Weekly Shoegaze/ Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips #5
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- Turkish funk / folk / psychedelic band Altın Gün – “Goca Dünya” from 2-track 7″ single on les disques bongo joe (2017)
- Seattle, WA indie folk / dream pop solo project of Danny Rowland (Seapony), Space Daze “Finding Graves” from the new album “Too Mystical” on Lost Sound Tapes (tape)/Jigsaw Records(CD)
- Seattle, WA noise-pop / shoegaze outfit SWEETSOAK “Stained Hands” from 2-track single “Stained hands b/w bitter sugar”
- Canberra/Melbourne dream pop / shoegaze two-piece EARACHE “Upside Down” from the debut ”Last” LP out now on Black Wire Records & Lacklustre Records
- Italy‘s dream pop / shoegaze solo project of Marco Barzetti (formerly leader of Weird and now guitarist / lyricist for psych band Sonic Jesus), True Sleeper “Heavy Life” on Lady Sometimes
- Los Angeles-based psych-pop folk singer-songwriter Christine Aprile, aka Virgin Pool – ”The Wanderer” from forthcoming EP “Endless Evenings” on Holodeck Records
- Sweden‘s psychedelic / shoegaze / synthwave / post-punk solo project of Jonatan Westh (formerly of late 00’s shoegazers Blackstrap), HOLY SHIP ‘Night Aquatic” from the upcoming EP “Event Horizon” on Declared Goods Records
- San Francisco, CA shoegaze / dream pop solo project Heavenly Faces “Candles” from new “Dreams” EP
- Italian grunge / shoegaze band from Trento, YATUS “Biting Dust” from the debut EP “Soak The Sun” out now
- Hattiesburg, MS synth-pop / new wave / dream pop duo d.e.b.b.i.e. – ‘Ciao Neon’ from upcoming EP “Drug Friends”
- Ohio‘s early 90’s short-lived experimental / shoegaze 4-piece made of three members (one former, two current) of the orchestral pop outfit Witch Hazel plus another Barress brother, aka GENTLE LIME “Sight” from the EP “9geese” (recorded in 1991)
- Italian psych / shoegaze / noise-rock band Cosmetic – ”Scranio” from upcoming LP “Plastergaze” out March 15 on To Lose La Track/Lady Sometimes
- Scotland‘s East Coast shoegaze cowboys LAKE PLEASANT “White Ice Sun” from the upcoming 2-track single “Passing Place”
- New Haven‘s psych-noise band lead by Kryssi Battalene, HEADROOM “city Lights” from new mini-album “New Heaven” on ever/never records
- Villahermosa, Mexico dream pop / shoegaze 5-piece LASITUD “Fantasma” new single
- Barcelona, Spanish indiepop duo of Pau Roca (La Habitación Roja) and RJ Sinclair (Tokyo Sex Destruction), LOST TAPES “The Bill” first single from upcoming EP on limited 7″ vinyl via Kocliko Records, Shelflife Records (digital) and Shiny Happy Records (cassette)
- Phoenix, AZ chill-wave / dream pop / synthwave solo project Secret Attraction “All Night” from upcoming cassette/10″ vinyl album “Blush” via Stratford Ct.
- Cleveland, Ohio ambient / psychedelic / shoegaze / dream pop 4-piece NIIGHTS “Sylvia” from the new LP “Hellebores” on Tragic Hero Records
- Californian Psychedelic Desert Rock trio from San Diego, Aunt Cynthia’s Cabin “Arrows” from the new EP “Mud Room #13”
- Gloucester, Massachusetts jangle / dream pop / psych pop project of Michael Teller, aka NIGHT HERON “Committed” from new “Witch City” EP
- South London alt dark noise pop quartet GAYGIRL “Sick Note”
- Indie dream pop trio from Charlottesville, Virginia, STRAY FOSSA “Swells”
- Australian indie psychedelic dream pop solo project of Melbourne based Nick Sowersby, aka Sunbeam Sound Machine “Talking Distance” first single from the upcoming new album ‘Goodness Gracious’, out 3 May via Dot Dash Records / Remote Control
- Australian indie jangle guitar pop band from Melbourne, The Ocean Party “Nothing Grows” title track from forthcoming EP on Emotional Response, the final release from The Ocean Party after the tragic departure of songwriter/drummer Zac Denton
- Chicago‘s post-punk / noise / psych rock 4-piece Walking Bicycles “Fat Cat” from forthcoming album “Crooch” April 26, 2019 via Highwheel Records.
- Leeds, UK dreamy electro-pop duo JELLYSKIN “Half Pedal” new single
- Saint Petersburg, Russia ambient / alt / drone / post rock solo project Threshold of Faith “Pain Reliever” from the new album “All That Drama And Suspense”
- Russian lo-fi / doomgaze / slowcore band from Nizniy Tagil, ленивая комета [Lenivaya Kometa] ‘лайн ап’ from debut EP ”Deep Impact” on pow! pop kids
- Lincoln, UK ambient-shoegaze band centred around the writing/producing partnership of Jimmy Osborne and Mark Merrifield, CORASANDEL “Unison Mix” from upcoming debut EP “All The Hours Are One”
- Malmö, Sweden psychedelic/shoegaze/dreampop/indie project HENRYS SUN “Woods” from upcoming debut EP “Foggy Days” on Shore Dive Records
- Stockholm, Sweden ethereal dream pop duo VIVII “Love love Love” new single
- Melbourne, Australia indie / ambient pop / shoegaze / folk singer/songwriter Jo Schornikow “Incomplete” from upcoming album “Secret Weapon” due March 29, 2019 on Keeled Scales
- Leeds, UK based indie six-piece Talkboy “Someone Else For You” new single
- California‘s garage power pop solo project of former lead singer of The Shanghais and guitarist & singer of Control Freaks, NATALIE SWEET “Lip Service” from upcoming LP “Oh…By The Way” on Surfin Ki Records
- Los Angeles-based garage psych noise trio Flat Worms “Shouting at the Wall” from new “Into The Iris” EP on Drag City
- Edinburgh, UK post rock / psych / shoegaze 4-piece WOZNIAK “Deceiver” from new EP “The Space Between The Trees”
- Ribble Valley, UK-based ambient / slowcore / folk musician Max Ramsden aka MULDUE “I Tried” from the album “A Place Both Foreign and Familiar” on Hush Hush Records
- Portland, Maine indie / dream pop outfit COLORCHARM “The price you pay for eyes” from upcoming EP “Sleepers in the sea by”
- French dream pop / coldwave / electro rock duo from Le Mans, Day Of Nova “Heaven Fake” from new EP “Between Lights and Sky”
- Bologna-based Italian indie-electro-rocker Emanuela Drei aka Giungla “In My Head” new single
- Nottingham, UK 90’s coldwave / cosmic krautrock / psych-punk outfit SIX BY SEVEN “Nature Is A Whore” from 3-track vinyl CD EP “Looking Out From The Inside Of A Ping Pong Ball”
- Legendary 80’s Scottish Creation Records’ jangle pop band The Jasmine Minks “Step by Step” from upcoming 2-track 7″single “Step by Step b/w Gravity” on A Turntable Friend Records
- Cincinnati, Ohio dreamgaze trio SUNGAZE “New Familiar” debut single
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania dreamy lo-fi shoegaze musician Tyler Burkhart “Waiting For You” new single
- Brighton/London, UK alt indie 4-piece FOUNDLINGS “Enemy” upcoming new single out 8th February on Last Night From Glasgow
- New French noise, shoegaze project sander & melody ”Hit Me With Flowers”
- Canadian dream pop / shoegaze quartet from Winnipeg, Living Hour “Hallboy” from the upcoming album “Softer Faces” out March 1 on Kanine Records
- Copenhagen, Denmark alt dream pop trio IRAH “Unity of Gods” first single from forthcoming album “Diamond Grid” out May 24 on Tambourhinoceros
- Egersund, Norway indie power jangle pop band led by singers and guitarists Frode Stromstad and Anne Lise Frokedal, I WAS A KING “Hatchet” (featuring guest Jad Fair) second single from the album “Slow Century” out March 8th 2019. Produced by Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake
- UK indie alternative solo project STONER “The Anteroom” second single
- Vercors, France medieval synth / krautrock / cosmic psych folk duo GRAND VEYMONT “Je cours après avant” from s/t album on Outrè
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