Definition of shoegazing in English:
shoegazing
(also shoegaze)
noun ˈʃuːɡeɪzɪŋˈʃuˌɡeɪzɪŋ
mass nounA style of rock music characterized by a sound in which the distinctions between separate instruments and vocals are blurred.
自赏摇滚
we're influenced by an array of different genres ranging from shoegazing to 90s acid house
a rich sound that encompasses elements of shoegaze, psychedelia, and krautrock
as modifier a post-punk shoegaze band
Example sentencesExamples
- But shoegazing is not exactly Pete's style.
- Some of those shoegaze bands sounded great.
- Now, over ten years later, shoegaze is enjoying something of a renaissance.
- They've created a much heavier and diverse album this time around, with influences ranging from shoegaze to goth rock and death metal.
- Recalling the murky, effects-laden shoegazing of the early '90s, the sophomore album by Seattle duo Tagging Sattelites is quite the retro affair.
- Now the history books tell us grunge killed off shoegazing.
- It was not influenced by shoegazing as a genre, but rather as a principle.
- The link between electronica and shoegazing is made more explicit every day.
- You can chart a gradual progression from the comforting confines of shoegaze towards a disturbing mish-mash of fuzzed-up guitars and dark drum patterns.
- Guitar-based shoegaze records are tough sells these days.
Derivatives
noun ˈʃuːɡeɪzə
Over the past few years, the Dandy Warhols have gone from precocious shoegazers to frontrunners.
Example sentencesExamples
- After a grueling, uphill battle with '90s shoegazers Swervedriver, Adam Franklin has finally struck out on his own.
- There are countless bands - from early '90s shoegazers through Coldplay and (most obviously) Interpol - who've drawn on the band's blissed-out, driving rock.
- As quickly as the shoegazers rose to prominence, they were unceremoniously panned by the notoriously fickle British press and subsequently became little more than a footnote in rock history.
- Medicine emerged at the start of the 90s as common-or-garden shoegazers.
- With former Ride frontman Mark Gardener touring the world performing old Ride numbers, shoegazers seem to be in a good place at the moment.
Origin
1990s: from the supposed tendency of the performers to look down (especially in order to operate guitar effects pedals) rather than at the audience.
Definition of shoegazing in US English:
shoegazing
(also shoegaze)
nounˈSHo͞oˌɡāziNGˈʃuˌɡeɪzɪŋ
A style of rock music characterized by a sound in which the distinctions between separate instruments and vocals are blurred.
自赏摇滚
we're influenced by an array of different genres ranging from shoegazing to 90s acid house
a rich sound that encompasses elements of shoegaze, psychedelia, and krautrock
as modifier a post-punk shoegaze band
Example sentencesExamples
- Recalling the murky, effects-laden shoegazing of the early '90s, the sophomore album by Seattle duo Tagging Sattelites is quite the retro affair.
- They've created a much heavier and diverse album this time around, with influences ranging from shoegaze to goth rock and death metal.
- Guitar-based shoegaze records are tough sells these days.
- Now, over ten years later, shoegaze is enjoying something of a renaissance.
- Now the history books tell us grunge killed off shoegazing.
- Some of those shoegaze bands sounded great.
- But shoegazing is not exactly Pete's style.
- It was not influenced by shoegazing as a genre, but rather as a principle.
- The link between electronica and shoegazing is made more explicit every day.
- You can chart a gradual progression from the comforting confines of shoegaze towards a disturbing mish-mash of fuzzed-up guitars and dark drum patterns.
Origin
1990s: from the supposed tendency of the performers to look down (especially in order to operate guitar effects pedals) rather than at the audience.