Shoegaze Favourites – hear what's hot! Updated monthly with at least 30 fresh shoegaze tracks. Discover the best new releases that truly blow you away. Your monthly starter pack for the most gripping new music! It's all about highlighting the best under-the-radar bands (mostly) you might miss in my other huge playlists. From dreamy to heavy, soft to grungy, these songs are all killer... Send me your favorite tracks below – I'm always looking for new gems!

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Playlistcover: labyrinthine oceans from Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)

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May 4, 2026

The World of Shoegaze... April’s best Shoegaze for May. Handpicked and fresh.

• labyrinthine oceans (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England)
• Midsommar (Warsaw, Poland)
• Attic Ocean (Düsseldorf, Germany)
• Mother Johnson (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• rues (Helsinki, Finland)
• The Mary's Lost Gaze (Surabaya, Indonesia)
• heavëner (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Sea of Days feat. Maud Anyways (England / France)
• Whisper Doll (Brooklyn, NY)
• Leaving Venice (Piacenza, Italy)
• Moonwards (Helsinki, Finland)
• flowersatherfeet (Chicago, IL)
• Esterea (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Tired Eyes (California)
• Vivid Bloom (Boston, MA)
• Modern Time Machines (Los Angeles, CA)
• Honey I'm Home (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• The Microdance (London, England)
• GULU GULU (Budapest, Hungary)
• Bad Bloom (Rochester, NY)
• Sungaze (Cincinnati, OH)
• Deep Ditch (Prague, Czech Republic)
• Honeydrome (Portland, OR)
• Head Sound (Albany/ Beacon, NY)
• Lal Tuna (France/ Turkey)
• The Mystery Divide (New Jersey)
• moon-li 历 (Paris, France)
• Silk (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• haunted images (County Louth, Ireland)
• elbowsway (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
• Encarta 98 (Bogotá, Columbia)
• The Suncharms (Sheffield, England)
• Dogviolet (London, England)
• Shapes Like People (Wiltshire, England)
• A su ladera (San José, Costa Rica)
• she shone with Danella Hocevar (Toronto, ON, Canada)
• So Sorry (Nashville, TN)
• sundayclub (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
• Klimt 1918 (Rome, Italy)
• Nuevos Mundos (Madrid, Spain)
• Night Swimming (Bath/ Bristol, England)
• musbime (Tokyo, Japan)
• Cloud Factory (Glasgow, Scotland)
• Silk Daisys (Atlanta, GA)
• Sparkler (San Diego, CA)
• 東京酒吐座(Tokyo Shoegazer) (Tokyo, Japan)
• A.A. Williams (London, England)
• Boy With Apple (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Cathedral Bells (Orlando, FL)
• A Burial At Sea/ Newhvn (Liverpool, England)

TOP 30 shoegaze favourites on Spotify. 

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This service and website is dedicated to all those who love shoegaze and its many offshoots, such as grungegaze, heavygaze, emogaze, countrygaze, American shoegaze, slowgaze, and countless other variations. It's designed for fans of bands like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Mazzy Star, Cocteau Twins, Ride, Lush, Whirr, Alcest, Jesus and Mary Chain, Fleshwater, DIIV, Deerhunter, Galaxy 500, Drop Nineteens, Curve, Nothing, Just Mustard, Pale Saints, Catherine Wheel, trauma ray, julie, Bethany Curve, Secret Shine, Hundredth, A Shoreline Dream, When The Sun Hits, and many more.

Shoegaze, a genre that emerged from the 1980s, remains incredibly relevant today. Often described as dreamlike music, it is characterized by dense yet melodic, multi-layered guitar walls created with the help of electronic effects and synthesizers. These compositions frequently alternate with quieter passages that rely more on reverb, flanger, and feedback effects rather than distortion.

Shoegaze is alive and well! With my playlists on Spotify, there are countless bands from around the world waiting to be discovered.