Before Loveless: How Shoegaze Became Shoegaze

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Emerging in the late 80s, Shoegaze would go on to be one of most essential genres of the last thirty years. It was the moment where punk’s cacophonous noise gave way to a dream-like modern psychedelia. Groups like My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, and Slowdive would take hold of its anti-rock sentiment, lust for reverberation and layers and layers of guitar, and create some truly unique music. Though soon overpowered by the more commercially viable Britpop groups, the genre lives on today in a myriad different forms. But how did we get to Shoegaze? Essential steps along the way like The Cure, Wire, "Sugar Hiccup" by Cocteau Twins, "Never Understand" by The Jesus and Mary Chain, "New Day Rising" by Husker Du, "Death Valley '69" by Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, "Revolution" by Spacemen 3, "You Made Me Realise" by My Bloody Valentine, "Blue Thunder" by Galaxie 500, "Sweetness and Light" by Lush, "Dreams Burn Down" by Ride, "Sight Of You" by Pale Saints, and "Son of Mustang Ford" by Swervedriver? And how did we get to the point where My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless was possible? This is how Shoegaze became Shoegaze.
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Soundtrack:
Luar - Clouds ( / luarbeats )
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
B-Side - Pen Unubis
Luar - Anchor ( / luarbeats )
00:00 Introduction
01:10 The Prehistory of the Prehistory of Shoegaze
02:59 Post-Punk
05:54 Cocteau Twins
07:50 The Jesus and Mary Chain
09:23 American Indie Underground
12:13 Spacemen 3
14:10 A.R. Kane
15:54 You Made Me Realise EP
18:36 Galaxie 500
20:08 The Scene That Celebrates Itself
21:38 Pale Saints
22:38 Ride
24:57 Lush
26:55 Swervedriver
28:08 Loveless & Everything After
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