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

• Belfast, UK alt-rock /heavy shoegaze solo project from former Virgins‘ guitarist/songwriter, Michael Smyth, aka SILK “Clementine” 2nd single from upcoming debut mini-LP “Auralux”
  

Massive and engrossing walls of sound, in the proper way, coalesce in a heap of cathartic, emotive intensity in the second single from the Belfast shoegazers. A resounding, ebullient barrage of blaring feedback and raucous reactive emotions from the onset insistently pounds, overflows, and assaults, amid a brief reflective strummed respite, nervous, airy, obsessive vocals, with relentless, tightly wound dramatic spirals of fear and desperation.

• London-based Anglo-French dream pop /art pop-rock duo Nonsense Rats “The Night is Quiet” second single
  

A surreal and nostalgic slice of dreamcore pop, the second single from the newcomer Anglo-French duo, about the dreams of the simple life told to a person in stories, elicits soft pulsing drum patterns under ringing abrasive strummed guitars to carry sad, high-pitched, airy female vocals, of wistful anxiety, through sulking and longing spirals of vibrant melancholic keys, evoking the sense of alienation, loneliness, and the desire to disappear that comes from living in a warzone-like environment.

• Toronto, Ontario emo /shoegaze /post-rock /indie rock /dreamo quartet Group Therapy “Little Warning” single
  

Blending elements of Midwest Emo, Post-Rock and Shoegaze into a distinctive sound enhanced with a compelling, sparkling guitar work and captivating vocalizations amid a heady alternation of contemplative spaces and swirling dynamics. Layers of dreamy soulful female vocals billow through a vibrant rambling, driven by stumbling drums and chunky bass throbs, of sinuous, lush spirals of arpeggiated, tinkling guitar lines, laced with convulsive, crashing riffs and spindly, weeping leads brimming with chaotic emotions, to explore how a rupture can occur with “Little Warning.”

• Australia/US ethereal ambient collaboration between Paris-based Karen Vogt and Los Angeles-based Lacey Harris, aka Inquiri & Karen Vogt – “Standing start” from V/A “Gentle voices, vol. 1” compilation LP curated by Anita Tatlow (vocal artist and co-founder of Echoes Blue Music), and Cynthia Bernard (founder of cloud collecting, and artist as marine eyes) [cloud collecting / Echoes Blue Music]
• Portland, OR-based US/Canadian ambient /new age /ethereal /dream pop artist Hollie Kenniff “Around the Lake, as Time Slows” single [Nettwerk]
• Florida-based ethereal wave band of vocalist Erin Welton and multi-instrumentalist Scott Ferrell, aka Autumn’s Grey Solace “The Water Finds Its Fall” from the new LP “The Neverending”
  
• Berlin-based electronic /folk /leftfield /kraut quirky pop duo of Turkish composer Gözen Atila and French writer-musician Marie Klock, aka Anadol & Marie Klock “Rentrer à la maison”, the first single from the upcoming second album “Manivelles” [Pingipung]
• Berlin-based ambient /electronic /new wave /folk /experimental pop project of producer Florian TM Zeisig, aka The Thinking Of The World Began Pounding In Our Ears The Moment We Hit Shore “Forever feat. Mari Rubio (More Eaze)” from the first s/t album [STROOM.tv]
• Calgary, Alberta lo-fi bedroom pop /indie rock /folk /experimental solo project of Kayla Jane Macneill, aka Mossy Place – “Over The Hills” from the upcoming cassette album “Empty Wall Meadow Green” [bruit direct disques]
• New York-based Nicaraguan-North American experimental pop /spectral folk singer-songwriter & musician Dagmar Zuniga “A Car With No Lights on” from the cassette album “In Filth Your Mystery is Kingdom / Far Smile Peasant in yellow music” (Recorded 2019-2024) [AD 93]
• Castlemaine, Australian experimental /ambient /pastoral /electronic /dream pop singer and multi-instrumentalist, Carla dal Forno – “Going Out” from upcoming LP “Confession”
  
• UK noir-pop /trip-hop /dream pop duo of Dean Garcia (formerly of Curve) & Rose Berlin, SPC ECO  “Tides” from “Tides” EP
  
• New York electronic /dream-pop /electro-pop duo R. Missing “Thisworldly” single
  
• French lo-fi bedroom /shoegaze /indie /dream pop solo project of Sarah Pitet (from Parisian four-piece Dog Park), aka Asara “Cute” debut single [GÉOGRAPHIE]
• Oakland, CA indie rock /folk four-piece Mildred “Fenceline” title track of the debut LP “Fenceline” [Memorials of Distinction / Dog Day Records]
• New Orleans-based cinematic /blues /funk /surf /psychedelic rock guitarist, artist and producer Brian J Gitkin, aka Gitkin “Night Tripper” off the upcoming “Where the South Winds Wail” LP [Wonderwheel Recordings]
• US collaborative single between the late 80s/90s country-folk star Mary Chapin Carpenter and folk rock group the Mountain Goats, founded and fronted in 1991 by John Darnielle, Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box” (World Party cover, 1990) from “Put the Message in the Box / Migrations” 2-cover track 7″ single [Cadmean Dawn label]
• San Francisco-based 4-piece indie folk rock /slowcore /dream pop group centred around the songwriting of Karina Gill, aka Cindy – “Procession” off the fifth full-length album “Another Country” [Tough Love /Stranded Records]
• London-based indie pop singer-songwriter-guitarist and Comet Gain frontman, David Christian “STOLEN KISSES (Psychic TV cover)” from “Fantastic Lives!” cover album
  
• San Francisco emo /dream pop /jangle /indie pop /sadcore band masterminded by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums, etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Worthy of Love” from upcoming album “Acknowledge Kindness” [Fire Records]
• Seattle-based electronic /alt-rock /slowcore trio (former members of the dreampop band Shimmertraps), aka Exiter – “ Dolphins Make A Heart” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Scottish dreamy surf-tinged bedroom indie-pop multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter David Skimming, aka Lunar Isles “Moonlight” single
  
• Manchester, UK indie /dream pop /chamber pop duo of Gnac‘s Mark Tranmer and Lovewood drummer Roger Quigley, The Montgolfier Brothers “I Couldn’t Sleep Either” from the vinyl 12″ reissue of the second 2002 album “The World is Flat” originally released on CD on Alan McGee’s Poptones label [CTR]
• Stockholm-based 4-piece Indie /Jangle Pop group Salt Lake Alley “Still We Carry On like Sheep” from the third album “Always Out of Time” [Too Good To Be True / Shelflife Records]
• Wiltshire, UK-based, Americana /dreamy indie pop project of Anglo/New Zealandish husband-wife duo Karl and Kat Mann, aka Shapes Like People “Lately” fourth and final single to be released from the upcoming 12-track album “Under the Rainbow”
  
• Derbyshire, UK DIY twee /jangle /indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “Heaven Is Divine” single
  
• Leicester, UK, lo-fi Jangle Guitar Pop project of Neil Hill (aka Neuclouds), SHOPFIRES “Black Lake” third and final single taken from the forthcoming album “The Old Works” [Subjangle]
• New Jersey-based folk rock /chamber pop band formed in 1984 by John & Toni Baumgartner and Marc Francia (the founders of Hoboken’s The Trypes), Speed the Plough “I’ll Never Be Far Away” from “A Small Accident” EP
  
• Chattanooga, Tennessee, lo-fi garage rock /jangle /power-pop band led by musician and composer Matt Addison, aka Mythical Motors “Dismantled Man Tells You” from the upcoming LP “Tremolo On The Punchline” [Repeating Cloud / Best Brother Records]
• Berlin, Germany Americana /jangle pop /power pop solo project (band member of the Seaside Stars and Man Behind Tree), Hanemoon “We Didn’t Know” from the fourth album “Untitled” [Subjangle]
• Norwegian–German sophisti-pop /jangle indie pop partnership Jørn Åleskjær & Sebastian Voss, aka Herr Wade “Was uns fehlt” from “Happy Blues” LP, third part of the trilogy “Songs about Decay” [Bureau Platiruma]
• Lyon, France indie pop-rock solo project E-Grand “The same mistakes” from “A place no god will ever find” LP
  
• Connecticut indie pop band Romantic Offense “I Don’t Sleep with a Night Light Anymore” from debut 2-track “Short Songs”
  
• Melbourne, Australian 4-piece indie-pop group formed in the early 90s, The Cat’s Miaow “Dancing Slow To Elvis” from “The Cat’s Miaow / The Autocollants” 7″ split single [Shelflife Records]
• Los Angeles, CA new wave / dreampop duo RUBY HAUNT “Aggi (Sugar Deluxe)” first single off the album “Sugar (Deluxe)” expanded 10th anniversary vinyl edition with two bonus tracks
  
• Utrecht, The Netherlands indie /power pop /guitar-pop four-piece The Maureens “Me & My Friend” from the upcoming 5th album “Don’t Give Up” [Meritorio Records]
• Sheffield, UK-based shoegaze /indie pop band The Suncharms – “Diamond” from the second album “Darkening Sky” [Sunday Records]
• London-based 4-piece indie guitar pop Creation Records-affiliated legendary band The Loft “Dr Campervan” from upcoming LP “Badges” [Tapete Records]
• UK indie rock ‘Creation Records supergroup’ (members of The Loft, and the June Brides), Pillars of Creation “Be Careful What You Wish For” title track of the upcoming debut “Be Careful What You Wish For” LP [Precious Recordings of London]
• Limoges, France 4-piece indie /jangle pop group Doggy “Un jour parfait” title track of the upcoming LP “Un jour parfait” [Anorak Records]      
• Coventry, UK 5-piece indie janglepop band Project Overload “Straight In” from the s/t sophomore album
  
• Singapore indie rock /dream pop singer and producer SHYE “I Always Knew” single
  
• Portland, Maine dream pop /shoegaze /dreamy alt-rock singer-songwriter Darksoft “As Above So Below” from “Everydayness” LP [Look Up Records]
• Washington, DC-based dream pop /indie folk /indie rock group led by Jay Nemeyer, Color Palette “Barcelona” single
  
• Brisbane, Australian noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock duo Western Freeway “The Devil In You” 2-track single
  
• Swedish alternative rock /indie rock quartet Great Hare “Voyager 3” single
  
• Visalia, CA lo-fi garage /emo /slowcore /noise-pop solo project Dead Katz “Never Fall In Love With You Again” from “In These Fading Hours” LP
  
• Brooklyn, NY indie rock band Hiding Places “One Hand” from the upcoming debut LP “The Secret To Good Living”[Keeled Scales]
• Melbourne, Australia 3-piece alt-rock /dreamy indie rock /ethereal shoegaze band Nausicaa “Ultraviolet” single
  
• Melbourne shoegaze /indie pop /dream pop duo Grazer “Back to Blue” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Melbourne, Australia indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze solo artist Ruby Marshall, aka Enola “I Know You’re Leaving” from upcoming EP “Nothing Lasts Forever” [hellbeachrecords]
• Chicago-based goth /dream-pop /shoegaze DIY singer, composer and musician Alessia Kato, Ghost Days “Feel For You” single
  
• Paris, France post-rock /shoegaze four-piece Midscale “Braincrash” from upcoming “Dread, This Could Save You” EP
  
• Florida-based shoegaze /dream pop band fronted by Matthew Messore, aka Cathedral Bells “Crashing out” from upcoming LP “Parallel Dreams” [Artoffact Records]
• London-based dreampop /shoegaze solo project Rainsong “When You Were Leaving” single from the forthcoming album
  
• Sheffield, UK alternative rock /shoegaze band Plasticine “Haze” single
  
• Nottingham, UK psych /dream pop /shoegaze band Spotlight Kid “October Song V1″ from the demo collection “Album 4 Demo’s & Ten Thousand Hours Demo’s” [2018-2019]
• Turin, Italy psychedelic /shoegaze /noise pop solo project Slow Napalm “Somebody” from “Blue Horizon” EP
  
• Stockholm, Sweden dreampop /darkwave /post-punk /dark-gaze project of Christian Williamsson, aka Slowkill “Dead Drums” from the album “Shores of Erebos” [Inåt Bakåt Records]
• Belgium alternative rock /grunge /shoegaze band SLOW CRUSH “Que Du Noir” from “Que Du Noir” / “Hallowed” 2-track single [Pure Noise Records]
• Toronto grungegaze /shoegaze band led by Jonathan Vokes, Black-Headed Gull “Cherry” single
  
• Grand Rapids, MI dream pop /shoegaze /psychedelia rock band Great Black Night “Stalker” from “Lift Those Hands” EP
  
• York, UK-based lo-fi dream pop /synthwave /shoegaze outfit AIMING “First At The Accident” single from upcoming “Sail & Wreck” EP [Blackjack Illuminist Records]
• London-based Anglo/French ambient pop /indietronica /new wave /sophisti-pop/’ghost rock’ duo of former Piano Magic Franck Alba & Glen Johnson (Textile Ranch, Future Conditional), aka Theory Of Ghosts “No Contact (Insides Remix)” remix by 90s ambient pop duo (Fka Earwig) Insides from the latest album “The Sulphur And The Grey” [Second Language Music]
• Liverpool, UK experimental ambient /Balearic /chillwave /electronic /pop solo project from the founder of 80s New Wave band The Lotus Eaters, Peter Coyle Fractal “The Interface” single
       
• Parma-based, Italian world /acid-folk /psychedelic rock band masterminded by multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferarri, aka Upupayāma “Mystic Chords of Memory” first single from the fourth studio album “Honesty Flowers” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Los Angeles garage /krautrock /psychedelic rock group led by John Dwyer, Osees “Cara Maluco” from “CARA MALUCO” EP (etched b side) [Rock Is Hell Records]
• Carrboro, NC instrumental krautrock /psychedelic rock band of Nora Rogers (Solar Halos), Jenny Waters (Work Clothes) and Harrison Haynes (Les Savy Fav), aka Object Hours “Yellow House” from the live LP “Solved By Walking” recorded live at Betty’s, Chapel Hill, NC in the middle of winter 2025 [Three Lobed Recordings]
• Melbourne‘s 5-piece three-guitar rock’n’roll power poppers The Prize “Static Love Affair” from the debut album “In The Red” [Drunken Sailor (UK) / Anti Fade (AUS) / Goner (US)]
• Jersey City surfy garage punk /power pop /rock’n’roll band The Dracu-Las “I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)” (The Ikettes cover, 1961) title track of the upcoming 7″ EP “I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)” [Outro Records]
• Shropshire, UK experimental kraut /post-rock /psychedelic /electronica group of Peter Gelf, Chris Cordwell and Nick Raybould, aka Thought Bubble “I’ll Buy Your Oranges” from the cassette album “Who’s To Say?” [Moolakii Club Audio Interface]
• Belfast, Northern Ireland alternative rock band Monday’s Child “Over Again” single
  
• New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding “One Stop” first single off the new album “Train on the Island” [4AD]
• Boston, MA veteran Americana /indie rock singer-songwriter (Scud Mountain Boys, and Pernice Brothers) Joe Pernice “Deep into the Dawn (ft. Aimee Mann)” from the upcoming solo debut album “Sunny, I Was Wrong” [New West Records]
• London-based jazz /rock /folk singer-songwriter Louis Gardner “Only One Around” from the upcoming cassette album “Wingspan” [Lost Wisdom]
• Portland, OR ambient /experimental /drone duo of guitarists Dewey Mahood and Kip Roberts, Ghost Valley “El Matador” from debut s/t album “Ghost Valley” [Bud Tapes]
• Massachusetts experimental /improv /psychedelic collective formed in 199 led by Jon Maloney, Sunburned Hand of the Man “Covenance is Ours” long-form piece from “LOGCRY” LP