Best Shoegazer Band

[rucky]

Poll question: Best Shoegazer Band

What's shoegazer, you ask? Well if you've got the post-recall blues, you may want to check out these bands:

[FlashHarry]

1. Was Ride a shoegazer band?

I forget.

[rucky]

6. Yeah..(early stuff) & I probably should've added

Lush
Jesus+Mary Chain
Stone Roses

[dolo amber]

2. Had to go with

MBV, although it was a toss up between them and Spiritualized...been listening to a lot of both today actually, I find them very healing.

*Cool waves wash over me*

;)

[Blue-Jay]

3. Still unsure of what a "shoegazer" is.

But I do like Belle & Sebastion.

[bif]

4. What exactly does the term Shoegazer mean?

.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. Take hallucinogens and stare at your shoes

--bkl

[bif]

7. In that case

How about Sigur Ros? One of the best "Zone-out" bands I've heard recently.

[rucky]

8. I Love Sigur Ros

How do you say "shoegazer" in Icelandic?

[bif]

9. Sigur Ros is cool

Mogwai reminds me of them quite a bit. Dreamy, slow, spacy. I'll have to look into some of the other bands you've listed on the poll. Thanks for the leads.

[catpower2000]

10. I'm not sure of the parameters here, but I say the Beta Band nt

[Kazak]

11. Stereolab...by a landslide.

At least I think they fit into that catgory...

[mitchum]

12. Only two of us voted for Spacemen 3/ Spiritualized???

Honorable mention for: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

[theemu]

13. FWIW

Since we're using a ridiculously distinct term like Shoegazing, Godspeed fits more into the 'post-rock' style, along with groups like Do Make Say Think, KC Accidental, and the Dirty Three.

[Fenris]

14. belle & sebastian

fucking amazing records.

[Colin Ex]

15. Mogwai is my hero.

Or are my heroes. Either way.

I lulled a femme into my dorm with a Mogwai record this evening. :-)

-C