Roots of Nothing

Oxford motorik shoegaze — fast, greasy, road-movie loud.

Swirlies is an American indie rock band formed in Boston in 1990. Since their first records in the early 1990s, the band has released studio and home recordings that blend shoegaze and twee pop with electronica and lo-fi music.

Bambara is an American rock band formed in 2007 in Athens, Georgia, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The trio consists of twin brothers Reid Bateh and Blaze Bateh (drums), and William Brookshire (bass).

Whirr is an American shoegaze band from Modesto, California. Formed in 2010, the group currently consists of vocalist and guitarist Loren Rivera, guitarists Nick Bassett and Joseph Bautista, bassist Eddie Salgado, and drummer Devin Nunes.

Baggy-adjacent shoegazers of the Creation Records scene.

Bay Area shoegaze known for concrete-thick guitars.

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

Reading dream-shoegaze quartet that made rain sound cinematic.

Oxford four-piece pairing shoegaze textures with Britpop songcraft.

Glossolalia and cathedral guitars; the blueprint for dream pop.

Champaign, IL space-rockers — heavy chords, huge distances.