Slowdive (I recommend Souvlaki)

Ride (try Nowhere; makes for good backround music :p)

Cocteau Twins (try Treasure)

Definately check out Thee Heavenly Music Association.

Sonic Youth isn't really shoegaze, but I always think of them when I hear Dinosaur Jr. Though that's probably because of Eliminator Jr.

Be sure to check out Titus Andronicus. Airing of Grievances was released last year and is probably my favorite album of '08. It's being reissued by XL (of vampire weekend fame) sometime soon, so hurry up and get on that so you can say you were listening to them before they got popular.

the verve - a storm in heaven (absolute classic)

thanks for the recomendations

btw: nice name fydor and good advice haaha

Airiel

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with my freeze ray I will stop the world! - http://www.last.fm/user/victorianrobot

the boo radleys, the nightblooms, and slowdive are some more good shoegazer bands

btw: i know that its pretty hard to find but if anyone knows where i could possibly locate "in the presence of nothing" by the lilys could you send me a message or if you have it and could maybe send me the music that would be much apreciated

there's also a band that plays a mixture of black metal and shoegaze called Amesoeurs if you're interested in that :p

and as for the album, you can find that rapidshare.com/files/156961453/…" target="_blank">here

enjoy

Mew

Dead Meadow.

Hmm some Asobi Seksu, A Sunny Day In Glasgow, and Sareena-Maneesh.

And the classics, but you probably have them already.

I'm new to shoegazer, but I'm currently in love with Spiritualized.

Jesus and Mary Chain, Lush, Fleeting Joys, Catherine Wheel, Rollerskate Skinny, 7% Solution, and then the classics

Newer stuff: A Place To Bury Strangers, Amusement Parks on Fire, Adorable,

OH and how can I forget Kitchens of Distinction! Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have shoegaze elements present

If you can find anything by them, there was a very good Australian shoegazer band called Swirl.

Good news! You can still order their stuff from Nic Dalton's (ex-Lemonheads) record label Half A Cow:

halfacow.com.au/…">halfacow.com.au/…

Cranes

Some currently active shoegaze-ish bands:

Ringo Deathstarr (very JAMC and MBV inspired, I'd say)

The Besnard Lakes (they like long songs)

Working for a Nuclear Free City

She, Sir

HEARTSREVOLUTION (sorta like a more lo-fi version of M83)

Atlas Sound (it's the singer from Deerhunter's solo project)

Also, the band Japancakes did a song-for-song cover of "Loveless", except without all the shoegaze guitar noise, replacing in with cellos and pedal steel guitar and stuff. It's really good.

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"[...] for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world."

Silversun Pickups

Aren't they alternative rock? I didn't hear any shoegaze in their sound.

I don't know, I'm not all that great at classifying genres... but I have constantly heard them classified as shoegaze. They do have some fuzz going on...

Editors.

Aamazing  

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Bombing for peace is like Fucking for virginity.

Editors is like "indie" pop rock.

And fuzz can mean a lot of things. In Silversun Pickups' case, I'd say they just borrowed a certain aesthetic. They remind me more of The Smashing Pumpkins than thay do say, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins etc..

I'm not really that familiar with the genre, but I like Gregor Samsa a bit.  I think they are pigeonholed as shoegaze.

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