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Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – MARCH 2025 – #12-25

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PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee lo-fi jangle /power-pop band led by musician and composer  Matt Addison, aka Mythical Motors “Car Rainbow Record” from the upcoming cassette album “Travelogues and Movie Stills”[Repeating Cloud]

Lo-fi hazy jangle power pop shrouded in a gentle breezy aura that leaps along with lilting vibrant guitar strums and nostalgic vocals, rambling down a twinkly sun-dappled road while rising into aching harmonies, with deeply felt emotional back-ups, to express what it’s like to never find what you’re searching for.

  • Melbourne, Australian jangle /indie pop band led by Mark Monnone (formerly of The Lucksmiths), Monnone Alone “Dry Doubt” single from the upcoming album “Here Comes the Afternoon” [Meritorio Records / Lost And Lonesome Recording Co.]

Intoxicating and carefree new single from well-esteemed veteran Aussie popsters that thrives on a loosened roll of crisp percussions and groovy rambling, fuzzy guitar licks, while uplifting vocals blend nostalgic elated hope with cheery ring-in back-ups and a heap of ecstatic atmospheric supports, to create a fun singalong about Mother Nature, rebirth, and liberation.

  • Portland, OR indie rock /power pop project of Savannah Ramirez, aka Soursop “Out of Shape” second single

Two minutes, yet we wish for more, of a 60s tinged lolly-sweet jangling power pop reverie from the young Portland artist sways on clattering Spector-esque drum beats, sinuous warm basslines, sparse tinkling keyboard strains, and rippling shimmery guitars around angsty yet hopeful vocals pouring out dreamy harmonies, with airy radiating back-ups, to explore feelings of doubt, worthlessness, and being stuck, into a ravishing ending with crispier “Sunday Morning” chiming hints.

  • Nottingham, UK lo-fi /ambient /electronic /minimal pop /indie folk musician and composer Callum Foulds, aka Ghost Orange “Oh Dear” single [Start-Track]
  • Seoul, South Korea ambient /emo-folk /sadcore DIY project, 소실 Sosil “슬픔과어둠 Sorrow and Darkness" from the CD album "몽상은나의조랑말 Reverie is My Pony” [SSE PROJECT]
  • UK lo-fi experimental shoegaze recording project of Perry McDonagh (FKA one half of the late 90s West Midlands duo Avrocar), Geneva Drive "Telemetry" single
  • Brisbane, Australia prog /dream pop /shoegaze solo project of Kyle Lacko, aka TIDAL PEAK “Coasting” from the upcoming second LP “Treasureville”
  • Nottingham, UK indie folk musician, singer and songwriter, Peter Hall “We Are Dreams” single
  • US/UK lo-fi experimental /indie rock /hypnagogic pop /psychedelic pop correspondence recording project between Oakland‘s Matt Bleyle (Violent Change/Sopors) and London-based Sterling Mackinnon (False Berries/Violent Change), aka Cuneiform Tabs "Orbital Rings" from the second LP "Age" [Superior Viaduct]
  • Kingston, Ontario indie folk drummer and composer, Liam Cole "Joy To The Birds" from the album "Warm Soup At The Big Rain" [Watch That Ends The Night Records]
  • Melbourne, Australia dream pop /indie folk singer-songwriter (the frontwoman of alt-rock band Arbes), Jess Zanoni, aka Za Noon "Beg" single
  • Seattle experimental pop project of Peter Verdoes, Sera Han, and Benjamin Verdoes, aka eggshells "A Spiral" from "Phase II" EP [Jenny Invert Records]
  • Rochester, Minnesota Dream Pop duo Vansire "Part of the Dream" single
  • Montreal, Quebec indie /dream-pop band, Men I Trust “The Landkeeper" from the new album "Equus Asinus"
  • New York psych-pop /dream-pop solo project Juno Roome "Bole" single
  • Singapore synth-pop /synth-wave /dark alt-pop act, goneMUNE "Amnesia" single
  • Ambient electronica /indie-synth pop duo of Bristol, UK pianist and composer Matthew O'Connor and Swedish vocalist Kristina Sheppard, aka Phonseca "Staring At The Sea" from the sophomore album "Everything Lasts Forever" [Old Bad Habits Label]
  • Manchester, UK ambient /shoegaze /synth wave duo of Callum Holt and Brandon Darby, aka Duo Mundi "Places" single
  • Madrid-based experimental electronic pop of Tito Pintado (former member of 90s bands Penélope Trip and Telefilme), Anti "Radio" from "en américa" EP
  • German indie pop /funk /folk /post-punk /new wave band from Augsburg, Rabenbad "Anwälte" from the upcoming album "Hochzoll Süd - Sessions" LP [Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten | KUS]
  • Los Angeles-based 'post-busk music' /art-rock /dance synth duo of Pedrum Siadatian (Paint) and Jackson Macintosh (Paycheque), THiQ "Yes/No" single off upcoming debut LP "The New Cats"[Grape Street Inc.]
  • Glasgow, UK alternative pop /indie rock duo of twins Rachael & Paul Swinton, aka Cloth “Stuck” third single from the LP "Pink Silence" [Rock Action Records]
  • Gothenburg-based, Swedish four-piece indie rock /dream pop band, The Mary Onettes “Tears to an Ocean” single [Welfare Sounds & Records]
  • Gloucester, Massachusetts psych-folk /dream pop /jangle pop singer-songwriter and musician Michael Telles (formerly known as Night Heron), aka 3 A.M. Again "Black Jade" from "The Psychic's Letter" [The Cat Collects]
  • London art-rock /experimental indie pop /alt-folk rock six-piece band led by Cornwall-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Benjamin Woods, The Golden Dregs "Linoleum" 2nd single from the fourth album "Godspeed" [Joy of Life International]
  • Montreal, Quebec indie pop /synthpop musical project of singer-keyboardist Adèle Trottier-Rivard and guitarist Nicolas Basque, aka Bibi Club "Orgiastic" (Stereolab Cover) off the upcoming extended version of the 2024 album "Feu de garde (les braises)" [Secret City Records]
  • New York-based art-pop /kraut /psychedelia progressive /experimental pop multi-instrumentalist, and composer Angel Deradoorian (Decisive Pink, Dirty Projectors), aka Deradoorian - "Any Other World" off the upcoming third album "Ready For Heaven" [Fire Records]
  • Chicago based indie rock singer-songwriter Bnny "Good Stuff - Edit (ft. Wild Pink)" new single from the upcoming LP "One Million and Three Love Songs" [Firetalk Records]
  • Spain-based dream pop singer-songwriter April June “Walking Home at 5 Am” single [Nettwerk]
  • Portland, OR indie rock /jangle pop quartet led by Maggie May Morris (formerly 1/2 of Genders), Sunbathe "IGA" off the third album, “Myself To You” [Time Release Records]
  • Cologne, Germany 4-piece indie pop band founded in 2019 by Andreas Fischer and Tobias Emmerich, Die Zärtlichkeit "Popsongs" title track of the upcoming second album [Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten | KUS]
  • Swedish C86 / shoegaze /indie pop foursome from Lund, No Suits In Miami "Crying at the Club" new single
  • Linköping, Swedish four-piece jangle /indie pop band The Slow Summits "Golden Age" (previously unreleased) from the CD compilation "Yore Songs" [Subjangle]
  • Sandbach, UK acoustic / jangle /indie /power pop solo project of singer-songwriter Paul Hughes, aka The Candy Strypers "Gillian Gazillion" single
  • Malmö, Sweden 6-piece C86 /jangle indie pop band Voiden "Du är vad du äter" from the debut EP "Fyra sånger med trummaskin"
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Broken Bricks” 29th and 2nd single from the upcoming album “A Tough Act To Follow” [Salt Mine Records]
  • Raleigh, NC jangle pop /post-rock /shoegaze trio Gray Young "Chrysalis" single from the forthcoming album, "Traces"
  • French jangle /Britpop /indie pop solo project of musician and composer Thierry Haliniak (also part of Meyverlin), My Raining Stars "Manhattan" from the 3rd album "Momentum" [Too Good To Be True / Shelflife Records]
  • Gosport, England late 80s/mid-90s Sarah Records and Damaged Goods affiliated indie pop band Action Painting! "Where's the Jazz Butcher" from the upcoming "Scatterflats" EP 10" [Old Bad Habits Label]
  • Sydney-based indie rock /mope folk /post-punk three-piece Daily Toll "Killincs" 1st single from the debut album "A Profound Non-Event" [Tough Love]
  • Montreal, Quebec indie /surf /post-punk /garage rock 4-piece Private Lives “Psychic Beat" from the upcoming second LP "Salt of the Earth" [Feel It Records]
  • Novosibirsk-based lo-fi /dream-pop /indie rock band Lurve "The Fall" single [Spirit Goth Records]
  • Bordeaux-based grunge /garage rock band led by Thoineau, aka TH da Freak "Rage Is Consuming Me" LP [Howlin' Banana Records / Flippin' Freaks Records / Les Disques du Paradis]
  • Swedish indie rock quartet Great Hare "Halfway 2 Heaven" single
  • Italian grunge /shoegaze /stoner /post-rock trio A Violet Pine "Rain" off the 4th album "Crown Shyness"
  • Los Angeles dream pop /shoegaze music project by Rj Mares, aka Vein Blue “Be My Side" from "Dandelion" EP
  • Los Angeles ethereal wave /dream pop /shoegaze side-project of UK musician and producer Jake Lee (aka Sidewalks and Skeletons) & singer Jacqueline Torgerson (CASHFORGOLD), aka Soft Siren “Dethereal” single
  • Helsinki-based dark wave /indie rock /dream pop band Cats of Transnistria “Eyes in the Sky” from the new album "IV" [Soliti Records]
  • Seattle, WA dream pop /shoegaze duo Fotoform "Grief is a Garden" second single from upcoming LP "Grief is a Garden (Forever In Bloom)"
  • Leeds, UK shoegaze band The Foxgloves "When You Loved Me" single
  • Washington, DC shoegaze /indie rock band Erasergirl "Orange" from the debut "30" EP
  • Taiwan post-rock /dream-pop /shoegaze trio Manic Sheep “Reset” off the "Invisible" EP (rework of 10 years old stored tracks) [Airhead Records]
  • Madrid-based, Spanish indie rock /dreampop collective DRAMATICS "Wait For Me" first studio track release from the forthcoming studio EP "Slide Waves"
  • Los Angeles-based dream pop /indie rock trio Casino Hearts "A Walk in the Grass" title track of "A Walk in the Grass" EP
  • Buffalo, New York emo /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Elemantra “Playing Make Believe" single
  • St. Louis, Missouri dream pop /shoegaze quartet Seashine "Endings" from the longtime awaited debut LP "Seashine" 
  • California-based alternative-rock /noise-rock /shoegaze band founded by Eugene San, aka Go With Strangers “Ride” from the debut album “Ave, Reverie”
  • Loud shoegaze four-piece band from North Alabama, No Culture "Floater." single
  • Philadelphia-based alternative /dream-pop /grungegaze /shoegaze project led by Chad Donnelly, Wires to the Temples "Digital Damage" single
  • Pomona, California-based alternative rock /shoegaze band led by composer, producer, guitarist and singer Jaq Miranda, aka Jaqobin "Devour" from the debut "Shift" EP     
  • Olympia/Seattle, WA 'Cascadian Shoegaze" trio Waves Crashing "In My Head" from the debut album "Effection" [Neon Sigh Records]
  • Venice, Italy 4-piece indie rock /shoegaze band Glazyhaze "Not Tonight" from the second album "SONIC"
  • Reading, UK cult late '80s/early '90s dream-pop /psychedelic /shoegaze band Chapterhouse "See That Girl" from the early 1989 demo EP "White House Demos" [Sonic Cathedral]
  • Australian two-piece power kraut /psych rock band from Preston, Mirror Clippers "Tullamarine" single
  • '90s Irish alt /indie rockers Compulsion "Mail Monarchy" from the double vinyl 12" reissue of the 1994 debut LP "Comforter (Extended)" [One Little Independent Records]            
  • New York garage rock /punk /power pop /rock'n'roll quartet WYLDLIFE "Fast Dreams" from the upcoming LP "sorted." [Wicked Cool Records]
  • Sydney, Australia-based indie rock /power pop /rock ‘n’ roll band of Sam Wilkinson (Shrapnel, Sachet), Jen May (Tee Vee Repairmann), Ben Schattner (Shrapnel, VIPP) and Ishka Edmeades (Tee Vee Repairmann, Satanic Togas), aka Dumbells "Automaton" from "Up Late With" LP [Total Punk Records / Chrüsimüsi Records]
  • Salisbury, UK 60s /indie rock /power pop /jangle indie pop band led by Oliver Flanagan, aka Sorry Monks “The Drugs (Did It To Me)" from "Rehearsal Tape (2002)” EP (rehearsal tape recorded at the Joint Rehearsal Studios, London, 2002)
  • Italian post-punk /garage /kraut /psychedelic rock four-piece band from Mantova, a/lpaca - "Laughter, us us" from the second album ''Laughter'' [Dischi Sotterranei / Sulatron Records / Sour Grapes Records]
  • Berlin-based spaghetti western /kraut /dreamy psychedelic rock trio GOBLYNS “No Words” from the second LP “Three Sisters” [Crazysane Records]
  • The Hague, Netherlands dream-pop duo MAIDA ROSE “Don't Worry About The Rain” single
  • ahnchaeree, Władek Sheen "Birds of a feather" indie rock /shoegaze cover of Billie Eilish's hit song
  • Philadelphia's indie / dreampop project of musician, singer & songwriter Michelle Zauner aka Japanese Breakfast – “Winter in LA" from the LP "For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)” [Dead Oceans]
  • Carrboro, NC indie rock /rock'n'roll duo of Kelly Reidy and Clark Albert Blomquist, ENTREZ VOUS "Dream City, 1963" from the LP "Antenna Legs Hear Everything"
  • Liverpool-based indie /dream-pop /psychedelic pop songwriter and producer Tom McConnell, aka Novelty Island "I'm Glad It's Not Sunny" single
  • Wales, UK-based tropicalia /Chicano soul /Salsoul disco /Latin music Welsh language group, Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 "Impossible" from upcoming album "Fontana Rosa" [Légère Recordings / Mr. Mellow's Music]
  • London, UK-based bossa nova /Turkish folk /jazz /pop /psychedelic duo of Kit Martin and Merve Erdem, aka KIT SEBASTIAN “Dehliz” single [Brainfeeder]
  • Brooklyn, NY-based ambient /cinematic /orchestral /neo-classical /lounge /exotica composer and vintage keyboard maestro, Moon Mullins "Lobby Music" from the upcoming LP "Hotel Paradis" [Ruination Record Co.]
  • US ambient /folk /country /bluegrass /blues /experimental musicians Michael Grigoni * Pan•American "Mirage/Afternoon" from upcoming LP "New World, Lonely Ride" [Kranky]

photo by Tristan Hollingsworth

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