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

• Oxnard, CA Chicano /dream-pop /indie pop group formed in 2002, Maria “My Valentine” single [YAY! Records]

The back-on-track Oxnard Chicano group delivers a glistening indie pop stunner finely crafted in a Brighter, Field Mice, or The Smiths style. A song about the urgent intensity felt when one first falls in love, sparks off bouncy drums and snaking humming basslines that pulse underneath bubbling and glistening bright guitars, weaving nimble whirls of jangling riffs over beautifully lush heartfelt vocals crooning for “My Valentine.”

• Adelaide, Australia shoegaze /electronic /noise /dream pop collaborative solo project, ephemerons “Astral Drone” from the 2-track single ” Droughtbreaker / Astral Drone”
  

Nuanced 2-track single from Southern Australia, teeters between last week’s JAMC-infused crunchy noise-pop riffs, to explore instead mesmeric droning Spiritualized bents through slightly strident, distorted, reverberating guitar textures and bubbling low ends, floating in an elongated space-out meditative headspace of contemplative vocals that ebb and flow in emotional wide-eyed disconnection.

• Amsterdam 5-piece jangly dream pop band Biatlón “Evergreen” debut single
  

Debut single filled with sinuously enveloping and shimmering dream-pop from Amsterdam’s 5-piece, that sways over steady mid-tempo rhythms and bright crystalline arpeggios, glittering in yearning floating ripples, layered with dazzling swirling keyboards, to swell and tinkle wistfully over distant, vibrant yet dreamy vocals, lost and alone in an endless summertime mood.

• Oakland, CA-based drone /psych /cosmic Americana trio Aux Meadows "Asleep In The Air" from upcoming LP "Draw Near" [Eiderdown Records]
• Los Angeles-based harpist Mary Lattimore “Morning Song" LA fire relief fundraising single
  
• Paris-based ambient /electropop /synthwave /electronica musician and producer Emmanuel Mario (drummer with Laetitia Sadier, Arnaud Fleurent-Didier, Pink Shabab, Marker Starling, Institut, Iko ChérieEmmanuel Mario...), aka Astrobal "L'uomo e la natura (part 2) Sogni e realtà (feat. Nina Savary)" off the third album "L’uomo e la natura" [Karaoke Kalk]
• UK ambient /ethereal /downtempo /dream-pop /dark electronic musical project of Cardiff-based artist, Dominique Finnegan, aka Yellow Belly "Focus Inward" from the cassette album "Ghostwriter" [Cruel Nature Records]
• Australian Psychedelic Folk act for the Kali Yuga, Flower Children Of The Apocalypse "Waiting (Ft. Sun Vessel)" single
  
• Brooklyn, NYC synth-pop /indie rock duo of Erik Gunderson and Will Roan, aka Live in Peace "Faint Heart" single [flower sounds]
• Montreal, Québec dream pop /indie folk singer-songwriter Helena Deland "Bigger Pieces" from 2-track single "Altogether Unaccompanied, Vol. V"
  
• London-based 90s-inspired alternative /indie rock solo project of singer and songwriter Sean Brook (from alt-rock triers Brunch), Publicity Department "Sheltered Life" from the first LP "Old Master" [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Anglo-American experimental /jazz /Bossanova /orchestral pop duo White Magic for Lovers “The Boy from the Bookshop" from the album "The Book of Lies” [Chord Orchard]
• Hamburg-based, German singer-songwriter-jingle-jangle-fuzz-power-baroque-pop-wallofsound-DIY-Home-Studio-Project AKA theCatherines “In My Heart" 2-track single
  
• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires' Neil Hill, aka  NEUCLOUDS “I'm Waking Up in a World That Hates Me” single.
  
• Clare, Australia lo-fi /bedroom pop /indie /dream pop band (formerly Foulness Island, and Bedroom Holiday), Treechangers “Girl” single
  
• Depok, Indonesia indie pop group The Sweetest Touch ft Mary Yeung - "Unnatural" from V/A "Trusted Riders" compilation [forfun.cookies]
• Ottawa, Canada psych /dream-pop /jangle-pop group SKYTONE “Photograph” single
  
• Yorkshire, UK-based lo-fi new wave /jangle /dream pop solo project Lowmoon "Won’t Change Your Mind" single from the upcoming album "Cathedrals" [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Boston, UK jangle /dream pop /indie rock singer-songwriter Alice Katugampola (one half of Fine), aka Alice Kat “How Does It Feel” single
  
• Glasgow, UK alternative pop /indie rock duo of twins Rachael & Paul Swinton, aka Cloth “Golden” single from upcoming LP "Pink Silence" [Rock Action Records]
• London, UK indie rock /pop noir outfit (members from Sleepy Kitty, Harvey Danger and Say Yes, Do Nothing), The Open Flames "Eat Alone" from the album "Same Time Next Year" CD [Subjangle]
• Cologne, Germany indie pop band founded in 2019 by Andreas Fischer and Tobias Emmerich, Die Zärtlichkeit – “Angst” 2nd single off the upcoming second album “Popsongs” [Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten]
• Dream /jangle pop project from Glasgow, The Fever Van "DGU" from the debut s/t EP
  
• Oakland, CA jangle post-pop psychedelic 4-piece Lunchbox "Evolver" title track of the reissue of the 2001 legendary lost album "Evolver" [Slumberland Records]
• Hayfork, California indie rock /post-pre-future punk band (former members of Baltimore’s Wilderness and early-mid 90's post-hardcore group, Don Martin Three), Vulture Feather “Into Space” from the album “It Will Be Like Now” [Felte Records]
• Portland, OR indie rock /power pop /rock'n'roll band Tiny Jackets "What's the Big Idea/Tides" from the upcoming "Monophonic Tones" EP [Super Big Limited]
• L.A.-based 4-piece jangle /dream pop /indie rock band led by former Pesos frontman Brendan Sepe, SEMI TRUCKS “Hey Lover from the second LP "Georgia Overdrive” [Post Present Medium]
• New Orleans, Louisiana funk /art-rock /indie pop duo The Convenience "Dub Vultures" 2nd single from upcoming LP "Like Cartoon Vampires" [Winspear]
• Chattanooga, Tennessee heavy shoegazers LACING "Soul And Fire" (unreleased Sebadoh cover version) from the cassette compilation "Gone" [Candlepin Records]
• Los Angeles-based folk /dream pop /noise /shoegaze audio-visual collaboration between musician Michael Coe and filmmaker Zach Lorkiewicz, aka Count The Clock "Here Comes The End (ft. Leannie)" debut single
  
• Philadelphia, PA ambient /dream pop /shoegaze one-man band Dramamine "I'm Sorry Eileen" single
  
• Berlin-based indie-rock /dream-pop band WIND MILE "Glare" single
  
• Seattle, WA indie pop /surf pop /shoegaze /dream-pop band led by Tabor Rupp, aka Beach Vacation “Weighted Down“ from “Let Go” EP second of the label 2025 CD EP series [Too Good To Be True]
• Marietta, Georgia jangle pop /shoegaze /dreampop singer-songwriter Lauren Grace, aka Copperplate “Homing instinct” from the upcoming s/t album
  
• Spain-based dream-pop /indie-pop artist Victoria Zolotukhina, aka April June “I'm not in love (I'm just high)” single [Nettwerk]
• Pennsylvania alternative rock /dream-pop /shoegaze solo project of multi-instrumentalist Angel Ocana, aka Forest Circles – “Embers” single
  
• Chicago's dream pop /shoegaze band flowersatherfeet "Fall" from the debut LP "Elegy"
  
• Michigan Dream Pop duo Bluhm "When You're Gone" single
  
• Austin, TX-based dream pop /shoegaze duo, Wybercron "Afterwards" single
  
• Venice, Italy 4-piece indie rock /shoegaze outfit Glazyhaze "Nirvana" third single from Glazyhaze's highly anticipated second album "SONIC"
  
• Amsterdam-based, Russian post-rock /dream-pop /shoegaze band SPRING WINDS "By the way no" single
  
• Cleveland, Ohio dream-pop /shoegaze quartet NIIGHTS "Statelines" single
  
• Mechelen-based Italo–Belgian post-punk /dream pop /indie-rock /shoegaze band Maquillage "Are You Safe?" single [Silverback Artist Collective / Shore Dive Records]
• Estonian dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze collective Pia Fraus - "Across the Street" new single [Seksound Record Label]
• Incheon, South Korea post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze band puleunsan / 푸른 산 – 두 번째 – from the LP 혁명
  
• Sydney, Australia 5-piece shoegaze /dream pop band Futureheaven "Floods" from upcoming EP "Forgetting Who You Once Were"
  
• Canada shoegaze band Seventh Dose "Glow" single [Wormwood Records]
• Albacete, Spain synth-pop /dream-pop /shoegaze four-piece Pálida Tez "Wong Kar-Wai" single [El Genio Equivocado]
• Athens, Greece five-piece indie rock /shoegaze /post-punk band Royal Arch "Glittering Arch" single off upcoming LP "Love & Terror"
  
• Italian/Swedish shoegaze /dream-pop /indie rock collaboration Dead Rituals & Francis Moon "I Could Have Been Your Nowhere" single
  
• Sydney, Australia grunge /heavy emotional shoegaze band Airline "Hypoxia" from "Cassini" EP
  
• San Antonio, Texas 3-piece shoegaze band Sinking "Two Weeks Ago" from the album "Yellow Copter"
  
• East Auckland, New Zealand noise rock /shoegaze trio Chlorine “Knives” 2-track single
  
• Japanese 3-piece shoegaze /indie /noise rock band from Kyoto, ODDLY “(In) Mates" from the debut LP “Swerve” [Damnably]
• Rochester, MN-based grungegaze 4-piece band Comatose "High Speed Chicken Feed" from "Not So Far" EP
  
• Brooklyn, NY indie rock /psych /shoegaze band Punchlove “(sublimate)” from 2-track single "O" [Kanine Records]
• Milan, Italy indie rock /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band The Backlash "Anemone" (The Brian Jonestown Massacre cover)
  
• San Francisco-based shoegaze /indie rock /psychedelic rock band of Sean Curran (The Sickerthings, Nebtwister), Ricky Maymi (The Brian Jonestown Massacre), and Justin Welch (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Elastica), The Stalwart Lovers "This Love Is Gonna Tear Us Apart" first single from the forthcoming album, "Love Songs From A Broken Heart"
  
• Sydney, Australia shoegaze /drone /psychedelic-rock trio Grinding Eyes "The Reflection" single from upcoming LP "Out Of Focus" [Poison City Records / Little Cloud Records]
• Five-piece East Coast psychedelia from Norwich, UK, Floral Image “Burning 305" first single from the debut album "Gone Down Meadowland” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Chicago-based indie rock band led by Jessica Viscius, Bnny "Love Trap" single from upcoming LP "One Million Love Songs" [Firetalk Records]
• San Jose, CA emo /indie rock quartet Star 99 "Pushing Daisies" from upcoming LP "Gaman" [Lauren Records]
• Nashville, TN psych /power pop /indie rockers The Medium "Feel The Dream" off upcoming "Sports!" EP
  
• Montreal, Québec alt-country /rock'n'roll /indie folk 4-piece HORSEBATH "Long & Lonesome" off the debut album, "Another Farewell" [Strolling Bones Records]
• French bedroom pop /indie pop /synth-pop duo from Lille, Joni Île “Cyanotype” from the album "Jet Lag"
  
• Boston, MA veteran retro wave /electropop /synth-pop 4-piece FREEZEPOP “Love Is Madness” from the album "February Fourteen"
  
• London, UK electronic /dream pop trio Night Tapes “Television” single [Nettwerk]
• Oakland, CA retro-pop /lounge jazz /dream pop husband/wife duo The Saxophones - "Burning with Desire" single [Full Time Hobby]
• Chicago, IL funk /soul /psych /rock singer-songwriter Neal Francis "Need You Again" from upcoming LP "Return To Zero" [ATO]
• Corona, CA dream-pop band .com "Surrender" single
  
• Toronto, ON indie rock /clarinet /folk singer-songwriter Madeline Link, aka PACKS "Before I was bleeding" single