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, ...

It’s easy to pinpoint when trends in music begin: People rally around a specific band or album, a new scene forms around a shared sensibility, or a particular sound permeates the zeitgeist. It’s more ...

Beauty and the fuzz (and a big dollop of sadness): That's a decent way to summarize shoegaze, a U.K.-led rock sub-genre that got overshadowed by its beefier, punchier '90s colossus of grunge and ...

Chicago shoegaze band Sunshy released their debut album, I Don’t Care What Comes Next, in 2024. Credit: Ayethaw Tun On September 29, a newish music festival called Slide Away announced its first ...

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 ...