Hi all, something I didn't mention in the video is that I only allowed one album per band. This is why albums like Isn't Anything or Just For a Day weren't featured. My reasoning for this was so I could highlight some groups that don't get discussed as often as MBV, Ride, and Slowdive. If I allowed multiple albums per band, I would have included all three MBV albums, two Ride albums, and two Slowdive albums!
Here's a few more Irish Bands you may like to check out -- Rollerskate Skinny (the first couple E.P.'s & Debut Album had Jim Shields, Kevin Shields (MBV) brother, on Guitar. Check out "Cushy Daughter", "Violence To Violence", "Speed To My Side") The Whipping Boy (they should've been bigger. Check out "Favourite Sister", "Buffalo", "When We Where Young", "Twinkle") Into Paradise (check out "Burns My Skin" for starters.) .
I have to agree with that : )) So nice when someone agrees after thousands of hours of listening to show gaze. I personally love 60's psychedelic classical and Shoegaze ... I adore all 3 genres..and it is good when there is some general consensus about good taste and genius and brilliance that overlaps...... : )) Nice list by the way.. Very much enjoying the albums I did NOT know of......... also reason for tuning in! : )) Thank you.
as a brazilian, seeing sonhos tomam conta growing in the underground shoegaze scene outside of brazil is pretty amazing as most local underrated artists usually have a hard time connecting their music to other countries in general (and sometimes even brazil itself lol)
@@Janik-pwoejrur well while they do have some songs that take influence from shoegaze and dream pop Lupe de Lupe never sticks to a genre as they've proven with their albums, that's the main reason i would assume
Quick Top 10 (also excluded duplicate albums and EP’s or compilations as that would definitely change the list) that if I spent more time researching would likely change but here we go as a start with an * to change later (favourite track): 1. RIDE - Nowhere (Vapour Trail) 2. SLOWDIVE - Just For A Day (Catch The Breeze) 3. CHAPTERHOUSE - Whirlpool (Pearl) 4. MBV - Loveless (I Only Said) 5. SWALLOW - Blow (Sugar Your Mind) 6. BLIND MR. JONES - Stereo Musicale (Small Caravan) 7. CURVE - Doppelgänger (Horror Head) 8. LUSH - Spooky (Nothing Natural) 9. BLEACH - Killing Time (Trip and Slide) 10. SIANSPHERIC - Somnium (I Like the Ride)
@@StainedGlassStories Other good records are Mahogany's "The Dream of a Modern Day", Malory's "Not Here Not Now", Guitaro's "Futura Black", Jessica Bailiff's "Hour of the Trace", Medicine's "Shot Forth Self Living", Microphones' "Don't Wake Me Up" and Skywave's "Echodrone".
Huge fan of Starflyer 59. Gold, Silver, Leave Here a Stranger and Old all are quite solid, hazy and dreamy offerings. The first two are crunchier while the latter two are more atmospheric and easier on the ears.
Thanks for the new recommendations. I haven’t really listened to any of those 2nd wave bands. I can’t argue with the classic picks. A few I would have in my top 10 or 20: Chapterhouse - Whirlpool Swervedriver - Mazcal Head Darling Buds - Erotica Autumns - the Angel Pool Loop - The World In Your Eyes Spacemen 3 - Recurring Southpacific - Constance Engineers - Engineers
All of them truly shoegaze classics! I'll give you my favourite 10 (Shoegaze mixed with other genres): 1- Ride - Going Blank Again 2- MBV - Loveless 3- Slowdive - Souvlaki 4- Asobi Seksu - Citrus 5- Lush - Spooky 6- Chapterhouse - Whirlpool 7- DIIV - Is The Is Are? 8- Soda Stereo - Dynamo 9- Curve - Doppelganger 10- The Horrors - Primary Colors
I'd personally go with V:D:C in number 1, when I heard the glitchy Tekka for the first time followed by the beautiful DSCO, I knew it was going to be something special. Great list and vid!
Thank you Praemisit! You make a great point, I think V:D:C is such an achievement for shoegaze and electronic music. It took the rest of the world nearly 20 years to catch up!
I’ll take Nowhere (and Going Blank Again, for that matter) over Loveless every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Also, Catherine Wheel’s Ferment needs to make the list. That’s just me. Great job.
Souvlaki is definitely my #1, followed by Just For A Day & Nowhere. One newer shoegaze album (with Black Metal vocals) I adore is Esse Est Percipi by Autumn Nostalgie from Slovakia. I have the 27th of 66 limited addition cassettes of this☺️. There are some beautiful songs on here, like Fallen Leaves, and some intense parts as well. They released a second album this year (or maybe it was 2021) called Ataraxia that is also very good. I have a limited cd copy of this.
I was shocked to see the view count lol, kinda expected it to have a whole lot more views. keep up this quality and you're set! love this style of video, keep it up!
Thank you, Broken tv 2! It's comments like yours that keep me motivated! The way I see it, if it's not a video I would watch, then it's not a video I would upload.
I’m really surprised that Swervedriver’s not gotten any love in these videos…i they are a lot more than just Shoegaze, but at the time Raise was almost as significant as Nowhere for what was happening.
I read that split is not usually viewed very highly by critics but so far it’s probably my favorite album by lush. I agree it’s lyrically very deep and teeters on having a more dreamy sound like HOLV by CT or Blind by Sundays.
Interesting selections and I do generally agree. Here's my list, partially complete. Ratings are weighted towards the album's best tracks (because you would skip tracks you didn't love more often) 1. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine, 1991) - 4.93/5.00 (#1/70) 2. Bowery Electric (Bowery Electric, 1995) - 4.89/5.00 (#3/70) [Tremolo EP (My Bloody Valentine, 1990) - 4.82/5.00 (#5/70)] [You Made Me Realise (My Bloody Valentine, 1988) - 4.70/5.00 (#7/70)] 3. Beat (Bowery Electric, 1996) - 4.54/5.00 (#12/70) 4. In the Presence of Nothing (Lilys, 1992) - 4.43/5.00 (#18/70) 5. Nowhere (Ride, 1990) - 4.41/5.00 (#19/70) 6. Suave pendiente (Ninos del Cerro, 2022) - 4.35/5.00 (#21/70) [Breathe (Eternal, 1990) - 4.33/5.00 (#23/70)] 7. Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time - 4.31/5.00 (#24/70) [Moodswinger [DRMS version] (Stopping Clocks, 2022) - 4.31/5.00 (#24/70)] 8. m b v (My Bloody Valentine, 2013) - 4.28/5.00 (#28/70) I expect Slowdive's Souvlaki to end up top 5, Ride's Going Blank Again in the top 10, and Drop Nineteens's Mayfield to possibly be on here, too. Isn't Anything isn't on this list due to me disliking the sound of it - 3.46/5.00 (This is Your Bloody Valentine got a 3.61 from me. Yeah, their maddeningly inconsistent gothic rock LP.)
Back in college in the 90s, I was really into The Cranes and Catherine Wheel, as well as Slowdive, Lush, and many other bands of this genre. Strangely enough, I don't think I ever even heard the term shoegaze until the 2000s.
Great list, I'm also quite happy with the inclusion of Lovesliescrushing. Some of my other favorite albums include Flying Saucer Attack's self-titled album, Love Songs For the Chemical Generation by Daniel Land & the Modern Painters, Ferment by Catherine Wheel, Taste by The Telescopes, and Sea When Absent by A Sunny Day in Glasgow.
Love the list. However, I'm disappointed not to see The Drop Nineteen's Delaware on that classic list. Not a band you hear much from but significant in the US Shoegaze scene in the 90s.
Thank you armblessed. You make a valid point, they were probably the most significant US shoegaze group of the 90s. They would probably take my number 11 spot. However, they may go up in my ranking.
@@StainedGlassStories it’s all good, man. They’re so obscure these days, it induces confusion in hipsters. Hope you give the album a good listen. Slip in their cover of Manilow’s Mandy from their EP for a good laugh.
@@zzz8630 Compared to what was out there at the time, Delaware was very different. However, I agree with you about Kick The Tragedy. 30 years later, it’s the most enduring track off that LP.
My top 5 not mentioned in this video by bands not mentioned in this video: 1. Skywave - Synthstatic 2. Diiv - Oshin 3. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa -- Suserrate 4. Alcest - Shelter 5. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (I consider it shoegaze)
Oshin is awesome, but it feels more of a dream pop album than shoegaze to me. I feel like they didn't really go full shoegaze until Deceiver, though a lot of tracks before that (Bent, Wait) def have heavy shoegaze influence
First I want to thank you for your intense and profound work. 😊I wouldn't leave a comment regarding the content or decisions in a list, which are always highly individual. But the layout and compilation regarding the criteria of this list is from a methodical point of view nearly flawless. Nice work.👍
The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads by Lift to Experience is an amazingly underrated shoegaze album, Robin Guthrie the guitarist for the Cocteau Twins did the mixing on the album, super unique mix of shoegaze, post-rock and country influences, I consider it one of the shoegaze greats
Hey man - thoughtful, relevant and well spoken. Nice job. 50s guy who's not into dad rock and always looking for something new - there's bands there I hadn't heard of. Thank you.
Sweet Trip's album is positively brilliant, and he literally chose 2 of the album's weakest tracks for this video. It's basically if Kev quit MBV to join Cex. It'll make you think that Roberto Burgos recorded the base tracks, then sat in front of a computer running Steinberg Wavelab for 5 years cutting and pasting and cutting and pasting til his body was found melted into his chair covered in spiderwebs.
Seefeel Quique, and Boo Radleys Everything’s Alright Forever are probably the most overlooked shoegaze albums that are actually top 10. Blonde Redhead 23 honorable mention. Swirlies They Spent Their Youthful Days is their Loveless imo
I am so glad to find two of my favourite albums, Split and Souvlaki, in your shortlist. I am a fan of musicians who try to reinvent themselves and their music, those who experiment and embrace different styles. I still listen to a few other albums from the early 1990s, for example "Cuckoo" by Curve.
I used to listen to a lot of Rose Chronicles, back in the day. These days I tend to listen to atmospheric black metal. I appreciate this list, as it's getting me reacquainted with bands I might not have heard about!
I love the Rose Chronicles!!!!! Good mention!!!! If you haven't already you should check out the band: An April March, also from Canada, and existed in the 90's, especially their album "Impatiens", very similar sound to The Rose Chronicles, and definitely inspired by Cocteau Twins!!!! Cheers!!!! Enjoy!!!!!
Really interesting list -- not just the usual consensus picks, and the ones you picked that I wasn't familiar with sound awesome. Congrats on having good taste and thinking for yourself. I feel like that's increasingly rare
I was so much into this stuff during my teens. So couple of 90's unknowns. Enjoy! 1. Teenage Filmstars - Star. Song to listen: Apple 2. The Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever. Song to listen: Firesky 3. Adorable - Song to listen: Sunshine Smile
I was going to leave a comment saying my favourite Shoegaze album is True Color, True Lie by this Japanese band called Hartfield, when I realised YOU were the one that showed me them in your Japanese Shoegaze video... was a very trippy moment haha, but just wanted to say thank you so much for introducing them, I think I saw your video back in December but I'm still listening to them all the time! I'm Japanese but had never heard of them, such a shame they disbanded after the one album.
The collab album Downfall of the Neon Youth by Parannoul, Asian Glow, and Sonhos Tonham Conta is one of my favorite Shoegaze albums of all time, as well as the one that got me into the genre.
Lush album Gala was my only shoegazing obsession. Listened over and over again. Besides the song ‘Hey Helen’ I never understood another lyric from them, which is totally fine with me. I would call the music beautiful noise where the vocals were just an instrument layered with the melody on top. Also, the energy was fairly even across the song allowing for a meditative state. I pivoted from this to groups like Throwing Muses, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Janes Addiction which expressed more range of expression and emotions.
Def check out Lilys "In The Presence of Nothing", Starflyer 59 "Silver", and The Veldt "Afrodisiac" if you haven't yet. Prob my favorite of the 90s American shoegaze albums
You should listen to Unexpectedly by Megumi Acorda if you haven't already. I recently found this record and it has absolutely captivated me. It also makes me appreciate it more knowing the artist is Filipino, speaking from someone who is a Filipino himself.
Great list and video. You may have become my favourite non-review focused music channel. I would love a video about your top ambient and alt-rock albums.
Thank you so much Llibran! I'm glad that you said my channel is, "non-review focused." I've tried to avoid making this a review channel, as my goal is to highlight bands rather than score them. I would be happy to make both of those videos at some point!
This is quite the interesting list. There are some selections I expected and some that I did not. As you know everyone's list would be different. So I'm going to delve into the music you suggested via your top 10 that I have never experienced. I do want to give you a big ups for putting Loveliescrushing on your list. I didn't think anybody in the world listened to them besides myself.
The song "House Full of Time" by Guitar doesn't fit with the rest of that album (Sunkissed), as I remember, but is one of the shoegaziest tracks ever, and is worth checking out.
Great ranking. Hard to argue with: Lush, Slowdive, or MBV. You can’t miss Curve (Doppelgänger). You would have a nice surprise with Charlie Alberti/Deborah del Corral (Plum) from Argentina. Finally, I would add one of my favs Jesus & Mary Chain (Honey’s Dead).
I really like Lush's Split, but I would have chosen "Spooky". And I think I know why Chapterhouse is not on this list: because it's not essentially a Shoegaze album, but a heavily influenced by Shoegaze album, such as Blur's Leisure and Verve's A Storm in Heaven.
I've been following 'shoegaze' and variants since I first saw Ride on "120 Minutes" over 30 years ago (I had liked bands with a big guitar sound since the 70's). There are lots of bands currently doing versions of it, some of them very good, others not so much. Fwiw, my current personal favorite is Blankenberge, who are from St. Petersburg, Russia. Their 2019 album "More" and the recently released "Everything" are both outstanding. For my money, melodic sense and/or attractive chord progressions are what make the style. There are loads of bands that manage to get the "soundworld" right, but have little or nothing to offer in terms of attractive songwriting/song-construction. I recently listened to a band that a record store guy recommended, for instance, and afterwards I immediately thought, "This is basically Slowdive, but without the melodies." Nice mood, but nothing that really grabbed me and made me want to listen again.
Much more familiar w/ classic 90's shoegaze albums as music today is so varied in how it reaches you and shoegaze and inspired-by-such bands are prolific in so many nations (Japan for example) so one can't keep track of all the menu options out there. But some things will never change position. Pearl and Sweetness & Light and Souvlaki Space Station are the greatest shoegaze anthems of all and just about anything off Loveless is in 4th Place. Those first three are the very embodiment of shoegaze imo.
V.D.C. is one of my favorite albums. I discovered a lot of new great music from this video that I'm interested in listening to (specifically Lush - Split, Lovesliescrushing - Xuvetyn, My Bloody Valentine - Loveless)
So glad you enjoy V.D.C. too!! It makes me happy to read that some of the albums I talked about interested you. That's my number one goal as a youtuber !
Great video! I was about your age when shoegaze was blowing up 1989-1992. I'd have to slot The Boo Radleys' "Everything's Alright Forever" in my top ten. They kinda turned into an embarrassing Britpop act later on, but that album as well as the Creation and Rough Trade EPs leading up to it are sublime.
@@StainedGlassStories I'd highly recommend! I'm a big fan of all of their stuff, but definitely their earlier work is much more shoegaze influenced. Dead Cities probably adopts those qualities the most, while adding very intriguing electronic elements as well. Give it a listen!
@@joshuabarlow167 I'm looking forward to hearing them! I'll listen to Dead Cities first since it sounds most intreguing. Who knows, maybe they'll become one of my favorite groups!
I was around sixteen at the start of the shoegaze moment in its first iteration and I judge it all based on just how much I listen to it in the subsequent years. It’s not even close. Ride “Nowhere” has never left heavy rotation, so based purely on this I must rate it my number one.
My Bloody Valentine aren't a "shoegaze" band. The term was used to describe the bands that spawned in the wake of "You Made Me Realise" and "Isn't Anything". So it's not really fair to compare shoegaze bands to the Valentines, I think these bands would be the first to admit their records are just not on a par, MBV remain peerless. As a teenager in the UK in those days, these are the ones that hit hardest: 1. Chapterhouse - Whirlpool 2. Swervedriver - Raise 3. Pale Saints - Comforts of Madness 4. Ride - Nowhere 5. The Telescopes - Splashdown (compilation) 6. Lush - Scar 7. Slowdive - Blue Day (compilation) 8. Seefeel - Polyfusia (compilation) 9. The Boo Radleys - Learning to Walk (compilation) 10. Drop Nineteens - Delaware Lots of bands released their best material on e.p.'s, so it makes sense to list some compilations, as you'll find a lot of gems collected on them.
Great list! I personally would have included Rumskib (self-titled) in the list cos i think its a very interesting piece of electronic-orientated shoegaze (if you haven't heard it, give is a listen).
I gotta admit, I didn't really get into shoegaze until I heard some of its sub movements (I'm still unsure of it being a genre), such as blackgaze or the japanese scene, and that's where I'd place my top 10 being so (in no particular order): Ecailles de Lune - Alcest Amesoeurs' self tittled Sunbather - Deafheaven Neon - Lantlôs The Mantle - Agalloch Hades (Nine Stages of Change at the Deceased Remains) - My Dead Girlfriend The Visitors of the Deep Space - Coaltar of the Deepers Seifuku Kanro Kurabu - Tokenainamae Eureka - Kinokoteikoku Ink - Plastic Tree
JFAD is criminally underrated. While Souvlaki and Loveless are both iconic and have more memorable hits...JFAD is so, so soothing/calming, that I actually played the cd more. Like Loveless, play it LOUD!
As much as I love blonder tongue audio baton I believe swirlies second effort is the superior of the two, they definitely went their own way on that album, so original which is a bit of a rare thing in this genre, at least these days. Nonetheless pleased to see swirlies get the recognition they deserve.
Whirlpool by Chapterhouse, Everythings Alright Forever by Boo Radleys, Delaware by Drop Nineteens, Cuckoo by Curve and Shot Forth Self Living by Medicine should be on this list. You know, actual shoegaze.
I tend to agree with some albums, but not necessarily in the same order. My top 10 would probably look something like this and not ranked by popularity, but based on my personal favorites. I do feel that Cocteau Twins and Beach House both lean more towards shoegaze than any other genre. 10: Starflyer 59 - Silver 9: Lush - Gala 8: Right de - Going Blank Again 7: Sweet Trip - A Tiny House….. 6: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 5: Pale Saints - In Ribbons 4: Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World 3: Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 2: Verve - A Storm in Heaven 1: Slowdive - Souvlaki
10 Shoegaze (or at least Shoegaze-like) albums from my collection, leaving out too common albums: Babysex - Woe Man Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop Heads On Sticks - Second Feed Loop - Fade Out Medusa Cyclone - same Polyphemus - Scrapbook Of Madness Rollerskate Skinny - Horsedrawn Wishes Scala - To You In Alpha Seely - Seconds Sully - I Have Much To Report
Hi all, something I didn't mention in the video is that I only allowed one album per band. This is why albums like Isn't Anything or Just For a Day weren't featured. My reasoning for this was so I could highlight some groups that don't get discussed as often as MBV, Ride, and Slowdive. If I allowed multiple albums per band, I would have included all three MBV albums, two Ride albums, and two Slowdive albums!
No Jesu!?
For the next top, i dare you to find “top 5 shoegaze duos”
Here's a few more Irish Bands you may like to check out --
Rollerskate Skinny (the first couple E.P.'s & Debut Album had Jim Shields, Kevin Shields (MBV) brother, on Guitar. Check out "Cushy Daughter", "Violence To Violence", "Speed To My Side")
The Whipping Boy (they should've been bigger. Check out "Favourite Sister", "Buffalo", "When We Where Young", "Twinkle")
Into Paradise (check out "Burns My Skin" for starters.)
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I have to agree with that : )) So nice when someone agrees after thousands of hours of listening to show gaze. I personally love 60's psychedelic classical and Shoegaze ... I adore all 3 genres..and it is good when there is some general consensus about good taste and genius and brilliance that overlaps...... : )) Nice list by the way.. Very much enjoying the albums I did NOT know of......... also reason for tuning in! : )) Thank you.
@@trevordoolan5011 give Just Mustard's "Frank" a listen, if youre not familiar with them already
Thanks for recognizing the swirlies. They're so underrated and unknown, but a truly powerhouse of a band.
Facts. Another band that doesn't get much recognition is ar Kane.
as a brazilian, seeing sonhos tomam conta growing in the underground shoegaze scene outside of brazil is pretty amazing as most local underrated artists usually have a hard time connecting their music to other countries in general (and sometimes even brazil itself lol)
Vdd cara da até um orgulho de ser brasileiro
I wonder why they didn‘t mention Lupe de Lupe, also a great brazilian shoegaze band.
@@Janik-pwoejrur well while they do have some songs that take influence from shoegaze and dream pop Lupe de Lupe never sticks to a genre as they've proven with their albums, that's the main reason i would assume
Ouvi dizer que tem uma banda chamada winter q os gringos gostam bastante tb
@@elzueiromemes tem link pra ouvir? Fiquei curioso agora
It's so wonderful you included Xuvetyn by Lovesliescrushing. There was a period in my life (months/years) when I listened to this album every week!
I adore that album! There's truly nothing quite like it.
good list! ofc Souvlaki and Loveless is number one and two! In their rightful places
Thank you Tonio! Couldn't have it any other way lol.
@@StainedGlassStories try reviewing ovlov?
Everything Candy Claws does is so good!
i love sonhos tomam conta! i'm always fascinated with that drum and bass section in corpos gelados, that transition is pure gold
finally someone noticed lua's talent, all sonhos tomam conta projects since wierd are so incredible and complete
I've never heard anything like them! Lua has gone to be one of the most exciting faces of modern shoegaze!
Thanks to this video I listened to this band, it's amazing!
Perfect list. Thanks I’ve seen most of these groups live. Lush opening for Ride was incredible.
Nice to see Sweet Trip on the list. Roberto from the band was my high school friend. He was so talented.
@kyokocoffee Yes, I was very disappointed to learn what happened.
Kudos for including Sweet Trip, lovesliescrushing, and the Swirlies.
Curve - Doppelgänger (1992) is great too!, Fuzzy guitar with electronic beats, one of my favorites
easily the most danceable shoegaze album
@@chrissvitreoushumour damn straight
Absolutely great.....and their singer is just smokin' hot....the clip for Horror head, oh man!!!
I'm glad to see one of Scott Cortez's projects on this list.
Love him!
Quick Top 10 (also excluded duplicate albums and EP’s or compilations as that would definitely change the list) that if I spent more time researching would likely change but here we go as a start with an * to change later (favourite track):
1. RIDE - Nowhere (Vapour Trail)
2. SLOWDIVE - Just For A Day (Catch The Breeze)
3. CHAPTERHOUSE - Whirlpool (Pearl)
4. MBV - Loveless (I Only Said)
5. SWALLOW - Blow (Sugar Your Mind)
6. BLIND MR. JONES - Stereo Musicale (Small Caravan)
7. CURVE - Doppelgänger (Horror Head)
8. LUSH - Spooky (Nothing Natural)
9. BLEACH - Killing Time (Trip and Slide)
10. SIANSPHERIC - Somnium (I Like the Ride)
Love it! There are a few on that list I haven't heard, so I'll give them a listen.
Just listened to whirlpool for the first time cause of this comment, LOVE it ty
@@StainedGlassStories Other good records are Mahogany's "The Dream of a Modern Day", Malory's "Not Here Not Now", Guitaro's "Futura Black", Jessica Bailiff's "Hour of the Trace", Medicine's "Shot Forth Self Living", Microphones' "Don't Wake Me Up" and Skywave's "Echodrone".
I miss an album by Ringo Deathstarr. They are so underrated.
Best band
great editing and production value!! this channel is going places
Thanks diggy dog!
I loved those RIDE albums so much
Ease by Whirr introduced me to the shoegaze genre. It's an underrated masterpiece!
Sweetness and Light by Lush and When You Sleep by MBV introduced me.
whirr best shoegaze
Whirr did nothing wrong 🗿🗿🗿
For me it was sweet trip dsco
@@tr4shst4r what a banger
Huge fan of Starflyer 59. Gold, Silver, Leave Here a Stranger and Old all are quite solid, hazy and dreamy offerings. The first two are crunchier while the latter two are more atmospheric and easier on the ears.
HUM
Same! Big fan
Yes !
No one ever seems to consider the Verve a shoegazing band, but their debut, 'A Storm in Heaven', must surely rank among the best of that genre.
I'll check it out.
I was so lucky to see Ride live. Blew me away.
What an amazing show! I would love to see them if they come to the US.
@TRex262 they just announced a us tour with the chameleons in 2023
Pale Saints' debut album was easily their best. 'Still love that album 30+ years later. 👌
Thanks for the new recommendations. I haven’t really listened to any of those 2nd wave bands.
I can’t argue with the classic picks.
A few I would have in my top 10 or 20:
Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
Swervedriver - Mazcal Head
Darling Buds - Erotica
Autumns - the Angel Pool
Loop - The World In Your Eyes
Spacemen 3 - Recurring
Southpacific - Constance
Engineers - Engineers
All of them truly shoegaze classics!
I'll give you my favourite 10 (Shoegaze mixed with other genres):
1- Ride - Going Blank Again
2- MBV - Loveless
3- Slowdive - Souvlaki
4- Asobi Seksu - Citrus
5- Lush - Spooky
6- Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
7- DIIV - Is The Is Are?
8- Soda Stereo - Dynamo
9- Curve - Doppelganger
10- The Horrors - Primary Colors
Sweet. Some new albums to check out for me!
Soda Stereo 👍
100% curve. Hammerhead is one of my all time faves :)
Awesome list!
I'd personally go with V:D:C in number 1, when I heard the glitchy Tekka for the first time followed by the beautiful DSCO, I knew it was going to be something special.
Great list and vid!
Thank you Praemisit! You make a great point, I think V:D:C is such an achievement for shoegaze and electronic music. It took the rest of the world nearly 20 years to catch up!
I’ll take Nowhere (and Going Blank Again, for that matter) over Loveless every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Also, Catherine Wheel’s Ferment needs to make the list. That’s just me. Great job.
Souvlaki is definitely my #1, followed by Just For A Day & Nowhere.
One newer shoegaze album (with Black Metal vocals) I adore is Esse Est Percipi by Autumn Nostalgie from Slovakia. I have the 27th of 66 limited addition cassettes of this☺️. There are some beautiful songs on here, like Fallen Leaves, and some intense parts as well. They released a second album this year (or maybe it was 2021) called Ataraxia that is also very good. I have a limited cd copy of this.
I was shocked to see the view count lol, kinda expected it to have a whole lot more views. keep up this quality and you're set! love this style of video, keep it up!
Thank you, Broken tv 2! It's comments like yours that keep me motivated! The way I see it, if it's not a video I would watch, then it's not a video I would upload.
I love your top 10! Tokyo Shoegazer - Crystallize is a cool listen as well.
Thank you Billy! I will give it a listen!
Great list and I love that you picked velocity design comfort as #3.
As long as Nowhere, Loveless and Souvlaki appears in one of these-here-type lists it's legit in my book! Nice video man.
I’m really surprised that Swervedriver’s not gotten any love in these videos…i they are a lot more than just Shoegaze, but at the time Raise was almost as significant as Nowhere for what was happening.
Yep, Mezcal Head by Swervesriver is a must listen
I agree, 'Raise' is probably my favourite shoegaze album.
I've been able to add so much to my Shoegaze listening thanks to you!
Pinkshinyultrablast - 'Everything Else Matters' is probably my favorite shoegaze album of the last decade.
I read that split is not usually viewed very highly by critics but so far it’s probably my favorite album by lush. I agree it’s lyrically very deep and teeters on having a more dreamy sound like HOLV by CT or Blind by Sundays.
Lush was my favorite band of the early 90s.
Great list!
Interesting selections and I do generally agree.
Here's my list, partially complete. Ratings are weighted towards the album's best tracks (because you would skip tracks you didn't love more often)
1. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine, 1991) - 4.93/5.00 (#1/70)
2. Bowery Electric (Bowery Electric, 1995) - 4.89/5.00 (#3/70)
[Tremolo EP (My Bloody Valentine, 1990) - 4.82/5.00 (#5/70)]
[You Made Me Realise (My Bloody Valentine, 1988) - 4.70/5.00 (#7/70)]
3. Beat (Bowery Electric, 1996) - 4.54/5.00 (#12/70)
4. In the Presence of Nothing (Lilys, 1992) - 4.43/5.00 (#18/70)
5. Nowhere (Ride, 1990) - 4.41/5.00 (#19/70)
6. Suave pendiente (Ninos del Cerro, 2022) - 4.35/5.00 (#21/70)
[Breathe (Eternal, 1990) - 4.33/5.00 (#23/70)]
7. Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time - 4.31/5.00 (#24/70)
[Moodswinger [DRMS version] (Stopping Clocks, 2022) - 4.31/5.00 (#24/70)]
8. m b v (My Bloody Valentine, 2013) - 4.28/5.00 (#28/70)
I expect Slowdive's Souvlaki to end up top 5, Ride's Going Blank Again in the top 10, and Drop Nineteens's Mayfield to possibly be on here, too.
Isn't Anything isn't on this list due to me disliking the sound of it - 3.46/5.00 (This is Your Bloody Valentine got a 3.61 from me. Yeah, their maddeningly inconsistent gothic rock LP.)
I really like My Bloody Valentine's "MBV" (2013) album, and Slowdive's "Slowdive" (2017) album as well.
m b v > loveless all day babyyyyy
@@xbenci You are wrong
@@thadon9148 I mean I don't know why you say that considering that I am always 100% right, never ever make a mistake
@@xbenci your historical accuracy cannot be leveraged to convince me that you are right, you see, you are wrong
That 2017 Slowdive… 🔥🔥🔥
Back in college in the 90s, I was really into The Cranes and Catherine Wheel, as well as Slowdive, Lush, and many other bands of this genre. Strangely enough, I don't think I ever even heard the term shoegaze until the 2000s.
Great list, I'm also quite happy with the inclusion of Lovesliescrushing. Some of my other favorite albums include Flying Saucer Attack's self-titled album, Love Songs For the Chemical Generation by Daniel Land & the Modern Painters, Ferment by Catherine Wheel, Taste by The Telescopes, and Sea When Absent by A Sunny Day in Glasgow.
Love the list. However, I'm disappointed not to see The Drop Nineteen's Delaware on that classic list. Not a band you hear much from but significant in the US Shoegaze scene in the 90s.
Love that album, literally the album that got me into shoegaze
Thank you armblessed. You make a valid point, they were probably the most significant US shoegaze group of the 90s. They would probably take my number 11 spot. However, they may go up in my ranking.
@@StainedGlassStories it’s all good, man. They’re so obscure these days, it induces confusion in hipsters. Hope you give the album a good listen. Slip in their cover of Manilow’s Mandy from their EP for a good laugh.
I came out of that album only enjoying kick the tragedy lol
@@zzz8630 Compared to what was out there at the time, Delaware was very different. However, I agree with you about Kick The Tragedy. 30 years later, it’s the most enduring track off that LP.
My top 5 not mentioned in this video by bands not mentioned in this video:
1. Skywave - Synthstatic
2. Diiv - Oshin
3. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa -- Suserrate
4. Alcest - Shelter
5. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (I consider it shoegaze)
Of the five you mentioned, I've heard Oshin by Diiv. Great record!
Oshin is awesome, but it feels more of a dream pop album than shoegaze to me. I feel like they didn't really go full shoegaze until Deceiver, though a lot of tracks before that (Bent, Wait) def have heavy shoegaze influence
First I want to thank you for your intense and profound work. 😊I wouldn't leave a comment regarding the content or decisions in a list, which are always highly individual. But the layout and compilation regarding the criteria of this list is from a methodical point of view nearly flawless. Nice work.👍
The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads by Lift to Experience is an amazingly underrated shoegaze album, Robin Guthrie the guitarist for the Cocteau Twins did the mixing on the album, super unique mix of shoegaze, post-rock and country influences, I consider it one of the shoegaze greats
Hey man - thoughtful, relevant and well spoken. Nice job. 50s guy who's not into dad rock and always looking for something new - there's bands there I hadn't heard of. Thank you.
I just discovered your channel like yesterday and I have to say your videos are amazing. You have that quality of 1 milion subs channels.
Thank you so much Klaus ☺ this really means a lot to read. I hope my future videos won't dissappoint!
Gracias por Sweet Trip. me encanta su musica y la conocí gracias a este video.
Sweet Trip's album is positively brilliant, and he literally chose 2 of the album's weakest tracks for this video. It's basically if Kev quit MBV to join Cex. It'll make you think that Roberto Burgos recorded the base tracks, then sat in front of a computer running Steinberg Wavelab for 5 years cutting and pasting and cutting and pasting til his body was found melted into his chair covered in spiderwebs.
@@Hastur876Your comment is most absolutely positively brilliant!!!!!!!
Chapterhouse, Kitchens of Distinction and Secret Shine should be in this top ten list.
Superb choices!
Kitchens of Distinction are more straight indie, but Chapterhouse 👍
@@matthewlewis2072 Chapterhouse, man. Super underrated band. Pearl and Breather just snag me every time.
Seefeel Quique, and Boo Radleys Everything’s Alright Forever are probably the most overlooked shoegaze albums that are actually top 10. Blonde Redhead 23 honorable mention. Swirlies They Spent Their Youthful Days is their Loveless imo
thank you for the loveliescrushing recommendation i love the sound
I'm so glad, I was hoping I'd turn some more viewers onto their music. You're very welcome!
I am so glad to find two of my favourite albums, Split and Souvlaki, in your shortlist. I am a fan of musicians who try to reinvent themselves and their music, those who experiment and embrace different styles. I still listen to a few other albums from the early 1990s, for example "Cuckoo" by Curve.
This is awesome !! Great video !!
Thank you Ramiro! So glad you enjoyed 😁
A list like that *ISN'T ANYTHING* without a certain mbv album...
My apologies, I should have mentioned I only allowed one album per band. Otherwise Isn't Anything would have easily been top 5.
I used to listen to a lot of Rose Chronicles, back in the day. These days I tend to listen to atmospheric black metal. I appreciate this list, as it's getting me reacquainted with bands I might not have heard about!
I love the Rose Chronicles!!!!! Good mention!!!! If you haven't already you should check out the band:
An April March, also from Canada, and existed in the 90's, especially their album "Impatiens", very similar sound to The Rose Chronicles, and definitely inspired by Cocteau Twins!!!! Cheers!!!! Enjoy!!!!!
Really interesting list -- not just the usual consensus picks, and the ones you picked that I wasn't familiar with sound awesome. Congrats on having good taste and thinking for yourself. I feel like that's increasingly rare
I was so much into this stuff during my teens. So couple of 90's unknowns. Enjoy!
1. Teenage Filmstars - Star. Song to listen: Apple
2. The Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever. Song to listen: Firesky
3. Adorable - Song to listen: Sunshine Smile
I was going to leave a comment saying my favourite Shoegaze album is True Color, True Lie by this Japanese band called Hartfield, when I realised YOU were the one that showed me them in your Japanese Shoegaze video... was a very trippy moment haha, but just wanted to say thank you so much for introducing them, I think I saw your video back in December but I'm still listening to them all the time! I'm Japanese but had never heard of them, such a shame they disbanded after the one album.
Souvlaki is the best album of all time. Been listening to it for about 10 years and it still touches me.
The collab album Downfall of the Neon Youth by Parannoul, Asian Glow, and Sonhos Tonham Conta is one of my favorite Shoegaze albums of all time, as well as the one that got me into the genre.
Lush album Gala was my only shoegazing obsession. Listened over and over again. Besides the song ‘Hey Helen’ I never understood another lyric from them, which is totally fine with me. I would call the music beautiful noise where the vocals were just an instrument layered with the melody on top. Also, the energy was fairly even across the song allowing for a meditative state. I pivoted from this to groups like Throwing Muses, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Janes Addiction which expressed more range of expression and emotions.
I adore gala. My favorite material from Lush are the first 3 Sweetness and Light EP tracks.
Def check out Lilys "In The Presence of Nothing", Starflyer 59 "Silver", and The Veldt "Afrodisiac" if you haven't yet. Prob my favorite of the 90s American shoegaze albums
Chrome by Catherine Wheel is a great shoegaze record as well
CW is always on my list. Don't understand why they weren't bigger.
You should listen to Unexpectedly by Megumi Acorda if you haven't already. I recently found this record and it has absolutely captivated me. It also makes me appreciate it more knowing the artist is Filipino, speaking from someone who is a Filipino himself.
im so glad you put lovesliescrushing on here
I have been listening to a lot of Syd Barrett recently. He helped create this beautiful music!
Great list and video. You may have become my favourite non-review focused music channel.
I would love a video about your top ambient and alt-rock albums.
Thank you so much Llibran! I'm glad that you said my channel is, "non-review focused." I've tried to avoid making this a review channel, as my goal is to highlight bands rather than score them. I would be happy to make both of those videos at some point!
This is quite the interesting list. There are some selections I expected and some that I did not. As you know everyone's list would be different. So I'm going to delve into the music you suggested via your top 10 that I have never experienced. I do want to give you a big ups for putting Loveliescrushing on your list. I didn't think anybody in the world listened to them besides myself.
Swervedriver record was an important record from a layered guitar rhythmic standpoint. Should be in here somewhere
Swervedriver was (is?) more like workbootgazing, maybe?
Thank you for making me discover some more dope shoegaze, beautiful video and recommendations.
The song "House Full of Time" by Guitar doesn't fit with the rest of that album (Sunkissed), as I remember, but is one of the shoegaziest tracks ever, and is worth checking out.
Great ranking. Hard to argue with: Lush, Slowdive, or MBV. You can’t miss Curve (Doppelgänger). You would have a nice surprise with Charlie Alberti/Deborah del Corral (Plum) from Argentina. Finally, I would add one of my favs Jesus & Mary Chain (Honey’s Dead).
i will have to listen to these- looking forward to it!
Hope you enjoy Rachel! Thanks for watching!
dammmmn you know sonhos tomam conta!! it's nice to see a compatriot being recognized in other countries
(great vid by the way 👍🏽)
I really like Lush's Split, but I would have chosen "Spooky". And I think I know why Chapterhouse is not on this list: because it's not essentially a Shoegaze album, but a heavily influenced by Shoegaze album, such as Blur's Leisure and Verve's A Storm in Heaven.
Truly a great top 10. I love you
Belong - Common Era and South Pacific - Constance worth a listen. Thanks for the video.
Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing. - an homage to Loveless. It’s so good.
The Swirlies, one of my fav indie rock/shoegaze group
I've been following 'shoegaze' and variants since I first saw Ride on "120 Minutes" over 30 years ago (I had liked bands with a big guitar sound since the 70's). There are lots of bands currently doing versions of it, some of them very good, others not so much. Fwiw, my current personal favorite is Blankenberge, who are from St. Petersburg, Russia. Their 2019 album "More" and the recently released "Everything" are both outstanding.
For my money, melodic sense and/or attractive chord progressions are what make the style. There are loads of bands that manage to get the "soundworld" right, but have little or nothing to offer in terms of attractive songwriting/song-construction. I recently listened to a band that a record store guy recommended, for instance, and afterwards I immediately thought, "This is basically Slowdive, but without the melodies." Nice mood, but nothing that really grabbed me and made me want to listen again.
Much more familiar w/ classic 90's shoegaze albums as music today is so varied in how it reaches you and shoegaze and inspired-by-such bands are prolific in so many nations (Japan for example) so one can't keep track of all the menu options out there.
But some things will never change position. Pearl and Sweetness & Light and Souvlaki Space Station are the greatest shoegaze anthems of all and just about anything off Loveless is in 4th Place. Those first three are the very embodiment of shoegaze imo.
OH NICE LIST. good move Blonder Tongue Audio Baton... one of my favs albums ever
Delaware by Drop Nineteens is under-rated and my number 1 shoegaze album.
Just discovered this album
YES !!
good to see that sonhos tomam conta, a brazillian shoegaze (my country) artist is being well recognized in other countries
V.D.C. is one of my favorite albums. I discovered a lot of new great music from this video that I'm interested in listening to (specifically Lush - Split, Lovesliescrushing - Xuvetyn, My Bloody Valentine - Loveless)
So glad you enjoy V.D.C. too!! It makes me happy to read that some of the albums I talked about interested you. That's my number one goal as a youtuber !
Great video! I was about your age when shoegaze was blowing up 1989-1992. I'd have to slot The Boo Radleys' "Everything's Alright Forever" in my top ten. They kinda turned into an embarrassing Britpop act later on, but that album as well as the Creation and Rough Trade EPs leading up to it are sublime.
Loveless's only shallow track is almost perfect as an opening song for an album.
Love it! These are all wonderful picks. What are your thoughts on M83’s Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts?
Thank you Josh! I like M83 from what I've heard. I still have yet to listen to their full albums but they are on my list of groups to listen to.
@@StainedGlassStories I'd highly recommend! I'm a big fan of all of their stuff, but definitely their earlier work is much more shoegaze influenced. Dead Cities probably adopts those qualities the most, while adding very intriguing electronic elements as well. Give it a listen!
@@joshuabarlow167 I'm looking forward to hearing them! I'll listen to Dead Cities first since it sounds most intreguing. Who knows, maybe they'll become one of my favorite groups!
I know about a top 10, but Hades by My Dead Grilfriend, is with out a doubt my favorite shoegaze album.
I was around sixteen at the start of the shoegaze moment in its first iteration and I judge it all based on just how much I listen to it in the subsequent years. It’s not even close. Ride “Nowhere” has never left heavy rotation, so based purely on this I must rate it my number one.
My Bloody Valentine aren't a "shoegaze" band.
The term was used to describe the bands that spawned in the wake of "You Made Me Realise" and "Isn't Anything". So it's not really fair to compare shoegaze bands to the Valentines, I think these bands would be the first to admit their records are just not on a par, MBV remain peerless.
As a teenager in the UK in those days, these are the ones that hit hardest:
1. Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
2. Swervedriver - Raise
3. Pale Saints - Comforts of Madness
4. Ride - Nowhere
5. The Telescopes - Splashdown (compilation)
6. Lush - Scar
7. Slowdive - Blue Day (compilation)
8. Seefeel - Polyfusia (compilation)
9. The Boo Radleys - Learning to Walk (compilation)
10. Drop Nineteens - Delaware
Lots of bands released their best material on e.p.'s, so it makes sense to list some compilations, as you'll find a lot of gems collected on them.
Dynamo, from an argentinan band called 'soda stereo', I'm sure you will like it even if you don't understand spanish language
Great list! I personally would have included Rumskib (self-titled) in the list cos i think its a very interesting piece of electronic-orientated shoegaze (if you haven't heard it, give is a listen).
I gotta admit, I didn't really get into shoegaze until I heard some of its sub movements (I'm still unsure of it being a genre), such as blackgaze or the japanese scene, and that's where I'd place my top 10 being so (in no particular order):
Ecailles de Lune - Alcest
Amesoeurs' self tittled
Sunbather - Deafheaven
Neon - Lantlôs
The Mantle - Agalloch
Hades (Nine Stages of Change at the Deceased Remains) - My Dead Girlfriend
The Visitors of the Deep Space - Coaltar of the Deepers
Seifuku Kanro Kurabu - Tokenainamae
Eureka - Kinokoteikoku
Ink - Plastic Tree
I honestly prefer the latest Slowdive Album over Souvlaki, and I love Souvlaki.
They are both excellent records! I don't think Slowdive had any bad albums.
Yep! Totally agree.
JFAD is criminally underrated. While Souvlaki and Loveless are both iconic and have more memorable hits...JFAD is so, so soothing/calming, that I actually played the cd more. Like Loveless, play it LOUD!
As much as I love blonder tongue audio baton I believe swirlies second effort is the superior of the two, they definitely went their own way on that album, so original which is a bit of a rare thing in this genre, at least these days. Nonetheless pleased to see swirlies get the recognition they deserve.
Both were remarkable.
i love your choices. for me personally, even though its considered a single on spotify, I love ixtab by my dead girlfriend.
Whirlpool by Chapterhouse, Everythings Alright Forever by Boo Radleys, Delaware by Drop Nineteens, Cuckoo by Curve and Shot Forth Self Living by Medicine should be on this list. You know, actual shoegaze.
Nowhere would be number 1 on my list - perfect album.
I tend to agree with some albums, but not necessarily in the same order. My top 10 would probably look something like this and not ranked by popularity, but based on my personal favorites. I do feel that Cocteau Twins and Beach House both lean more towards shoegaze than any other genre.
10: Starflyer 59 - Silver
9: Lush - Gala
8: Right de - Going Blank Again
7: Sweet Trip - A Tiny House…..
6: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
5: Pale Saints - In Ribbons
4: Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World
3: Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
2: Verve - A Storm in Heaven
1: Slowdive - Souvlaki
I highly recommend Sway - the millia pink and green ep. The first track is incredible.
10 Shoegaze (or at least Shoegaze-like) albums from my collection, leaving out too common albums:
Babysex - Woe Man
Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop
Heads On Sticks - Second Feed
Loop - Fade Out
Medusa Cyclone - same
Polyphemus - Scrapbook Of Madness
Rollerskate Skinny - Horsedrawn Wishes
Scala - To You In Alpha
Seely - Seconds
Sully - I Have Much To Report
I will have to check some of those out! Thanks for highlighting some lesser-known records.