Artists like Swirlies
Kindred artists that sit next to Swirlies on the star chart — same era, adjacent sound, or overlapping influence. Tap any card to open its full page.
- Lilysartist
Drop NineteensartistDrop Nineteens is an American shoegaze band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1990. The band was formed by Boston University classmates Greg Ackell and Chris Roof (drums), who recruited Paula Kelley, Motohiro Yasue (guitar) and Steve Zimmerman (bass). Ackell noted that the band was "the American outlier in a largely British scene."
- All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavorsartist
My Bloody ValentineartistThe definitive shoegaze band — Loveless remains the genre's north star.
- Medicineartist
LA noise-pop who out-Valentined My Bloody Valentine at their peak.
- Ovlovartist
- Astrobriteartist
- Fleeting Joysartist
SwervedriverartistOxford motorik shoegaze — fast, greasy, road-movie loud.
Pale Saintsartist4AD dream-noise trio, more feral than their labelmates.
- Wednesdayartist
- A Country Westernartist
- Computerwifeartist
Lushartist4AD dream-pop-to-Britpop shapeshifters with knife-edge harmonies.
- Rumskibartist
- Bedheadartist