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

• Brazilian dream pop /shoegaze band Terraplana “Conversas” single on Balaclava Records                 

Brazilian shoegazing foursome craft a stirring and enthralling balance between ethereal vocal bittersweetness and reverb-strewn abrasive guitar styling, that unfurls over a murky bed of scattered drum beats and rumbling basslines, whilst scathing distorted 6-string drifts laced with painful twinkling echoes instill heartbreaking moods round dual male/female vocal heartache, impatiently stewing in numb seas of regret.

• New Mexico based indie rock /psych-pop solo project of singer-songwriter Matt Ray, AKA Silver Movie “Alex Metal” single
  

A whimsical entrancing blend of minimalist Martin Rev-like drum machine pattern and retro John Lennon-esque vibes, “Alex Metal” unfurls over tinny time-ticking percussive loops and warm pinpoint bass pulses, whilst nostalgic reedy keyboard flows rise ceremoniously below sparkling crystalline keys, to immerse prominent resigned vocal melancholy in warped robotic moods.

• Melbourne-based shoegaze /dream pop band Dream Room “Skin” single.
  

Dreamy emotional vibes with a mystical breath from the Aussie duo evoke immersive comfort through warm nostalgic spirals of twinkling guitar melodies and wistful bright synth washes underpinned by syncopated broken rhythms and hearty murmuring bass palpitations, whilst airy swathes of vocal longings blur space between two loving souls, crossing boundaries to find something real.

• NYC-based experimental dream-pop trio, Bipolar Explorer “A Door Ajar in Dreams” from the upcoming album “In The Hours Left Until Dawn” double CD on Slugg Records
  
• Chamber pop /folk musical collaboration of Norwegian-born, Sweden-based singer and composer Rebekka Karijord and North American-born, Italy-based poet, dancer and multimedia artist Jessica Dessner, joined by her brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, AKA Complete Mountain Almanac “November” from debut S/T album on Bella Union
  
• Bath, UK experimental noise /indie /electronic ensemble Snow Ghosts “Buried” off the upcoming fourth album “The Fell”, a collection of old folk songs, via Houndstooth
  
• Scotland based cinematic /experimental electronic pop musician Mark Tranmer (The Montgolfier Brothers, Wingdisk, Vetchinsky Settings, Bad Dancers Collide), GNAC “Betweenness (feat. Kathleen Stosch of Constant Follower)” first single from GNAC’s forthcoming album “The Echoes On Departure” (Vertical Features, March 2023)
  
• Icelandic ambient/dub electronic producer Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson aka Yagya “No Matter What (feat. Bandreas)” from the new 9th studio album, “ Faded Photographs”                                                       
• Germany-based Italian dream pop /atmospheric dark indie folk duo She Owl “Strangers” from the third LP “Invisible Heart” through HuNtReSs
  
• Antwerpen, Belgium indie rock /folk singer-songwriter /multi-instrumentalist Annelies Van Dinter, aka ECHO BEATTY ‘Laying Low’ off upcoming sophomore album ‘Vision Glitch’ on Unday Records
  
• Brooklyn, NY baroque indie folk singer-songwriter Devon Church “Ephemera” from the upcoming album “Strange Strangers” on Felte
  
• London-based Portuguese experimental /electronic /psychedelic artist (Negra Branca, Gnod), Marlene Ribeiro – “Toquei no Sol” title track from the upcoming new album “Toquei no Sol” on Rocket Recordings      
• Southampton, UK shoegaze /psychedelic /trip-hop band SUPERDRONE “Under the Dark Sky” from “Under the Dark Sky / Surrender” single.                                                                                                                   
• Swedish dream folk singer-songwriter Tobias Ekelund AKA Tobias Arbo “Within” second single from the debut EP on CRC Records
  
• Dublin, Ireland indie /shoegaze /slowcore /dream pop duo Perlee “Lampshade” from the upcoming debut album “Speaking From Other Rooms”
  
• Portland, OR lo-fi /psych /indie pop band Reptaliens “In Your Backyard” off the third album “Multiverse” on Captured Tracks
  
• UK kraut /psychedelic rock band Hauspoints “Crisis Actor” off the upcoming cassette EP “Bloody Interference”
  
• Melbourne based, Australian indie pop /new wave four-piece (featuring members of Dick Diver, UV Race, Total Control, Primo!, and Constant Mongrel), Terry “Gold Duck” off the upcoming 4th album “Call Me Terry” on Upset The Rhythm and Anti-Fade
  
• UK surf /psych pop 6-piece based in Nottingham, Midnight Rodeo “Creature’s Dream” from “The Big Melt / Creatures Dream” lathe cut 7″ single on Fatcat Records
  
• UK library /dark psych funk band Pleasurewood “Psycho 2000″ from the 7” vinyl single “Psycho 2000 / White Spiritual” on Farfalla Records
  
• Adelaide, Australia drone fuzzy psychedelic 3-piece band (members of The Howling Fog, The Dunes and Byzantines), Night Rites “Den” from “DEN” EP
  
• Montreal, Quebec experimental /psych-rock trio SUUNS ‘Wave’ new single on Joyful Noise
  
• Brooklyn, NY‘s post-punk /psychedelic /shoegaze /noise rock band led by Oliver Ackermann, aka A Place To Bury Strangers “Time” off V/A “In these hands” charity compilation on Quebec‘s fallen lo-
  
• London-based indie /art rock /psych rock 5-piece band, Ulrika Spacek “The Sheer Drop” from the third album “Compact Trauma” out 10th March via Tough Love.
  
• Brighton, UK kraut /space rock band from the people behind World of Twist, Earl Brutus and The Dials, QUATERMASS III “Super Star (edit)” from “Music For Most Occasions vol. 1” EP
  
• Cardiff, Wales indie /new wave /psych-rock four-piece Red Telephone ‘Waiting For Your Good Days’ new single from the upcoming debut LP “Hollowing Out”
  
• Glasgow, Scotland guitar /electronic pop twin duo Rachael Swinton & Paul Swinton, CLOTH “Pigeon” from first full-length album “Secret Measure” on Rock Action Records                                                                   
• Sevilla, Spain funk /synthpop /dream pop trio of Erica Romero Pender (Terry vs. Tori, Martes Niebla), David Alonso (Baywaves, Ordinary Guy), and Cristian Pineda (Asociación de Vecinos, Moustoile, Nue), AKA Magic Gardening Club “Far Gone” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Canadian experimental /dream pop duo (formerly known as Cult Classic) from Montreal, BODYWASH “Massif Central” off upcoming LP ” I Held the Shape While I Could” on Light Organ Records
  
• New Zealand shoegazey /garage surf pop /indie rock trio from Wellington, Soft Plastics “Disembody” from the upcoming debut album “Saturn Return”
  
• Philippines 4-piece dream-pop group from Dumaguete, UJU “We Should’ve Walked But We Ran” from the sophomore album “The Sun is in our Eyes” on Melt Records
  
• Californian indie pop /dream pop band Mind’s Eye – “Running to find you” single
  
• Indonesian indie pop solo project of The Wellington member, Humsikk (Feat. Amy Amanda & The Cottons) “By the Sea” single on Guerilla Records
  
• Spanish jangle indie pop band from Madrid, Puzzles y Dragones “Fantasía” from the second LP “Recuerdos de Puzzles y Dragones” on El Genio Equivocado
  
• Copenhagen, Denmark lo-fi /twee /indie pop duo appleseeds! “Appleseeds” from the upcoming debut album “æblefrø” via Brest‘s independent label Too Good To Be True
  
• Seattle based indie pop band The National Honor Society “In Your Eyes” new single
  
• Indonesian dream pop /indie pop band Loca Polka “Solace” single
  
• Munich, Germany indie /dream-pop /synthpop band Clear Coast “Phonecall” single.
  
• Italian dream-pop /psych-pop project of Be Forest bassist and vocalist Costanza Delle Rose, aka KOKO MOON “Sleep Demons” first single on We Were Never Being Boring Collective
  
• Italian new wave /neo-psychedelic /dream pop band Karma Voyage “Shine” from the debut LP ”Lights in Forgotten Places” via Icy Cold Records/Shyrec                                                                                                      
• Toronto, Ontario atmospheric shoegaze solo project of Daniel Monkman, AKA Zoon “A Language Disappears (Single Edit)” off upcoming second LP “Bekka Ma’iingan” via Paper Bag Records
  
• Fort Worth, TX based dream pop duo Bosque Brown “You Said” new single
  
• Seoul, South Korea indie rock /noise pop /post-rock /shoegaze solo project Parannoul ‘북극성 (Polaris)’ from 2xLP album ‘After the Magic’                                                                                                                       
• Perth, Australia dream pop /garage /psych-pop band HYLA “Speak So Polite” single.
  
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop/shoegaze band Sorry, Dave “Before We Sink” single
  
• Philadelphia‘s dream pop /shoegaze /ethereal glam-core band Halloween “Ancient Pain” from debut Self-Titled EP on 
  
• Basque Country‘s noise rock /shoegaze band based in Bilbao, ARIMA “Kea eta larruak” single from forthcoming LP
  
• US bedroom-pop /shoegaze collaboration between Florida’s Matt Messore and Philly‘s Andrew Fusca, AKA Cathedral Bells x Rew “Clinging to the Ground” single on Born Losers Records
  
• Tangerang, Indonesia fuzz /alt-rock /shoegaze foursome MEEVE “Mist” debut single
  
• Wattignies, France dream pop /shoegaze solo project Jōetsu Shore “This Is It” (previously unreleased) from the collection album “Selection”.
  
• Shoegazing /noise pop band from Brunei, SURFVAMPIRES “Special Girl” from “Relapse” EP
             
• Australian 5-piece shoegaze /dream pop band from Sydney, Futureheaven “tides” debut single from forthcoming EP
  
• Brooklyn, NY emo /shoegaze band Bedridden “Logger” from “Amateur Heartthrob” EP
  
• Chicago Noise Rock /Shoegaze /Dream Punk band Old Coke “A While” from the EP “Sorted”
  
• South Australia Indie Rock /Dream Pop /Shoegaze Guitarist, Songwriter and Producer Dave Thomas, AKA Hey Calamity “On The Run” from the debut album “Desperation” on Shore Dive Records
  
• London, UK indie /shoegaze /psychedelic rock trio HOLY SPRINGS – “E.A.T” from “E.A.T [Demos]” EP selected demos from the debut album [Up In Her Room]
• Collingswood, New Jersey lo-fi /indie /slowcore /shoegaze outfit Pale Shade “Labirynth” new single off upcoming album “Darker Days” on Flesh and Bone Records
  
• Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina shoegaze /post-rock /dream-pop 4-piece COR DE LUX “Futures” from the upcoming album “Media”
  
• Texas lo-fi /shoegaze /indie rock solo project October Dogs “Bet on the underdog” from the upcoming LP “The cusp of beauty”
  
• Californian indie rock /slowcore /shoegaze band Ceramic “Bellow” single
  
• Mid-80s founded, Coventry, UK indie guitar pop band, The Primitives “Don’t Know Where To Start” off upcoming vinyl 12″ EP “Don’t Know Where To Start” on HHBTM Records
  
• Spanish shoegaze /noise-pop /indie rock duo from Granada, Apartamentos Acapulco “El Primero” first single off upcoming LP
  
• Washington, D.C. electronic /post-rock /indie rock band Beauty Pill “I’m Just Gonna Close My Eyes For A Second (2023 Remaster)” off “Blue Period” a double LP compilation of the band’s complete Dischord recordings via Ernest Jenning Record Co.
  
• Toronto folk /fuzzy alt-rock band PACKS “4th of July” off the sophomore album “Crispy Crunchy Nothing” on Fire Talk
  
• Portland, OR based indie rock band led by James Mercer, AKA The Shins – “Australia (Peter Bjorn and John Remix)” [Sub Pop Records]
• Canadian indie rock /synth pop project of Halifax-based musicians Kristina Parlee and Ron Bates, AKA Smaller Hearts “Sleeper Agent” single on
  
• New York electronic new wave /synthpop solo project, BACHELOR “Would You Tell Her?” single
  
• Paris based dream pop /electro-pop trio Camp Claude – “Crystal In My Mind” single
  
• German NDW /indie pop /new wave band from Trier, Graustufe West “Panik” new single
  
• New York based garage punk/retro rock’n’roll project by Johnny Steines of Blue Ray, AKA Jean Mignon “Rebel Ryder” from upcoming LP “AN/AL”
  
• Rio De Janeiro, Brazil samba /soul /jazz /funk /tropical pop singer and songwriter João Selva – “Sete Ventos” off upcoming LP “Passarinho” on Underdog Records
  
• New York ambient collaboration of guitarist and vocalist Steve Gunn and pianist and composer David Moore (Bing & Ruth), Steve Gunn & David Moore “Over the Dune” off the upcoming collaborative album “Let The Moon Be A Planet” on RVNG Intl.