Artists like Midrift

Glare is an American grungegaze band from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Formed in 2014, under the name Dispirit, their original influences were Superheaven, Title Fight and Basement. Following their 2017 name change, their influences shifted to Nothing and Whirr.

LA trio bridging 90s slowcore heaviness and shoegaze prettiness.

Texas quartet — Deftones-heavy shoegaze with grunge marrow.

Bay Area shoegaze known for concrete-thick guitars.

Nick Quan, known professionally as Quannnic, is an American musician. Initially presenting a digicore sound, they began releasing music as Quannnic in late 2020 and released their debut studio album, Kenopsia, in February 2022. A track from the album, "Life Imitates Life", unexpectedly went viral on TikTok and charted on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs. Quannnic's second studio album, Stepdream, was released in November 2023, and they later co-headlined an American tour with Jane Remover. Their third album, Warbrained, was released in August 2025. On Quannnic's musical style, sources mostly described it as shoegaze, with Kenopsia mixing glitch elements and Stepdream emo.

Her New Knife is an American shoegaze band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2020. They were formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Edgar Atencio, drummer Elijah Ford, guitarist Ben Kachler and bassist Carolina Schooley. Their music has been variously described as shoegaze, noise rock, indie rock.

Vein.fm side-project pulling nu-metal into shoegaze light.