Roots of Been Stellar

Television was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. The group's most prominent lineup consisted of Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd (guitar), Billy Ficca (drums), and Fred Smith (bass). An early fixture of CBGB and the 1970s New York rock scene, the band is considered influential in the development of punk rock and alternative rock.

Bowery Electric was an American post-rock and shoegaze band formed in New York City in 1993 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener. They released four albums beginning in 1995, including the critically praised Beat (1996). Their last recording was released in 2000.

Brooklyn revivalists welding krautrock pulse to shoegaze glow.

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

Oxford four-piece pairing shoegaze textures with Britpop songcraft.