Shoegaze and Dreampop Essentials

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The meeting point of punk and psychedelia, shoegaze is a safe haven for introverts who’d rather make eye contact with their effects pedals than their audience. In the ‘80s, bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine would douse their melodies in waves of narcotic distortion until only the faintest traces remained (a practice that’s informed alt-rock icons Smashing Pumpkins and black-metal messiahs Deafheaven alike). But peers like Galaxie 500 and Cocteau Twins pursued a quieter path to self-obliterating ecstasy, giving rise to the beautifully enigmatic dream-pop sound that endures through the soft-focus indie of Beach House.
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Heaven Or Las Vegas (Remastered)
4:58
my bloody valentine
Only Shallow
my bloody valentine
Loveless
4:17
Galaxie 500
Blue Thunder
Galaxie 500
On Fire
3:47
Swervedriver
Duel
Swervedriver
Mezcal Head
6:19
The Cure
Plainsong
The Cure
Disintegration (Deluxe Edition - Remastered)
5:17
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Just Like Honey
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Psychocandy (Expanded Version)
3:02
Beach House
Myth
Beach House
Bloom
4:18
Mazzy Star
Fade into You
Mazzy Star
So Tonight That I Might See
4:55
Lush
De-Luxe
Lush
Gala
3:33
The Verve
Slide Away (2016 Remastered)
The Verve
A Storm In Heaven
4:03
Slowdive
Alison
Slowdive
Souvlaki
3:52
The Boo Radleys
Lazarus
The Boo Radleys
Giant Steps
4:38
Ride
Vapour Trail
Ride
Nowhere (Expanded)
4:17
Chromatics
Kill for Love
Chromatics
Kill for Love
3:57
Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
3:54
Blonde Redhead
23
Blonde Redhead
23 (Bonus Track Version)
5:18
Deafheaven
Near
Deafheaven
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
5:28
Loop
Straight to Your Heart
Loop
Heaven's End (Remastered)
6:15
Wild Nothing
Chinatown
Wild Nothing
Gemini
3:18
Chapterhouse
Pearl
Chapterhouse
The Best of Chapterhouse
5:14
A Place to Bury Strangers
To Fix the Gash In Your Head
A Place to Bury Strangers
A Place to Bury Strangers
3:51
Asobi Seksu
Thursday
Asobi Seksu
Citrus
4:17
Mercury Rev
Chasing a Bee
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
7:08
Boris
Farewell
Boris
Pink (Deluxe Edition)
7:33
Hum
The Pod
Hum
You'd Prefer an Astronaut
4:37
The Clientele
We Could Walk Together
The Clientele
Alone and Unreal: The Best of the Clientele (Deluxe Version)
2:36
The House of Love
Christine
The House of Love
The House of Love
3:26
Catherine Wheel
Crank
Catherine Wheel
Chrome
3:45
The Smashing Pumpkins
Drown (Edit)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits
4:30
DIIV
Under the Sun
DIIV
Is the Is Are
3:47
Bardo Pond
Tantric Porno
Bardo Pond
Amanita
6:13
M83
Run Into Flowers
M83
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
4:09
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Swallowtail (Live)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Retrospective
6:26
Deerhunter
Spring Hall Convert
Deerhunter
Cryptograms
4:29
Yo La Tengo
Nowhere Near
Yo La Tengo
Painful
6:03
Blur
Sing
Blur
Leisure (Special Edition)
6:00
Disco Inferno
Can't See Through It
Disco Inferno
Technicolour
3:53
Teenage Fanclub
Star Sign
Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
4:55
Curve
Nowhere
Curve
Nowhere (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
4:08
Mojave 3
Love Songs on the Radio
Mojave 3
Ask Me Tomorrow
5:48
Stars
Ageless Beauty
Stars
Do You Trust Your Friends?
4:04
The Horrors
Three Decades
The Horrors
Primary Colours
2:49
Dinosaur Jr.
Tarpit
Dinosaur Jr.
You're Living All Over Me
4:36
Title Fight
Head in the Ceiling Fan
Title Fight
Floral Green
3:59
Low
Lullaby
Low
I Could Live In Hope
9:49
The Sundays
Here's Where the Story Ends
The Sundays
Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
3:54
A.R. Kane
Lollita
A.R. Kane
Lollita - EP
4:19
Lilys
Elizabeth Colour Wheel
Lilys
In the Presence of Nothing
6:58
Beach Fossils
Daydream
Beach Fossils
Beach Fossils
3:04
Chapterhouse
Falling Down
Chapterhouse
The Best of Chapterhouse
3:55
The Besnard Lakes
For Agent 13
The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
5:12
This Mortal Coil
Song to the Siren
This Mortal Coil
It'll End in Tears (Remastered)
3:31
The Clientele
Reflections After Jane
The Clientele
Alone and Unreal: The Best of the Clientele (Deluxe Version)
3:24
Cranes
Shining Road
Cranes
Loved
3:51
Beach House
Space Song
Beach House
Depression Cherry
5:20
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Rollercoaster
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Honey's Dead (Expanded Version)
3:46
Disco Inferno
Love Stepping Out
Disco Inferno
Summer's Last Sound/ Love Stepping Out
6:21
Lush
For Love
Lush
Spooky
3:29
Tamaryn
Love Fade
Tamaryn
The Waves
3:40
Catherine Wheel
Black Metallic
Catherine Wheel
Ferment
7:18
Mazzy Star
Into Dust
Mazzy Star
So Tonight That I Might See
5:36
Galaxie 500
Tugboat
Galaxie 500
Today
3:54
Mercury Rev
Frittering
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
8:45
Flying Saucer Attack
My Dreaming Hill
Flying Saucer Attack
Flying Saucer Attack
6:12
Ulrich Schnauss
Monday - Paracetamol (2019 remaster)
Ulrich Schnauss
Now Is a Timeless Present: A Retrospective
8:00
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Close chorus
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Ashes Grammar
6:24
DIIV
Doused
DIIV
Oshin (Bonus Track Version)
3:42
my bloody valentine
When You Sleep
my bloody valentine
Loveless
4:11
The Verve
She's a Superstar
The Verve
This Is Music - The Singles 92-98
5:04
The House of Love
Shine On
The House of Love
House of Love
4:00
Slowdive
Sugar for the Pill
Slowdive
Slowdive
4:30
Ringo Deathstarr
Kaleidoscope
Ringo Deathstarr
Colour Trip
2:05
M83
Don't Save Us from the Flames
M83
Before the Dawn Heals Us
4:15
Deerhunter
Vox Celeste
Deerhunter
Weird Era Cont.
3:34
Swervedriver
Son of Mustang Ford
Swervedriver
Raise
4:11
Ride
Leave Them All Behind
Ride
Going Blank Again (Expanded)
8:17
Pale Saints
Kinky Love
Pale Saints
Flesh Balloon - EP
4:04
The Boo Radleys
Does This Hurt?
The Boo Radleys
Everything's Alright Forever
3:56
Sianspheric
Watch Me Fall
Sianspheric
Somnium
6:25
The Veldt
Soul In a Jar
The Veldt
Afrodisiac
4:48
Medicine
Miss Drugstore
Medicine
Shot Forth Self Living
5:03
Drop Nineteens
Delaware
Drop Nineteens
Delaware
5:02
Seefeel
Climactic Phase No.3
Seefeel
Quique (Redux Edition)
8:24
Revolver