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Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") [10] is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. [1] [11] It emerged in Ireland and the United Kingdom in the late 1980s among neo ...
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Deafheaven brought blackgaze to prominence with the 2013...
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"All I Wanna Do" is a song by the American rock band the...
- Beautiful Noise
Beautiful Noise is a 2014 American music documentary film,...
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By 1993, shoegaze had already outgrown and outlasted its initial critics. Alongside Loveless, Slowdive’s Souvlaki established the mythos of the genre. The album still stands as a symbol of eternal cool — of five twenty-somethings writing pop songs that were equally romantic and vulnerable, ephemeral and endless.
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Oct 28, 2021 · Boasting one of the most evocative genre titles, shoegaze was a short-lived musical movement originating in the UK in the late 1980s. The acts that made up the original shoegaze scene were diverse, but what united them was an impressionistic approach to music making, combining traditional rock instruments with convoluted chains of effects pedals and advanced recording techniques to generate ...
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July 24, 2020. A brief history of shoegaze: English shoegaze giant Slowdive at their photoshoot for second album Souvlaki. Emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 80s, shoegazing has garnered a niche but dedicated following with its shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars and textural distortion. Till this day, music fans are debating which ...
Jul 31, 2023 · Originating from the UK and Ireland in the mid-late 1980’s from the trails of neo psychedelia, post-punk, goth, ambient and no-wave, the sub genre of indie and alt rock was born with a rather wide lens of sonic influence. No better example of this can be heard from early pioneers Cocteau Twins and The Jesus and Mary Chain – whose respective ...
Beautiful Noise is a 2014 American music documentary film, written and directed by Eric Green. The film documents three rock bands—Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine—and their influence on shoegazing and other alternative rock genres.
