Eli Enis

Since My Bloody Valentine’s 1991 masterpiece, Loveless, set the gold standard for shoegaze, there’ve been countless innovations and regional flairs applied to the specific, yet also quite moldable, style of blaring guitar music. While many listeners and musicians still think of the UK as the genre’s creative homeland, the most interesting innovations to the genre are currently being made by a disparate mass of young bands throughout the United States. […]

It’s been a long time since shoegaze has felt as invigorated as it does right now. But before examining the riveting state of the present-day shoegaze landscape, it’s important to revisit what happened to the genre throughout the 2010s, a decade of myriad incremental innovations but few radical transformations.  » Read More

When I see the “Sandy Alex G For President” bumper sticker, I know I’m in the right place.  » Read More