I n d i e p o p:  s h o e g a z e r



GROUP GENRE DATES COUNTRY DESCRIPTION BEST RELEASE
Chapterhouse shoegazer 1991-93 England shoegazer quintet. Live, they made one of the loudest feedback squalls ever. Whirlpool.
Charlottes shoegazer 1989-92 England Terrific Lush/MBV-esque noisepop. Lovehappy.
Chicklet shoegazer 1999- Canada Toronto female-led band with noisy guitars and some of the dream-pop feel of Lush and Popguns. Wanderlust.
Ride shoegazer 1988-96 England shoegazer founding fathers from Reading. Going Blank Again.
Ecstasy of St. Theresa shoegazer 1993- Czechoslovokia Big noisy and experimental soundscapes. Susurrate.
Electro Group shoegazer 1998- USA Sacramento band with a big MBV guitar racket. A New Pacifica.
Flying Saucer Attack shoegazer 1993- England Gauzy noise-pop filtered thru 4-track. Lo-fi and overdriven at same time. From Bristol, and rather revolutionary. Mirror.
Golden Dawn shoegazer 1987-90 England "George Hamilton's Dead" is amazing. Later covered by SF's Knit Separates. On Sarah. George Hamilton's Dead.
Henry's Dress >> Aislers Set, Go Sailor shoegazer 1994-97 USA Formed in Alburquerque, but moved to San Francisco where they developed their mod-pop, big bass, feedback sound. On Slumberland. Bust Em Green.
Jesus & Mary Chain >>Primal Scream, Free Heat shoegazer 1983-98 Scotland Feedback and melody marriage with Phil Spector presiding. Early stuff was shockingly loud. Psychocandy.
KG shoegazer   France This one-man show released some hard to find 7'inches. Fantastic JAMC overload meets MBV and Boyracer. Wow!  
Lilys shoegazer 1991- USA First album was similar to MBV but on subsequent releases, Kurt Healey and cast made 60s-ish pop of all sorts. In the Presence of Nothing.
Loop shoegazer 1986-91 England Hard psychy swirl with beats. Stooges meet Suicide. A Gilded Eternity.
Lush shoegazer 1988-96 England Began as shoegazer/Cocteau Twins/MBV and ended as punk/Wirey. Featured only half-Japanese, half-Hungarian female singer around. Gala
My Bloody Valentine shoegazer 1986-92 England Early MBV is quintessential indiepop. Songs like "get a few titles" are similar to the Jesus and Mary Chain guitar squall/jangle with pure pop lyrics. Later stuff is more shoegazer-gazy. All is fab! Loveless.
Nightblooms shoegazer 1990-93 Netherlands Taking a page from the Mary Chain: feedback and melody with girl singer. Great! Nightblooms.
Pale Saints >> Spoonfed Hybrid shoegazer 1988-94 England shoegazer, but a bit more poppy. Comforts of Madness.
Penelope Trip shoegazer   Spain Unique blend of psychedelic and guitar strum.  
Postal >> Wussom*Pow shoegazer   USA San Francisco band deliver a Slowdivey-style sleepy pop sound. Postal/Poundsign split 7"; WP 7"
Revolver shoegazer 1991-93 England shoegazer, but with a more uptempo structure. Baby's Angry.
Saturn V shoegazer 1993- England Noisy punkish pop. On Vinyl Japan.  
Secret Shine shoegazer 1990-94 England Slowdivey band on Sarah. Untouched.
Slowdive >> Mojave 3 shoegazer 1990-95 England "The MBV that Creation can afford." Hazy guitar ambient noise-pop with girl and guy vocals. From Redding. Souvlaki.
Slower Than >> Clair Voyage shoegazer   USA Noisy local trio now in Tennis and Claire Voyage.  
Snapper shoegazer 1988-96 New Zealand NZ's answer to JAMC and Suicide. Noisy drone - led by Peter Gutteridge, a founder of the Clean and the Chills. Snapper.
Spacemen 3 >> Spiritualized >> Spectrum, Experimental Audio Research shoegazer 1982-90 England Spacemen did psychedelic pop drone masterpieces, and Spiritualized is carrying on this tradition. Spectrum and EAR are a bit more ambient. The Perfect Perscription.
Straightjacket Fits >> Dimmer, Bike shoegazer 1987-94 New Zealand Ex-Doublehappys guitarist Shayne Carter hooked up with Andrew Brough to form this Flying Nun guitar band. Soaring melodies and hazy structures. Melt.
Suncharms shoegazer   England Noisy marvelous pop!  
Sweet Jesus shoegazer   England Stupendous overdriven noise-pop.  
Swervedriver shoegazer 1990- England Noisy shoegazers with really long "metal dude" hair. Ejector Seat Reservation.
Swirlies shoegazer 1991- USA MBV mixed with tape-loop whimsy. From Boston. Blonder Tongue Audio Baton.
Telescopes shoegazer 1989-?? England Dense, shoegazery evolved into VU 3rd lp folk-pop. The Perfect Needle.
Th'Faith Healers>>Quickspace shoegazer 1991-94 England Wild Velvetsy noise and violin with dubby bass. Pretty original. L'.
Tse Tse Fly shoegazer 1993-99 USA Noisy with buried vocals.  
Twin Princess shoegazer 1996-2000 USA Ex-Posie Ken Stringfellow and Bootsy Holler make feedback squal pop with buried female vocals and some beats. Very cool. Twin Princess.
Ultra Vivid Scene shoegazer 1988-91 USA Dark, grinding, dreamy noise-pop from Kurt Ralske. Ultra Vivid Scene.
Verlaines shoegazer 1984-93 New Zealand Graeme Downes' Flying Nun band is arty noise-pop with big guitars. Way Out Where.