Psychedelic and dreamy, the 1991 debut Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins give hints of hits to come while still indebted to their influences

With a deluxe 2LP set of Majesty Crush music hitting shelves, bassist Hobey Echlin joins us to discuss the early ‘90s Detroit shoegaze scene

The Kochanowicz brothers discuss the formation of Riverside, their major label deal, and the Kickstarter campaign to reissue their album One

On their third and final album, Pale Saints changed their lead singer and found a balance between expansive shoegaze and tight rock songs

On the 1993 sophomore album Chrome, Catherine Wheel cut back the shoegaze elements for a bolder, more dramatic sound

Layers of guitars make Swervedriver's 1991 debut Raise a shoegaze must listen with a more aggressive sound than most of their contemporaries

Adorable pairs their brand of UK shoegaze with touches of 80s alternative and post-punk on their 1993 debut album Against Perfection

On their 1990 debut Nowhere, Ride owes as much to the 1960s jangle and dream pop of The Who and The Byrds as 1980s noise and indie rock

Clouds' 1991 album Penny Century sounds like a lost college rock album that would have fit nicely alongside Belly, Lush, and The Breeders

After a 3-year hiatus, R.E.M. started the 90s with Out Of Time and evolved musically throughout a turbulent decade of change for the band

On their album Split, Lush created a pop-friendly mix of shoegaze and dream pop, but are the layers of reverb and delay dated or timeless?

On their 1992 debut album Doppelgänger, Curve manage to sound simultaneously ahead of their time and firmly planted in the 1990s

Why didn't this band with a catchy pop-punk-flavored single in the heyday of mainstream punk make it past the first single?

Dual vocals, fuzzy guitars and an urgent rhythm section give Violetine a little something extra on Small Speaker Joyland.

Steeped in the pop that would guide Toad the Wet Sprocket to success, Bend by The Origin expand the sound with soul, country and psychedelia

We're checking out the second (and final) album from Richard Butler's post-Psychedelic Furs project Love Spit Love, 1997's Trysome Eatone

Seems like a 90s band is reuniting every week, we discuss with our roundtable the hopes, dreams and realities of bands getting back together

Known for the single "Fade Into You" from their sophomore release, She Hangs Brightly showcases the band in their dreamy shoegaze

Calling it "the greatest American shoegaze record" puts some high expectations the Swirlies, but also raises a number of questions

Travis combine the brit-pop guitar bombast with the melodies and hooks of the Kinks, topped off with stellar Steve Lillywhite production

Hidden inside these dissonant and jagged tunes are melodic hooks that would make Matthew Sweet swoon.

We kick off season two with disagreement over the lone album by Fossil, their 1995 self-titled release.