busybeeburns Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Shoegaze Rock Named after the fan's propensity to stare at their shoes while dancing, shoegaze or shoegazer as it is sometimes called is characterized by its sound. Typically the music which was characteristic of this genre was loud, with droning riffs, distortion, and feedback. Vocals and melodies disappeared into the guitars, creating an almost orhestral sound where no instrument was distinguishable from the other. A type of alternative rock apparently...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireentje Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Apparently :/ Never heard of that word. The description reminds me of Nine Inch Nails music though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubmedivine Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Yes! I couldn't point it out to you, but my boyfriend really likes it... It's not a Nine Inch Nails kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Yes, I've heard of this. I think groups like My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, and The Stone Roses were groups that were lumped into that "genre". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Justine* Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Of course I have heard of it. This includes bands such as Graham Coxon, Mojave 3, Yo La Tengo, Gloria Record, Stereolab and more. And more common bands like My Bloody Valentine, as has been mentioned, were the epitomy of shoegazer rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I like all of those bands you mentioned Justine especially Stereolab, Yo La Tengo and Mojave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Justine* Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Oh yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomic_rom Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 The genre also includes bands like Slowdive and Lush. (The Cocteau Twins are also considered a proto-shoegazer band.) "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine is considered by many to be the best shoegazer album, with Slowdive's "Souvlaki" and Ride's "Nowhere" also well-regarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 http://www.myspace.com/thefoundryfieldrecordings They describe their sound as "shoegaze". Pretty damn good I think. Everyone should listen and add them. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK8 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Nope,never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Old Painter Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 http://www.myspace.com/thefoundryfieldrecordings They describe their sound as "shoegaze". Pretty damn good I think. Everyone should listen and add them. :cool: As do Dardanelles http://www.myspace.com/dardanelles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenG Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Was around in Britain till Britpop (another buzz word) replaced it. Stone Roses is the band best known for it with their self titled album considered a British all time classic. Early Blur and The Verve stuff was shoegazer too, 'She's so high' being a shoegazer anthem, its sometimes called Dream pop as well as Shoegazer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlight Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I've heard this term...but never fully understood what it meant. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indanomati Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'm not very familiar with it either. But I love 'Loveless' by My Bloody Valentine a lot, which is shoegaze according to last.fm's tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenG Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Speaking of which Im listening to The Verve right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 was radiohead part of the late shoegazer movement in the pablo honey era, or am i making that up? i may be confused with another band, but i could have sworn i read that in the radiohead book i have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenG Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 was radiohead part of the late shoegazer movement in the pablo honey era, or am i making that up? i may be confused with another band, but i could have sworn i read that in the radiohead book i have. I always through of Pablo Honey as RH jumping on the punk/grunge band wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggotbrain Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Boss Shoegazer Songs Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers, Bluebeard Slowdive - When The Sun Hits, Souvlaki Space Station Amusement Parks On Fire - Venus In Cancer, In Flight Verve - Gravity Grave, Slide Away, A Man Called Sun Spiritualized - Shine A Light Ride - Seagull, Vapour Trail Engineers - Said And Done, One In Seven Giant Drag - Kevin Is Gay MBV - To Here Knows When, Sometimes, Blown A Wish For me this summarizes 90s and post 90s shoegaze. Get on these tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggotbrain Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I always through of Pablo Honey as RH jumping on the punk/grunge band wagon. Yeah you're right, by that point shoegazing had died down completely and grunge was on it's way out... but it was the whole Britpop phase that really got RH noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenG Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yeah you're right, by that point shoegazing had died down completely and grunge was on it's way out... but it was the whole Britpop phase that really got RH noticed. People say the Bends was brit pop, I can't see how personally. When I think of brit pop I think of bands heavy of regional accent, sneering away about life of the working class in a happy, over produced poppy way. Closest RH came to anything of the sort was Let Down which wasn't very dancable. OK Computer stood out to Americans as being a none Brit pop release from the UK, if Radiohead sang something like boys and girls or Common people Id propably say they were brit pop, but their big 90's hits were Paranoid andriod and Street Spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putainfromage Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Giant Drag - Kevin Is Gay mmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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