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

• Belfast, UK based indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze singer-songwriter Jamie Welles “Sarah’s Song” single
  

Hailing from a land of fantastic vocalists like Van Morrison, “Sarah’s Song” is the new single for Belfast singer-songwriter Jamie Welles, gifted with a striking Elton John-like resonant voice overflowing with sentimental love, channeling moody, shivering surges of doubt and passion over steady thudding rhythms and shimmering waves of dazzling, fuzzed-out guitar distortion, to ring and shiver laced with angsty doubts of love and obsession.

• Toronto, Ontario indie /slacker rock /shoegaze /slowcore project of Charlie Berger (Slowly, Tonemirror, With Hidden Noise, Slow Planet), DORMER “Better Late” from upcoming LP “Concerning Me” via Loss Leader Records 
  

Our old acquaintance from Toronto with his slackened, cold and intimate, subtly poetic, Slowcore moniker Dormer, teasing the forthcoming LP with the dreamy, introspective, Low-tinged “Better Late” that winds pain-fueled echoing guitar strains through expanding, loosening tunnels of trembling bass lines and light scattered, plodding drum beats, to insistently sway along high airy vocal angst, with the insight to take the long road home.

• Auckland, NZ new indie rock trio fronted by singer-songwriter Kane Strang, Office Dog “Big Air” from “Big Hair / Warmer” second single
  

Since an Indie Rock young talent from the mythical Dunedin now about 7/8 years ago and along his three solo albums released so far, singer and songwriter Kane Strang has always shown entrancing imaginative songwriting, at times sprinkled with psychedelic nuances, and a consistent distinctive melodic flair. The brand new single, less reflective than usual, the second, from his new band Office Dog, ignites breathy and restless vibes full of emotion and drive from the outset, through perky trotting drum beats, trembling bass lines and angsty fuzz-riddled, subtly screech, guitar riffs to coalesce in swells of bittersweet memories around distressed vocal airs, desperately sinking into a daydream of “big air”.

• Portland, OR ambient /ethereal /electronic artist (half of Mint Julep), Hollie Kenniff “Carve The Ruins” from sophomore album “We All Have Places That We Miss” on Western Vinyl
  
• West Yorkshire UK ambient /pastoral /post-rock /folk group led by Richard Adams (Hood co-founder), The Declining Winter ‘This Heart Beats Black’ from the forthcoming album ‘Really Early, Really Late’ on Home Assembly Music
  
• Newcastle, Australian ambient /experimental /synth-pop /folk /pop duo Amelia Besseny & Cooper Bowman, AKA Troth – “Valley Of Palms” from the album “Forget the curse” on Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox
  
• Montreal‘s ambient /new wave /synthpop /experimental pop duo Yasmine Ixe and Richard Wenger, AKA Library L’Amour “Premier Caprice” from the upcoming “Premier Caprice” EP on Stroom label
  
• Catalonia/Mallorca Spanish indie pop duo A-8 “Laberint” from the debut album “Diletants”
  
• Welsh electronic artist Kelly Lee Owens “Moebius” from “LP.8.2” EP a 4-track compendium to her “LP.8” album from 2022, via Smalltown Supersound
  
• Brooklyn, NY female-led discodelic soul band Say She She “Trouble” from the ltd. 7″ vinyl single “Trouble / In My Head” on Colemine Records
  
• Bristol, UK based Italian dream pop duo Lunar Bird “Creatures” single
  
• Seattle shoegaze /dream-pop duo Night Hikes “Perfect Wonder” first single from the forthcoming EP of the same name
  
• South-West Wales veteran jangle /sunshine /indie pop band from Llanelli, The Hepburns – “Thinking Of You” from the EP “Missing: A Tribute to Terry Hall”
  
• Swedish indie rock duo of twin sisters Inez and Ella from Malmö, 7ebra “I Like to Pretend” from the debut “Bird Hour” [LP] on PNKSLM Recordings                                                                                                                
• Pomona, CA industrial rock /shoegaze /dream pop /shoegaze band, Jaqobin – “Amoria” single
  
• California lo-fi indie rock /jangle pop duo Tony Molina (Ovens) and Sarah Rose Janko (Dawn Riding), AKA The Lost Days “In The Store” from upcoming debut LP “In The Store” on Speakeasy Studios SF
  
• Manchester-based lo-fi psych pop /indie rock band led by London-native Joe Walsh, Dignan Porch “Hounded” from the new vinyl album “Electric Threads” via Hidden Bay Records (EU) & Repeating Cloud Records (US)
  
• Los Angeles based transcendental folk /space pop project of singer-songwriter, Lael Neale – “I Am The River” from the album “Star Eaters Delight”, out April 21, 2023 on Sub Pop Records.
  
• Oslo, Norway indie /dream pop solo project Yndling “Once or Twice” single
  
• Sydney‘s indie rock /dream pop south coaster 5-piece, Classic “Jupiter” from upcoming debut LP “Did You Have Fun?” on Blossom Rot Records
  
• Edmonton, Canada surf rock /shoegaze /psych-pop outfit BEACH TOWELS “Warmest One” new single
  
• Oslo, Norway electronic /indie /dream pop 4-piece MARBLES “Tell Me” from the album “Humour”
  
• Chemnitz, Germany dream pop /indie-pop band Power Plush ‘Butterfly’ from debut LP ‘Coping Fantasies’
  
• Nantes-based, Saint Nazaire-bred folk /psych pop solo project of French young artist Quentin Le Gorrec, AKA Hayden Besswood “Déjà Vu” from upcoming LP “Colors & Vows” on Requiem Pour Un Twister
  
• Los Angeles-based glam/new wave /rock’n’roll /’doomsday disco’ singer-songwriter Pat Salway (AKA Veneer) AKA Blone Noble – “Weapon Of Love” single via Curation Records
  
• Hamburg-based German singer-songwriter-jingle-jangle-fuzz-power-baroque-pop-wallofsound-DIY-Home-Studio-Project AKA theCatherines “Andy drifting through the milky way” single from the upcoming album “Wanna meet our neighbours?”
  
• Brooklyn, NY jangle pop /indie rock singer-songwriter Ashwin Prasanna AKA The Angles “Go!” from S/T album on Baby Blue
  
• Nashville, TN indie /dream pop project BIFFF “Sinking in” single
  
• UK 60s jingle jangle pop band THE PLUS 4 “You Look Right Through Me” second single
  
• Swedish dream pop /indie pop solo project, CBKtrxx “Be With You” single
  
• Melbourne indie jangle pop foursome (members of Chook Race, Dippers, Ill Globo, and Permits), The Sprouts “I Hear Music” from the upcoming album “Eat Your Greens” on Tenth Court
  
• Birmingham, Alabama post-punk /indie rock 4-piece Wax Fur – “Bleach Dust” single on BIRTHDIY
  
• Athens, Greece garage /psychedelic rock 4-piece The Velvoids “While You Shine” single on Thinkbabymusic Collective
  
• California based post-punk /shoegaze /dream pop duo of vocalist Jenny Andreotti and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Andreotti, AKA Fawns of Love “Mournful Eyes (Glass Version)” from upcoming CD EP “Momentary” on Glass Modern
  
• Athens, Greece Indie Rock /New Wave /Art Pop quartet Glances Of Bordeaux – “My Body Your Slave” off “2022” EP on Make Me Happy Records
  
• Brisbane, Australia lo-fi shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock foursome Attic Saltt “Architect” second single
  
• Glasgow UK post-punk /indie pop band (members of Current Affairs, Nightshift, Order of the Toad and Robert Sotelo), DANCER “The Split” from the debut cassette S/T EP on GoldMold Records
  
• Helsinki, Finland indie rock /new wave project Primary Delusion “Find Your Way” from the debut EP
  
• Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina shoegaze /post-rock /dream-pop 4-piece COR DE LUX “Syncopated” from the album “Media”
  
• La Libertad, Peru hypnagogic pop /neo-psychedelic /synthpop solo project, EDL “Disregard” from the single “Disregard / Destartalado”
  
• Mexico City based jangle /indie rock /shoegaze /noise pop band led by Ivan Flores, Somewhere “Summer” from the mini-album “Underrated Pop”
  
• UK shoegaze /dream pop solo project Bug Teeth “Virgo” from “Lucky Me, Lucky Mud” EP
  
• Oslo, Norway folk /indie rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Tonje Tafjord, AVIND “Naken” new single.
  
• New Jersey indie rock 4-piece band THE VAN PELT “Punk House” from the forthcoming long awaited third album “Artisans & Merchants” on La Castanya
  
• Munich, Germany indie /dream pop solo project Phantom Youth “Drear October” single
  
• French jangle /dream pop /indie pop solo project Cascabel “Black Sunshine” from ltd 7″ vinyl single “Black Sunshine / New Field” third installment of Too Good To Be True label‘s Singles Club
  
• Austin, TX-based shoegaze /jangle /indie pop /noise /dream pop band led by Mike Lee, Letting Up Despite Great Faults “Ricochet” from the upcoming CD/cassette EP “Crumble”
  
• Christchurch, NZ bedroom /indie /dream pop solo project Pickle Darling “King Of Joy” single on Father/Daughter Records
  
• Philippines shoegaze /dream pop 5-piece from Manila, MEGUMI ACORDA “Feverfew” single
  
• Atlanta, Georgia shoegaze /dream-pop solo project Juniper “Sentiments” single
  
• Singapore-based shoegaze /dream pop 5-piece Motifs “Summersad” from the debut CD album “Remember A Stranger” on Too Good To Be True
  
• South Texas dream pop /shoegaze DIY project of Gilbert Godoy, aka FUN WITH ETHER “Spirit Kid” from upcoming album “A Dirty Kind of Clean”
  
• Naga, Philippines indie /shoegaze outfit Possvm “Tantrum” single
  
• UK Alt-rock /Shoegaze band from East Sussex, CODER “Monument” single
  
• Austin, TX indie rock /shoegaze /noise pop 4-piece band DAIISTAR “Tracemaker” debut single
  
• Los Angeles shoegaze /grunge /psych rock artist Taleen Kali “Crusher” the 6th single from Taleen Kali’s forthcoming album “Flower of Life” out March 3, 2023 on Dum Dum Records.
  
• Mexico City shoegaze /psychedelic rock band JAUS “Espacios” from the CD EP single collection on Shore Dive Records
  
• Houston, TX based alt noise rock /post-hardcore /shoegaze band Narrow Head “Fine Day” from the third LP “Moments of Clarity” via Run For Cover Records
  
• Bay Area post-hardcore /noise /shoegaze /indie rock band Grimoires “Albatross” single
  
• Montreal, Quebec alt-rock /post-hardcore /grunge /noise rock band Cloned Apparition “The Coming of Spring” title track from the first EP “The Coming of Spring”
  
• Ottawa, Ontario emo /noise /grunge-gaze /alt-rock band Old Rules “Zero/Four” from the single “Twitch”
  
• Mexico experimental /dark wave /psychedelic /shoegaze trio NEOLIN “Tetzahuitl” 2-track single
  
• Chicago post-punk /shoegaze /post-rock /art-rock trio FACS “When You Say” from the upcoming EP “Still Life In Decay” on Trouble In Mind Records
  
• Austin, TX based indie rock /garage rock punk /rock’n’roll outfit led by English singer, songwriter and guitarist (Broke Revue), Dan Melchior Band “Apologists, Controversialist, etc” from “Welcome To Redacted City” double album on Atlanta-based label Midnight Cruiser Records
  
• Malmö-based post-punk /noise pop /krautrock foursome FEWS “Get Out” new single off upcoming LP “Glass City” on Welfare Sounds & Records
  
• Brooklyn, NY noise pop /indie rock band, Fixtures “No One Calls Me Al” from the upcoming album “Hollywood Dog” on Bobo Integral
  
• Essex, UK indie rock trio BILK “10 O’Clock” from the debut S/T album on Scruff of the Neck Records
  
• UK indie rock 4-piece Coach Party “Micro Aggression” single on Chess Club Records
  
• Salisbury, UK four-piece indie rock band CARSICK “Runner” from upcoming debut EP “Drunk Hymns” on Alcopop! Records
  
• Austin, TX indie rock trio Swiss Banks “Make It Work” single
  
• Madrid, Spain dream pop /indie pop /psych rock quartet Cabeza “Gas natural” from “Pequeños licántropos” [EP] 10″ vinyl on Caballito Records
  
• Los Angeles trip-hop /shoegaze /dream pop duo crushed “Bedside” off upcoming EP “Extra Life”
  
• Athens, GA Southern dream /psych rock /gothic folk multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, Thayer Sarrano – “Bells” from the upcoming album “Ancient Future”
  
• Massachusetts experimental /dreamy /folk rock ensemble Stella Kola “Set Out Too Soon” from debut S/T album
  
• Seattle, WA ambient /dreamwave /electronic /cozywave project Hello Meteor ”Agrarian Zones” from the upcoming album “Earth Journos”