Two days before they’re due to play the first date of a headlining theater tour, the members of the rock band Diiv are sitting around a picnic table in the parking lot of a Burbank rehearsal studio, ...

You can hear all the local flavors of shoegaze on New Year Split 2025, the excellent collaboration of Front Range bands Creek, Overhang and Summer of Peril released on January 3. Each band contributed ...

Shoegaze is very much having a moment right now. That much is apparent from the proliferation of new, young shoegaze acts like Wisp and Sign Crushes Motorist picking up steam on social media to the ...

For a long time, Zachary Cole Smith has wanted to make what he calls a “political shoegaze record.” As you might expect, this was not an easy assignment. First, there were the inherent limitations of ...

Of all the UFO-themed shoegaze bands in Orlando, Saucers Over Washington are the best. OK, so they’re the only ones. But they’re also really good. Although their concept is — ahem — out there, Saucers ...

As recently as three years ago, the prospect of being a shoegaze rockstar would've been seen as laughably ridiculous. In 2025, who the fuck knows what's possible. This year, TikTok shoegaze breakout ...

Despite their place on shoegaze-specific lineups (see Philly’s recent Slide Away Festival) and Pitchfork lists (see the site’s 2016 ranking of the genre’s best albums), Swirlies singer Damon Tutunjian ...

This more modern gem of shoegaze albums comes from South Korean musician Parannoul. To See The Next Part Of The Dream has all the elements of a gorgeous shoegaze record, but with a few added ...

Meeting a fellow Lush fan feels like exchanging a secret handshake with another member of some covert club. That’s not to say Lush aren’t well-known – their sonic fingertips are all over the dream pop ...