Shoegaze
Slow Degrade
Slow Degrade are a heavy-shoegaze four-piece from Mobile, Alabama, welding grunge and post-hardcore weight onto walls of reverbed guitar. Formed in 2022 around vocalist S...
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Shoegaze
The best shoegaze artists featured on Release Wave
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Shoegaze
My Vitriol
My Vitriol are a London alternative rock band formed in 1998 by Sri Lankan-born frontman Som Wardner and drummer Ravi Kesavaram, who met as students at UCL. Their 2001 de...
Shoegaze
Badvril
Badvril is a San Francisco-based alternative rock project led by singer Becket Schroeder with drummer Tessa Piccillo. Rooted in DIY urgency and melodic guitar pressure, t...
Shoegaze
Daisyhead
Nashville-rooted emo/post-hardcore band Daisyhead write big, emotionally direct guitar songs that sit between alternative rock, hopeful shoegaze, and the melodic weight o...
Shoegaze
Senior Living
Senior Living is a punk-leaning shoegaze band from Albany, NY, drawing comparisons to artists like Title Fight and Nothing. Their introspective and raw music blends melod...
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Indie Rock
Midrift
San Francisco shoegaze trio — Gus Mehrkam and brothers Manoa and Kai Neukermans — who went viral as teenagers with "Twin Flames" and "unrequited" before releasing a singl...
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...
Shoegaze
Lockstep
LOCKSTEP is a Nashville-based power trio that seamlessly blends elements of heavy rock, doom, post-rock, and shoegaze (often categorized as "doomgaze"). Formed in 2021, t...
Shoegaze
Softcult
Softcult, the Ontario-based duo of twins Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn, are set to release their highly-anticipated debut full-length album, 'When A Flower Doesn’t Grow'...
Shoegaze
Scarlet House
Scarlet House, a 25-year-old one-man band from Charlotte, NC, is making significant waves in the alternative music scene by transforming his profound personal experiences...
Dream Pop
Wishy
Originating from an era where dreamy melodies fuse seamlessly with elements of shoegaze and indie rock, Wishy is a captivating group poised to release their sophomore LP...
Dream Pop
Waves Crashing
Waves Crashing is an Olympia, Washington-based alternative indie-rock trio formed in 2019, known for blending 80s/90s alt-rock nostalgia, shoegaze and dream pop textures...
Dream Pop
The Dreamtoday
The Dreamtoday, a Massachusetts-based band, combines shoegaze and emo influences to create a powerful, textured sound reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine and modern acts l...
Shoegaze
Honeybee
Honeybee is a Cleveland, Ohio-based independent alt-gaze band often described as a "slowpunk" or shoegaze/grungegaze. They are known for blending thick, atmospheric textu...
Dream Pop
Mad Honey
Mad Honey is an Oklahoma City-based indie/dream-pop and shoegaze band formed in 2018, known for a "dark, yearning, and hazy" sound. Founded by Tiff Sutcliffe and Branden...
Shoegaze
Lozenge
Lozenge, the nu-gaze/shoegaze trio from Leeds, UK, is set to unveil their sophomore EP, "Everything," on May 29, 2026. Following their debut release, "Blink Into Nothing...
Shoegaze
Splitview
Based in Connecticut, Splitview emerged in 2024 with a cathartic and catchy blend of grunge, shoegaze, and alternative rock. Signed to Static Era Records, the band has bu...
Indie Rock
Bummer Camp
Bummer Camp, a shoegaze/grunge band hailing from Queens, NY, is preparing to unveil their sophomore album, 'Fake My Death,' on May 8 through Trash Casual Records. Initial...
Shoegaze
Failure
Failure is a critically acclaimed American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1990 by Ken Andrews (vocals, guitar, bass, programming) and Greg Edwards (guitar...
Shoegaze
Trxy!
Trxy!, a 19-year-old artist hailing from Southern Virginia, blends hazy dreamgaze textures with a sharp nu-metal edge on his debut album "Drowning In Bliss" set for relea...