As this noisy rock subgenre has surged in popularity, young midwestern artists—Sunshy, Griefeater, Interlay—have played a key role in its evolution.
The heyday of shoegaze was relatively short-lived, but music from acts such as My Bloody Valentine and Curve made 1991 the peak year of that fuzz-filled era.
Shoegaze is having a moment. At least it seems like it. A few years ago, a band that preferred washed-out, distorted guitars and soft-loud vocals would categorically be called indie rock or dream pop ...
With a name derived from the way band members would simply stare down at their shoes while playing on stage, shoegaze is a subgenre of rock music with a massive cult following that got its start in ...
Every music genre has two things in common: 1) No two people agree on its precise boundaries; 2) Artists dislike being labeled as such. Shoegaze is no different. It’s a particularly unusual genre in ...
Every music genre has two things in common: 1) No two people agree on its precise boundaries; 2) Artists dislike being labeled as such. Shoegaze is no different. It’s a particularly unusual genre in ...