We tip our hats to the British rock-critic cabal of yesteryear. Or maybe just to the person who coined the term “shoegaze.” In a pejorative sense, the term derives from musicians too introverted or ...

The genre known as shoegaze got its name from guitarists staring at their racks of effects pedals while performing onstage, and the sound associated with it is appropriately laden with guitar effects.

The etymology of "shoegaze" remains to this day an open question. Coined at some point in the mid to late '80s by an overzealous British music press, the term rapidly became used to describe a wildly ...

Every music genre has two things in common: 1) No two people agree on its precise boundaries; 2) Artists dislike being labeled as such. Shoegaze is no different. It’s a particularly unusual genre in ...

In June 2020, Hum surprise-released their first album in 22 years, Inlet. Not only does it close a very long gap between Hum albums, it also follows the prominent 2010s trend of bands blending ...

With a name derived from the way band members would simply stare down at their shoes while playing on stage, shoegaze is a subgenre of rock music with a massive cult following that got its start in ...

It's been a long time since shoegaze has felt as invigorated as it does right now. But before examining the riveting state of the present-day shoegaze landscape, it's important to revisit what ...

Every music genre has two things in common: 1) No two people agree on its precise boundaries; 2) Artists dislike being labeled as such. Shoegaze is no different. It’s a particularly unusual genre in ...

It’s easy to pinpoint when trends in music begin: People rally around a specific band or album, a new scene forms around a shared sensibility, or a particular sound permeates the zeitgeist. It’s more ...