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Stereogum’s New Wave of American Shoegaze

Published January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

Last week’s ‘gaze-centric listicle Bandcamp’s Rare Shoegaze Gems From All Eras Unearthed seemed to go over quite well, so here’s another along the same lines though to be fair, Eli Enis’ New Wave of American Shoegaze piece is far more than a laundry list of things to listen to. It’s a very thorough and exhaustive […]

Bandcamp’s Rare Shoegaze Gems From All Eras Unearthed

Published January 16, 2023January 16, 2023

Listicles are dodgy propositions, most of them being clickbait done with minimal effort. Hell, most these days probably aren’t even done by wage slave interns like the good old days – they’re almost certainly all AI now. So it’s very refreshing to find ones like this treat from Bandcamp last week that seeks to introduce […]