“Shoegaze” Reviews

About as perfect a summation of Slowdive’s career as one can find.

The Autumns truly exist in their own frost-laden, wintry wonderland, one that is far beyond the confines of today’s current indie clime.

No matter how abstract or surreal, how noisy and harsh, how processed and glitchy their sound becomes, there’s always a heart beating at its core.

Clocking in at just over 26 minutes, the 6 songs on Flaxen represent some of the finest shoegazer/dreampop I’ve heard in God knows how long.

I wish I could find it more lovely, but it all feels a bit too fake for my tastes.

This comp, though far from comprehensive, focuses on a small slice of time from shoegazing’s heyday.

Featuring Printed Circuit, Sweet Trip, Entre Rios, Boyracer, Randomnumber, Manual, and more.

One of the more substantial shoegazer offerings I’ve heard in a long time.

Skywave offers an absolutely exhilarating ride through dreampop’s rawer, wilder side.

I envy A Northern Chorus for having been able to create something this gorgeous.

As great as Blisscent Records’ first comp was, this second volume easily surpasses it.

The overall feel I get from Sans Arc’s music is that of a person so indebted to their influences that it’s almost a hindrance.

A stripped down album that reveals the honesty and beauty at the core of Ester Drang’s music.

If there was ever an example of “too much of a good thing,” it would This Sad Movie.

The Estonian group shamelessly blends the best of My Bloody Valentine, Lush, and Stereolab.

Glissceule is as blissed-out as shoegazer can possibly get, consisting of nothing but nigh-endless layers of Cortez’ heavily processed guitars and Arpin’s angelic cooing.

This album shows why lovesliescrushing are at the head of the beautiful noise scene.

As a fan of all things drone-y, blissed out, and dreampop, this one hit the sweet spot.

What Mogwai do really, really well is conjure a sense of euphoric aggression.

Lush always focused more on the ‘pop’ side of the ‘dreampop’ equation.