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

• Seattle, WA 4-piece indie /noise rock /shoegaze band NO FLOOR “Loop” single
  

The gloomy gazey four-piece from Western Washington drops a new single, “Loop”, about being tired and not feeling good. Exploring the band’s more introspective and haunting strains, the song floats on the obsessive stirring wistfulness of resonant sparkling guitar chords, washed by harsh bursts of jagged fuzzy riffs and strident soaring wails over lush, drowsy vocals, going through bouts of restlessness, amidst snippety chatter, with endless loops of melancholy and angst.

• Philadelphia, PA bedroom /dream pop /indie pop trio Slow Television “Biology” single
  

Philly trio unravels a sweet, reflective, yet beat-driven, urgent dreampop sound that draws foggy and gauzy dilated soundscapes, lit by swaying jangly guitars layered with atmospheric synths glimmering in the background, while sad, introspective vocals, with high haloes, turn to racing angst before airy spiraling arpeggios herald letting go with rejuvenating feelings of growth and wisdom.

• Vigo, Spain shoegaze /indie pop trio LINDA GUILALA “Momento” a song recorded especially for the compilation album celebrating the tenth anniversary of the German label Dreams Never End [Elefant Records]

Staples of the Spanish independent music scene for around 17 years with an increasingly refined and well-rounded, atmospheric and edgy at the same time, blend of Dream-Pop and Shoegaze, repropose the unreleased track “Momento”, part of the brilliant Dreams Never End label‘s 10th anniversary compilation released at the end of last year, about the fear and feelings of giving up that come after a loss. The song billows through hazy, distorted guitar textures and stirring synth-laced atmospheric spirals to immerse deeply saturated, wistful female vocals, gently radiating and gliding, whilst lost in glimmers of sadness, hope, and comfort.

• Lisbon, Portugal shoegaze /dreampop solo project of Ricardo Fiel, MOON COWBOY “Meditation (close your eyes version)” from the remix EP “A Moment Remixed” [1991 recordings]
• Long‑distance ambient /electronica /post-rock /noise /folk exchange between Scottish musician Euan Alexander Millar‑McMeeken and Japanese artist Satomimagae, YOAL “Ohayo” from the LP “Gloaming” [Lost Tribe Sound]
• Madrid, Spain indie folk duo María & Raquel Rubio, aka Las Nietas del Charli “Pájaro de plata” from the upcoming debut LP “Un Sol dentro” [Raso.]
• Brighton, UK indie folk rock singer-songwriter Maximilian “Soft Song For A Worried Mind” single [Crafting Room Recordings]
• New York experimental /noise /leftfield /electronic /avant folk side project of songwriter Allegra Krieger, aka Gentle Boxer “No expectations” from the album “My Heart Is a Gentle Boxer”
  
• New York country /jangle indie pop /acoustic folk singer-songwriter (Ex-Scam Avenue, Ryn Weaver, Easy Lover, the Amber Smith, BMX Bandits), Lawrence Kim “Madeleine” from the forthcoming debut LP “The Hours and the Times”
  
• Brooklyn, New York-based ambient /psych folk singer-songwriter and former Violators guitarist, Steve Gunn “Nearly There (Sonic Boom remix)” from “Shape of a Wave” EP [No Quarter]
• San Francisco-based 4-piece indie folk rock /slowcore /dream pop group centred around the songwriting of Karina Gill, aka Cindy “Another Country” title track of the upcoming fifth full-length album “Another Country” [Tough Love]
• Castlemaine, Australian experimental /ambient /pastoral /electronic /dream pop singer and multi-instrumentalist, Carla dal Forno – “Under the Covers” from the upcoming LP “Confession”
  
• Los Angeles indie folk singer-songwriter Bedouine “Long Way To Fall” first single from the album “Neon Summer Skin”
  
• Singapore indie rock /dream pop singer and producer SHYE “Smoke” single
  
• Texas dreamy synth-pop artist Nat Tracks “Lost Signals” title track of “Lost Signals” EP
  
• Irish 5-piece experimental shoegaze /indie rock band from Dundalk, Just Mustard “ENDLESS DEATHLESS (Daniel Avery remix)” [Partisan Records]
• Richmond, CA synthpop /electro-pop artist (Grass Widow and Cold Beat), Hannah Lew “Damaged Melody” from the debut s/t solo album [Night School]
• Morges, Switzerland post-punk /shoegaze /indie pop trio Margin Bell “Ecoanxiety” title track of the new EP “Ecoanxiety” 
  
• Medellín, Colombia noise /indie pop group Mañana El Espacio “Cuidado Perro Triste” single
  
• Tangerang, Indonesia indie pop solo project featuring Eko (music, lyrics and instruments), Eld “Oh No, Dragon Fly!” single
  
• New York-based lo-fi jangle indie pop project by British musician Phil Sutton (Pale Lights, Cinema Red and Blue and once of Comet Gain), Love, Burns “You Have To Be Sad” from Love, Burns’ upcoming album “ Pavement Drawings” [Calico Cat Records / Spinout Nuggets / Jigsaw Records]
• California surf garage /shoegaze /dream-pop solo project of Josh Hwang, CASTLEBEAT ”My Love” new single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Montreal, Quebec, via Charlottetown C86 /shoegaze /fuzz /power-pop janglers Prism Shores “Resigned to the Fact” from the LP “Softest Attack” [Meritorio Records (EU) / Having Fun (CAN)]
• Los Angeles twee /indie power pop band led by Madeline BB., Slippers “Fool In Your Room” from “Slippers 08” LP [perennialdeath]
• UK DIY collaboration between the instrumental electronic musician Matt Couchman (Lost Signal) and the twee /jangle /indie pop trio The Happy Somethings, Lost Signal & The Happy Somethings “Time” from “Happy Signals” (EP)
  
• Austin, TX 4-piece post punk /jangle pop band The Love Variants “Golden Age” from the debut cassette album “Life of Riley”
  
• Chattanooga, Tennessee lo-fi garage rock /jangle /power-pop band led by musician and composer Matt Addison, aka Mythical Motors “Mass Attraction” from the album “Tremolo On The Punchline” [Repeating Cloud / Best Brother Records]
• New York post-punk /dream pop /jangle gaze /guitar pop band led by Vinny Ball, Vain Pursuit “The One I Adored” from the debut album “Meaningless Miles” [Subjangle label]
• London-based dreamy jangly guitar pop quartet World News “Sidestep – Edit” single
  
• Scottish jangle /power /indie-pop duo from Glasgow, U.S.Highball “What We Did on Our Holidays” from the upcoming fifth Lame-O Records album “God Save the Kelvin Wheelies” [Lame-O Records]
• Brighton, UK dream-pop /post-rock /shoegaze solo project of multi-instrumentalist and composer Shane Speed, aka Sea Of Days “Rat And Crow” from the new album “Traces” [Shore Dive Records]
• Chicago indie rock /post-punk /new wave project of Tom Fitzgerald (C-Clamp) and Jason Harvey (Dianogah), with the addition of C-Clamp drummer Frantz Etienne, The Most Distant Object “Lodore” from the second LP “Volition” [Landland Colportage]
• Toulouse-based shoegazey /dream pop /slowcore duo of Manon Raupp & Daniel Selig, Docks “Mallacoota” from the debut LP “Migjorn” [Hidden Bay Records / Araki Records / Coeur sur toi / Indie or Die / Ligature / Tout Doux Records]
• US collaborative project between members of California slowcore luminaries Duster and North Carolina sample/hip-hop producer Dirty Art Club, Sooj “Fleece” from the debut LP “Crusher” [Numero Group]
• Polish Independent ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop band SZUMY “wenus” single
  
• Melbourne alt-rock shoegaze trio Nausicaa “Eye to Eye” single
  
• Brooklyn, NYC dreamgaze duo Makeout City “Bring It Down” single
  
• Japanese new wave /grunge /shoegaze /indie rock three-piece band, The Wulongs “Pyrite” from the sophomore album “FACH” [Sunday Records]
• Brighton, UK synth-pop dream pop /post-punk /shoegaze four-piece Winter Gardens “Adored” single
  
• Dunedin, NZ grunge /shoegaze band Loa Loa “Always” second single
  
• Belfast, UK alt-rock /heavy shoegaze solo project from former Virgins‘ guitarist/songwriter, Michael Smyth, aka SILK “Auralux” 3rd single from upcoming debut mini-LP “Auralux” [Blowtorch Records]
• Tashkent, Uzbekistan hardcore /emo /alternative rock /shoegaze band elbowsway “Ward” from the debut “Common Sense” EP
  
• Sacramento, CA indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze band To The Lumens “All Those Lies” single
  
• San Francisco dreamo /shoegaze band BADVRIL “Golden” single
  
• US/Germany experimental /shoegaze /indie rock collaborative project between Washington, DC‘s quartet Chessie and Berlin‘s duo Contriva, aka Chessie + Contriva “Magenta” from the first LP “Black Jacket” [Watusi]
• Louisiana-based post-punk /new wave trio Hey Thanks. “Recollection” from the upcoming LP “Avoidance” [Iodine Recordings]
• Portland, OR post-rock/indie rock /shoegaze duo Kevin Robinson & Jake Endicott (Viva Voce, Blue Giant, Jonah & Oh Darling), GVTH DVDDY “Doom Kitty” first single from the upcoming album “GVDV” [Velvet Blue Music]
• New York-based folk /indie rock /power pop twin duo Brian and Michael D’Addario, AKA The Lemon Twigs – “2 or 3″ from the upcoming third album “Look For Your Mind!” [Captured Tracks]
• Cornish garage-psych pop outfit from Penryn, The Heavenly Bodes “Faux Pillars” single [Fuzz Club]
• San Diego, CA veteran art rock /noise pop /psych punk /rock’n’roll band formed in 2008 and led by Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez, Crocodiles “Time is Wasting Me” from the upcoming new ninth album “Greetings From Hell” [Invisible Hits (US) / Wild Honey Records (EU)]
• Melbourne, Australia rock’n’roll /boogie /swamp rock supergroup Chelsea Hotel “Lilly-Anne” first single from Chelsea Hotel’s debut album due later in 2026
  
• Brighton, UK indie rock band Lime Garden “Cross My Heart” from the debut LP “Maybe Not Tonight” [So Young Records]
• Spanish indie rock /jangle pop /power pop band Carolina Otero & The Someone Elses “Wuthering Heights” (Kate Bush cover) from the 5th LP “Lilith lo sabe” [Hurrah! Música]           
• L.A. post-punk /art rock /new wave project founded by writer-musician Luke Keali’ipono Moran in 2021, Sheep Eyes “Crusht” from the s/t album “Sheep Eyes”
  
• Charleroi, Belgium indie-rock band Kloothommel “14∞” from upcoming LP “Wits In The Big Wide” [Hidden Bay Records]
• UK indie rock outfit The Slates “What Have You Done?” single [Lab Records]
• UK/Sweden fuzzy indie guitar rock musical project of Cambridge‘s Tony Jenkins (from the New Fools and ex-Victorian Tin) and Forshaga‘s Christian Gustafsson, aka Kammahav “Nothing at all” single
  
• Sydney indie folk /art-pop singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko “Forgotten World” title track of the EP “Forgotten World” (outtakes from the latest 2024 album “I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain”)
  
• Australia sadcore /baroque /freak folk singer-songwriter JESSICA “As Tall As The Eiffel Tower” single
  
• Atlanta, Georgia indie rock /folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Reynolds, aka Rose Hotel “My Satellite” single [Strolling Bones Records]
• Austin, TX Americana /country /indie folk group led by singer-songwriter Kevin Dehan, Cactus Lee “Bad Luck” from “Lee’s Dream” LP [Western Vinyl]
• Toronto ambient /psychedelic /post-rock /electronic genre-fluid project by Collette Andrea Falk, Chad Skinner, Daniel Field, Jenna Geen, Shanika Lewis-Waddell, and Vanese Smith (of Gollden, Sun Rain, Kilometre Club, moonwatch.er, shn shn, and Pursuit Grooves), aka Eyes Might Feel “The Bear (Under The Moon)” from the debut self-titled album [Imaginary North]