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

• Chattanooga, Tennessee lo-fi garage rock /jangle /power-pop band led by musician and composer Matt Addison, aka Mythical Motors “In Her Second State” from the upcoming cassette/vinyl album “Tremolo On The Punchline” [Repeating Cloud / Best Brother Records]

Chattanooga‘s DIY musician teases the upcoming LP with a vibrant, heartfelt, nostalgic power-pop track à la Undertones, built on a compelling fusion of driving rhythms, incisive, noisy guitar riffs, sizzling leads, alongside anxious male vocals, layered with infectious choruses, troubled by a woman who runs in order to make and control everything.

• NYC shoegaze /slowcore /dream pop band Neon Wire “Black Morning” second single
  

New York band crafts a highly emotional and evocative guitar-driven sound, which teeters between sweetness and tension, suspension and intensity. Sparkling reflective arpeggios, noisy blasts of distortion and high-pitched wails depict and echo the rambling, hearty moods of restless, wistful female vocals longing for a loved one under deep waves of turbulent emotions.

• Japanese indie-pop /dream-pop pioneers formed in 1993, Sugar Plant “Anything” from the upcoming 8th LP “One Dream, One Star”, 30 years since their debut in 1995 [KiliKiliVilla]

Japanese dream pop trailblazers tease the upcoming long-awaited album with a jazzy, fascinating, and elegant first foretaste of sheer soul-caressing intimacy. Soft nimble rhythms, immaculate shimmering guitar notes, enveloping lush strings and chime-like wistful keys create a vibrant, glassy cozy realm of introspective emotions, to bathe sinuous, sad, rich female vocals, wondering if a loved one is being fully honest, in warm, colourful reflections.

• Brisbane, Australia experimental ambient dream folk artist fhae “Inside the coccon” from “Life in cycle” LP [4000 Records]
• Leeds, UK lo-fi /ambient /folk /post-rock project by former Hood core member, Richard Adams (Northern Exchange, Memory Drawings, Great Panoptique Winter), The Declining Winter “Brenton Parchment” from “Recordings of Weird Air Winter” LP vinyl reissue of the 2021 Signal label’s cassette [ASTATINE]
• Bolton, UK instrumental /library music/lo-fi 60s pop musician and composer (aka Ballard), Darren Riley “Jaunty Jack” off “Library Music” LP, a collection of instrumental music inspired by the library music labels of the 1970s [wiaiwya]
• Scottish ambient /spiritual jazz /neo-classical /chamber folk composer and producer (former member of Idlewild and Hazey Janes), Andrew Wasylyk “The Cold Collar (Feat. Gruff Rhys)” from the album “Irreparable Parables” [Clay Pipe Music]
• Montreal, Québec dream pop /dreamgaze singer-songwriter Mackerel Sky “It is here for you” from “Demos 8” EP
  
• London ethereal /shoegaze /dreampop three-piece of Ben Easton (guitar), Dottie Cockram (vocals, guitar) and Harry Catchpole (drums), DEARY “Seabird” from the upcoming debut “Birding” LP [Bella Union]
• South Korea-based hazy indie pop solo project of Scottish multi-instrumentalist David Skimming, Lunar Isles “Heaven Cloud” single
  
• Leicester, UK-based Shoegaze /Indie Dream Pop band Dayflower “Girl (demo)” from “When Songs” EP
  
• Indonesian twee /indie pop band The Grimmer Club “Kacamata Kita Bertemu” single [A Single Kiss!]
• Malmö, Sweden experimental pop solo project of multi-instrumentalist Petter Herbertsson (Testbild!, Blago Bung), Sternpost “The Trees and I” from the second album “unworld.afterpop” [Concentric Circles]
• Brazilian jangle indie guitar pop band led by Adriano do Couto, aka Postal Blue “Quiet Heart” (original by The Go-Betweens) from “Anxiety of Influence” EP
  
• San Bernardino, CA-based jangle /dream /indie pop multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Manuel Joseph Walker, a.k.a. Foliage “Missing Hearts” single
  
• Portland, Maine dream pop /shoegaze /dreamy alt-rock singer-songwriter Darksoft “Spend Your Days” single
  
• Columbus, OH lo-fi folk /indie rock-pop band and recording project started in 2019, Healing & Peace “Lessons From History” from the album “A Treatise”
  
• Providence, Rhode Island cosmic /psych /dream pop artist Roz Raskin, aka NOVA ONE “Basketball court” from the upcoming LP “How to kiss”
  
• Richmond, CA synthpop artist (Grass Widow and Cold Beat), Hannah Lew “Another Twilight” from the upcoming s/t debut solo album [Night School]
• Portland, OR psychedelic indie pop band led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Dustin Reske, Rocketship “Let’s Go Away” reissue of the 1996 full-length debut album “A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)” [Slumberland Records]
• London kraut /pastoral indie pop quartet The Leaf Library “The Reader’s Lamp” off the upcoming fourth studio album “After The Rain, Strange Seeds” [Fika Recordings]
• Paris-based French-American jangle /psych /indie pop duo of Guillaume Siracusa and Erica Ashleson, SPECIAL FRIEND “Breakfast” from upcoming LP “Clipping” [Howlin Banana Records / Skep Wax]
• London, UK-based él Records-affiliated mid-80s indie pop cult band led by singer-songwriter Jessica Griffin, Would-Be-Goods “Dr Love” from the upcoming new album “Tears Before Bedtime” [Skep Wax]
• Hamburg, Germany DIY indie pop band project by singer-songwriter Heiko Schneider, aka theCatherines “Poupée Pop” from the 2-track single “Poupée Pop/I’m okay!”
  
• Dallas, TX Nü Wave /Jangle Punk band Sculpture Club “The Every Boy” single [Born Losers Records]
• San Francisco lo-fi /indie rock /dream pop trio (members of bands Tony Jay, Big Top, V.V.M.), Knight’s Ferry “The Autumn Leaves on 14th Street” from upcoming debut cassette EP “House Demos” [Teeth Vs Teeth]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Pushed To The Side Again” 38th and 2nd single from the new upcoming album “6 Weeks Holiday, Nowhere To Play” [Salt Mine Records]
• Leicester, UK-based DIY jangle /indie pop solo project of Neil Hill, aka Shopfires “The Tar Tanks” single from the forthcoming album “The Old Works”
  
• Aberdeen, Scotland‘s indie rock /psych /jangle /power-pop solo project of founding member and one-fifth of The Vapour Trails, Kevin Robertson “Birdy In The Window” single
  
• Portland, OR Indie Rock /Rock & Roll band led by Jordan Di Nocenzo, Grolixes “Randy’s Gonna Make It Fine” title track of the EP “Randy’s Gonna Make It Fine”
  
• Manchester, UK shoegaze /indie rock foursome Mayflower “Drifter” single
• Melbourne dream pop /indie rock musician Dean Valentino, aka Slowcoaching “Younger” from the LP ”I’m In My Brain Again”
  
• Yorkshire, UK-based lo-fi bedroom pop /new wave /shoegaze /indie /jangle /dream-pop project of musician-producer Mikey Wilson, aka LOWMOON “Cinema” 3rd single from upcoming third LP “Decade Fever” [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Gothenburg, Sweden 4-piece post-punk /dreampop /indie rock band, Makthaverskan “Louie” single [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• Portland, OR-based ambient /electronic /dream pop /shoegaze project of veteran musician H.K. Kahng, aka Buddha on the Moon “Cantrips and Tails” from the 2-track single “Cantrips”
  
• Amsterdam/Moscow dreampop /shoegaze collaboration Biatlón & Mint Tea “Summer is a Dream” single
  
• Tucson, AZ Dream Gaze /Psych Rock band MUTE SWAN “Phantasms of the Living (feat. Sonoda)” from upcoming LP “Skin Slip” [Hit The North Records]
• Taiwan noise-pop /shoegaze/dream pop band The Giraffe Told Me In My Dream “散步” single
  
• Cincinnati, OH emo /dreamgaze /dream rock /shoegaze band SUNGAZE “Always Looking Behind” from the upcoming album “I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights” [Softseed Music / Candlepin Records]
• Sydney-based shoegaze /dream pop musician and songwriter Pete Bridle (Fka Lake Region and guitarist of Trillion), aka Lone Seagull “Some Hidden Stairs” single
  
• San Diego, CA Psychedelic /Dreamgaze /Shoegaze foursome Sparkler “Postal” from the upcoming second LP “Glidewinder” [à La Carte Records]
• Philadelphia shoegaze /space rock four-piece The Place Lives “Pulsar” second single
  
• Toronto grungegaze /shoegaze band led by Jonathan Vokes, Black-Headed Gull “Slowly” single
  
• South Pasadena, CA 3-piece alternative rock /shoegaze band SEKO “Say Hi to the Sun” single
  
• Virginia Beach‘s grunge /fuzzy/shoegaze/psychedelic /noise pop duo of Adam Leach & Bella Boom, BOY “I Can’t Read Anymore” 2-track single from the upcoming album, “I Can’t Read Anymore”
  
• Lafayette, Louisiana 4-piece alternative /shoegaze /indie rock band Cashier “Like I Do” from the debut EP “The Weight” [Julia’s War Recordings]
• Fort Worth, TX slowcore /grunge /shoegaze band TRAUMA RAY “Hannibal” from upcoming EP “Carnival” [Dais Records]
• South Wales lo-fi space rock /psychedelic four-piece Midding “Nuisance” from the second “.44” EP [Tough Love]
• Toronto alternative /doom metal /space /post-rock /noise /heavy psychedelic rock trio Tijuana Taxi “Looking at Air” from the debut full-length album “Mirages”
  
• Nottingham, UK experimental psychedelic sonic alchemists, THE CULT OF DOM KELLER ”Leaders With Hooves” first single from the sixth album “Unholy Drum” [Fuzz Club]
• London, UK swamp blues /drone /kosmic free jazz /psychedelic rock band project, The Jonny Halifax Invocation “Living The Dream (Radio Edit)” from “Living The Dream” EP
  
• Burlington, Vermont post-rock /kraut /noise-rock four-piece Robber Robber “The Sound It Made” from the upcoming second LP “Two Wheels Move the Soul” [Fire Talk]
• Seattle garage-punk-rock grrls The Darts (US) “Midnight Creep” single [Adrenalin Fix Music (EU) / Meow Hiss Music (US)]
• Rye, Australia alternative /indie rock /rock’n’roll four-piece Doe St “Figure It Out” from “Same Day” EP
  
• California garage punk rockers SWEET REAPER “Sacrifice” from the new LP “Still Nothing” [ALIEN SNATCH!]
• Manchester, UK slowcore /midwest-emo /post-rock trio Shaking Hand “Mantras” from the debut self-titled album [Melodic Records]
• Omaru, New Zealand post-punk /surreal art pop /psychedelic ecstatic project led by Matthew Plunkett (The Cuticles, The Trendees), What Kind of Human Have I Become “Mount Maunganui” from the upcoming LP “Memory Gut” [Soft Abuse]
• Los Angeles indie rock /art punk four-piece Sunday Mourners “Darling” from the debut LP “A-Rhythm Absolute” [Curation Records]
• Tahoma, CA dub ska rock duo Fox & Hompton “Don’t Wanna Go Home” single
  
• Canadian lo-fi indie pop singer-songwriter and musician, Sean Nicholas Savage “Standing In A Line Worth The Wait For” from the 2008 bedroom-recorded debut album “SUMMER 5000”
  
• Philadelphia psych /cosmic /folk instrumental guitar solo project of one half of Elkhorn, Drew Gardner “Rhizoid” from the upcoming “Wave Field” LP [VHF]
• Athens, GA experimental fingerstyle solo project of guitarist and composer (leader of the avant-rock band Ahleuchatistas, and a member of the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet), Shane Parish “Eggshell” from “Autechre Guitar” LP, acoustic re-interpretation of the 90s electronic music from the UK IDM group Autechre [Palilalia]