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

• California ethereal dream-pop solo project Crimson Whisper “Falling Through the Night” single from the upcoming album “Vast World”
  

Released last week, but definitely worth checking out the latest mesmerizing single from the Californian Ethereal Dreampop solo project, which sways on tambourine shakes and pulsing moody bass lines, wrapped in shimmering evocative spirals of effect-filled, sparkling guitar melodies, echoing with downhearted trembling intensity atop an agony and an ecstasy of caressing yet piercing female cries, helplessly falling through the droning vastness of the night.

• Italian dream-pop /psychedelic /shoegaze band from Naples, Mary’s Restless Dream “Oshian” single
  

Naples-based shoegazers delivers a dark slow burning psychedelic long journey in search of light, through a lens of fear and doubt, submerges into an introspective simmering tension carved by a buzzy, pinpoint bass lines, crisp hypnotic percussions, and wailing and increasingly squalling sparkling guitar melodies layered with ghostly dramatic synths, to echo lost, unhurried, vocals, shedding drawn out spoken word shadows of angst and gloom, before being engulfed by a rising release of droning distortions.

• Oakland, CA indie pop band fronted by Yea-Ming Chen, aka Yea-Ming and The Rumours “Pale Blue Eyes” (The Velvet Underground cover) originally recorded for The Oakland Weekender 2024 compilation tape
  

Back from one of the most captivating folk-pop albums of last year and in the middle of working on The Rumours‘ 4th album to be released in 2026 via fellow Dandy Boy Records, the Bay Area singer-songwriter once again unveils heartfelt immediacy and suave grace in dealing with the classic intimate and fragile lovelorn ballad, rich with sweet and delicate on-the-hush melancholy, written by Lou Reed in 1969. Performed, recorded and produced by Yea-Ming Chen with the help of Rob Good on lead guitar, the charming reimagining is built on a more urgent tight guitar strumming interspersed with hints of West Coast “acid” guitar tones a la Jorma Kaukonen with the wistful, dreamy crystal clear vocals longing for “Pale Blue Eyes”, seamlessly able to melt the coldest souls.

• London-based ambient /drone /electronic /post-rock collaborative project of Aaron Gilbert and David Walters (The Echelon Effect), Random Forest “Silent Horizons” from “Reverie” EP
  
• Portland, OR-based Canadian–American ambient /ethereal /dream pop artist Hollie Kenniff “A Portrait of Time (feat. Harbors)” single [Nettwerk]
• Melbourne-based ambient /electronic /dream-pop duo of Nigel Yang & Jonnine Standish aka HTRK “Swimming Pool” 2-track 7″ single “Swimming Pool / Puddles on My Pillow” [Ghostly International]
• Ambient pop /post-rock /acoustic folk collaboration between Osaka, Japan-based UK singer & musician Ian Masters (Pale Saints, Spoonfed Hybrid, ESP Summer) with Sardinia, Italy‘s composer and sound designer Stefano Guzzetti, Galactic Embrace “Pink Snow (strings version)” first track from the forthcoming album “Happy Collapse”
  
• Lausanne, Switzerland bedroom /acoustic folk /psych-pop project Saint Estrela “The Stars” 2-track single
  
• Italian chamber pop /indie folk singer-songwriter based in Bologna, kokoonn “You Know Me” single [Factory Flaws]
• Collaborative project between Australian iconic multi-instrumentalist, singer & songwriter (The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Crime and the City Solution) and Mexican artist and vocalist, Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo “My Name is Carnival” from the album “Golden Mirrors – The Uncovered Series Vol. 1” first in a series of projects investigating beloved songwriters, starting with with Buffalo, NY folk musician Jackson C. Frank [Mute]
• Galway, Ireland ambient /drone /shoegaze /dream-pop /avant pop artist Maria Somerville “Stonefly” from the upcoming second LP “Luster” [4AD]
• Los Angeles-based cosmic country /psychedelic /indie folk singer-songwriter Katie Schottland, aka Swimming Bell “Meet My Shadow” from the upcoming EP “Somnia” [Perpetual Doom]
• Brighton, UK neo-acoustic /indie pop band led by songwriter Dick Preece, aka Lovejoy “Let There Be Love” (written by Alan McGee and Richard Preece) ltd. double A-side 7″EP [Spinout Nuggets / Creation Youth]
• Brooklyn-based dream-pop /rock /indie folk musician Avery Friedman “New Thing” title track of the upcoming debut album, “New Thing” [Audio Antihero]
• Seattle-based indie rock /dream-pop singer-songwriter Natalie Lew, aka Sea Lemon “Stay” lead single off the debut album “Diving For a Prize” [Luminelle]
• Beirut, Lebanon dream pop /shoegaze trio Postcards “Colorblind” from “Ripe [Ruptured & T3]” [Ruptured Records]
• Serbian dream pop /shoegaze band OMIDARI “Decadence” single
  
• Estonian indie /dream-pop band led by Mariin Kallikorm (former member of London‘s indie band Wyldest), mariin k. “easy” from upcoming debut LP “rose skin” [Seksound Record Label]
• Grass Valley, California lo-fi indie folk duo Darcie & AP Sanders, aka Adam and Darcie “Head in the Clouds” from the EP “Head in the Clouds”
  
• South Korea-based dreamy surf-tinged jangle /bedroom pop from Scottish musician and composer David Skimming, aka Lunar Isles “Another World” single
  
• Brisbane Australia lo-fi indie pop band Ant Farm “O Happiness” from the debut EP “Toastermatic”
  
• Hamburg, Germany singer-songwriter-pop-project theCatherines “OnAndOnAndOn (Must Be The Sun)” 2-track single
  
• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, NEUCLOUDS “Always The One Missing Out” single
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia 4-piece C86 /twee /noise jangle pop band Crayon Cats “Sometimes You Regret Finding A Secret That It Should Remain A Secret” from the collection album “Songs About You 1 & 2” CD [Subjangle]
• Manchester, UK indie dream pop /psych pop solo project of Nicholas Wood (one half of electronic duo The KVB), Saccades “Sightseer” single
  
• Lincoln, UK experimental ambient shoegaze band CORASANDEL “Distrussed” third and final single off the upcoming EP “Red Hill” [Old Tin Box Recordings]
• Easthampton, MA lo-fi jangle /dreamy guitar pop /indie rock mainstays led by Jimmy Hewitt (formerly Orca Orca), LOST FILM “Pilot Light” single [Relief Map Records]
• Californian lo-fi /garage-pop /indie rock singer, songwriter and musician Josh Hwang, aka Castlebeat “With You” single [Spirit Goth Records]  
• Brighton, UK Schrammelig post punk /indie-pop band of Beth Arzy (The Luxembourg Signal/Trembling Blue Stars/Aberdeen), Shaun Charman (The Wedding Present/The Popguns/The Fireworks), Kerry Boettcher (Turbocat) and Tom Levesley, Jetstream Pony “Only if You Want To” from the LP “Bowerbirds and Blue Things” [Spinout Nuggets (UK/EU) / Shelflife Records (US)]
• L.A.-based 4-piece jangle /dream pop /indie rock band led by former Pesos frontman Brendan Sepe, SEMI TRUCKS “Lou and Edie” from the second LP “Georgia Overdrive” [Post Present Medium]
• Houston, TX dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock two-piece Wails “Empty Hands” single from the upcoming EP “Lost & Found”
  
• Canadian lo-fi /college rock /indie rock singer-songwriter Matt MacNeil “Morning Fever” single
  
• Brighton, UK Dream-Pop /Darkwave /Shoegaze /Synthwave five-piece band Winter Gardens “The Honeymooners” from the mini-album “Uncomfortable/Unlovable” [Austerity Records]
• Gothenburg, Sweden indie rock /dream pop band Beverly Kills “Fluorescent Feeling” from the LP “Wishing Well” [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• South Coast of England dream pop /grunge pop /indie rock duo CIEL “Call Me Silent” single
  
• Launceston, Australia garage-rock /dream-pop /psychedelic rock /shoegaze band Dvrkworld “Morality Complex” from the debut s/t EP [The Weird Beard / echodelickrecords]
• London-based drone ambient /dreamy /electronic solo project by bassist of Oxford‘s shoegaze legends Ride featuring ex-Lush and Sing-Sing musician on vocals, Steve Queralt feat. Emma Anderson – “Lonely Town” from upcoming Steve Queralt’s debut album “Swallow” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Indie /Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Sugar For The Pill “Anelia” single from the forthcoming sophomore LP “LUV” [Shelflife Records / Make Me Happy Records]
• Washington, D.C. based dream pop /shoegaze collaborative project of NYC‘s post-punker postlooperish and Virginia‘s singer & songwriter Melanie Ann, aka Shades of Violet “Charmed” from the second album “Spiritsense”
  
• London-based shoegaze /dream pop band Toothpaste “Shame” title track of the EP “Shame”
  
• Aix En Provence, South of France shoegaze /alternative rock trio Darko’s Aufhebung “Stone Ocean” off the new album “Loud Attempts For The Relieving of Death”
  
• Melbourne‘s dream-pop /alternative rock /shoegaze band Blue Vedder “Wet Paper” from V/A “Dark Transmissions III” War Child charity compilation series curated by DKFM Radio’s DJ Greg Peters [Shore Dive Records]
• Singapore grungegaze band Phantom Haze “Infinite 1.2” single
  
• Bay Area‘s alt /indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece band Pure Hex “Silence” from the double vinyl LP “Spilling/Five of Tears” [Neon Bloodbath]
• Edinburgh, Scottish ambient /post-rock /post-punk /psychedelic /shoegaze duo of Brian Jordan and Colan Miles, AKA Sun Shines Cold “A Feeling Unknown” single
  
• Örebro, Sweden alt-rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Kallsup – “Gnistan” from the debut album, “En sista räddning” [VÅRØ]
• Irish dreamo/shoegaze band from Dublin, Picture Postcard “October” debut single
  
• St. Louis Missouri Shoegaze /Dream pop band Nightswim “Autumn Ground” single
  
• Hamburg, Germany indie /dream-pop /shoegaze band The First Eloi “Blanket Cave” single
  
• London-based alt-rock /noise /shoegaze trio four-o-five “Green Star” single
  
• Tacoma, WA emo /dreampop / grunge /shoegaze trio Modern Daze “Unhinged” single
  
• Pensacola, Florida’s alternative-rock /shoegaze /emo band Kairo “All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun” (cover of the unreleased 1994 song by Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser) from the cassette split EP “Kairo / Snow Halo” [Sunday Drive Records]
• Richmond, VA alt-rock /shoegaze band Keep “Fun Facts” from upcoming LP “Almost Static” [Signal//Noise Records]
• L.A. indie rock /noise pop /shoegaze trio Host Family “Vanity Plate” single from upcoming EP “Extended Play” [Candlepin Records / Pleasure Tapes]
• Chicago-based doomgaze /grunge /shoegaze /slowcore duo (former members of Savage Sister, Eyes Behind the Veil, Soft Lashes), Lazy Legs “Daydream” from the upcoming LP “Tower”
  
• New York-based grunge /shoegaze four-piece band Velvet “Winter” single
  
• South London shoegaze /indie rock outfit Ain’t “Pirouette” from the 2-track 7″ single “Pirouette / Jude” [Fear of Missing Out Records]
• Akron, Ohio lo-fi grunge shoegaze band Funeral Commercial “Fumble” from “Dead Before I Die” LP [Candlepin Records]
• San Diego, CA 4-piece alt-rock /post-rock /shoegaze band Distressor “Yearn” single
  
• Marseille/Lyon, France punk /indie rock /power-pop outfit (members of AVIONS, Irnini Mons, Pogy et les Kéfars, Edgar Suit), Lùlù “Sur la Corde” second single from Lùlù’s 1st LP [Howlin’ Banana Records / Dangerhouse / Taken By Surprise]
• San Francisco lo-fi /indie /dance synth-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anna Hillburg “Alice’s Head” from the upcoming EP “Dangerously Impressionable”
  
• California progressive avant-folk group since 1998 of Dawn McCarthy & partner Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), Faun Fables “Ember Bell” from the upcoming “Counterclockwise” LP [Drag City Inc]
• Ambient folk project of Nashville guitarist and composer (Silver Jews, Lambchop), William Tyler “Concern” from the upcoming LP “Time Indefinite” [Psychic Hotline]
• Gent, Belgium ambient /drone /experimental folk artist Annelies Monseré “The Light” from the EP “Nest” (originally released as a 10″ vinyl record on Morc Records in 2012) [Minorie]
• Kanagawa, Japan experimental folk /guitarist and throat singer songwriter Posuposu Otani “About freedom 自由についての唄” from upcoming s/t album [33-33]