How to promote your band in the Shoegaze community
NugazeDotCom is a Youtube channel dedicated to Nugaze and sibling music genres: shoegaze, ethereal waves, noisetronica.
We work to help the shoegaze community thrieve.
Follow our guide to connect with the shoegaze community and get free exposure thru our growing number of initiatives.
A week in shoegaze
Your tracks can be promoted all along the week in the shoegaze medias:
Blogs and radios
Connect with your local shoegaze scene
Our “around the world” section helps you connect with your local scene.
Start here and add your fresh releases accordingly to your location (cross national bands can be featured in several playlists, according to nationalities or place of living of band members):
- Fresh european nugaze
- Fresh american nugaze
- Fresh asian nugaze
- Latin nugaze shows latin america scene
- Aussie nugaze shows New Zealand and Australia scenes
- African nugaze shows bands from maghreb and all african territories.
Don’t stop here: go and contact curators of local scenes Youtube playlists (most of them are also hosted in our “around the world” section):
- New brazilian shoegazer
- French nugaze — noisy pop
- Shoegaze — dreampop Indonesia
- Recommended Thai-Gaze
- etc.
Noise artists has published a number of articles that will help you dive in your local shoegaze scene:
- русский (Russian) Shoegaze and Dream Pop guide, Vol. 2
- Indian Shoegaze, Noise & Dream pop guide, volume 1
- 臺灣 (Taiwan) Shoegaze & Dream Pop, a quick guide. Part 1
- Chinese 中国的 Shoegaze & Noise Pop, a quick guide. Part 1
- 新加坡 Singapore Shoegaze, Dream Pop, a quick guide
- Thai Shoegaze, Dream & Noise Pop, a quick guide, Vol.1
- Mexican Shoegaze, Dream & Noise Pop, a quick guide, Vol.1
- Brazilian Shoegaze and Dream Pop, a famous 5 playlist
- España, Spanish Shoegaze & Dream Pop guide, Vol. 1
- Italian Shoegaze and Dream Pop quick guide, Vol. 1
- French Shoegaze, Dream Pop & Noise Pop, a quick guide, Vol. 2
Social medias
Facebook groups
One can post its releases in Facebook groups dedicated to shoegaze local scenes:
- Shoegaze, Dream Pop & Nugaze Dominican Republic
- Shoegaze Poland
- Shoegaze // Dreampop community Lithuania
- El jardin secreto (latin shoegaze)
- Shoegaze/Dreampop & Afins (Brazil)
- Shoegaze Japan — 日本シューゲイズ”
- Shoegaze Pilipinas
- French shoegaze” and “Nothing music collective” (does not relate to the shoegazing hardcore band Nothing)
Facebook groups are also a great way to connect with the shoegaze community worldwide. Explore the many dedicated FB groups by yourself, beginning by:
- THE WALL OF SOUND — Underground Shoegaze
- Post-rock promo (a facebook page dedicated to the promotion of post-rock, shoegaze up and coming bands)
- Shoegaze, Dream Pop & Nugaze is the biggest shoegaze community on Facebook, with nearly 50 000 members
The Reddit shoegaze community counts 58 000 members:
Be careful to follow the rules of Reddit:
Get featured in Nugaze playlists
Get your Youtube releases listed into one of our growing stack of playlists (more than 60 today)
Premiere a Youtube release
Host a release party
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