The World of Shoegaze... and now we’ve landed in Greece! There are some incredibly interesting, gazey projects from this year and beyond, adding fresh ingredients like Psych, Noise, and Experimental to the genre. I’ve even got amazing bands like the brilliant Sugar For The Pill from Athens on the playlist cover! Joining us from the Hellenic Republic are:
• Sugar For The Pill (Athens)
• Rees (Athens)
• Antonis Vlavo (Thessaloniki)
• XOAN (Athens)
• UVVUTV (Athens)
• Urban Space (Heraklion)
• Get Violet (Athens)
• Nix (Athens)
• Elephant (Ioannina)
• Royal Arch (Athens)
• Messier 13 (Athens)
• The Model Spy (Athens)
• Keep Shelly In Athens (Athens)
• My Wet Calvin (Athens)
• Secret Postcards (Thessaloniki)
• Black Body Radiation (Athens)
• Drifting Clouds (Athens)
• Celuta Red (Athens)
• The gift | das Gift (Athens)
• Bonfire Realm (Thessaloniki)
• Youth Valley (Athens)
• The Velvoids (Athens)
• ta toy boy (Thessaloniki)
• commuter (Athens)
• Pale Oaks (Athens)
• The Bonnie Nettles (Athens)
• Sarah P. (Athens)
• Dury Dava (Athens)
• XOAN (Athens)
• Lia Hide (Athens)
• Adolf Plays The Jazz (Athens)
Free from bots and other nonsense, this hand-curated playlist shines a light on Greece’s small but stellar Shoegaze and Indie scene.
a Greek band calling themselves Souvlaki would be a bit too on the nose, i assume
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I love Sugar For The Pill!! LUV is one of my favorite albums of 2025 :)
Yessss, so so good. Saw them live in Amsterdam this year. Great! 🔥
Link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3En1INaLX2IIqx1ypQNVUu?si=9d6cca8602bf4290 (and on other streaming services)
Merry Christmas to all and all the best, Thomas
Good list, I must say that I expected to like more Sugar for the pill since they are from my hometown. What's the best among all these?