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

• Saguenay, Quebec-based new wave /shoegaze /dream-pop duo Minuit Phosphène “Réveille-moi” first single from upcoming EP
  

The Quebecoise duo’s new single, about the end of a relationship, let their Dreampop nuances prevail, fusing vibrant soaring layers of sparkling, echoing shoegaze guitar textures and sinuously warm bass pulses with emotional washes of glowing synths, imbued with sweeping melancholic melodicism, to inflame beautifully tragic falling vocals with an agony and ecstasy of letting go.

• Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada-based alt-rock /shoegaze musician and producer lil dirtbag “House of Mirrors” single
  

Canadian shoegazer delivers a sludgy and claustrophobic new single about heartache, which weaves poignant obsessive guitar riffs thick with murky distortion, through a misty reverb-strewn cloud of rickety drum patterns and heavy droning swarms to overwhelm lost ghostly vocals and a flash memory conversation in the doom and gloom of being alone, feeling cursed and unable to move forward.

• Glasgow, Scotland Shoegaze /Dream Pop /Ambient band Perpetual Void “Daffodil” single
  

An ode of friendship to the ‘Daffodil’ blends gentle echoing reflective glinting chilly guitar rays and swelling gauzy strums imbued with willowy and mellow emotional contemplation over soft tinny percussions and soft bass palpitations, to heartily waft with feather-light dreamy vocals into a blurry yet vibrant spring horizon of hope.

• Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /ethereal /meditative /soundscape solo project of Cynthia Bernard, aka Marine Eyes “Mended Own” from “To Belong” LP [Past Inside the Present]
• Japanese ambient /drone ethereal /acoustic collaboration between soundscape musician Chihei Hatakeyama and jazz drummer Shun Ishiwaka, aka Chihei Hatakeyama & Shun Ishiwaka “M4 (feat. Hatis Noit)” single from upcoming LP “Magnificent Little Dudes Vol.1” via [Gearbox Records]
• Hereford, UK ambient /field recordings /experimental /folk duo Mark Waters & Kate Gathercole, Alula Down “SACRA DI SAN MICHELE pt 2” from the 9th full-length album “The Leyline”
  
• Montreal, Quebec lo-fi /bedroom pop /experimental /dub /synthpop act Paloma Flash – “Bed Dub” from the cassette album “Bed Songs” [Notte Brigante /Crochet Disques]
• UK ambient /jazz /chillwave /hauntology /dream pop /electronic project of Ben Holton (epic45, My Autumn Empire, Birds In The Brickwork), The Balloonist “A Heart Full Of Possibilities” from upcoming LP “A Quiet Day” via Wayside & Woodland Recordings
  
• Portland, OR ambient /ethereal /electronic duo (Goldmund, Mint Julep), Helios and Hollie Kenniff “Wild Light” single
  
• UK noir-pop /trip-hop /dream pop duo of Dean Garcia (formerly of Curve) & Rose Berlin, aka SPC ECO “Happiness” from “Songs for Friday” EP
  
• Filipino Shoegaze /Ethereal Wave /Dream Pop duo based in Dubai, WYWY “Disconnected” from the upcoming LP “Whispers of Existence”
  
• Italian post-rock /shoegaze /electronic /experimental band Platonick Dive “Carpet Ceiling” the first single from Platonick Dive’s new album
  
• Lisbon, Portugal ambient /shoegaze /dream pop solo project of Ricardo Fiel, aka MOON COWBOY “Baby Jane” single [1991 recordings]
• Richmond, VA dream pop /shoegaze solo project Always Other “April showers” single
  
• Oslo, Norway alternative /shoegaze band Astronomies “After I Fall Asleep” single
  
• Akron, Ohio dreampop /indie rock /shoegaze band Lovely Weather “So Tired” from the debut EP (2024)
  
• Nashville, TN indie rock /shoegaze solo project SLUSH “Shadow Of Mine” from #3 single via To-Go Records
  
• Chicago, IL-based emo /shoegaze /indie rock songwriting project of Collin Dall, Prathloons “Pally” from the upcoming EP “Incredible Things in High Speed”
  
• Seattle, WA dreampop /shoegaze /indie rock band led by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrea Volpato, aka Painted Vein “Lay Down” single via We Were Never Being Boring Collective
  
• Seattle, WA surf pop /indie pop /shoegaze /dream pop band BEACH VACATION “Unique Routine” new single
  
• Portland, Maine dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock singer-songwriter Darksoft “Endless Day” single via Spirit Goth Records
  
• Montreal, Québec shoegaze / dream-dark pop quartet Ultramarine “Abyssal” single
  
• Portland OR lo-fi /indie rock duo Found Space “Tell Me (do you know?)” single via Spirit Goth Records
  
• Glasgow, Scotland jangle indie rock four-piece Homework “Marina Bay Sands” from the second cassette EP “Easy Money” via GoldMold Records
  
• Stockholm, Sweden five piece jangle indie pop band Stephen’s Shore “Garden” from the upcoming “Neptune” EP 12″ via Meritorio Records
  
• Brazilian jangle indie guitar pop band led by Adriano do Couto, aka Postal Blue “Hiding to Nothing” single
  
• West Midlands, UK ’90s dream /jangle /indie pop band (formerly The Cudgels), The Proctors “Signs Of Life” from the upcoming album “Snowdrops and Hot Air Balloons” via Sunday Records
  
• London-based, early ’90s founded, C86 /punk /psych /indie pop band led by David Feck, COMET GAIN “POSTCARD FROM THE SINGER (Blankets )” from the new LP “WILD SPRING POEMS”
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Break My Fall” off the “A Little Windmill”, the 23rd and 3rd & final single 7” from the upcoming album “Cooling Tower” via Salt Mine Records
  
• Münster based indiepop band of Sebastian Voss (Nah…, The Fisherman and his Soul, Herr Wade) and Nero Bates (The No Colour Twins, Twins on Fire), Cinema Engines – “The Big Picture” from V/A “Partners in Crime” collection via Bureau Platiruma!!!
  
• St Louis, Missouri psych /indie rock /power pop /mutant pop solo studio project (and ensemble live band) of Martin Meyer (Lumpy and the Dumpers, the Wad, Cal and the Calories, Fried E/M), Soup Activists “Boys with Plants” off the new LP “Mummy What Are Flowers For?” via Inscrutable Records
  
• Hagerstown, Indiana lo-fi experimental /art-punk /jangle /psych /indie rock side project of Jason Henn of Honey Radar, aka Paperniks “Oxygen Tank Flipper” 2-track 7″ single via Market Square
  
• Galway, Ireland punk /indie rock band led by Brian Kelly, SO COW “Jesus Meets The Women” from “Jesus Meets The Women” EP
  
• Anglo–Portuguese indie /garage sci-fi rock /dystopic rock-n-roll group from Porto featuring ‘Indie Zelig’ Philip King (Lush, Felt, The Jesus & Mary Chain etc etc) on guitar, Population : 5  “Stars On Mars” from S/T album via Muzak
  
• Virgin Islands-based veteran mid-90s psych /synthpop /indie rock-pop trio The Orange Peels “After the Rain” from the new single series “Dreams Keep Me Awake, Vol. 1”
  
• Toronto, ON lo-fi /indie rock solo project of Sam Cohen, aka Glitter Party “U Today” single
  
• Los Angeles-based psych /Americana /indie rock band Beachwood Sparks “Torn In Two” from the new LP after 12 years hiatus, “Across The River Of Stars” via Curation Records
  
• Gloucester, MA psych-folk /dream pop /jangle pop project of Michael Telles (formerly known as Night Heron), aka 3 A.M. Again “The Seer” (unreleased) from “Down Like A Dropscene” extended CD edition of the 2023 album via Subjangle
  
• New Zealand afrobeat /exotica /surf /tropicalia /psychedelic /garage rock artist, Joe Ghatt “Always Remember” off the forthcoming sophomore album, “Caper” via Third Eye Stimuli Records, Echodelick Records (USA) and Six Tonnes de Chair (FR)
  
• Chicago, IL five piece indie psych pop band led by Raidy Hodges (of Spread Joy), Pleasant Mob “I Don’t Know” from S/T album via Inscrutable Records
  
• Seattle-based kraut /psych rock /dream pop /shoegaze /folk band led by founding member singer/songwriter Natasha El-Sergany, aka somesurprises “Bodymind” from upcoming sophomore LP “Perseids” on Doom Trip Records
  
• Munich, Germany psychedelic folk band Su Yono “In The Sun” from the debut LP “Wellen” via Trikont
  
• Connecticut DIY indie /synthetic pop auteur and home-made cassettes provider throughout the 90s and early 2000s, Jim Rao, aka Orange Cake Mix “Osaka Morning Sunshine” from the cassette reissue of the 2001 album “A Shadow of Eclipse and Other Phases of the Moon” [daylily arboretum]
• Bedfordshire-based psych /kraut /melodic indie pop band led by wife-and-husband team Vanessa Vass (The Melons) and Tim Vass (Razorcuts), Silver Biplanes “Radiogram” from the upcoming sophomore LP “Travelling by Candlelight” via Old Bad Habits Label (GR) and wiaiwya (UK)
  
• Greek psych /indie-pop group formed in 1991, Next Time Passions “Coffee And Regrets” from upcoming S/T LP “Next Time Passions” via Make Me Happy records (Greece), Shelflife Records (USA), and Fastcut Records (Japan)
  
• Oakland, CA-based via Kansas City (2008-2014) folk /indie /jangle /power pop band led by Richard Gintowt, aka Hidden Pictures “Mexico on a Monday” from the upcoming “Well Hell” LP via Golden Sound Records
  
• Wales, UK jangle /folk indie pop singer-songwriter Julian Pitt, aka Armstrong “Sunday Walking” single
  
• Bradford, UK electro-psych-prog-pop band Gurgles “The Perfect Miss” 2nd single from the forthcoming album, “Sogs and Songs’”
  
• Indie /jangle /power pop duo of Altenberge, Germany‘s Sebastian Voss (Nah…, The Fisherman and his Soul, Cinema Engines) and Askim, Norway’s Jørn O. Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse, Monobird, Sapphire & Steel), aka Herr Wade “Das Paket” from the EP “Chiefinspector Wade: Paket mit Code” via Bureau Platiruma!!!
  
• UK DIY indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “Second Time Around” (first appeared in the 1960 film ‘High Time’ – sung by Bing Crosby) included in the cancer charity V/A The Specialized Project ‘Our Way – Rat Pack Collection’
  
• Sheffield, UK jangle /indie pop alias of Liam Marsh (one half of Fine), Kid Chameleon “How Long’s The Devil Been Gone” single
  
• Birmingham, UK Sarah Records affiliated indie /shoegaze band formed in the early 1990s, Secret Shine “Captivate This Broken Love” from V/A “UNDER THE BRIDGE 2” double album via Skep Wax 
  
• Russia‘s blackgaze /shoegaze /post-rock collaboration between Andrey Novozhilov (Olhava/Trna), Vladimir Frith (RYE/Reflection Nebula), Tim Yusupov (Somn/Olhava) & Michail Kurochkin (Somn), Reverb On Repeat “Розовые сны (Aurorean dreams)” from upcoming album [reverb on repeat] 2xLP 12″+CD via These Hands Melt
  
• Oregon-based indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop recording project of Brandon Setta, aka You Wish “Hollow Scene” from “Lathe” LP
  
• Brighton, UK-based ambient /ethereal /shoegaze side project from Dreamcoaster “So Long” from “So Long” EP
  
• Batang, Indonesia alt rock /dream-pop /shoegaze 4-piece band Glhazz “Hold the Future Come to Heaven” single
  
• Brooklyn-based psych /indie rock /shoegaze band Phantom Wave “Burning Clocks” from the album, “Bonfire Secrets”
  
• Corona, CA dream pop /shoegaze band .COM “Pavement” single
  
• Shoegaze /dream pop/indie rock five-piece from Los Angeles, Draag “Orb weaver” first single from the upcoming EP “Actually, the quiet is nice”
  
• Melbourne, Australia reverb /electronic /synth-pop/dream pop DIY one-girl-project, Japanese Heart Software “Beautiful Stranger” (Madonna cover)
  
• Des Moines, Iowa indie rock /shoegaze /dreampop duo (Fka Elison), Holding Hour “Parallel Lines” single
  
• Birmingham, UK post-punk /indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze singer-songwriter Oliver Beardmore – “Cold Star” from upcoming EP “Swimming in the Light of a Cold Star”
  
• Kraków, Poland dream pop/shoegaze band Strangers In My House “Cold Spring” single
  
• Elgin, IL five piece shoegaze band Ceruleum “6 p.m.” single
  
• Oslo, Norway 5-piece dreampop /shoegaze band Future Nostalgia “Celestial” from the debut LP “Imaginary Conversations”
  
• Japanese 3-piece noise guitar pop /shoegaze band PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET “Can’t Stop My Heart” single
  
• Austin, TX alternative rock /shoegaze quartet Glaze “Spun (Like a Thread)” single
  
• Vancouver, BC 4-piece slowcore /indie rock /shoegaze band La Lune “Despondent” from “Disparity” EP via Kingfisher Bluez
  
• Pittsburgh, PN alt rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Eyewash “Bound” single
  
• Minato City, Japan alternative /shoegaze /noise rock band BLOOD PICK ME “Resistance” single
  
• Parisian screamo /noise rock /post-rock /shoegaze band Dehors “Refuge” title track of the EP “Refuge”
  
• Brooklyn, NY shoegaze /indie rock band led by Zachary Cole Smith, DIIV “Everyone Out” is from the upcoming DIIV album, “Frog In Boiling Water” via Fantasy Records
  
• Richmond, Virginia lo-fi /post-punk /indie rock /C86 home recording project helmed by Sarah Everton (of Blowdryer and Telepathic), Added Dimensions “Impulsive” from “Time Suck / Hellbent” EP 12″ via Domestic Departure 
  
• Vienna-based lo-fi jangle guitar pop singer-songwriter Bobby Would “Sleep Talk” from the upcoming LP “Relics Of Our Life” via Digital Regress
  
• Newport, UK new wave /indie pop solo project of Rob Morgan, aka Honeybourne “Private Plane” from “Two Songs” single
  
• Sydney, Australia four-piece garage /power-pop band (former members of Screaming Tribesmen, Minuteman, Hoodoo Gurus), The On And Ons “Looking Out Of A Mirror” 2-track 7″ single via Rogue Records 
  
• Southern California 4-piece shoegaze /indie Britpop band The Chantepleures “Manifest You” single
  
• Brooklyn, NY power pop /grunge /indie rock trio Nihiloceros “Skipper” off the upcoming vinyl 12″ LP, “Dark Ice Balloons”
  
• Glasgow, UK Dream Pop /Post-Punk /Psych Wave /Shoegaze /Rock’n’Roll duo Geography Of The Moon “Sometimes” off upcoming new album
   
• Buenos Aires, Argentina alternative /shoegaze /indie rock band Buenos Vampiros “Puedo ver el mar en tus ojos” the first single from the upcoming third LP via Casa del Puente Discos
  
• London-based IDM /dubstep /indie /shoegaze /eclectic electronic duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, aka Mount Kimbie “Shipwreck” from “The Sunset Violent” LP [WARP]
• Norway dream pop /synth-pop artist OTHA “I Hate You In The Morning” single
  
• Los Angeles dream pop /synthpop singer, songwriter, musician and Chromatics singer, Ruth Radelet “Stranger (Turbotito Remix)”
  
• Brighton, UK-bred bedroom-pop /shoegaze /indie rock singer-songwriter Frances Mistry “Our Blood” single
  
• Welsh ambient /folk /shoegaze /post-rock solo-collaborative project of Swansea based musician Stephen Johnston, Lagadranta “Reverence” debut single via Lavender Sweep Records