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  • noun Plural form of shoegazer.

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Examples

  • ZAZA My pal, Pete Kennedy, of the most-excellent psychedelic folk duo The Kennedys, turned me on to these 21st century shoegazers, another duo, this one from Brooklyn.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • After touring for two years behind their debut, 2007′s Oracular Spectacular, Vanwyngarden and his partner in the band, Ben Goldwasser, recorded most of the LP in Malibu with producer Pete Kember — of U.K. shoegazers Spacemen 3.

    RollingStones Spring Music Preview Pt1 | CurveHouse.com 2010

  • DJ Pantha du Prince has a sound that appeals to fans of lush shoegazers, dubstep producers and minimalist German techno DJs.

    Nightlife Agenda 2010

  • From D.C., you'll find some usual suspects: ragged soul-folk trio the Laughing Man, neo-shoegazers Last Tide and dance-punk headliners Ra Ra Rasputin.

    Nightlife agenda: Jellybean Benitez, Done and Done, Panda Head David Malitz 2010

  • Still, shoegazers-in-training and their ilk seem to be discovering an ever-expanding universe just behind the eclipse of Fall Out Boy.

    Paul Nair: Cooler Heads Prevail 2008

  • You spent a lot of time touring with fellow shoegazers Ride - tell me about going on the road with them.

    FasterLouder.com.au > Australia's leading independent live music hub. Stock up on music and tour news, reviews, gig photos and idle gossip, or bitch to your heart's content in the forums. 2010

  • Point but, like any worthwhile group of shoegazers, they do it exceptionally well.

    The Line Of Best Fit Steve Lampiris 2010

  • The reverb that invariably swathed their spare arrangements meant they were lumped in with the shoegazers, but while shoegazing indulged in the rather adolescent practice of amping up vague emotions until they assumed mammoth importance - if they had enough effects pedals, they could make feeling a bit sad sound like a matter of earth-shattering importance - Galaxie 500 did the opposite.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Sounding like a mix between Explosions In The Sky and some late 80's shoegazers, a striking lady in very bad shoes, teases a triangle and channels Julee Cruse via Valium-ed out Bookhouse

    Virtual Festivals 2010

  • Berenyi, for those of you wondering, was the singer with early-'90s Gothic dream-pop shoegazers Lush.

    Something Awful 2010

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