Independent labels, Shoegaze, Dream Pop and Psychedelia

It‘s time to Dream Gaze – I now feel the need to invest my time, money, effort and change my blog’s direction with a focus on various genres of the late eighties underground such as Dream Pop, Indie-Jangle, Shoegaze and Psychedelia.

A relevant starting point for me is at around the time The Jesus & Mary Chain released their incredible first single during November 1984. This record foreshadowed the energy and creation to come and influenced hundreds of like-minded, long-haired outsider types who formed bands and went crazy with guitar distortion and fuzz pedals.

Some of the groups who will have their records investigated are listed below. My cut-off point is 1993, just before the so-called Brit Pop scene raided the mainstream.

• Telescopes
• Loop
• Pooh Sticks
• Hangman’s Beautiful Daughters
• Primitives
• Spacemen 3
• Sun Dial
• My Bloody Valentine
• Ride
• Slowdive
• House Of Love
• Chapterhouse
• Sea Urchins
• Opal
• Jesus & Mary Chain
• Teenage Fanclub
• See See Rider
• Ultra Vivid Scene