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

• Maine twee /shoegaze /dream pop /indie pop band Field Studies “The Rougarou” from the 10″/7″ EP “The Rougarou”
  

Since its bygone cycling cover artwork, the debut demo EP from Maine-based 4-piece immediately grabbed the attention of many indie pop devotees for six nuanced expressions of hazy yet sheer lo-fi melodic charms, nestled between dreamy jangly indie pop, light shoegazey textures and gentle folk veins, somehow between The Sundays and 10,000 Maniacs. The band is back with a 3-tracker vinyl comprised of refined studio versions of 3 tunes from the original version, and the one that stands out most is the title track “The Rougaru”, namely a curse bestowed upon a sinful soul during lent, beautiful heartfelt clear vocals deliver romantic warnings gliding atop an intoxicating swaying backdrop of nimble drum beats, snaky warm bass pulses, wandering wistful crystalline guitar melodies, and glowing icy keyboard stabs; timeless exquisite melodies that you can’t help but listen to on repeat.

• Detroit, MI 3-piece noise /shoegaze band Harper “Vez” from the debut EP “Robot Beautiful”<

Ended up in the spam, and I apologize for it, the debut EP from Harper, an elusive three-piece Shoegaze band from Detroit, who deliver a both moody and atmospheric, guitar-swollen and fuzz-laden 90s charged sound, that builds, melancholically evocative yet subtly cathartic, warm enveloping and buzzing cascading waves of abrasive yet corroborating reverb-drenched distortion, to overwhelm lost dreamy vocals with intense sways of emotional longing.

• Swedish indie-pop duo founded in 1990 by Karlstadt‘s Erik Bergqvist & Christian Gustafsson, aka Victorian Tin “Window in the Sky” new single
  

Founded in the early 90s, the Swedish duo didn’t kick the habit of writing exquisite and deeply romantic jangle-strewn Indie Pop songs, as the captivating brand new single that pulses with the stark intensity of a dead, but hard-to-end romance, through the spicy emotive flow of steady crisp percussions, lithe warm bass lines, light lilting shimmery strums and obsessive wistful crystalline guitar melodies, shrouded in distorted mists, to propel prominent angsty vocal croons through a poignant weeping outflow of evocative painful piano keys.

• Portland, OR ambient /ethereal /electronic duo (Goldmund, Mint Julep), Helios and Hollie Kenniff “Slow Motion Dream” single
  
• Baltimore, MD mid-’80s lo-fi /bedroom pop /indie pop cassette artist (member of 80s post-punk band The Woods), Linda Smith “Salad Days (Young Marble Giants Cover)” from the reissue of the homespun 1995 album “Nothing Else Matters” LP vinyl 12” via Captured Tracks
  
• London-based Canadian experimental indie-folk singer-songwriter Dana Gavanski “How To Feel Uncomfortable” from the third LP “LATE SLAP” on Full Time Hobby
  
• Melbourne New Wave /Post-Punk /Indie Rock band House of Light “Amidst the Window Flowers” single
  
• London, UK electronic producer and half of the legendary DJ team A Love From Outer Space (with Andrew Weatherall), Sean Johnston, aka Hardway Bros “1979 – Glok Remix Reprise” (Glok aka Andy Bell of shoegaze legends RIDE) from “My Friends Remixes” EP [Outre-Mer]
• Glasgow/Edinburgh, Scotland DIY bedroom folk /jangle /dream /indie pop project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Kay Terence, aka Swiss Portrait “Dust” single
  
• Minnesota dream pop /shoegaze solo project, fadedinmemories “Reflections” (Demo Version)
  
• Freemantle, Australia shoegaze /noise /dream pop collective Montana Wildhack “Breathe” from the EP “Sanderling”
  
• Edinburg, Texas dream pop band Lunar Heart “Former Friends” from the debut EP “Starry Eyed”
  
• Washington‘s lo-fi bedroom-dream-slowcore-indie pop band Porch Kiss “Dream of Sleep” single
  
• Utah ambient /drone emo))) /shoegaze /slowcore quartet Sympathy Pain “Swann Dive” title track of the album “Swann Dive”
  
• Lo-fi /indie rock /post-folk songwriting project of Toronto-raised, Vancouver-based producer Sasha Balazic, Tractor Beam “Set in Stone” from “Early Reflections” EP
  
• Baltimore‘s folk rock /darkwave singer-songwriter Station Sleeper “Beautiful Poison” from the 3rd “Glidepath” EP
  
• Brooklyn, New York indie rock duo Snailosaur “Darkness” from the debut LP “Talk Therapy”
  
• Wales, UK indie rock band Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings “You’re a Lighthouse, I’m At Sea” title track of the album “You’re a Lighthouse, I’m At Sea” via Country Mile Records
  
• UK indie pop collaboration The Happy Somethings & Slovenly Boy “No More” single
  
• Melbourne-based slacker /indie jangle pop 4-piece Rock Band “Bizzy” from debut S/T EP
  
• Liverpool, UK reverb-laced jangle indie pop solo project Bright Islands “Road To Nothing” from “5 Songs” (EP) CD collection of the first two 2023 EPs via Subjangle
  
• Brooklyn, NY ’10s jangle indie pop band fronted by Phil Sutton (ex-Comet Gain/Velocette/Kicker), Pale Lights “You And I” from the compilation album “Waverly Place” via Jigsaw Records
  
• UK indie guitar pop singer-songwriter-musician and frontman of trailblazer Creation Records‘ bands The Loft and The Weather Prophets, Peter Astor “Model Village” from upcoming LP “Tall Stories & New Religions” via Tapete Records
  
• Adelaide, Australia new wave /jangly romantic synth-pop duo New Labour “The Colours of War” single
  
• Essen, Germany jangle /indie guitar pop solo singer-songwriter & musician André Dan, aka My Laundry Life “Your Life Is a Long Crime” single                                                                                                               
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi C86 /post-punk /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “The Girl Who Lives Upside Down” only single from the upcoming DIY CD album “Talk About Prolific”, via his own label Salt Mine Records                                                                                                     
• Salisbury, UK 60s /power pop /jangle indie pop band led by Oliver Flanagan, aka Sorry Monks “Girlfriend” from upcoming “Girlfriend” (EP) CD via Subjangle
  
• Sandbach, UK jangle /indie /power pop solo project of singer-songwriter Paul Hughes, aka The Candy Strypers “Bedroom” single
  
• London, UK folk /neo-acoustic /indie pop band, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize feat. Charlie Darling “Listen To Al” (originally produced by Charlie Darling in 2020, reimagined by Richard Longley) from the album “Songs From The Attic”                                                                                                                                     
• Clare, Australia jangle noise pop trio The Boltons “Letters from Home” single
  
• California-based chill-surf-dream pop-indie-garage-jangle pop singer, songwriter, and musician Josh Hwang, aka CASTLEBEAT “Moonlight” 3rd single off the upcoming album ”Stereo” via Spirit Goth Records
  
• South Wales lo-fi /shoegazing /jangly /indie pop duo Warm Coat “Surface” off “Terminus” EP
  
• Chicago’s bedroom pop/jangle/dream-pop project of Kenneth Foss, aka TEEN BLUSH “WEARING DIFFRENT SKIN” new single
  
• Toronto, Ontario dream pop /shoegazey /indie rock one piece band HANKUS “The Hopeful Shift” from “Untitled EP 1”
  
• Sheffield, UK indie /new wave /dream pop trio, Rehearsed Living “Radiator” single
  
• Glasgow-based indie rock /post-punk /indie pop band (members of Current Affairs, Nightshift, Order of the Toad and Robert Sotelo), DANCER “Passionate Sunday (album version)” from upcoming debut album “10 Songs I Hate About You” via Meritorio Records
  
• Swedish post-punk /shoegaze /indie pop /’deathpop’ band from Göteborg, Agent Blå “Discount” first single from the upcoming album “Stab!” on Kanine Records (USA) and VÅRØ Records (Sweden).
  
• Chicago‘s goth-gaze /post-punk trio Tragic Figures “Expose” off “Open Sores” EP cassette via à La Carte Records
  
• SF Bay Area shoegaze /indie rock /textural pop group Torrey “No Matter How” from upcoming sophomore S/T album via Slumberland Records
  
• Białystok, Poland shoegaze /noise-rock band Hukoskop “Odpłyń” from the debut LP “Słońce Spaliło Spokój”
  
• Evansville, Indiana drone pop /psychedelic /shoegaze band Stella “Hope And Fear” single
  
• London, UK dream pop /shoegaze band Whitelands feat. Dottie “Tell Me About It” single off upcoming debut album “Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day” on Sonic Cathedral
  
• John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador shoegaze artist and producer lil dirtbag “Kenopsia (wasted on u)” single
  
• Birmingham, UK indie rock /shoegaze act Winter Harbour “Stray (don’t go now)” from “This withered light” EP
  
• Munich, Germany-based US Psychedelic /Shoegaze solo project HAYIEN “In The Moment” single
  
• New York lo-fi /dream pop /shoegaze duo sweet93 “Be My Best” single
  
• Australian dream noise pop /shoegaze multi-instrumentalist Steve Matzkov, aka Seven Hour Days “1974” single
  
• Nizhny Novgorod, Russia dream pop /indie /shoegaze band 11:11 “Фармакон / pharmakon” single
  
• Oxford, UK legendary shoegaze quartet Ride “Peace Sign” from upcoming seventh LP “Interplay” [Wichita Records]
• Scotland‘s noise shoegaze 4-piece Sunstinger – “Endless June” new single 
  
• Paris, France indie rock duo Velvet Sunset “Do You Love Me Now?” single
  
• Germany based indie rock /noise /grunge-pop band led by singer and songwriter Anna Olivia Böke, aka SLOE NOON “New > Old” single on Dalliance Records
  
• Rochester, NY Shoegaze/ Indie Rock band Bad Bloom “Housekeeper” single
  
• Baroque pop /outsider folk /krautrock /funk /garage-rock /psychedelic rock solo recording project of Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, engineer and producer, Steven W. Schouten, aka Misty Lanes “The Glorious Ones” from upcoming vinyl 12″ LP “Colourless Green Ideas” [echodelickrecords]
• Padua, Italy folk /power pop /psychedelic pop band Monoscopes “Hey Atlas” single on Big Black Car Records
  
• Southern California folk rock /psych-pop band fronted by The Tyde and Beachwood Sparks co-founder Brent Rademaker, GospelbeacH “Hang Thyme” from the upcoming final album “Wiggle Your Fingers” album via Curation Records
  
• Rochester, UK r&b /soul /indie rock /Mod cult band The Prisoners ‘Don’t Burst My Bubble’ (Small Faces cover) off upcoming ‘Don’t Burst My Bubble’ / ‘Ain’t No Telling’ 7″ single via Countdown Records/Acid Jazz
  
• Marquette, Michigan power pop /indie rock band Liquid Mike “Mouse Trap” off upcoming LP “Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot”
  
• Scottish indie rock trio Swim School “Give Me A Reason Why” single on LAB Records
  
• London, UK garage rock /noise /grunge duo Fräulein “Wait and See” single
  
• Italian post-punk /noise /indie rock trio TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! “Endless” from the upcoming LP “Bloom” via To Lose La Track and Coypu records
  
• Chicago-based punk-pop-emo trio, Heavy Seas “Sunn” off the upcoming second album, “Distortion Days” on Rad Girlfriend Records
  
• Italian post-punk /black metal /shoegaze band Moonoises – “Black Beyond” first official single from the upcoming debut album “She – The Void” [These Hands Melt]
• Milwaukee‘s emo /indie rock trio Barely Civil “Better Now” from the upcoming LP “I’d Say I’m Not Fine” via Take This To Heart Records
  
• Stockholm, Sweden artificial garage rock band Kerosene Kream “Bulbous Swelling” [single] on PNKSLM Recordings
  
• Ottawa, Ontario dream pop /indie pop solo project Dad Sports “take yr time” single
  
• Amsterdam–Antwerp folk /indie rock band Loupe “Tested Waters” single on Sinnbus
  
• Sydney, Australia alt-synth-pop trio Gauci “Dead Afraid” single off upcoming debut mixtape “Growing Pains”
  
• Dutch retro /garage soul combo THE TIBBS “Give Me A Reason” from their upcoming new album “KEEP IT TO YOURSELF” via Record Kicks
  
• London-based, Southend-on-sea-born indie pop /soft rock soulful singer and songwriter Ellie Bleach – “Whole Lotta Nothing” 2nd single from the upcoming EP “Now Leaving West Feldwood” via Sad Club Records
  
• New York indie folk singer-songwriter (fka Mia Tims), Babe City “It’s Not A Competition” from the EP “I Can Still Feel It”
  
• London-based Danish experimental /electronic /classical composer and viola player Astrid Sonne “Do You Wanna” from the upcoming third LP “Great Doubt” [Escho]