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March 1, 2025: Playlist on Spotify

• 4 new artists in the top 5, 2 powerful tracks at #1 and #2, a consistent hit at #4... Furthermore, 10 new songs have entered the charts, and one band is really cleaning up...
• #1  No Culture (Alabama, US)  • #2: Bleedstone (Kentucky, US) • #3:  flowersatherfeet (Illinois, US) • #4 Shades of Violette (Washington, D.C.) • #5 Strawberry Lust梦莓 (Guangzhou, China)

 Ranking FEBRUARY 2025:

1.  No Culture (Tennessee) - Shithouse Rat
2.  Bleedstone (Kentucky) - King Baby Reigns
3.  flowersatherfeet (Illinois) - wish
4.  Shades of Violette (Washington, D.C.) - Tropics
5.  Strawberry Lust (Guanghzhou, China) - Swallow Your Tenderness
6.  Mannequin Flowers (London, England) - Carousel
7.  Władek Sheen (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) - Goodbye
8.  Mannequin Flowers (London, England) - Heartbeat
9.  fetters in use (Saint Petersburg, Russia) - Losing Control 
10.  Władek Sheen (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) - Нам не нужны друзья (Alternative Version)
11.  Indigo Dream (Helsinki, Finland) - A Bittersweet Goodbye
12.  Secret radio (Almaty, Kazakhstan) - Sadness
13.  cielo drive (California) - new love
14.  Silk (Dublin, Ireland) - Faze
15.  THE VIRGINIA PLANES (Heidelberg, Germany) -  Kiss In The Morning
16.  Cigarettes For Breakfast (Pennsylvania) - Solitaire
17.  Ollem L. (Brazil) - You Feel It?
18.  Cigarettes For Breakfast (Pennsylvania) - Seeing Stars
19.  Maud Anyways (France) feat. Casper Iskov - Absurd 
20.  Cigarettes For Breakfast (Pennsylvania) - Numb  the Pain
21.  Cigarettes For Breakfast (Pennsylvania) - Glue 
22.  Sren (Turkey) - Bozuk
23.  Casino Garden (Wuppertal, Germany) - Pretend
24.  trauma ray (Texas) - Bishop
25.  duszno (Poland) - papierki i okruszki
26.  Labyrinthine Oceans (London, England) - pinch
27.  julie (California) - clairebourne practice
28.  Slow Crush (Leuven, Belgium) - Cherry 
29.  Glixen (Aruzona) - all tied up
30.  Swervedriver (England) - Volume Control
31. Tombstone In Their Eyes (California) - In Your Eyes

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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.