Artists like Alvvays

Baltimore duo who turned dream pop into a slow, glowing ritual.

Madison indie whose songs run cool with a shoegaze bruise.

Amelia Rahayu Murray is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. She is best known for her musical project Fazerdaze.

Camera Obscura are a Scottish indie pop band from Glasgow. The group formed in 1996, and have released six studio albums to date. Led by primary singer and songwriter Tracyanne Campbell, the band consists of guitarist/vocalist Kenny McKeeve, bassist Gavin Dunbar, and drummer Lee Thomson. Following the death of long-serving keyboardist Carey Lander, the band went on hiatus from 2015 to 2018. After reuniting in 2019 and adding Donna Maciocia as a permanent member, Camera Obscura released their first new album in 11 years, Look to the East, Look to the West, to critical acclaim.

Harriette Pilbeam, known professionally as Hatchie, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released an EP, Sugar & Spice (2018) and three studio albums: Keepsake (2019), Giving the World Away (2022), and Liquorice (2025).

Melina Mae Cortez Duterte, better known by her stage name Jay Som, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and mixing engineer. Initially presenting an indie rock sound, she released her debut studio album Turn Into in mid-2016. She followed this with Everybody Works in 2017, Anak Ko in 2019, and Belong in 2025.

Sophia Regina Allison, better known by her stage name Soccer Mommy, is a Swiss-born American indie rock singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. She has four studio albums to her name; her latest album, Evergreen, was released on October 25, 2024.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an American indie pop band from New York City. The band was formed by Kip Berman, Peggy Wang, Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums) in 2007. Their current lineup includes all original members, along with longtime touring guitarist Christoph Hochheim and Brian Alvarez, who has served as the band's touring drummer in place of Feldman, who remains involved with the band offstage after the band's Spain and Portugal tour in 2025.

Men I Trust is a Canadian indie band formed in Quebec City, Quebec, in 2014. The band consists of Emmanuelle Proulx, Jessy Caron, and Dragos Chiriac (keyboards). The group has self-released all of their music.

The Sundays were an English alternative rock band. The band's lineup consisted of lead vocalist Harriet Wheeler, guitarist David Gavurin, bassist Paul Brindley, and drummer Patrick Hannan.

Brooklyn revivalists welding krautrock pulse to shoegaze glow.

Widowspeak is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York City, United States. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas.

NewDad are an Irish indie rock band from Galway, formed in 2018. The band consists of Julie Dawson, Fiachra Parslow (drums) and Sean O'Dowd (guitar). During live performances, the band are currently joined by bass guitarist Marie Freiss.

Melody's Echo Chamber is the musical project of French musician Melody Prochet, based in Aix-en-Provence, France. The project began in 2012 following Prochet's collaboration with Australian musician Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, who produced her debut material. The project works primarily in psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, dream pop, and neo-psychedelia.

Sweet Trip were an American indie electronic duo formed in 1993 in the Bay Area of California by musicians Valerie Cooper and Roberto Burgos. They are known for their dreamy soundscapes and dense digital production techniques, often blending indie rock and indie pop with electronica, specifically intelligent dance music.

The definitive shoegaze band — Loveless remains the genre's north star.