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

• UK 5-piece dream pop band from Bristol, Stay Lunar ~ “I Like It When You’re Around” on SAM Records
  

New single for Bristol‘s unit, rife with dreamy guitar indie-pop of intoxicating immediacy and crystalline elegance, concocts a dizzying wax and wane of distorted guitar riffs laced with sparkling echoing emotive melodies and reverberating uplifting surges of urgent melancholy, imbued by nostalgic heartfelt vocals drawing angsty breaths of love and longing whilst finally committing to a life-long love-friendship.

• Wisconsin experimental /electronic pop artist Kendra Amalie AKA Kendraplex “Live in a Car” single
  

Wisconsin sound experimentalist delves into mesmerizing yet rippling ethereal electronic pop territories, to compel spirals of hypnotic icy bright synth arpeggios, and sparse serene fluting resonances to glide over subtle bass line vibrations and light percussive feels, layered with airy breaths, blowing poetic fantasies of aloof anxiety into minimal guitar disruption’s scathing pain.

• Magelang, Indonesia C86 /twee /indie pop band Tossing Seed “Fall of Sweet Pea” off upcoming debut EP
  

Here is a leftover from the very last days of 2022 we missed, Indonesian 80s/early 90s influenced Indie-Pop 5-piece with a straightforward live recorded raw first tune from the band’s forthcoming debut EP, with nods to the Subway Organization/C86 heyday, to combine a rickety and resonant evocative array of tambourine-fuel shaking rhythms, ringing distorted guitar riffs, obsessively sparkling high-pitched wistful melodies over nostalgic heartfelt vocal ache into a bittersweet, anthemic melancholy of relationship blues.

• Swedish dark country/jazz /kraut /progressive /psych rock supergroup Kjellvandertonbruket “September Weather” from the upcoming sophomore LP “Fossils” on Startracks
  
• Italian doom ambient quartet with members of Julinko, Tristan da Cunha, The Star Pillow, AKA Bosco Sacro “Fountain Of Wealth” from upcoming debut LP “Gem” via Avantgarde Music
  
• L.A. based Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mac DeMarco “Gualala” from the new instrumental LP “Five Easy Hot Dogs”
  
• Massachusetts experimental /electronic /indie /bedroom dream pop /folk singer, composer and musician b*o*b*b*i*e “i’m a snake” off debut cassette album “demos/music for you and me” on boutique music label Flower Sounds
  
• Norwegian indie /post-rock /shoegaze /dream pop songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Tuva Hellum Marschhäuser, AKA Tuvaband – “Full Bloom” from the new LP “New Orders”
  
• Czechia lo-fi pop /slowcore solo project of Lenka Zborilova (also vocalist and lyricist in Billow), IVY Z “Illusion” from the upcoming first LP “Let yours be the last burning heart” on Bughead Records
  
• San Diego, CA r&b /soul trio Thee Sacred Souls “Future Lover” from “Future Lover” / “For Now” 7″ single on Penrose Records
  
• Paris based dream pop /indie rock /folk trio Oracle Sisters “Tramp Like You” single off upcoming debut LP “Hydranism” on 22TWENTY
  
• Seattle-based dream pop trio Coral Grief “Copycat” from the upcoming EP “Daydrops” on Den Tapes
  
• Moscow based new indie /dream pop /trip-hop /psych-folk project from acclaimed electronic producer/singer Kedr Livanskiy and experimental producer/visual artist Flaty, AKA Kosaya Gora “Motorcyclists Die” from upcoming debut LP “Kosogor” on 2MR
  
• Melbourne, Australian jangle /guitar indie pop songwriter (former The Ocean Party and Ciggie Witch member), Lachlan Denton “Lose” from the upcoming “Furnishings” album on Bobo Integral
  
• UK indie /electronic /folk duo Joel Harries and Malcolm Middleton (Arab Strap), AKA Lichen Slow “Pick Over the Bones” from upcoming first LP “Rest Lurks” on Rock Action Records
  
• Brooklyn, NY based indie-rock band GLOM “I Wanted the Real Thing” from “Pebble / Gre[a]y” Split LP (2021 EP ‘gre[a]y’ + 2022 EP ‘Pebble)
  
• San Francisco lo-fi power-pop project of Mike Ramos, AKA Tony Jay “torn in 2” from the album “2022”
  
• Ojai, California chamber pop /slowcore /indie folk singer-songwriter Rey Villalobos (FKA House of Wolves), AKA The Coral Sea “Golden Planet Sky” title track of the album “Golden Planet Sky”
  
• Brighton, UK based psych-folk project of Max Kinghorn-Mills AKA Hollow Hand “All My Love” from the third 2023 album “ Your Own Adventure” on Curation Records
  
• Abington Township, PA jangle indie pop band led by Todd Shuster (formerly of The Impossible Years), Cherry Fez “It’s Not Me, It’s You” from the album “Honeycomb Tearoom”
  
• Perth, Australia garage /surf /indie /’dreamy antisocial-pop’ foursome Teen Angst “Asleep” from the album “Barn Sour”
  
• Manchester-based lo-fi psych pop /indie rock band led by London-native Joe Walsh, AKA Dignan Porch “States Revealed” from the upcoming LP “Electric Threads” via Hidden Bay Records (EU), Safe Suburban Home (UK) and Repeating Cloud (US)
  
• East Yorkshire, UK indie rock 5-piece PRIESTGATE ‘White Shirt’ second single from upcoming second EP ‘One Shade Darker’ via Lucky Number
  
• Washington, D.C. C86 /indie pop short-lived group formed in 1994 by Pam Berry (Black Tambourine, The Pines, Glo-worm, Castaway Stones, Belmondo, etc.) and Bart Cummings (The Cat’s Miaow, Hydroplane, Bart & Friends, etc.), along with Scooter, a.k.a. R. Scott Kelly (Veronica Lake, Belmondo, Sabine, etc.), and Trish Roy (Belmondo, Heartworms), AKA The Shapiros “Paris Kiss” from the upcoming compilation LP “Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of The Shapiros” on World of Echo                                                                                             
• Swedish lo-fi indie-pop duo Robert Church & The Holy Community “MVP” single
  
• Clare, Australia Jangle /Indie-pop solo project of Caleb Carr, AKA English Summer “Untitled” single
  
• Indonesia C-86/jangle/indie pop band The Lousy Pop Group “Days” from the EP “When I’m With You” on Entes Atomicos
  
• Australian jangle Indie Rock 5-piece band formed on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Fremantle, WA), Spice World “Mountain Pony 20” from “There’s No I In Spice World” through Tenth Court (Australia / Rest of World) & Meritorio Records (Europe / North America).
  
• Austin, TX Lo-Fi /Post-Punk /Dream-Pop solo project EVNTYD “Quotidian” from the album “Eventide”
  
• Antwerp/Hamburg-based dream-pop duo The Day “Hide” new single off the upcoming sophomore album “The Kids Are Alright” on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Miami, FL shoegaze /indie pop /dream pop 4-piece AIRHOCKEY “Close” new single
  
• Portland, OR jangly indie/ surf rock 4-piece Spooky Boys “Past tense” single on BIRTHDIY
  
• Ottawa, Canada grunge /shoegaze /indie rock duo SOFTCULT “Dress” (Single) on Easy Life Records.
  
• Rostov On Don indie rock /post-punk /new wave band Motorama “Another Chance” (Single) on I’m Home Records
  
• Atlanta, GA/Wilmington, NC shoegaze /jangle /dream pop collaboration, Orchid Mantis & surfgoth “Time and Space” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Dreamy surf-pop from Scottish musician David Skimming based in South Korea, LUNAR ISLES “Shimmer (feat. Nogymx)” single
  
• Savannah, Georgia-based ambient /post-rock /shoegaze solo project SLO MOON “Horizon” from the sophomore album “New World”
  
• Houston, TX ambient /electronic /shoegaze /experimental studio project by Jonathan Thompson AKA Oppressed by the Line “Relative Time” from the album “Holding Back the Tide”
  
• South Australia based Psychedelic /Dreampop /Shoegaze one-man band of Dave Thomas, Hey Calamity “The Crunch” single
  
• North Carolina Dream Pop /Indie /Jangle Rock /Shoegaze band Lauds “Wait Forever” from the debut LP “Imitation Life” on Fort Lowell Records
  
• Bay Area based shoegaze /new wave /dream pop /indie rock 4-piece band founded by Film School guitarist Nyles Lannon and his 13-year-old son Skye, Nyte Skye “Doing Time” from the debut LP “Vanishing”
  
• North Carolina Dream Pop /Jangle Rock /Shoegaze band Lauds “Wait Forever” from the debut LP “Imitation Life” on Fort Lowell Records
  
• Seattle shoegaze /indie rock band Tourist Activities “Wrong Side” from “Wrong Side / Oh For One” single via Den Tapes.
  
• Philadelphia post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze project of Tom Lugo (Stellarscope, Cielo Oceano, Dream Turn Black, etc.), PANOPHONIC “La Caída” single on Patetico Recordings
  
• Nottingham, UK post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze instrumental solo project After Daylight “The Winter Of Disconnect” from the 8th album “The Edge Of Darkness”
  
• Australian psych /shoegaze foursome from Melbourne, Flyying Colours “Goodbye To Music” from upcoming LP “You Never Know” on ClubAC30
  
• Italian indie /dream pop /shoegaze solo project of Michele Cingolani, AKA Waving Blue “The First Time” from the album “Still Close”
  
• Manchester, UK indie rock /shoegaze band Meena “Poor” from the EP “Newspapers”
  
• Bordeaux based French dream pop /shoegaze trio Cosmopaark “Not Fixed” from the LP “And I can’t breathe enough” on Howlin’ Banana Records, Flippin’ Freaks Records & Stellar Frequencies
  
• Austin TX based lo-fi /indie /dream-pop /shoegaze artist Raul Gonzalez Jr, aka Creature In The Spiral “Seven” single
  
• Vancouver, Washington dream pop /shoegaze solo project OZURIE “To The Moon” from debut 2-track S/T single
  
• Australian 5-piece psych /shoegaze band from Sidney, Trillion “Lo-Fi Days” from the new album “So Soon Now”
  
• Californian shoegaze band based out of San Diego, Sparkler “Acid Casualty” single on Flesh & Bone Records.
  
• Atlanta, Georgia post-metal /post-rock instrumental project of visual artist Jonny Warren (aka the Double Wolf), aka KUYASHII “Always” single
  
• Paris, French Dreamgaze /Atmospheric /Post-Metal act (ex Eyes Front North), Cløudy Skies “Gleams & Ghosts” from the debut LP “Changes” on ARGONAUTA Records
  
• Columbus, OH dream pop shoegaze band Everyone But Me “Give And Take” single
  
• DC indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze band led by main songwriter-vocalist Jay Nemeyer, COLOR PALETTE “Dreams” single
  
• Bath, UK dream rock /shoegaze project of Jenn Zed, aka ZED POINT “Soop” preview off upcoming LP
  
• Vancouver, BC 4-piece indie rock band Apollo Ghosts “Gave Up The Dream” single on You’ve Changed Records
  
• Pittsburgh, PA noise /shoegaze /indie rock band Ex Pilots “Warp” from the new S/T LP on Smoking Room Records
  
• Turin, Italy grunge /slacker /indie rock band Plastic Palms “Waiting” single on We Were Never Being Boring Collective
  
• Asheville, NC countrygaze /shoegaze /indie rock band led by guitarist-singer-songwriter Karly Hartzman, Wednesday “Chosen To Deserve” off the third LP “Rat Saw God” on Dead Oceans
  
• Barcelona, Spain shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock solo project MIRELIGHT “I’m Still Afraid” single
  
• Los Angeles indie pop /dream pop singer/songwriter Dre Babinski AKA Steady Holiday “Balance” from upcoming the LP “Newfound Oxygen”
  
• Oakland‘s shoegaze /dream pop artist (formerly of Trails and Ways) Hannah van Loon, aka Tanukichan “Thin Air (feat. Enumclaw)” single from the upcoming LP “GIZMO” on Company Records
  
• Boston, MA alt /indie rock singer-songwriter Squirrel Flower “Your Love” single
  
• UK indie /dream pop collaborative creative project led by singer-songwriter Joanna Wolfe, AKA Blue Lupin “Television” single on 3tone / Quiet Crown
  
• Albany, NY based dream pop duo LAVEDA “Clean” single off the album “A Place You Grew Up In” on PaperCup Music                                                                                                                                                       
• Philadelphia, PA dream pop band Highnoon “Back To You” single
  
• Bergen, Norway indie rock singer-songwriter BO MILLI “Good Kid” single
  
• UK indie folk singer-songwriter and musician Tommy Ashby “When Love Goes Dark” from the upcoming LP “Lamplighter” on via Dance To The Radio
  
• Olympia, Washington-based bedroom pop singer-songwriter Kelsey Magnuson “Beep Beep” from the album “Don’t Budge” on Earth Libraries
  
• Gympie, Australia folk singer/songwriter (former member of the mid-90s indie band the Simpletons), Darren Hanlon “I Wish I Had Pictures” (Stephen Merritt) B-side off “The Squirrel Song” single
  
• Australian experimental /ambient /field recordings /electro-acoustic /avant-pop /dream folk /electronics duo of Sandra Selig and Leighton Craig (an offshoot of Brisbane’s Deadnotes), Primitive Motion “Portrait IV” from the upcoming LP “Portrait Of An Atmosphere” on Room40