The post The Shoegaze Revival in 10 Songs appeared first on Consequence. In a way, they were right. The fervor around shoegazers — a title given to bands with this specific, ethereal sonic style, who ...

Getting into shoegaze? You’re not alone there. This indie/alternative subgenre is a dreamy, ethereal one that entrances listeners with obscure vocals, specific guitar distortions, and lots of feedback ...

From the first tones of Slowdive’s summer return single, “kisses,” it became clear how influential the band has become throughout the last three decades. Elements of their rich, evocative guitar work, ...

The etymology of "shoegaze" remains to this day an open question. Coined at some point in the mid to late '80s by an overzealous British music press, the term rapidly became used to describe a wildly ...

the stoned and lonely teens and the obsessive gear heads. It united them both with intensely emotional songs and a stage full of stomp boxes. Here are 10 of the genre's best albums. Swervedriver were ...

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, ...

Since My Bloody Valentine’s 1991 masterpiece, Loveless, set the gold standard for shoegaze, there've been countless innovations and regional flairs applied to the specific, yet also quite moldable, ...

Say you’re in a band and you have a pile of guitar pedals at your feet. You might stare at them while you play. Perhaps your stare is so intense it’s more of a gaze. A gaze in the direction of your ...

Way before "metal-gaze" was a thing, MBV's UK neighbors and Creation Records labelmates Swervedriver were getting metal cred. "Rave Down," the title track of their 1990 sophomore EP (which also ended ...

Country-gaze is a genre that is likely unfamiliar to most people. A combination of shoegaze and country music might seem like a strange one, but the indie band Wednesday has proved that this unique ...

Emma Anderson, Deb Googe, and Rachel Goswell on the revival of the genre, making music in middle age, and hot flashes There's no question that shoegaze is currently going through a revival. Even ...