Shoegaze & hipsterdom

I feel crushed at the current state of shoegaze. It is apparently 2009's hottest Pitchfork commodity to have a "shoegaze revival" sound, an early 90's nostalgia that kids who look up to Pitchfork and the indie community as their divine word probably have no recollection of. What used to be music for old fogies is now music for the ever increasing hipsterdom of meaning-seeking youth. How did this happen? Could have MBV's reunion show last year contributed to any of this?

Maybe I am just too stubbornly sticking to the old, but how come the newer bands just don't sound as good?

Nostalgia (click to download)

1. Chapterhouse - Breather [Whirlpool, 1991]

2. My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said [Loveless, 1991]

3. Lush - Scarlet [Gala, 1990]

4. Ride - Vapour Trail [Nowhere, 1990]

Maybe I Was Meant For A Different Time...

I can always look back, but I can never turn around. I can always look ahead, but I can never rush forward.

These are songs that make me feel right at where I am and when I am. They occupy the space next to me--not a step ahead, not a step behind. They don't take me anywhere else, and that's just what I needed.

...But I'm Here Now

1. M83 - Graveyard Girl [Saturdays = Youth, 2008]
2. Electrelane - Birds [The Power Out, 2004]
3. The Mary Onettes - Lost [The Mary Onettes, 2007]
4. The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize (Remix) [The Soft Bulletin, 1999]
5. The Radio Dept. - Where The Damage Isn't Already Done [Lesser Matters, 2003]