Hey, my band is working on getting some material together to play around the area hopefully in the near future. Are there any local shoegaze bands that have similar tastes/sound that you guys like? We are looking around in Chapel Hill and Durham for places to play. What are some places that would be receptive to this kind of music, droney, loud, wall of sound music?

here is our myspace with some songs: http://www.myspace.com/mutespacemusic

9/24/2008 12:40:12 PM

i saw this band called Glissade once that was pretty shoegaze-y
http://www.myspace.com/glissade

9/24/2008 12:50:54 PM

what is shoegaze

9/24/2008 1:03:54 PM

duke coffeehouse
night light
maybe the cave, depending on the booker's mood

9/24/2008 1:05:21 PM

^^^^ good luck on that one, you will need it. Not saying its necessarily bad, but I just dont see it taking off in the Raleigh area at all

[Edited on September 24, 2008 at 1:07 PM. Reason : d]

9/24/2008 1:07:11 PM

the thing is that even when shoegaze was a reasonably popular genre (mid/late '90s), this area was still all about guitar pop

good luck

9/24/2008 2:15:54 PM

http://www.myspace.com/deepspacerecordings

9/24/2008 5:54:28 PM

what is shoegaze

9/24/2008 11:51:09 PM

when the guitar sound can be described as "swirling"


at least, according the Klosterman

9/25/2008 10:43:49 AM

^^ when you have to pay so much attention to your sustainer units, alternating chord voicings, and backwards reverb pedals to keep up the wall of sound that you're always looking down and never at the audience (shoegazing)

9/25/2008 3:33:48 PM