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

• Melbourne, Australia synth-pop/dream pop DIY one-girl-project of Nat Chippy, AKA Japanese Heart Software “Cyanide” single
  

It’s always a real aural pleasure to every new release from the Melbourne DIY pop artist and the brand new single is no exception. Opaque, angsty auras revolve around urgent strummed guitars and glistening wistful melodies, underpinned by warm pulsing bass lines and perky drum beats, whilst dreamy, nervous vocals inject dopamine and “Cyanide” into a starry-eyed realm of disenchanted romance.

• Hattiesburg, Mississippi surf rock /shoegaze /dream pop solo project  Beach Novels “Hold My Head” single.
  

Although it may sound like a nostalgic love letter of sorts for dreamy and melancholic New Wave and Indie Pop/Rock sounds from the 80s and 90s peppered with shimmery jangle and misty summery vibes, the Mississippi singer-songwriter reinvigorates the whole with a solid songwriting prowess, distinctive melodic quality, and straightforward heartfelt passion, that could easily fit in the up-and-coming steadily growing Spirit Goth roster style. The new single “Hold My Head” stirs a restless haze to veil fluttering icy-bright synth whirls, steady hypnotic drums, warm pulsing bass lines, reverb-filled sparkling guitar melodies and distorted aching soaring leads, whilst angsty, urgent vocal obsessions cast dramatic echoes into a tumultuous disarray of disenchanted broods.

• Philippines indie-pop music alchemists from Manila, Cinéma Lumière “Sunday” off V/A Popscene Manila label‘s compilation album “I Think I Need A New Heart” as well included in the band’s upcoming album, “What’s life without whimsy?”
  

It’s been nearly two and half years since we featured the Filipino band’s second single in 2020, the Manila based Twee Indie Pop alchemists are back on folds with one of their distinctive graceful and bittersweet melodic tunes spinning around vibrant enticing romantic airs of swaying strummed guitars laced with glistening jangly guitar melodies, and tinkling keys to carry gorgeous high-dual male/female ecstatic vocal harmonies, through a beautiful “Sunday” morning to evoke feelings of happiness and love. Check out as well the new 10th compilation by Popscene MNL label, packed with 23 international pop bands to discover. 

• Mount Dandenong, Australia experimental acoustic ghost folk solo project of Jonnine Standish, AKA Jonnine “Portrait” from the album “Maritz” on DJ Sundae’s Idle Press imprint
  
• Los Angeles based lo-fi /folk /dub /indie rock //dream pop /punk exotica band, MONDE UFO “Visions of Fatima” from the upcoming album “Vandalized Statue To Be Replaced With Shrine” on Quindi Records and Dead Currencies
  
• French experimental minimal synth-pop duo from Toulouse (FKA To The Moon and Back), Chien Pourri “Yellow Sands” from cassette album “Monstre folle” on Hidden Bay Records
  
• UK experimental folk guitarist, singer-songwriter, and painter, Joanne Robertson “Blue Car” from the album “Blue Car” (off an archive of unreleased solo recordings) on AD 93
  
• Nashville, Tennessee experimental /indie rock /folktronica project Mount Olympic – “Hopeless Romantic” from Talons’ & Mount Olympic “Summer in Russell/Hopeless Romantic” lathe cut split 7″ on Dead Currencies
  
• San Francisco psych /folk rock singer-songwriter Marika Stuurman AKA Marika Christine “Buckle Up Baby” single
  
• Cincinnati, OH psych rock /dreamgaze duo SUNGAZE “Your Sweet Love” (Lee Hazlewood cover)
  
• London, UK ambient-indie music project of Thom Byles and Michael Phillips AKA Hanging Valleys “Pistol Shrimp” on DayGlow Records
  
• Melbourne-based Ethereal Rock duo Nausicaa – “Moth To Flame” second single
  
• Swedish experimental /psychedelic /dream pop trio from Malmö, Death And Vanilla “Out For Magic” 3rd single from the upcoming album “Flicker” on Fire 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 “Easier” from debut S/T EP on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Los Angeles based indie /psych-pop solo project Das Kope – “So Happy” (Single)
  
• Montreal, Québec electronic dream pop band, Men I Trust ”Ring of Past” single
  
• Ontario, Canada indie rock /dream pop artist Flower Face “Evan’s Song” single on Nettwerk<
• Vallejo, California lo-fi bedroom indie-pop music project by girlonbus, AKA The No-Yeahs “Scam Likely” single
  
• Paris based bedroom /dream pop band SOAP “The Star” single                                                           
• South-West Wales veteran jangle /sunshine /indie pop band from Llanelli, The Hepburns – “On The Parcels” from the upcoming album “Only The Hours” on Lavender Sweep Records
  
• Montreal‘s new wave /psychedelic /indie rock band The Ember Glows “BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES” (Echo & The Bunnymen cover)
  
• Atlanta, Georgia dream pop /indie rock 4-piece Lunar Vacation “Only You” single
  
• England, UK indie rock /jangle pop /’bockety pop’ trio The Happy Somethings “The Present” from the CD album “A Gathering of All Sorts” on Subjangle
  
• French jangle /dream pop /indie pop solo project Cascabel “New Field” from ltd 7″ vinyl single “Black Sunshine / New Field” the third installment of the 2022/23 Too Good To Be True label Singles Club
  
• Los Angeles indie rock /jangle /dream pop duo Sakkaris “Hold It Against You” single on BIRTHDIY
  
• Oakland, CA indie pop /twee /power pop 4-piece Blues Lawyer “Make Up” from the third LP “All Good Time” on Dark Entries
  
• Brisbane indie-pop 4-piece Babaganouj “Stay Up For Me” from the upcoming debut album “Jumbo Pets” on Coolin’ By Sound
  
• Somerville, Massachusetts jangle pop /folk /psych /indie rock songwriter Doug Tuttle “Something in the Sky” from upcoming LP “Keeping Alive” on Echodelick Records
  
• Seattle, WA alt rock /jangle psych pop 4-piece (members of Video Prick, Militarie Gun, and Regional Justice Center), TV STAR “Song 159” off the new EP “Hallucinate Me” via Painterman
  
• French garage pop /indie rock duo Ottis Coeur “Jamais Je Ne Viens” from “Léon” EP on Howlin Banana Records
  
• Houston, TX Americana /jangle /indie rock 4-piece Bug Bites “Toyota Sienna” single
  
• Long Beach, California 60s power pop band The Masticators! Feat. Lisa Mychols “Here’s A Boy” 2-track single
  
• San Francisco rock’n’roll /power pop band Hot Nun “Hey You!” single
  
• New Jersey based power-pop one-man band of producer, songwriter, and singer Tommy Marolda, The TOMS “I Can Go Now” (unreleased) from the 2xLP+7″ reissue(plus unreleased bonus tracks) of the classic 1979 album “The TOMS” (2023 Reissue) via Feel It Records
  
• UK artist/musician George McFall – “You Are Not Your Body” (version of astral projection power pop classic by little-known Edinburgh Gnostic punk rockers The Plastic Adults) on Declared Goods
  
• Saint Petersburg, Russia indie rock /post-punk duo ПЕЧАТЬ-БЮРО / PECHAT-BURO “Тишина (Silence)” from the debut LP “Субботняя ночь (Saturday night)”
  
• Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany lo-fi /post-punk /indie rock singer-songwriter BenjiAntePortas “Käpt’n zur See” single.
  
• Stockholm, Sweden post-punk /jangle /indie rock band The Vapour Veils “St Pauls Café” new single from the upcoming EP “The Dying Dandy”
  
• Glasgow/Berlin based DIY indie pop five-piece (members of previous/current much-loved bands such as Spinning Coin, Breakfast Muff, The Yawns, Lush Purr, Rocky Lorelei, Kaputt and Tarantula), Hairband “Unconscious Rivals” from the upcoming debut album “Under The Plow” on Lost Map Records
  
• Edinburgh based cult-indie folk songwriter Dan Willson, AKA Withered Hand “Waking Up” from the new album “How To Love” on Reveal Records
  
• Chihuahua, Mexico indie /dream pop solo project of Alan Aviles, ☆En Mi Mente☆ “Magos” single
  
• Los Angeles based veteran psych /dream pop /indie rock band led by John Andrew Fredrick, The Black Watch “Nothing left to say” second single from the 21st album “Future strangers” on ATOM Records
  
• Auckland, New Zealand indie /shoegaze /surf pop duo SURF FRIENDS “Dreaming” from the LP “Sonic Waves” on Flying Nun Records
  
• Maringá, Brazil 2000s dream pop /indie pop band The Tamborines “1000 Shades of You” from the vinyl album “Outro” (compilation of unreleased, out-takes and live recordings) on midsummer madness and Weekender Records
  
• Santa Fe, Argentina dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece band Anajunno “Tres” single
  
• San Francisco lo-fi /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band BADVRIL “Wish You Would” from dem cassette mini-album “Dust Remover”
  
• Los Angeles dream pop /synthpop duo CD Ghost “Roses” (Mareaux cover)
  
• Chicago instrumental indie /shoegaze /dream pop one-man project of Jason Hufford (formerly known as Linea Aspera), PALE COAST “Eris”
  
• Wigan, UK ambient /shoegaze /krautrock /electronic musician and producer (songwriter and co-founder of Engineers, and Ulrich Schnauss collaborator), Mark Peters “Alpenglow” from upcoming “The Magic Hour” EP on Sonic Cathedral
  
• Tennessee ambient /post-rock /shoegaze solo project of Benjamin M. Guyer AKA Profguyer “First Hymn” from the upcoming debut album “DOMVS”                                                                                                               
• Indie /shoegaze band from Los Angeles, Swimming Pools And Movie Stars “Distant Sky” first single from forthcoming sophomore album
  
• Indonesian dream pop /noise /shoegaze band Lavndear “Muram” off the debut EP “Fosfena” on dirtwave rekods
  
• Rio De Janeiro, Brazil alternative /shoegaze /dream pop band Stellamaris “Silver” single                           
• Santa Fe, Argentina dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece band Anajunno “Tres” single
  
• Brazilian dreampop /shoegaze trio from Parauapebas, Céus de Abril ”Brilho Azul” single
  
• Indonesian dream pop /shoegaze solo project EÄZZ “Soft, Frail” from the single “Soft, Frail and Blue”
  
• Australian dream pop /shoegaze five-piece band based in Melbourne, Oceans “Soft” from upcoming debut LP “Dreamers in Dark Cities” on Shelflife
  
• Seoul, South Korea post-rock /indie rock /shoegaze solo project of Minha Kim, AKA Brokenteeth “추락 (Sleepwalk to Sink)” from the upcoming second LP “추락은 천천히 (How to Sink Slowly)”
  
• German Dream Pop /Noise /Shoegaze duo from Heidelberg, The Virginia Planes „Step Into This World“ debut single
  
• Minneapolis, Minnesota psychedelic /space rock /shoegaze band Chatham Rise “Splinter” single
  
• Brazilian dream pop /shoegaze band Terraplana “memórias” single on Balaclava Records.
  
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania post-punk /indie-rock /shogazey-noise band BABEL MAP “Dive” from the LP “CANCEL THIS!”
  
• Portland, Maine dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece Crystal Canyon “Young Wonder” new single
  
• San Diego, CA ambient /noise rock /shoegaze 4-piece Distressor “Keepsake” from the debut album “Momentary”
  
• New York based noise-rock /psych /shoegaze duo John Fedowitz (member of the shoegaze legend Skywave) and Sandra Fedowitz, CEREMONY east coast “Close to Hell” from the new LP “LOVESICK”
  
• London based psych~gaze band, GHOST PATTERNS “House Of Lies (Black Night Instrumental)”
  
• Philadelphia‘s shoegaze/ fuzzy /psych /dream pop 4-piece So Totally “Welcome Back” single
  
• Kolkata, India ambient shoegaze artist Kunal Roy AKA The Speakers “The keys to my heart” single
  
• DL, India atmospheric metal /black-gaze /post-rock /shoegaze solo project (AKA Raat), LESATH “There is a profound sense in which we are isolated” title track from the 4th album “There is a profound sense in which we are isolated”                                                                                                                                               
• US atmospheric black metal /shoegaze /blackgaze artist Damián Antón Ojeda, AKA Sadness “Spotlight” from the album “April Sunset” on Flowing Downward
  
• New York post-metal /post-rock /shoegaze /doom-gaze trio Spotlights “Algorithmic” off the upcoming new album “Alchemy For The Dead” via Ipecac Recordings
  
• England instrumental surf rock outfit The Del Roswells “death from above” from “Death from above!” EP
  
• Long Island, NY Indie Rock /Emo Music by Nikki Esposito, AKA Star Funeral “Alone” single
  
• Brooklyn, NY garage proto-punk trio Semi-Auto “Cryin’ Shame” from the lathe cut 7″ single “Cryin’ Shame / I’m Blue”
  
• Brooklyn, NY three-piece grunge /shoegaze /indie rock band Hello Mary “Special Treat” single.
  
• Toronto, Ontario grunge /power pop band fronted by singer-songwriter-guitarist Sam Bielanski, PONY “Très jolie” off the upcoming new album “Velveteen” on Take This To Heart Records
  
• Netherlands and South-Korea based international indie pop music project, Blue Return “Summer In Time” (demo)
  
• Irish indie folk singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill “Goodnight World” from the upcoming LP “All Of This Is Chance” on Rough Trade Records
  
• Dutch roots Americana indie rock trio (collaborators of Tim Showalter’s Strand of Oaks), Jimmy Diamond “Chase the Moon” (Single Edit) on Excelsior Recordings
  
• Chicago-based ambient /experimental /slowcore /folk musician and Zelienople member, Matt Christensen “7” from the album “For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued”