Doesn't get the "best album ever!" declarations that Loveless does, but it's nearly just as good.

Because of their habit of staring down while performing, the term "shoegaze" was termed. This, their classic, was released years before MBV's Isn't Anything, and played a huge role in establishing the genre.

A hefty and rewarding collection. There's a lot for hungry fans to dig in to.

More rock and roll than the above bands, but with dense (and sometimes intense) walls of guitar noise, they're far from traditional.

Thankfully for all of us, they're still around and making great music.

The Verve reunite after 9 years. No, it's not as good as their early stuff, but it has some fantastic moments and is worth hearing.

An album that breathed new life in to a dusty genre by replacing guitar feedback with synths and melding it with glitch electronics and dreamy melodies.

Definately brighter, M83's pop album built around 80s and teenage nostalgia.

Cleaner and smoother than Cryptograms, and also more focussed.

Christian Fennesz frequently gets compared to MBV due to his use of feedback and noise to create walls of sound, but his music has more of an ambient effect.

Now these guys are metal. Dark and overpowering. Their shoegaze influences are not hard to find.