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

• Zhuhai, China 4-piece ambient /shoegaze /dream pop band Muse Deconstruct “And I Want…Autumn” single [ 雨模様Amemoyo ]

Delicious atmospheric slice of Dream Pop laced with Shoegaze and Post Rock leanings, inspired by a true love story, to follow last year’s debut EP, which steadily plods in an iridescent and shimmering textured blurry sea, ruffled by emotionally sharp, crystalline guitar reverberations, passionate distorted flourishes and freeing, shrilling feedback, on which sail beautiful heartfelt vocals, both dreamy and harsh, crooning about the windy and cooling autumn season of romance.

• Adelaide, Australia 5-piece Nu-Gaze /Dream-Pop group Chancery Lane “Melt” single
  

A song stirred by a loved one who suffers from a mental disorder, unfolds shuffling drums and meandering, sonorous moody post-punk basslines, churning below light reverberant misty guitar textures, veined with glimmering wistful resonances, to swell over sad, scared vocals shifting to lost, dissociative echoes in an attempt to “Melt.”

• Nagoya-based shoegaze /dream pop band Softsurf “Momentrail” new single [DREAMWAVES Records]

Steady urgent rhythms, sparkling arpeggios, buzzing fuzzed-out riffs and unfathomable, dazzling soars of darting guitar lines resonate with an invigorating male/female vocal interplay blending high dreamy angst with fragile baritone hope to explore a relationship.

• German experimental /indietronica /tape loops /electronic /dream /ambient pop trio Schatterau "Schattenmorellen" from the upcoming second album "Übers Jahr" [Hands in the Dark]
• Swedish Balearic /jazz /progressive /leftfield /percussive /psychedelic /analog electronic group (featuring members of Göteborgs Fontän, and Ultra Satan), Kanot "Trabzon" from the second album "Vind" [Dream On]
• Beirut, Lebanon pan-Arabic /indie /electronic pop /poetry solo singer-songwriter and producer (1/2 of late 90s duo Soapkills), Yasmine Hamdan - "Hon هون" single [Crammed Disc]
• Sydney, Australia chill-out /trip-hop /house /electronic /dream pop artist Russell Fitzgibbon, aka Skeleten "Crack In The Shell" from the LP "Mentalized" [2MR]
• Leeds, UK-based bass /shoegaze /electronic collective HONESTY “Empty” from the debut LP “U R HERE” [Partisan Records]
• Bristol, UK electronic /indie rock /dream pop duo Jadu Heart "Post Romance" single [VLF Records]
• Marietta, Georgia jangle pop /shoegaze /dreampop singer-songwriter Copperplate “Elevate” single
  
• Swedish electronic dream pop duo consisting of singer Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and electronic producer Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace and Labrador Records founder) started in 1995, CLUB 8 “None Of This Will Matter When You Are Dead” new single [Labrador Records]
• French dream pop /indie pop band led by Thierry Haliniak (Meyverlin), aka MY RAINING STARS “For Good” the first single from the upcoming third album "Momentum" [Too Good To Be True / Shelflife Records]
• Brighton, UK-based 5-piece schrammelig post-punk /indie-pop band, Jetstream Pony "Bubblegum Nothingness" from "Bowerbirds and Blue Things” [Spinout Nuggets (UK/EU) / Shelflife Records (US)]
• Somerset, UK-based C86 /indie pop outfit The Chesterfields "Oh Mr Wilson!" from "PRE 049: THE CHESTERFIELDS – Janice Long session 06.01.87" EP 10" [Precious Recordings of London]
• Indonesia fuzz noise pop /grunge /indie pop duo, Calm Belt "Blue" off of the first "Perfect Days" EP
  
• Michigan-based, London-native twee /C86 /indie-pop solo project of Sean Turner, aka The Photocopies “Trying Not To Catch Your Attention" from All That Glitters... (EP)”
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia indie pop band GAUNTLET - "I Listen to The Pastels (More Than You)" from V/A "STRAWBERRY PUNKS Vol.5" EP tape [disanorak]
• Leicester, UK lo-fi jangle pop project of Neil Hill (aka Neuclouds), SHOPFIRES "You Can't Live Without Me" single
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia 4-piece twee noise pop band Crayon Cats "My Dear Boy, Dumb" from the second "Songs About You! #2" EP
  
• Athens, Greece-based US DIY lo-fi /indie rock /twee art-pop duo of Rob Beloved & Eleni Binge, aka Beloved Binge “Beats” single from the upcoming album.
  
• Bogor, Indonesia lo-fi /indie noise pop project Texas Two "Indian Summer" (Beat Happening cover, 1988)
  
• The Wirral, UK indie rock band West Coast Music Club "Crazy" from "Crazy" EP
  
• Bedford, UK emo /indie rock solo project of Jon Behrendt, Last Days of Rome “Blackout Blind” single
  
• Chattanooga, TN garage /indie rock /jangle /power pop project of Matt Addison, aka Mythical Motors “Finer Thrills” from the upcoming cassette album “Travelogues and Movie Stills"
  
• Connecticut lo-fi /bedroom /indie pop solo project Film Studies "Sick Trick" single
  
• Dublin-based, Irish lo-fi jangle /indie pop band led by Mark Chester, aka Ginnels “It’s Never Enough” from the album “The Picturesque" [Tenorio Cotobade]
• East Coast of Scotland veteran 3-piece alt-country /jangle /power pop band Dropkick "In a Different Light" off of the new LP "Primary Colours" [Bobo Integral Records / Sound Asleep Records]
• Los Angeles 4-piece power /psych /guitar pop band led by Sharif Dumani featuring Josh Mancell (Moon Upstairs, Cell\Borg), Happy Tsugawa-Banta (Lassie Foundation, Ray Barbee), and Mark Sogomian (Moon Upstairs), aka Exploding Flowers “What Are We Going To Do” 2nd single from the upcoming third LP “Watermelon​/​Peacock” [Meritorio Records]
• Devon, UK indie /psych /electro-modernist guitar cream-group Pale Blue Eyes – “The Dreamer” from the forthcoming album “New Place” [Republic of Music]
• Brighton, UK post-rock /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop solo project Shane Speed, aka Sea of Days "Darkness" single from the upcoming album "Wound"
  
• Aarhus, Denmark indie rock /shoegaze /jangle pop solo project The Emberlands "Aegis" from the upcoming album “A Whole Year Of This”.
  
• Nagoya, Japan indie pop /acid folk duo Menow "Mean" from the cassette album "マスピレヌスの塔 (Tower of Maspillenus)" [galaxy train]
• Lo-fi /psychedelic /jangly pop solo project of San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist and Paisley Shirt Records head, Kevin Linn, aka Sad Eyed Beatniks "Being Twirled AKA Positively O'Farrell Street" (2020) from the digital collection "Hot Dish of the Sun On the Table of the Heavens: Demos 2016-2024" [Paisley Shirt Records]
• Stockholm shoegaze /grunge /indie rock four-piece Clutter "Kraut" from "Loves You" EP [PNKSLM Recordings]
• Austin, TX dream pop /psych pop band Semihelix "Deeper Space in Time" off new double single “Deeper Space in Time” / “Tin Blvd”
  
• Parisian 3-piece emo /indie rock-pop band Edgar Déception “Swimmie” from “ption” LP [Flippin' Freaks / Tête Froide records / Les Disques du Paradis / Permanent FREAK / Araki Records / Hell Vice I Vicious Records]
• Madrid, Spain 4-piece indie rock /psychedelic rock band Nuevos Mundos "Entre Tú Y Yo" from the upcoming LP "Nuevos Mundos" [Meritorio Records' Cuarto Sonoro]
• Lyon, France 60s garage rock /psychedelic pop band Gloria "Eleusis" from upcoming "III" LP [Howlin Banana Records / Azbin Records]
• Boston, MA-based dream pop /psychedelic /shoegaze band led by Reuben Bettsak, aka Emerald Comets "Dreamnight" from the upcoming album "DREAMNIGHT".
  
• Brisbane, Australia alt-rock /slacker-pop 4-piece Tape/Off "Paris Texas Queensland" from forthcoming LP "Fort Sensible" [Coolin By Sound]
• Winnipeg, Canada krautrock /indie rock trio (members of Kandekt and Booter), Polyglots "Transmission Radio Silencieuse" from upcoming debut LP "Artistes Anciens" [Public Tone]
• Montreal, Québec bedroom /dream pop /indie rock singer-songwriter Alicia Clara "Nothing Dazzled" single
  
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /sufi /dream pop /psych /shoegaze band Minaxi "So Slowly" from the upcoming album "Z of A"
  
• Hong Kong indie /dream pop /shoegaze band Tofu Kingdom 石沉大海 single
  
• Australian electronic /ambient /dream pop /shoegaze band from Melbourne, Quasimün "Maybe Someday" second excerpt from the forthcoming album.
  
• Cincinnati, OH alternative rock /psych /dream pop /shoegaze band Left at Orion "Irene's Dream" single
  
• California alternative-rock /noise-rock /shoegaze band founded by Eugene San, aka Go With Strangers “I'll Miss You, Never” from the upcoming debut album “Ave, Reverie”
  
• Adelaide, Australia shoegaze /electronic /noise /dream pop solo project, ephemerons “Droughtbreaker" from the 2-track single "Droughtbreaker / Astral Drone”
  
• Austin, TX indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop duo Daydream Twins “Blurring Faces” second single from the sophomore LP "Solstice For Embodiment"
  
• Boston, MA pioneer shoegaze band formed in 1990, Drop Nineteens “Snowbird” from the album “1991” made of the band’s first two scrapped demo sessions from 1991 [Wharf Cat Records]
• Los Angeles-based dream pop /psychedelic /shoegaze duo of Lauren Andino & Glenn Fryatt, TREMOURS "Tracers" from the debut album "Fragments" [Little Cloud Records]
• Minneapolis based dreamy shoegaze five-piece she's green "Graze" single                           
• France-based dream pop /shoegaze collaborative music project started by British musician Andrew Rose in 1984, Callière “Anne With An E” (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart cover, 2011)
  
• Tampere, Finland dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece Mumrunner “Soot” second single from the forthcoming second album [Automatic Music]
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania post-rock /shoegaze /indie rock solo project of Kody Stieve, aka Joyful Forfeit “Left-Handed Cursive” single off upcoming debut LP “Promise Me Less” [Neon Bloodbath Records]
• Richmond, Virginia dream pop /shoegaze solo project Always Other “Sleepwalker” single
  
• New York slowcore /indie rock /shoegaze band Crate “Necklace” second single
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• Brooklyn, NY emo /shoegaze band Bedridden “Etch” first single from upcoming cassette LP “Moths Strapped To Each Other's Backs” [Julia's War Recordings]
• Nagoya, Japan shoegaze /indie rock /slowcore trio Dead Stallone "Airport" from the first 2-track "Demo"
  
• Los Angeles dream-pop /psych /indie rock /shoegaze band led by singer-songwriter Linda Sao, aka See Night "Being Good Is Supposed To Be Easy" from the upcoming LP "JUST ANOTHER LIFE"
  
• York, UK electronic /dream pop /post-punk /shoegaze band AIMING "At Sea" from "The Legend" EP [Blackjack Illuminist Records]
• New York dream pop /shoegaze /psychedelic trio Heaven “The Fire You Know” single off the upcoming LP, “DREAM ALOUD” [Little Cloud Records]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK noisy garage rock five-piece Pit Pony "At dawn" from the second LP "Dead Stars" [Clue Records]
• Manchester, UK alternative rock /post-punk /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band Rude Films "Blood on the Tracks" from the upcoming debut s/t album
  
• Bay Area drone psychedelic rock & roll outfit Night Collectors "One Thousand Years" from "Heat & Fury" EP [Aagoo Records]
• Los Angeles garage /psychedelic rock band of Bert Hoover (Hooveriii, GROOP), Jon Modaff (JModaff, Hooveriii, GROOP), and Charles Moothart (Fuzz, GØGGS), Primitive Ring "In The Ground" from "In The Ground / Golden In Your Eyes" 7" single [Greenway Records]
• Nashville, Tennessee 4-piece garage rock /punk /rock'n'roll band Wesley & The Boys "Full-Time Asshole" from the album "Rock & Roll Ruined My Life" single [Sweet Time Records]
• Baltimore, Maryland fuzzy garage rock band The Negative Men "C'mon" from "C'mon / I'm Over You" single
  
• UK 60s /power pop /indie /garage pop trio active in the early 2000s led by Oliver Flanagan (aka Sorry Monks), The Hey Lows “Katie” from the 3-track EP (recorded in 2006 by Stu Smith)
  
• Boston, MA 60s /Garage /R&B /Power Pop band The Gypsy Moths "Maybe You're Dreaming" single
  
• Chicago-based 60s /Surf Rock /Merseybeats /Power Pop band The Boolevards "If I Gave My Heart" from the album "Real Pop Radio"
  
• UK 60s /power pop /jangle indie guitar pop band led by Oliver Flanagan, aka Sorry Monks “For Granted” from the home recorded acoustic EP “A Little Piece Of Happiness”
  
• Berlin-based 'outernational' soul-pop-psych infused Anatolian folk quartet Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek "Direne Direne" from the upcoming LP "Yarın Yoksa" [Big Crown Records]
• Seattle-based acoustic folk singer, songwriter and guitarist of noise-pop outfit Seapony, Danny Rowland "Suns" from "Something Else" EP
  
• Toronto indie rock /folk singer-songwriter Georgia Harmer "Can We Be Still" single
  
• LA acoustic folk singer-songwriter Shannon Lay "Tides" from the upcoming V/A "Super Bloom: A Benefit for Fire Relief in Los Angeles" [Super Bloom]
• Manchester-based original soul collective The 7:45s "The Way That I Love You" from "The Way That I Love You / Too Little Too Late" debut single [LRK Records ]