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also for a while i got into that sort of shoegaze/noise/low-fi sort of stuff. ive hit up most of the notable names, wondering what else is out there
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Mercury Rev
http://hype.non-standard.net/artist/mercury+rev
Spaceman 3
http://hype.non-standard.net/artist/spacemen+3
Mojave 3
http://hype.non-standard.net/artist/mojave+3
listen to "Love Songs on the Radio"
(older stuff = more shoegaze for all of them, I think they all went pop in later years, a lot of the stuff on Hype Machine is newer so you don't get an accurate sample)