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

• Hove, UK-based electro-acoustic /indie-pop duo of Simon and Wendy Pickles (of the Popguns), The Perfect English Weather – “London-By-The-Sea” second single from the forthcoming album “Just Beyond The Lights” [Matinée Recordings / EarthPercent]

Mostly known for being the creative core of the ‘irrepressible’ indie guitar band The Popguns since 1986, the pair also rejoice through their one decade old side endeavour The Perfect English Weather, in enriching their refined art of songwriting into airy, sun-kissed and captivating electro-acoustic watercolors, suffused with the habitual looseness and playfulness of an everlasting melodic sensibility. The new single lilts gently on soft, groovy percussions and warm, sinuous bass pulses below a shimmery tapestry of airy guitar strums, decorated by sweet, fluid keyboard brushes, while nostalgic, wistful, yet elated vocals remember a chance meeting with Morrissey in 1984 through cherished heartfelt emotion.

• Houston, TX ethereal /dream pop /indie rock  singer-songwriter, Love Spells “How?” single from the upcoming EP “The Love I Showed You Was Yours To Keep” 
  

After last March’s delicious soul-stirring ethereal electro-acoustic ballad, the talented Texas artist returns with the intimately romantic and deeply soulful “How?” to sway on a groovy and vibrant bed of syncopated drum patterns, warm, humming bass throbs, and glaring, penetrating surreal synths, that shiver and jolt in a mesmerizing interplay with sad/anxious high-pitched vocals of deeply emotional breathy dreaminess, delivering personal lyrics about the realities of love.

• Ipoh, Malaysia indie rock /shoegaze /noise pop band Fieldville “Ranch” single
  

A Jesus and Mary Chain-inflected slice of abrasive and droning yet contemplative and melodic shoegaze/noise pop sound from the South East Asia outfit, shuffles its way through rich feedback-laden atmospheric guitar textures, carved by achingly ringing, screechy swells, to slowly drown dreamy, elated vocals, letting go of heartache, amid celestial comfort, with truth and love.

• Stockport, UK-based ethereal /foggy dream-pop /prog /pastoral folk project of Duncan Sumpner, aka Songs of Green Pheasant “Whitsun Girls” from the album “Sings The Passing” CD [Rusted Rail]
• Tokyo, Japan tribal dreamy /prog /kraut /psych-folk trio KUUNATIC “Yellow Serpent” from the second “Wheels of Ömon” LP [Glitterbeat Records]
• South London-based indie rock singer-songwriter Celeste Madden “Fever Dream” off the new EP, “Is It Really Goodnight?” [Sad Club Records]
• London-based indie rock /folk pop US singer-songwriter Joni “Things I Left Behind” title track of the debut LP “Things I Left Behind” [Hand In Hive / Keeled Scales]
• Athens, GA southern gothic /dream /psych rock /folk multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Thayer Sarrano – “Carried Away” from the album “Bells” [Slushfund Records]
• Welsh dreamy synth-pop musician (former member of the indie-pop group The Pipettes), Gwenno “Dancing On Volcanoes” from the upcoming fourth studio album “Utopia” [Heavenly Recordings]
• London-based Anglo-French krauty avant-pop band formed in 1990, led by the songwriting duo of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, aka Stereolab “Aerial Troubles” from the upcoming album “Instant Holograms On Metal Film” [Warp Records]
• London-based dream pop /synthpop solo project of Marianthi (one half of Greek duo Marsheaux), MeLLLo “StaY” single
  
• Bay Area solo synth-pop project from Lauren Matsui (Seablite), Rhymies “Crashing Lead” from the debut vinyl 12″ EP “I Dream Watching” [Dandy Boy Records]
• New York wave/electronic /dream pop /synthpop solo project R. Missing “Pony Yeah” single
  
• Chicago ambient /shoegaze /house /hyperpop /experimental pop solo project of musician and producer Alana Schachtel, aka Lipsticism “Feeling Why Do You Follow” first single from upcoming LP “Wanted To Show You” [Phantom Limb]
• Bristol, UK electronic /indie rock /dream pop duo Jadu Heart “Dualism” from the album “POST HEAVEN” [VLF Records]
• Indie pop band from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 1988, The Would Be’s “That’s How It Gets You!” single
  
• Wiesbaden, Germany indie jangle pop band formed in the early 1990s, Brideshead “Satellite” from upcoming fourth full-length album “You Are The Light” [shelflife records]
• Newport, UK new wave /folk /jangle /indie pop solo project of singer-songwriter Rob Morgan, aka Armstrong “Sunday Walking” from the compilation album “HandiCrafts” 2xCD [Subjangle Records]
• UK indie rock solo project of founder member of The Teardrop Explodes and frontman of Liverpool post-punk band The Wild Swans, Paul Simpson – “Astral Girl” from “Astral Girl” EP (lost recordings 1989-1996) [9×9 Records]
• New York-based 60s baroque pop /indie pop project of singer-songwriter John Dunbar (The John Sally Ride, A Confederacy Of Dunces), Elvis Eno “I Voted For” from the upcoming album “I’ll See Myself Out”
  
• Indonesian DIY Indie Pop project Darlivie “Jose’s” from “Rock Paper Scissors!” EP tape [Galaxy Train]
• London-based lo-fi /folk /jangle /indiepop DIY solo project Sunny Intervals “I’ve Been Looking Over My Shoulder For Too Long” from the album “Swept Away”
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia twee indie-pop punk band THE SENSITIVE “Whiteboard committee” from the split single by MAISONETTE / THE SENSITIVE [disanorak]
• Makassar, Indonesia indie pop band The Interpretation Cultures “I’m in Love with a Girl who Doesn’t Know I Exist” (Harvey Williams/Another Sunny Day cover, 1988)
  
• Los Angeles-based twee /indie pop band led by Madeline BB, aka Slippers “Guess I Started A Band” single [Lame-O Records]
• Boston, UK jangle /dream pop /indie rock singer-songwriter Alice Katugampola (one half of Fine), aka Alice Kat “Baby Steps” single
  
• The Wirral, UK indie rock collective led by Martin Adams and Peter Madden (both ex Eye Dance), West Coast Music Club “Need You Beside Me” from “Need You Beside Me” (EP)
  
• Berlin-based shoegaze /post-rock band of Gernot Pohle (of The Maze Cab) and Alex Nickmann, aka SPECIAL GHOST “Dawn” single
  
• Los Angeles-based 4-piece shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band Steel Wool “Another Sunday” off the debut s/t EP [Bug Body]
• San Juan, Puerto Rico dream pop /post-punk /shoegaze project of Kevin Shames, aka Basavriuk “Catacomb” single
  
• Berlin-based shoegaze /post-rock band of Gernot Pohle (of The Maze Cab) and Alex Nickmann, aka SPECIAL GHOST “Dawn” single
  
• Birmingham, Alabama jangle pop trio Slack Times “Swing the Dial” single from the “Gone Things” EP sessions [Meritorio Records]
• Sydney, Australian indie rock band (FKA The Templebears) of veteran musicians Elliot Fish (Big Heavy Stuff, The Apartments), Nick Kennedy (Big Heavy Stuff, Knievel, Reality Instructors, Imperial Broads) and Joshua Morris (Atticus), The Electorate “The Great Divide” from upcoming LP “By Design” [Love As Fiction]
• Swedish indie rock quartet Great Hare “Calm Backwaters” single
  
• Boston, MA baggy /Madchester /Britpop /dance indie rock band The Northern Line “Throw A Fist” second single
  
• Detroit, Michican indie pop duo of  local power pop mainstays Tom Curless (of Your Gracious Host, and solo renown with his backing band The 46%) and Chip Saam (of The Hangabouts), CROSSWORD SMILES “Falling All Over Myself” new single from the soon-to-be-announced full-length album [Big Stir Records]
• New York indie-rock four-piece fronted by lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Greta Kline, aka Frankie Cosmos “Vanity” from the upcoming 6th LP “Different Talking” [Sub Pop]
• Austrian indie rock band Catastrophe & Cure – “Stuck” off upcoming album “In the Wind”
  
• Montreal, Québec soft rock /indie folk band The Painters “I Live Everywhere” from “Single Cell Nostalgia” EP [Eel Records]
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /sufi /dream pop /psych /shoegaze band Minaxi “Mahiya” from the upcoming 2x 12″ album “Z of A”
  
• Helsinki, Finland shoegaze /dream pop band Thelma’s Dream “How You Wake The Ocean” final single from the upcoming debut album [Noon Records]
• Switzerland ambient /post-rock /shoegaze band Last Leaf Down “Falling Sky” from the sophomore LP “Weight Of Silence” [Lifeforce Records]
• New York dream pop /jangle /shoegaze band Deep Sky Objects “Lantern” from cassette debut s/t EP
  
• Brooklyn, NY dreamy shoegaze trio Charms “Lifetime Warranty” single
  
• Rochester, NY-based Dream Goth / Shoegaze Rock husband-wife duo of Jay Trovato and Kate Rogers, aka Bad Bloom “last of the other places” from the EP “Pepper” [Candlepin Records]
• Cincinnati, OH dreamgaze /shoegaze /dream rock band SUNGAZE “House on the Hill” single
  
• Bath, UK dream rock /shoegaze project of Jenn Zed, aka ZED POINT “Peach Fuzz” single
  
• Buffalo, NY trip-hop /new wave /shoegaze /indie rock band Dotsun Moon “Bring Love” from the upcoming third LP “Tiger”
  
• Madrid, Spain dream pop /shoegaze band .moov “Beholder” from the EP “.file”
  
• Tampere, Finland 4-piece dream-pop /shoegaze band Mumrunner “Violet” single
  
• Lafayette, Lousiana noise rock /shoegaze band Kaleidoscope Crux “Galactic Door” from the upcoming “Through The Portal” EP [Julia’s War / Candlepin Records / Pleasure Tapes]
• Cologne, Germany shoegaze /dream-pop /Midwest emo rock band Scott Evil “Circles” from “Big Dipper” [Backpack Records / Spinda Records]
• Brooklyn, NY 5-piece indie rock /shoegaze band Punchlove “Today You Can Learn the Secret” off the 2-track single “O” [Kanine Records]
• Philadelphia emo /indie rock /shoegaze band Bleary Eyed “Heaven Year” from the upcoming “Easy” LP [Born Losers Records]
• Rome-based Italian heavy gaze /doomgaze /shoegaze band Woru Roze “Violet Garden” from the second “Spite” EP
  
• Northampton, UK Indie-Punk /Dreamo /Shoegaze band thistle “it’s nice to see you, stranger” single [Venn Records]
• Brooklyn, NY grunge /shoegaze /indie rock 4-piece Hotline TNT “Julia’s War” from upcoming second LP “Raspberry Moon” [Third Man Records]
• Florence, Italy kraut /indie /psychedelic rock band VOV VOV! “Nancy’s Track” single [Factory Flaws]
• 3-piece kraut-wave band based in Leipzig, Luna Vega “Your Door” from the cassette EP “III” [U-Bac]
• Chicago lo-fi /power pop /post-punk /noise rock trio Lifeguard “It Will Get Worse” off upcoming debut album “Ripped and Torn” [Matador Records]
• Chicago-based Cincinnati, OH-bred 5-piece shoegaze /guitar pop /indie rock band SMUT “Syd Sweeney” from the upcoming second LP “Tomorrow Comes Crashing” [Bayonet Records]
• London, UK post-punk /dance-punk /noise band of Aphrodite Goulioumi & Pablo Casadey, aka Venus In Noise “In The Sun” single
  
• Stockholm shoegaze /grunge /indie rock four-piece Clutter “Pretty” from “Loves You” EP [PNKSLM Recordings]
• Venice, Italy indie rock /rock ‘n’ roll /psychedelic rock band New Candys “Night Surfer’ the second from the upcoming 5th album “The Uncanny Extravaganza”[Fuzz Club / Dischi Sotterranei]
• Leipzig-based, Italian garage /power-pop /spaghetti western punk singer-songwriter Teo Wise “La Paura” from the album “Fermo O Sparo” [Turbo Discos]
• Dublin, Ireland alternative /noise rock four-piece Hubert Selby Jr Infants “How To Steal A Car” from the upcoming LP “Bingo” [The Ghost Is Clear Records (US) / SuperFi Records (EU)]
• Seattle alternative /rock & roll /garage /indie rock /grunge trio Monsterwatch “Isolation Method” from the LP “The Head” [killroom records]
• Seattle, WA post-punk /indie rock four-piece Swamp Wife “Brain Freeze” from “Your Love Is All I Know” EP
  
• NYC dream pop /indie rock band Colatura “I Wanna Get Better” single off the upcoming EP “If I’m Being Honest” [Easy Does It Records]
• Manchester, UK-based indie rock New Jersey-born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Christinzio, aka BC Camplight “Two Legged Dog” from upcoming LP “A Sober Conversation” [Bella Union]
• Melbourne-based indie rock /dream pop /alt folk singer-songwriter (the frontwoman of alt-rock band Arbes), Jess Zanoni, aka Za Noon “Furnace” single from upcoming album “Heartdrag”
  
• Texan ambient Americana /folk fingerstyle acoustic guitarist and soundscape composer from Amarillo, Hayden Pedigo “Long Pond Lily” from the upcoming LP “I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away” [Mexican Summer]

photo by Rosalind Hobley