What Are Some Great Songs From The Following Genres?

"A couple of My Oldest Friends on Y!A and two of the most Intelligent, longstanding Members of our R&P Section"

I would blush if I was light enough, haha. Thanks for the compliment.

I'll list one song each by 4 bands I feel are crucial to or at least good representatives of each genre. If you can't find those particular songs, then just try any by the bands suggested.

Shoegazing ;

My Bloody Valentine ; Only Shallow

Slowdive ; Spanish Air

Ride ; Dreams Burn Down

Chapterhouse ; Treasure

Dream Pop ;

Cocteau Twins ; Garlands

Mazzy Star ; Mary of Silence

This Mortal Coil ; Fyt

Lowlife ; Mother Tongue

Deathrock ;

Christian Death [fronted by Rozz, not Valor] ; Spritiual Cramp

Shadow Project ; Zaned People

Cinema Strange ; Laughing Bloody Murder

Alien Sex Fiend ; 30 Second Coma

Gothic Rock ;

The Sisters of Mercy ; Marian

Bauhaus ; Hollow Hills

Siouxsie and the Banshees ; Israel

Rosetta Stone ; The Witch

Post-Rock ;

Mogwai ; Kids Will Be Skeletons

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ; The Dead Flag Blues

Her Name is Calla ; Condor and River

Destroyalldreamers ; The Sky was Glorious for a Moment

Post-Punk ;

The Birthday Party ; Dead Joe

Joy Division ; Transmission

Orange Juice ; L.O.V.E. Love

Echo & the Bunnymen ; Happy Death Men

+ Manson, while I enjoy them, aren't Gothic Rock - not by a long stretch.

A lot of these genre terms will give you a massive headache after a while. The differences between some of them are rather vague and minuscule. There are several great songs that can fall under one or more of these terms. Here are some of the first that come to mind.

Indie Rock (no discernible difference from college radio, both have monotone DJ's and play the same type of music).

The New Pornographers - All for Swinging You Around

The Kills - U.R.A. Fever

Shoegaze

My Bloody Valentine - Soon

Lush - Undertow

Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic

Band Of Susans - It's Locked Away

Dream Pop (very close to shoegaze)

Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance, anything by either of these two bands is the textbook definition.

Death Rock

Christian Death - Burnt Offerings

Gothic Rock (borders VERY close to post punk)

Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye

Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion

Post-Punk

Joy Division - Transmission

Post Rock

Sigur Rós - Hljómalind

Battles - Atlas

The only one I can answer is Gothic Rock / Gothic Metal :~

{and I know Cinny knows these :) }

~*~ Type O Negative ~*~

Some of the best songs :~

Wolf Moon

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ezd9IJLTw

Burnt Flowers Fallen

Black No.1

Christian Woman

Love You to Death

Bloody Kisses

12 Black Rainbows

September Sun

Die With Me

Creepy Green Light

All Hallows Eve

I Don't Wanna Be Me

Summer Breeze {cover}

Can't Lose You

Everyone I Love is Dead

Be My Druidess

Blood and Fire

Who Will Save the Sane

Some Stupid Tomorrow

Indie: Sunny Day Real Estate

Shoegaze: My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, Amusement Parks On Fire

Dream Pop: Cocteau Twins

Post-Rock: 65Daysofstatic

Indie: Broken Social Scene; Animal Collective; Neutral Milk Hotel; Cursive

College Radio: REM; Pavement; Dinosaur Jr.

Shoegaze:My Bloody Valentine; Jesus and Mary Chain; The Cure

Post-Punk:Joy Division; Gang of Four; Souixsie and the Banshees; Echo and the Bunnymen;

Indie Rock- Dresden Dolls-Coin Operated Boy, Night Reconnisance

College Radio-I heard almost all of these bands on college radio at some point...

Shoegaze-Jesus & Mary Chain-Just like Honey

Dream Pop-Dead Can Dance-Host of Seraphim

Deathrock- Alien Sex Fiend- Here *** Germs, My brain is in the cupboard

Gothic Rock-Skinny Puppy,Testure, Pro-test, Chainsaw Mother Destruction Mithras, Hella

Post-Rock-Public Image Limited-Body, Rise, Rules & Regulations

Post-Punk-Radiohead-creep, the gloaming, The Boredoms-TV Scorpian, The Strokes-Soma, Take it or Leave it

Indie is a great genre, you should check out The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Broken Social Scene and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The only Dream Pop band I know of is The Chameleons. I haven't listened to them much but they seem pretty good. They remind me of a modern indie band

Indie Rock: Slow Hands by Interpol

Shoegaze: Soon by My Bloody Valentine

Dream Pop: Carolyne's Fingers by Cocteau Twins

Post-Punk: Warsaw by Joy Division

That's all the one's I know. And I have absolutely no clue what College Radio would be.

Just search for YouTube mixes as starting point. I don't really like any of these genres, but you could also check out podcasts (free download through iTunes). Just find a producer you like and check out their podcast (most popular house ones are by Hardwell, Tiesto, Avicii, Afrojack, Chuckie etc)

I'm an amateur fan of indie rock, but I'm also a little confused about what exactly defines it. But here's a few songs by Modest Mouse I like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_heR2ekoxI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUJw-7Jjllc&feature...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-5MOoEut0I

Post Punk:

"I Am The Fly" - Wire Play the one that is 3:10 longhttp://search.playlist.com/tracks/I%20Am%20The%20F...

"Three Girl Rhumba" by Wire, this, according to iTunes is my second most listened to song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75-0qIgZjXs&feature...

This is the first few tracks on the Wire album Chairs Missing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk49K3hbN78

Suicide - "Ghost Rider"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a224CkygvR4

Here's one Metallica covered on the Garage Days album:

"The Wait" - Killing Joke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42MLoLbnnQ

"Change" - Killing Joke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDwhZEFk5W4

"Sister Europe" - Psychedelic Furs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYBHe3HHouY

Public Image Limited (Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols's second band)

"Poptones"

http://www./ youtube.com/watch?v=b8e2CTB9oeQ

"Public Image Limited"

http://www./ youtube.com/watch?v=ylOCIP54PIQ&feature=related

"Careering"

http://www./ youtube.com/watch?v=Z9O2tsIbKD0&feature=related

Edit:

I've had to put spaces in some of the links because you're only aloud to post 10 of them, so if you just copy it into the address bar and close the space it should work.

Edit 2:

I wish I could have been more help with more of the genres, but in most of them I'm just as behind as you are. Although I didn't see gothic rock on the list, I've heard a few good gothic bands, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Bauhaus, some from the Cure, Sisters of Mercy, but it looks like other people have picked up plenty for the gaping hole I left in my answer lol.