Shoegaze
 

Following yet another MBV thread, I figured I'd get started finding out what people's favourite album from the scene in question is.

For me, it isn't Loveless. It's Souvlaki by Slowdive - another favourite of a lot of boarders. It's a masterpiece.

Anyone got any better ideas?

Ride's "Nowhere" and the first Slowdive EPs.

Enlighten me a little in this.

Loveliescrushing - [anything]
MBV - Isn't Anything
Slowdive - Pygmalion
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (it's like shoegaze math rock!)

those are my shoegaze jams.

Green Day - American idiot

I think both Isn't Anything and Loveless are the best albums of the scene, short followed by Souvlaki and Pygmalion by Slowdive (Just For A Day is good but isn't as great, I mean without the bonus CD of the 2005 reissue, because it makes him as great too, with all these songs from the firsts EP)

Everything's Alright Forever by Boo Radleys is also great, Nowhere from Ride too.

In young bands, my favorites are Amusement Parks On Fire and Experimental Aircraft

The Swirlies are amazing.

ooooooo :)

shoegaze.. i hate tha term but it does fit the bill!
mbv are obvious
ride- nowhere and the 4 pre nowhere e.ps
swirlies- blonder tounge
slowdive- just for a day (much better album than souvlaki)
curves early e.p.s
lush- the e.ps and gala album more so than spooky
verve- storm in heaven (so good until they addedthe "the"
chapterhouse- whirlpool
catherine wheel
telescopes
cocteau twins- can they be lumped into here for heaven and las vegas era?
and the mighty seefeel!!!!

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Yeah 'shoegaze' is a crap name that doesn't fit many of the bands involved.

Album: A.R. Kane, "i"
anyone?

nah, the name shoegaze rules.

a.r. kane- wasnt he responsible for 4ads only number one hit...
m/a/r/r/s/ pump up the volume???????????????????

flying saucer attacks distance is also a great shoegaze record.
medecine, cant remember the name of the album
moonshake- pre stereolab boogie moreso than shoegaze

moose- the jack e.p.
wonderful band before they turned all country and stuff.
boo radleys everything alright forever and giant steps before they turned all shit on us...

velocity girl- copacetic (i think)
can we count his name is alive- home is in your heart?

MBV - Loveless
and I really like this new band called LSD and the Search for God. Really great modern shoegaze. I've been listening to their EP a lot lately.

I always use the term shoegaze to describe my bands music and no one ever knows what im talking about. I don't know if some people will hate me for saying this but what about Siamese Dream to be decribed as a shoegaze record?

No, I wouldn't call it that, but it does have very spacey sounding shoe-gazeish moments.

Galaxie 500 - are they classed as shoegaze?

No, I dont think you should call that a shoegaze record. Go with alternative.

I love the term shoegaze, its awesome