the 90s guitar sound coming back.
If you like that fuzzy shoegazey-pop sound, check out Pronoun.
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 6:06 PM on October 2, 2020 [2 favorites]
If you like that fuzzy shoegazey-pop sound, check out Pronoun.
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 6:06 PM on October 2, 2020 [2 favorites]
Appreciate the links to music I would otherwise not know, but with all due respect, Women with guitars ROCK.
posted by she's not there at 6:15 AM on October 3, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by she's not there at 6:15 AM on October 3, 2020 [2 favorites]
Appreciate the links to music I would otherwise not know, but with all due respect, Women with guitars ROCK.
I am genuinely not sure if that comment was directed to me, but, umm.....
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 6:22 AM on October 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
I am genuinely not sure if that comment was directed to me, but, umm.....
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 6:22 AM on October 3, 2020 [1 favorite]
The thread title is a direct quote from the Asia Rising session. :)
Also, pronoun rules and I can't get over how good her mixes are. It's really rare to find quality mixes on Spotify, but hers are just mindblowingly fantastic. A parade of fresh, incredible artists. If ya'll want more music like this, definitely have a listen to that. I loved pronoun's Audiotree session from a few years ago, too - I think I put "A Million Other Things" on every mix I made for months.
posted by Lonnrot at 10:39 AM on October 3, 2020 [2 favorites]
Also, pronoun rules and I can't get over how good her mixes are. It's really rare to find quality mixes on Spotify, but hers are just mindblowingly fantastic. A parade of fresh, incredible artists. If ya'll want more music like this, definitely have a listen to that. I loved pronoun's Audiotree session from a few years ago, too - I think I put "A Million Other Things" on every mix I made for months.
posted by Lonnrot at 10:39 AM on October 3, 2020 [2 favorites]
Shoegaze is my (toe?)jam and Beabadoobee never disappoints. Worth mentioning that she did eventually get around to meeting Stephen Malkmus.
posted by xigxag at 11:58 PM on October 3, 2020
posted by xigxag at 11:58 PM on October 3, 2020
Lonnrot - your link to a mix doesn't go anywhere.
Loving Beabadoobee though - anyone with more recommendations?
posted by macapes at 5:55 AM on October 4, 2020
Loving Beabadoobee though - anyone with more recommendations?
posted by macapes at 5:55 AM on October 4, 2020
macapes: "anyone with more recommendations"
Bully - Brainfreeze
Dream Wife - F.U.U.
Hinds - Just Like Kids (Miau)
PINS - Bad Girls Forever
Twitch - Miss June
posted by signal at 6:48 AM on October 4, 2020 [1 favorite]
Bully - Brainfreeze
Dream Wife - F.U.U.
Hinds - Just Like Kids (Miau)
PINS - Bad Girls Forever
Twitch - Miss June
posted by signal at 6:48 AM on October 4, 2020 [1 favorite]
That pronoun audiotree session is awesome. One of the comments says they sound like new order in 1983, which is spot-on. (And high praise; I've listened to those early new order albums until the CDs wore through.)
Couple more recs people might enjoy:
Snail Mail - pristine
black belt eagle scout - soft stud (saw them open for tacocat a couple years ago and was blown away.)
posted by kaibutsu at 11:33 AM on October 4, 2020 [1 favorite]
Couple more recs people might enjoy:
Snail Mail - pristine
black belt eagle scout - soft stud (saw them open for tacocat a couple years ago and was blown away.)
posted by kaibutsu at 11:33 AM on October 4, 2020 [1 favorite]
(oh, and speaking of tacocat, their side project Childbirth is awesome and hilarious.)
posted by kaibutsu at 11:48 AM on October 4, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by kaibutsu at 11:48 AM on October 4, 2020 [2 favorites]
I LOVE EVERYTHING IN THIS THREAD
posted by knownassociate at 2:16 PM on October 5, 2020
posted by knownassociate at 2:16 PM on October 5, 2020
She put out her first LP, Fake It Flowers, today. Go forth and rock out to it.
posted by signal at 7:00 AM on October 16, 2020
posted by signal at 7:00 AM on October 16, 2020
You guys you guys you guys
She also did this (Fake It Flowers Live) and released it today and it's amazing I literally just finished the album and then put this on
posted by Lonnrot at 8:51 PM on October 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
She also did this (Fake It Flowers Live) and released it today and it's amazing I literally just finished the album and then put this on
posted by Lonnrot at 8:51 PM on October 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
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All the kids (I am an old kid, therefore an expert) seem to think she's capturing the sound of the 00s but that's wrong. Obviously that is wrong. She sounds like someone put a bunch of episodes of 120 Minutes into a blender along with a pinch of sugar and sometimes a tab of acid. Like hyperspace Julianna Hatfield. Like Blake Babies but more.
Listen to all of her songs, seriously, there is not a single bad one.
posted by Lonnrot at 11:18 AM on October 2, 2020 [3 favorites]