Indie Rock
Underlined Passages
Baltimore indie rock band Underlined Passages pairs layered guitars and shoegaze haze with a strong melodic core, drawing on touchstones including Nada Surf, American Foo...
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Shoegaze
The best shoegaze artists featured on Release Wave
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Shoegaze
Dosser
Dosser are a Baltimore, Maryland alternative rock band whose sound pulls from the heavier side of ’90s alternative, grunge and shoegaze, pairing thick, layered guitars wi...
Shoegaze
Sleepwalk
Chicago’s Sleepwalk pair shoegaze haze and ’90s alternative rock weight with the urgency of post-hardcore, drawing comparisons to Hum, Failure and Quicksand. Their fourth...
Dream Pop
M83
M83, spearheaded by Anthony Gonzalez, underwent sonic evolution from shoegaze and synth-heavy soundscapes to ambient synth work and lounge-pop with releases like Hurry Up...
Shoegaze
Day Aches
Day Aches are a DC/VA-area heavy alternative rock band blending grunge, shoegaze, nü metal and post-hardcore with thick distorted guitars, gauzy melodies and heavy groove...
Indie Rock
Menderbug
Menderbug is an emerging Swedish alternative rock, shoegaze and post rock duo based in the rural region of southern Sweden, near the Malmö area.Band . Formed by musicians...
Shoegaze
Chastity
Chastity is the Whitby, Ontario project led by Brandon Williams, channeling suburban isolation and resilience through melodic hardcore, shoegaze, punk, emo and heavy alte...
Shoegaze
Paerish
Paerish are a four-piece alternative rock and emo band from Paris, France, featuring Mathias Court (vocals/guitar), Frédéric Wah (guitar), Martin Dupraz (bass) and Loïc F...
Indie Rock
Fraternal Twin
New York slowcore and indie-rock project led by Tom Christie, joined by Marco Spodek, Mariah Houston, and Forrest Philpot. Fraternal Twin pairs shimmering guitars and gla...
Shoegaze
Doom Mutual
Doom Mutual unifies the musical endeavors of Nashville-based musicians Daphne Browdy and Davis Gestiehr, constructing familiar but eccentrically fascinating rock qualitie...
Shoegaze
MX LONELY
Brooklyn heavy alternative band MX LONELY fuse shoegaze, grunge, post-punk and hardcore into a dense, cathartic sound. Following 2026 debut album ALL MONSTERS , they retu...
Shoegaze
Despire
Despire are a four-piece grungegaze band from Vacaville, California, formed in 2026 by Wesson Markowski (rhythm guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Denis (lead guitar), Jesse Broyle...
Indie Rock
The Still Out
New York City shoegaze and indie rock band The Still Out pair layered, angular guitars with soaring melodies and post-punk dynamics. Formed by producers Josh Stoddard and...
Shoegaze
Modern Daze
Modern Daze is an alternative rock band from Tacoma, Washington, built around heavy guitar textures, melodic hooks, and the kind of emotional push-and-pull that sits comf...
Punk
Gollylagging
Boston DIY quartet Gollylagging make fuzz-heavy indie rock shaped by shoegaze, punk, bedroom pop and alt-country, with echoes of Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., Alex G, Swirlies...
Shoegaze
Semaphore
Semaphore is a Brooklyn-based post-shoegaze band known for blending the atmospheric, moody sounds of shoegaze with the heaviness and urgency of post-hardcore. Led by Sidd...
Pop Punk
Slow Joy
Slow Joy is a Dallas-based Chicano artist, leading a solo project that delves into loud, fuzzy alternative rock. With a series of singles and EPs, Slow Joy's music resona...
Indie Rock
Kill Gosling
Columbus, Ohio band Kill Gosling make fuzzy indie punk with the immediacy of Joyce Manor and Superchunk, layering sharp pop hooks with shoegaze texture and elements of se...
Dream Pop
Devereux Scales
Devereux Scales are a five-piece from El Cerrito, California, assembled out of a couple of decades of East Bay band history — Fake French, Passing Lanes, Geisha Boys, and...
Shoegaze
heaving.
heaving. is a four-piece heavy band from Peoria, IL blending nu-metal, grunge, post-hardcore, and shoegaze into a dense, riff-driven wall of sound. Singer/guitarist Morga...