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

• Philadelphia, PA ambient /dream pop /shoegaze one-man band DRAMAMINE “Written on a Napkin” first single off of upcoming EP “When the Time Comes”
  

Dramamine’s new single built a contemplative, and achingly melancholic aura through a shimmery flickering sea of light skeletal strums, and glistening echo-filled guitar melodies, lilted by soft stumbling percussions, to gently glimmer and veil lost and lonely layered vocals, longing for home amid a tragic breakup.

• Russian alternative /indie rock /jangle pop /shoegaze /noise-pop rock band Lurve “THIS IS MY PUNCHLINE!!!” single from the upcoming LP via Spirit Goth Records & Anchor Lights
  

Seemingly gone from the early days of jangle guitars, the Russian band is increasingly keen to not repeat itself every time with irrepressible energy and a healthy dose of swagger. A slow speed primal intro opens into a sweeping high-speed roll of frenetic humming and bouncing bass loops, obsessive pain-fueled guitar melodies, and urgent pounding beats, to swallow angsty, distressed vocals, chanting “I don’t care this is not my life” in a relentless distorted high-pitched overflow.

• Tucson, AZ lo-fi /twee /indie pop /power pop home-recorded solo project Dimitriam “Rug” off upcoming cassette album “Amphora”
  

To crown a weekend of pleasant discoveries, especially on the pop side, one of the most enjoyable is the strictly lo-fi 4-track recording longtime project from Tulsa nestled in the best, seemingly prominently British, DIY outsider pop tradition, made of off-kilter no-frills songs, steeped in slightly psychedelic flair, folk undertones and ’60s nostalgia, that seems to combine the intimate heartfelt depth of a songwriter with the bristly dynamism of a rock band. Staring down at the “Rug” to avoid eye contact, the song flows as if by magic shrouded in bittersweet jingly keyboard melodies, energetic swayed strums, and urgent scratchy motorik beats, to carry nostalgic vocal angst into a disconnected droning stream of disruptive frequencies.

• Italian afrobeat /psych /jazz /soul /funk groove /horror exotica music composer Alessandro Paiola, aka Larry Manteca “Zombie Mandingo” from the vinyl 12″ edition of the album “Zombie Mandingo” soundtrack to a non-existent 70s exploitation film, inspired by the classic Italian B-movies of the 1970s [Four Flies Records]
• Rome, Italy dark ambient /space rock /psychedelia /krautrock /electronica 4-piece act (Zu, Fuzz Orchestra, Lento, Zeus!), TRAUM “Inner Space” from upcoming vinyl 12″ S/T album via Subsound Records (IT) and echodelickrecords (US)
  
• Bretagne‘s lo-fi /minimal /electro-pop duo Corentine Le Pivert & Nicolas Gérot, aka Super Crayon “La Donna Strana” from “Amour, Amour, Je T’aime Tant” EP
  
• Lyon-based Ambient /Psych /Cosmic /Kraut /Folk trio ABSCHAUM “Tromper le temps” from upcoming vinyl 12″ album “Quand viennent les serpents” [Macadam Mambo]
• Chicago-based experimental /ambient /slowcore /indie-folk musician-singer-songwriter and longtime member of trio Zelienople, Matt Christensen “Punchout” from the album “Driver”
  
• UK ambient /field recordings /experimental /fourth world /jazz /minimalism /electronic /spoken-word sound artist and composer Church Andrews, aka Kirk Barley “Young (ft Ugnė Uma)” the album “Young”
  
• California-bred, Glasgow-based lo-fi /ambient /goth /shoegaze /dream pop composer and writer, Alvidrez “Yellow” from the upcoming cassette album “Antiphon” [Memorials of Distinction]
• Wigan, UK ambient /shoegaze /krautrock /electronic musician and producer (Engineers songwriter and co-founder, Ulrich Schnauss collaborator), Mark Peters “#1 Peter St” from “Progress” EP [self-released]
• English songwriter, guitar player, founder member of the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Max Eider “All Shall Be Well” title track of the upcoming EP on Glass Modern
  
• Skopje, Macedonia folk /space rock /psychedelic /exotic ‘sandalgaze’ collective UNDONE “Liberated For 20 Minutes” off the new LP “Through The Bars Of Time” album born and dedicated to the sorely departed member Filip Mitrov
• Seattle-based kraut /psych rock/dream pop /shoegaze /folk band led by founding member singer/songwriter Natasha El-Sergany, aka somesurprises “Why I Stay” from upcoming sophomore LP “Perseids” on Doom Trip Records
  
• West Coast 60s pop /Bossanova /psych /folk /indie rock singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt “Life Is” first single from the upcoming fourth album “Here In The Pitch” via City Slang and Mexican Summer
  
• Luxembourg indie pop singer-songwriter Francis Of Delirium “Give it Back to Me” off upcoming the debut album “Lighthouse” via Dalliance Recordings
  
• Oakland, CA bedroom indie pop singer-songwriter (member of Torrey and Aluminum and Reality TV collaborator), Ryann Gonsalves “Builder’s Diary” off the first full-length cassette album “Ouch!” on Dandy Boy Records
  
• Swiss indie /folk pop project of songwriter Roman Gabriel (The Kind Hills, The Dentals) and singer Andrew Pelletier (Fur Trader), aka Seasonal Falls “Used To Be Fun” third single from upcoming debut LP “Happy Dayz”
  
• Chicago-based indie pop-rock band Varsity “Take it the Wrong Way” from the LP “Souvenirs”
  
• Madison, Wisconsin shoegaze /indie rock /psych /garage rock band featuring Sarah Pray (Carrellee), Bobby Hussy (The Hussy, Wristwatch, Whippets) and Dead Luke, aka Superblooms “Let Me Go” debut single
  
• Legendary Japanese neo acoustic /new wave /guitar-pop band formed in 1986 around guitarist Masato Ishida and vocalist Yoko Satori (later founder of Venus Peter), Penny Arcade “Norma Jean” from the upcoming 2-track 7″ single “Land of Glacier” first new music in 35 years via KiliKiliVilla
  
• Stockholm, Sweden 5-piece indie pop band Blind Terry “How Love is Fast” 2-track digital sampler taken from “The Beautiful Youth and Everything That Follows” 6-track 10″ EP via Cloudberry Records
  
• Los Angeles twee /C86 /shoegaze /noise-pop band Sugar World “For a Moment” single
  
• Central Java, Indonesia lo-fi indie pop solo project Anti. “Be With You from split EP “A 3 Way Split: Cotton Candy And Her Favourite Blue” via Chaotic Pop Records
  
• Filipino lo-fi indie pop band Memory Drawers “Lovingly” from the S/T debut album
  
• Madrid-based dream pop singer-songwriter April June “Baby’s Out of Luck Again” single on Nettwerk
  
• Los Angeles-based songwriter and pop auteur, Dent May “Coasting On Fumes (feat. Jordana)” from upcoming sixth LP “What’s For Breakfast?” via Carpark Records
  
• San Francisco-based indie pop /folk rock singer-songwriter (Tony Jay and Eternal Drag collaborator), Al Harper “Plaster Of Paris” from the upcoming second cassette album “The Analemma Observation League” via Take a Turn Records
  
• Southern California folk rock /psych-pop band fronted by The Tyde and Beachwood Sparks co-founder Brent Rademaker, GospelbeacH “The Dropouts (Single Version)” from the upcoming final album “Wiggle Your Fingers” album via Curation Records
  
• Swedish dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock /psychedelic rock songwriter and producer from Gothenburg, Mathias Engwall, aka llawgne “Dunning Kruger Quartet” single
  
• Chicago‘s shoegaze /indie rock trio Cassettes on Tape “Are You There” single
  
• Glasgow-based indie-rock five-piece Savage Mansion “O Sister” off the fourth album “The Shakes” via Lost Map Records
  
• Brooklyn, NY dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze band fronted by Zachary Cole Smith, DIIV “Brown Paper Bag” from the fourth album “Frog In Boiling Water” via Fantasy Records
  
• Cambridgeshire, UK three-piece angular indie pop powerhouse led by songwriter and vocalist Emma Kupa (Standard Fare), Mammoth Penguins “Species” from upcoming fourth album “Here” via Fika Recordings
  
• South of Italy synth pop /dream pop /indie-pop solo project of Gianmario Galano, aka I’m The Villain “Something is coming” single
  
• International indie rock all-girl 4-piece Hexmaze “Running” from “Stalemate” EP
• Sydney, Australia shoegaze /indie pop band Grids and Dots “Imposter Friends” single on Scenic Drive records
  
• Sheffield, UK shoegaze /jangle indie pop duo Paul Gordon & Liam James Marsh, Porcelain “(What) I’ll Be To You” from the S/T album
  
• Austin, Texas indie rock band, Voxtrot “My Peace” single
  
• Swedish post-punk /shoegaze /indie pop band Agent Blå “Rain To You” second single from the upcoming album “Stab!” on Kanine Records (USA) and VÅRØ Records (Sweden).
  
• Camden’s noir rock /garage-punk band founded in the mid-90s, The Flaming Stars “Cash 22 (BBC John Peel session)” from “PRE 041: THE FLAMING STARS – John Peel session 19.02.02″ EP 10” [Precious Recordings of London]
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi surf rock /shoegaze /dream pop solo project Beach Novels “Home Movie” single
  
• London-based four piece shoegaze /indie rock band The Year In Pictures “Painting” from “Painting Through the Glass Window” EP
  
• Bay Area dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece Pure Hex “She Comes Up” single
  
• Athens-based, Greek /Australian electronic /shoegaze /dream pop duo, aka Keep Shelly in Athens “Wry” single [Athenian Aura Recordings]
• Copenhagen-based shoegaze /dream /indie pop 4-piece KINDSIGHT “Tomorrow” from the upcoming second album “No Shame No Fame” on Rama Lama Records
  
• Toronto, ON dream pop /shoegaze solo project Luster Dust “Heaven’s Gate” from the album “Angel Breath”
  
• Magnitogorsk, Russia new wave /dream pop trio (member of Faded Flowers), Honeyfrequency “VAYA HEY”
  
• Madison, Wisconsin shoegaze /indie rock /psych /garage rock band featuring Sarah Pray (Carrellee), Bobby Hussy (The Hussy, Wristwatch, Whippets) and Dead Luke, aka Superblooms “Let Me Go” debut single
  
• Tulsa, OK instrumental /ambient /post-rock /jangle /dream pop band led by Johnathon Ford (Pedro the Lion /Roadside Monument), aka Unwed Sailor “Final Feather” from the upcoming ninth album “Underwater Over There” via Current Taste
  
• Copenhagen-based folk /indie rock /shoegaze musician William Hamilton Tylander III “Out There” single via German Records
  
• Nottingham, UK post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze instrumental solo project After Daylight “The Last Goodbye” from the tenth CDr album “Crystalline”
  
• Tijuana, Mexico shoegaze band Memory Leak “Sálvame” (Rebelde cover)
  
• Wales veteran indie /shoegaze band The Voices “In My Head” from the album “On y va”
  
• Tulsa, Oklahoma indie /shoegaze /dream-pop band PUSH “Bad Time” from the album “Where You Are”
  
• Brisbane, Australia ambient /shoegaze /dream pop solo project of Jade Tyers, aka RELAY TAPES “Apology Dog” new single
  
• South Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band of songwriter, guitarist, and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Waking With The Dead” single
  
• Four-piece shoegaze band from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, DREAMSCAPE “Helpless Hands” from Demo 2024
  
• San José, Costa Rica dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece Adiós Cometa “Trasparente” single
  
• Stockholm noise pop /shoegaze band L23 “I Won’t Stay for Long” single
  
• Shah Alam, Malaysia 5-piece dream pop /noise /shoegaze band DASAWARSA “Farewell” from the debut EP “Fosforus” EP
  
• Klang Valley, Malaysia four-piece dream pop /shoegaze band Heavëner “Under Your Sun” from the EP “As Suns and Love Retreat”
  
• German shoegaze/noise-pop 4-piece from Regensburg, SWIRLPOOL “Breathing Visions” single
  
• Seattle based veteran psych-gazers Black Nite Crash “Static” from the sixth studio album “Signal to Noise”
  
• San Francisco psych-pop legend Kelley Stoltz “Reni’s Car” off the upcoming 18th album, “La Fleur” via Agitated (EU/UK) and Dandy Boy Records (USA)
  
• Melbourne, Australian soft rock /psychedelic country folk solo music project of Sunfruit frontman and Jade Imagine drummer, Winter McQuinn “I Will Be The Same” from upcoming second LP “Move To The Trees” via Third Eye Stimuli Records and Echodelick Records
  
• Hamburg, Germany psychedelic rock duo The Feeling Tones “Kabul” title track of the debut “Kabul” EP
  
• Christchurch, NZ enigmatic prayer-psychedelia collective The Fuzzy Robes “Invocation” from upcoming LP “Midday Prayers” on Winegum Records
  
• Portland, OR shoegaze /psychedelic /dark wave /post modern-pop band Sun Atoms “Ceiling Tiles” (Single) 7″ vinyl via Little Cloud Records
  
• Californian cosmic psychedelic rock quartet Levitation Room – “Strange Weather” title track from the third LP “Strange Weather” via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records                        
• Detroit, MI 60’s garage-psychedelic rock power trio Shadow Show “Still A Day” from the second LP “Fantasy Now!” via Stolen Body Records and Little Cloud Records                                                   
• Australian wave /indie /psych-pop all-girl 4-piece from Melbourne, PARSNIP “The Light” from the upcoming second LP “Behold” via Anti Fade Records and Upset The Rhythm
  
• Austin TX-based punk /power pop /indie rockers Gentlemen Rogues “Involuntary Solitary” from the third LP “Surface Noise”
  
• New York indie rock /shoegaze singer-songwriter Whisper Doll “Lady In Blue” single
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin indie rock band led by Andrew James, aka Known Moons “Simultaneous Highs” from the EP “Everything Is”
  
• Manchester, New Hampshire emo /indie rock 4-piece band Happy Just to See You “Jelly Spine (Pop Song)” from the album “Ways to Cope”
  
• New Brunswick, NJ three-piece rock n roll /indie rock band Screaming Females “My Dead Wife” from upcoming “Clover” LP on Don Giovanni Records
  
• Four-piece noise rock band from Austin, TX, Porcelain “Frozen Sea” from S/T album via Portrayal of Guilt
  
• Antwerp/Hamburg-based dream-pop duo The Day “Sidelines” single from the band’s sophomore album “The Kids Are Alright” on Sinnbus
  
• Northern California five-piece indie-pop-rock female-fronted band Rainbow City Park “Valentine’s Day 1999” single
  
• French psych /sci-fi folk /spoken word poetry duo Kiki Komendo & Martin Vital “By Loving” from the vinyl 12″ album “La Noce Des Éléments” [Groovedge Records]
• UK acid Jazz project led by saxophonist Sean Khan, The Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble ‘Parasite’ single version of Nick Drake’s 1971 song ‘Parasite’ featuring BBC Introducing-tipped vocalist Kindelan [Acid Jazz]
• US/Sweden ambient /electronic /world /folk /jazz /library /psychedelic /electronics duo of vocalist, musician & songwriter Dorothy Moskowitz (United States Of America / United States Of Alchemy) & producer Retep Folo a.k.a. Peter Olof Fransson (Reportage / The Owl Report), RETEP FOLO & DOROTHY MOSKOWITZ “Moon” from the upcoming LP “The Afterlife” [Buried Treasure]
• London-based sample-based bedroom pop musician, Chinless Wonder “The Seagulls” from the album “Layover”
  
• Montreal-based Canadian–American ambient /experimental /melogaze band founded by Alexander Julien, VISION ETERNEL “Piece No. Two (Soundtrack Version)” from the cassette album “Echoes From Forgotten Hearts” [Geertruida]