WL//WH Weekly Shoegaze // Dreampop // Psychedelic // Indie Tips

• Tokyo, Japan dream-pop /shoegaze band KILDREN “December” single
  

As the title suggests a single released at the end of last year, almost in synch with a promising debut EP, as to set a new path, the Tokyo band ably harbors the spirit of the shoegaze heritage, rooted in a heady balance between melody and noise, where the guitar textures are sometimes aggressive and scratchy, sometimes dreamy and ethereal, suffused with the vibrant calm essence of a fragile female voice. In the Winter, when time slows, a dull weight sinks in, causing angsty female vocals to brood in still isolation, then a cathartic surge of piercing screechy frequencies and heavy grinding distortions pulverize the heaviness, and a cool layer rises up, leaving the worries below.

• Brighton, UK indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze new solo project by Shore Dive label head honcho N.P. Wardell (FKA Beatastic), Marry Me Marie “In the hard times”, debut single from the forthcoming first LP
  

Released earlier in the new year, “In the hard times” is the first soul-stirring glimpse of the seemingly enigmatic new solo project by Shore Dive label head honcho N.P. Wardell, blends Shoegaze (Smashing Pumpkins, Drop Nineteens), Indie Rock (Pixies), and Dream Pop (Beach House), harnessing mechanical programmed beats and gritty droning bass lines, to build a heavy, grounding force under vibrant textures of shivering guitar melodies, twinkling keys and layers of gentle, airy vocals, to bring forth a harmonious blanket of calm, support, and unity.

• South Wales, UK lo-fi noise pop /shoegaze project of musician James Cubitt, aka WINTER SUN “Honey” single
  

Dizzy MBV-tinged vibrant emotional swirler intertwines distorted guitars, restrained noise, and bittersweet dreamy melodies, layering a strummed haze with aching swells of slightly jarring resonances, causing a woozy strain of blurred feelings that float around whispery male vocals, wrapped in urgent layers of brittle anxiety.

• Torre Annunziata, Naples ambient /folk /modern classical /experimental /dream pop /electronic artist Giuseppe Federico Pastore, a.k.a Ciro Vitiello “+days ft. Heith” from the second LP “Notes from the air”  [STROOM.tv]
• Los Angeles-based psych-fi folk singer-songwriter Lilliana Villines “Lilith” single
  
• NSW South Coast, Australia alt folk singer-songwriter Ali Mollica, aka Field Commander Ali “She was picking flowers” from “The Next From Field Commander” [World of Echo]
• French bedroom /indie folk /pop singer-songwriter from Lille, Joni Île “si je le croise” single
  
• Leicester, UK-based experimental shoegaze /indie dream pop group Dayflower “daisy . coda” from the collection “blooms . loose (singles and rarities)” LP
  
• North Carolina ambient /ethereal /dream pop musician and composer Kate de Rosset “Burn Bright” from the fifth full-length album “It Will Burn” [La Double Vie]
• France-based dream pop /shoegaze long-running creative outlets since 1984 of British musician Andrew Rose, aka Callière “Mountains (feat. Mary Wyer)” from the new album “Solar” [Shore Dive Records]
• Melbourne experimental /dub /funk /post-punk six-piece group EXEK “Sidestepping” from the seventh album “Prove The Mountains Move” [DFA Records]
• Canterbury, UK experimental pop /kraut /psych folk rock duo Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms, MEMORIALS “Cut Glass Hammer” from the second “All Clouds Bring Not Rain″ LP [Fire Records]
• New Jersey experimental /electronic /dream pop songwriter HOP “On A Dandelion’s Head” from the debut “You Would Like That” LP [Soap Library]
• Seattle-based electronic /alt-rock /slowcore trio (former members of the dreampop band Shimmertraps), aka Exiter – “Death Star” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• San Francisco shoegaze /jangle /indie pop band led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums, etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “New Leaf” (single) [Fire Records]
• Buenos Aires-based DIY psychedelic /indie-rock /shoegaze music project of French musician Cyril Degilles, Ural Mountains “Sarah (Alex G Cover)” from “NMER C-02 2025” compilation LP [No Me Escucho Records]
• UK 60s /power pop /jangle indie guitar pop band led by Oliver Flanagan, aka Sorry Monks “Got All That I Need” from “Flora and Fauna” LP [Subjangle]
• Indonesian twee /indie poppers The Fabulous Friends “Friendly City” from”A Little Spring of Gentle Pop” LP [Shiny Happy Records]
• Jakarta, Indonesia lo-fi /indie-pop act led by Ganesha, FUNNY LITTLE DREAM – “I knew you like me” from V/A “STRAWBERRY PUNKS Vol.6” EP cassette [disanorak]
• Kent, UK-based Indie Rock /Garage /Power Pop /Psychedelic Pop project formed in 2013 by Ian Button (formerly guitarist with Death In Vegas, Thrashing Doves, and 1/2 of The Penrose Web), Papernut Cambridge “J’ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare” (Jacques Dutronc cover, 1966) from “Everybody Is In Papernut Cambridge″ 23 tracks retrospective collection + 2-track 7” single [Gare du Nord Records]
• Oxnard, California gothic soul groove band The Crystal Tears “Oxnard Soul” from the EP “Oxnard Soul” [YAY! Records]
• Córdoba, Argentina dream pop /synthpop band Frío “Late Night” from “Yume” EP
  
• UK jazz /funk /R&B /indie soul group SAULT “Chapter 1” from the LP “Chapter 1” [Forever Living Originals]
• Early ’80s Edinburgh-based Motown-inspired indie pop-punk sisters Gaye and Rachel Bell, aka Twinsets “Zippo” from “PRELP 4: Peel sessions 82-83” LP 12″ [Precious Recordings of London]
• UK 90s veteran beloved twee /jangle /indie pop band Heavenly “Excuse Me” from the upcoming LP “Highway to Heavenly”, first album in 30 years [Skepwax Records]
• Vancouver, BC indie pop /shoegaze /jangle /power pop band The Sylvia Platters “Tactical Lunch Box” new single
  
• London-based Psych /Dream Pop /Shoegaze singer-songwriter Daniel Land “Pearl Daddy” 2-track 7″ single
  
• Leghorn, Italy new wave /trip-hop /dream pop /shoegaze band led by vocalist/guitarist Tommaso La Rocca, Inframell0w “Alive” single
  
• Estonian indie /dream-pop band led by Mariin Kallikorm (former member of London‘s indie band Wyldest), mariin k. “Easy” (single) [Seksound Record Label]
• Milan, Italy post-punk/dream pop /shoegaze foursome Grace Cale “In My Sleep” single
  
• Philadelphia alternative /shoegaze /indie rock guitar band The Julies “Teenage Sadness” single [Lost In Ohio]
• Paris-based, French Indie Rock /Shoegaze band, Dewey “City Has Come To Crash” from upcoming debut LP “Summer On A Curb” [Howlin Banana Records / Modulor]
• San Antonio, TX ambient /electronic /dream pop /shoegaze project Crux of Faith “Geosphere” from “Geosphere²” 2-track single
  
• Wattignies, France dream pop /shoegaze solo project Jōetsu Shore “Just When You Think (It’s Over” from the LP “Brazil”
  
• Terre Haute, Indiana grunge /shoegaze band Sleep Keeper “Feign” from cassette EP “Passerby”
  
• South London lo-fi/shoegaze/psychedelic trio HOLY SPRINGS “Right Time” from “FLYER” EP
  
• UK Electronic Psychedelic Dream-Gaze duo, Frankie Teardrop Dead “Plane Eclipse (Deja Vu)” from the new “Deja Vu” EP
  
•  Berlin/Brussels post-punk /psychedelic rock band (past and present members of Gang Of Four, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Tricky, The Fuzztones and The Third Sound), Golden Hours “Arctic Desert” from upcoming LP “Beyond Wires” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Aliso Viejo, CA power pop /rock ‘n’ roll band Uni Boys “I Don’t Wanna Dream Anymore” off the upcoming self-titled LP [Curation Records]
• Welland, Ontario garage /power pop /rock and roll band led by Daniel Romano, The Outfit “Autopoiet” from the LP “Preservers Of The Pearl” [You’ve Changed Records]
• Philadelphia indie-rock band GLADIE “Future Spring” 2nd single from the upcoming “No Need To Be Lonely” LP [Get Better]
• Thessaloniki, Greece 60s Garage Punk band The Basements “Feelings” 2-track 7″ single [Rogue Records]
• Detroit, MI experimental /kraut /indie rock collective of Cory Plump (Spray Paint, Rider/Horse, Expensive Shit), Fred Thomas (Tyvek, Idle Ray), Whitney Johnson (Matchess, Damiana), Matthew J Rolin (Powers/Rolin Duo, solo), Lonnie “Palmtree” Slack (Water Damage) and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Winged Wheel “Beautiful Holy Jewel Home” from the third LP “Desert So Green [12XU]
• Bologna, Italian indie rock band Altre Di B “FOMO” [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]
• Seattle-based experimental /synth-pop /indie Chinese pop /rock duo Chinese American Bear “No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)” single [Moshi Moshi Music]
• Essex, UK-based dream pop /alternative folk collective The Owl Service “Wassail Song” (traditional)