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

• Oslo, Norway fuzz noise-pop band led by guitarist and vocalist Christian Dam, The Age of Colored Lizards “It’s Not the Way It Used to Be” taken from the upcoming 4th album scheduled for 2024 via Sotron Records
  

Reminiscent of the sparkly, overdriving, at times hallucinated, grinding fuzz tone of early ’90s’ Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the new single seethes along slow skipping drum patterns and noisy unnerving abrasive guitar riffs swayed hopelessly to drag high-pitched vocal angst through an obsessive entanglement of disenchanted moods.

• Richmond, VA/Chicago, IL emogaze/ shoegaze/ indie rock collaboration, Always Other & Triangle Rain Club “Scream” single
  

The first collaborative single from US young emo shoegazers elicits a frightful, nostalgic tragedy enveloped in warm rippling blankets of pain-fueled fuzzed-out distorted riffs, underpinned by stumbling drum beats along murky throbbing bass lines, to build angsty distressed drama, pulsing around heady layers of an emotional vocal interplay, channeling the lunatic mind games and obsessions found in the infamous slasher movie “Scream.”

• Late ’80s Hamburg region based cult indie pop 5-piece band and Marsh Marigold label affiliated, The Legendary Bang “Last Night (live)” from the upcoming “The Legendary Bang live EP” 5-track 7″ vinyl on Old Bad Habits Label                                                                                                                                                     

Born right in the middle of the thriving late ’80s DIY fanzine scene, Hamburg-based Marsh Marigold was one of the most renowned quality Indie-Pop labels, with a roster enriched, among others, of beloved bands such as Die Funf Freunde, Red Letter Day and The Legendary Bang. The upcoming 7″ vinyl EP, via Athenian label Old Bad Habits Label, is dedicated to this latter, the short-lived German cult five-piece The Legendary Bang, made up of 4 live tracks including the cult hit “Mozzer is Dead” in a 2013 version on the occasion of an occasional anniversary reunion, while the other 3 date back to those early years full youthful energy in versions replete with rushing noisy guitar excitement, while retaining the irresistible melodic quality, closer to the urgency of the Wedding Presents than to Johnny Marr-like jangle guitar embroideries. Possibly proof of an unrepeatable bygone era where the imagination, without a widespread web and nowadays’s social media, used to run, even necessarily, free without brakes. For someone, namely the fans, it will be like having found an unexpected box of old photographs or precious dusty records in the attic, for others, hopefully the youngsters, it will fill the soul as it did for their predecessors, as such heartfelt and timeless pop music will be always bound to encompass generations.

• Brooklyn, NY ambient /minimal /neo-classical /baroque /synth /electronic musician Faten Kanaan – “Votive” from the upcoming album “Afterpoem” on Fire Records
  
• California experimental folk singer-songwriter Amelia Baker AKA Cinder Well – “Two Heads, Grey Mare” from the upcoming album “Cadence” on Free Dirt Records & Service Co.
  
• New York-based experimental /indie rock /folk composer and singer Donna (née Parker) Allen (former member of Austin’s indie band Chronophage), Parker Allen “Ankh” from cassette album “Parker’s First Song Diary” on ever/never records
  
• Milan, Italy bedroom pop /indie folk singer-songwriter Simona Catalani AKA simmcat “Forever” single on We Were Never Being Boring Collective
  
• Los Angeles experimental /post-rock /slowcore band BONDO “New Brain” from the debut album “Print Selections” on Quindi Records
  
• London based post-rock /slow-core band, deathcrash “Duffy’s” from the upcoming second LP “Less” on untitled (recs)
  
• DIY indie folk/ jangle pop multi-instrumentalist-singer and composer from Northern Britain, Matthew Ross “Jeannie & The Argonauts” from the album, ‘A New Moon in A Dew Pond” on Woodlark Recordings
  
• New Jersey based lo-fi home-recording indie rock /art pop multi-instrumentalist/visual artist, Gabe Chiarello “Upstairs (A Letter from the Lair)” from the upcoming album “Selections from the Prayer Lair”
  
• Early ’80s British cult psych/ jangle pop multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, Bill Pritchard “Lance” from the upcoming album “Sings Poems By Patrick Woodcock” on Tapete Records
  
• Lo-fi/ Baroque/ Bedroom Pop recording project of Toronto-based singer-songwriter Brent Randall (Gentle Brent, Electric Looking Glass) and veteran Los Angeles percussionist Johnny Toomey (The Turns, Electric Looking Glass), Vanity Mirror “Tuesday’s News” from upcoming debut LP “PUFF” on We Are Busy Bodies
  
• Ile-de-France, France baroque/ psych/ sunshine/ indie pop solo project Any Version Of Me “Forever” from the album “Summer After All”                                                                                                                                   
• Scottish bass player, singer, songwriter, and former member of Teenage Fanclub, Gerard Love “If I Could Tell You (The Pastels)” from V/A “Glass Remade/Remodelled” album on Glass Modern
  
• San Francisco jangle /guitar rock /indie pop project of Thomas Rubenstein (The Lovebirds), The Telephone Numbers “This Job Is Killing Me” from 2-track 7″ single “Weird Sisters” on Meritorio Records
  
• Melbourne ambient /jazz /indie folktronica duo James Kelly (The Tipsy Scholars) and Hugo Lee (Icehouse), Daley Road “18” single
  
• Gothenburg, Swedish lo-fi/ experimental/ noise-pop/ psych /folk /progg band led by Gustaf Dicksson, Blod “Där Ska Barnet Vara” from “Där Ska Barnet Vara” (LP) on Discreet Music
  
• Chicago, IL indie rock /shoegaze /psychedelic pop band The Courts “Amphibian” single on Maladaptive Records
  
• Paris, France based indie rock /avant-pop band, En Attendant Ana “Wonder” off the third album “Principia” on Trouble in Mind
  
• Southern Illinois psych /folk /fuzz noise pop duo (Fka The Funs), Glow in the Dark Flowers “On The Marble” from the upcoming Self-Titled album on Born Yesterday Records
  
• Toronto, Ontario country /psych /indie pop solo project The Interior “Tall Grass” single
  
• Norway-based indie rock /power pop and Elephant 6 collective affiliated band, The High Water Marks – “An Imposed Exile” second single from the upcoming album “Your Next Wolf”
  
• Chapel Hill, NC late 80s formed indie rock 4-piece Superchunk “Everything Hurts” from the 7″ single “Everything Hurts” b/w “Making a Break” on Merge Records
  
• Nashville, TN-based Post-Punk/ New Wave/ Indie Rock band led by songwriter and producer Joseph Lekkas, Palm Ghosts “Early Warning” from “Cold Spells” EP
  
• Bay Area‘s lo-fi/ surf /shoegaze /dream pop/ indie pop solo project of Justin Cheromiah aka High Sunn “heavenly petticoat” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• New York based post-punk /surf /indie rock/psych-pop solo project Notbrian “Mission Sent” single
  
• York, UK indie rock/ power-pop 4-piece band Captain Starlet “Family Tree” from the upcoming cassette single “Family Tree / Love is a Petal” via Safe Suburban Home Records
  
• Houston, TX indie rock /power-pop solo project K. Campbell “Smoke” from the 7″/cassette single “Smoke b/w Somebody Else” on Poison Moon Records
  
• Tier, Germany NDW/ new wave/ indie pop trio Graustufe West “Paris” single
  
• Toronto, Ontario folk /indie rock /dream pop /synthpop duo Funeral Lakes “No More Now Forever” single
  
• Brisbane, Australia dream pop /synthpop solo project SEJA “Home (single edit)” off the upcoming debut album “Here Is One I Know You Know” on It Records
  
• London UK synthpop /dark pop solo project of Fear of Men singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jess Weiss, AKA New German Cinema “Being Dead (Demo)” from V/A “14” compilation 12″ vinyl on Prefect Records
  
• Sidney based synth /dream pop band No Result “Adult” from “Near Enough Is Good Enough” EP
  
• Melbourne-based fuzz-pop /psych /new wave /art-pop band KOSMETIKA “Psycho TV” from the upcoming sophomore LP ”Illustration” on Spoilsport Records
  
• London based beat-driven shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock solo project Sunnbrella “Polyester” from the new LP “Heartworn”
  
• San Francisco-based dream pop /indie rock project led by veteran musicians Inna Showalter and George Tarlson (Grandma’s Boyfriend, Blades of Joy, Modern Charms), Whitney’s Playland “Mercy” from the album “Sunset Sea Breeze” on Meritorio Records (vinyl) and Paisley Shirt Records (cassette)
  
• Fresno, CA bedroom pop /dream pop /indie rock project Valley Palace “Back Porch” single
  
• Athenian, Greek C86 /60s /indie pop band The Vaxtones “Never Ending Stories” debut single                       
• Ottawa, Canada grunge /shoegaze /indie rock duo SOFTCULT “Love Song” (Single) on Easy Life Records
  
• Collingswood, New Jersey lo-fi /indie /slowcore /shoegaze trio Pale Shade “Heaven’s Feel” new single off the new single “Darker Days” on Flesh & Bone Records
  
• Christchurch, NZ lo-fi/ shoegaze/ dream-pop solo project of Annemarie Duff (ex Miniatures), aka T. G. Shand “Fatwood” new single
  
• Los Angeles post-rock /post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock trio Osnova “Celebration” single
  
• Manchester UK based four piece dream pop /shoegaze/ indie band Cruush “Stick In The Mud” single on Heist or Hit
  
• Western Washington-based shoegaze /indie rock band SPIRAL XP “Deja Vu” from “It’s Been a While” EP on Danger Collective Records
  
• Mexico City dream pop /noise rock /shoegaze band No.Clip “Meghara” debut single
  
• Japanese alt /shoegaze solo project Kinoue64 “終末” from “あなただけに聴いてほしい ” EP
  
• Oslo, Norway alt/ shoegaze band Astronomies “Sky Above” second single
  
• Venice, Italy dream pop /shoegaze duo Glazyhaze “A Glimpse of Light” first single off upcoming debut album “Just Fade Away” on Slimer Records
  
• London-based, Singapore‘s noise rock /dream pop /shoegaze trio Coming Up Roses “Utopia Reimagined: These Corners” single
  
• Louisville, Kentucky husband (David) and wife (Courtney) dream pop /shoegaze band COLOR CRUSH “Mother” off the new LP “Moments”
  
• Aberdeen, UK post-rock/ indie rock/ shoegaze band, Empty Maps “Melted Dreams” from the new single “Melted Dreams / I Dreamed of Seeing Snow”
  
• Ottawa, Canada space rock /shoegaze trio SOUTHPACIFIC “Radar Road” the new eponymous EP “Radar Road”
  
• UK post-punk/ Britpop/ indie rock/ shoegaze project of musician Graham Brown, AKA Autodidact Dreams “Hourglass” from the S/T debut album via Shifting Sounds
  
• Montreal, Québec noise /grunge /shoegaze trio Joyless Bodies “Mundane” single
  
• Minneapolis emo/ shoegaze band 12th House Sun “More Than” single
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania alt/ grunge/ shoegaze band SLIDE “Circles” from “Loss” EP
  
• Oregon based psychedelic rock band Morrison Graves “Crane Song” from the upcoming LP “Division Rising”
  
• UK indie/ garage rock band led by Sam Forrest (Nine Black Alps, The Sorry Kisses), Sewage Farm “Broken Bridge” from upcoming cassette “Mould” EP on Safe Suburban Home Records
  
• Medway‘s indie rock band The Long Weekend “Kenny’s Stomp” from “Kenny’s Stomp / Poland” 7″ Lathe Cut Single on Spinout Nuggets
  
• Manchester UK-based punk /indie rock /rock’n’roll trio Cold Water Swimmers “In The Time it Takes for You to Say Goodbye” single
  
• Sydney based, Australian garage pop/ indie rock/ scuzz rock foursome, BODY TYPE “Miss The World” from the forthcoming album “Expired Candy” on Poison City Records
  
• Houston/Austin, TX heatwave /post-punk /electropop 3-piece Don’t Get Lemon “Blow-Up” new single
  
• Virginia indie rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter for dream pop trio Eternal Summers, Nicole Yun “Lost Keys” from the upcoming sophomore album “Matter” on Kanine Records 
  
• Dallas, TX shoegaze /post-rock /alternative solo project Guiltridden “Clearview” from the album “Turbines”
  
• Brooklyn, NY shoegaze /indie rock band LAPÊCHE “Mermaid Blues – V1” single
  
• India new wave/ shoegaze/ dream pop trio Long Distances “Lovesong for an Apocalypse” second single from upcoming EP, “How the Mighty Will Fall.”
  
• Ghent, Belgium alt /dream pop /indie pop singer, composer and musician (drummer with Nordmann, Robbing Millions and Hypochristmutreefuzz), ELIAS “Explode / Boalis” from upcoming LP “Bloomed > Exploded” on Unday Records
  
• New York electropop/ indie rock singer-songwriter Brian Michael Henry “Clone You” single
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ambient /dream pop /shoegaze solo project Dramamine “All that I See (vocals by Andrea Parra)” from upcoming LP “Behind the Veil”
  
• Cleveland, OH bedroom ethereal dream pop solo project of singer-songwriter Jenna Fournier (of the shoegaze/alt-rock band NIIGHTS), aka Kid Tigrrr “Scryy” single
  
• Orlando, FL bedroom /electronic /folk /experimental pop solo project Laptop Funeral “Emily Loop” the second song off upcoming album “Something Blue” on Z Tapes
  
• Belgium/UK ambient /psychedelic /drone /electro-acoustic duo Timo van Luijk & Andrew Chalk, AKA Elodie “Vent Blanc” from the album “Clarté Déserte” on La Scie Dorée