Recommend me some lo fi/minimal/post rock/slowcore

Creed_Clicks

Big fan of Low and to a lesser extent, Slowdive (and other shoegaze bands). I'm looking for some similar types of music. Mazzy Star and Balmorhea would be in a similar ball park, in that, with Balmorhea at least, there's not a huge amount of instruments or production going on. It's not a "big sound".

Any minimal type of shoegaze stuff out there, with or without vocals?

skitzigol

Cocteau Twins have always been a shoe gaze fave of mine... innovative for their time, yet their records still hold up today and seem to get more revered as the years go by. Stereolab have a dense back catalogue to keep you occupied as well!

On a more Americana tip, but a similar vibe to some Low stuff would be Songs: Ohia and Sparklehorse.

JezWynd

Have you checked out Bill Frisell? Not shoegazey but certainly thoughtful...

Creed_Clicks

I like that Bill Frisell. Recommendations don't have to be lo fi and minimal and shoegazey altogether ;P

dtr

Dunno if all these are a bit overly americana-tinged, but most of my favourite songwriters all do a lofi, slow, minimal thing (IMO) really well...

Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon)



Jason Molina (Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Company)



Tim Rutili (Red Red Meat, Califone)

Creed_Clicks

Some great suggestions there folks. I also really do like Sun Kil Moon. Well, I find some of his albums really really good, and some others not so good at all. 

Winny_Pooh

Leftfield options:

Mary Lattimore
Rachel Grimes

There is a shit ton of Electronic music that fits the bill.

Perhaps to start with

Leifur James

Reverend

40 watt sun. Doom metal mostly influenced by the likes of low and red house painters.

lasermonkey

^ I really enjoyed that!

schrodinger1612

Not really shoegaze but minimal, lo fi... maybe this is too minimal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR65QUfHPSE&t=2744s

This one's less organic, and more electro / techno based. Weird shit but very good after several listens. 

historyisjunk

I'm maybe not very good at identifying categories, but some of these might fit with what you like.

I've liked several of the suggestions above.

Whole album here.

Freebird

MagicPigDetective

Might not be that minimal but this is a great shoegaze type song

https://youtu.be/cvrbBYz11JY

This is slow, lofi, waves of distortion

https://youtu.be/VKeMop1ycWU

Have you heard Hex by Bark Psychosis?

https://youtu.be/IUj2peSQ-CI

Beatiful post rock

https://youtu.be/VFhy8MYg4uU

pintspiller

Guided by Voices

matdotcodot

This is quite minimal and a personal favourite.

Liz Harris makes some really beautiful ethereal music under her Grouper moniker

Creed_Clicks

Reverend said:

40 watt sun. Doom metal mostly influenced by the likes of low and red house painters.

This is pretty cool. Kind of like Earth.

Grumpyrocker

I don't know if this quite fits, but how about some of The Gathering

Johnnyseven

Spiderland by Slint
Quique by Seefeel

Rabs

Not sure if this fits the bill. 

gringopig

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Reverend

What about Labradford?
Black Heart Procession?