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

• El Paso, TX all-girl dream pop /bedroom pop band Acid Wave “Blushing” from the upcoming debut LP “heart2heart” on Hogar Records
  

Texan Dream-Pop unit’s second single delivers a shimmery and captivating hook-laden melancholic breeze of sparkling obsessive guitar melodies, syncopated drum beats and a warm pulsing bassline, fluttering through reverb-washed blurry, droning swells of intense anxious doubt, crashing down like a gentle wave over angsty and dreamy romantic longings, hoping to know the future before falling in love.

• Japanese ambient dreamgaze solo project, Fluffytails “Like A Sapphire” from the single “Sparkling Spray of Sound”
  

Our old acquaintance Japanese shoegaze soundscaper dissolves obscure and negative perceptions to ‘spray’ finely chiseled vivid and sensory atmospheric expansive trajectories, enhanced by emotive reflective guitar reverberations quivering with an iridescent persistence, pervaded by deep sparkling streaks, over soft skipping beats, rising and fusing, ever so slowly, to let ourselves be captured gently into a dazzling, droning hug of timeless comforting harmonic immersion.

• Gothenburg, Sweden experimental folk solo project Loopsel “Skammen” the first single from the upcoming album “Öga för Öga / Eye for an Eye” on Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox and DFA Records
  

Reminiscent of the untainted emotive sparseness of Marine Girls and the wistful finger-picking stylings of Ben Watt’s “North Marine Drive”, “Öga för Öga / Eye for an Eye” winds through a translucent subtly jarring layer of social unrest that eerily rises and falls behind a pain-woven tapestry of obsessively piercing, sparkling guitar plucks, over bleak sinuous bass throbs wandering over soft pattering heart-beats, and hypnotic rattle shakes, whilst endearing heartfelt vocal melancholy dreams in emotional detachment from the dystopic resonant and chaotic cacophony of corruption, injustice, and greed.

• London, UK based lo-fi DIY bedroom folk singer-songwriter Samantha Whates “Oh Boy!” from the upcoming “Early Works” EP
  
• French-born, Brussels-based experimental /chanson /electronic pop artist (aka DJ Overdose), REGIS TURNER – “Tu me parles plus (feat. Charlène Darling)” off the upcoming album “Des fleurs séchées dans la résine” on AB Records, Indian Redhead and le Syndicat des Scorpions
  
• Marseille based, French trip-hop /electronic /experimental composer and multi-instrumentist Alban Mercier (Ended, Officium & Tzii, Geoid Color Circle), AKA Officium “loose fit (ft Catherine Danger)” from the debut album “Lazybones” [Teenage Menopause Rds]
• Karlsruhe/Frankfurt, German synth pop /electro-kraut duo Fred und Luna “Es ist so schön” from the 4th album “Im Fünfminutentakt” on Compost Records
  
• Berlin based trip-hop /dream pop /leftfield pop duo of singer/songwriter Alia Seror-O’Neill, and producer Lewie Day, AKA a.s.o. “Falling Under” from upcoming s/t album [Low Lying Records]
• London based dream pop /electro pop musician, composer and producer Yulia Bizyukova AKA Everything by Electricity “Goodbye” single
  
• London-based indie /psych /dream pop duo of Australian/Filipino singer-songwriter Criz & British multi-instrumentalist, producer & songwriter RFK, aka Bangbang “Here for You” single on Stratford Ct.
  
• Atlanta, GA dream-pop moniker of multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone, AKA Bathe Alone “Awfully Quiet” single
  
• Copenhagen, Denmark lo-fi /indie /dream pop band Atomic Blue “Velvet Cherry” from the vinyl 12″ album “Blurry Memories”
  
• Bristol, UK indie /dream pop project of Pocket Sun member Gina Tratt, AKA Pebbl ‘Fading Away’ second single off upcoming EP ‘Moonbeams’ on Nice Guys
  
• UK retro /northern soul /r&b /jazz /orchestral solo project of the former leader of Liverpool garage rock cult heroes, The Stairs, Edgar Jones “Coming Back To Me” from upcoming LP “Reflections of a Soul Dimension” on Stereopar
  
• Salatiga, Indonesia twee /indie pop band LoOn – “Dear the queen” from V/A “Flowery Melancholia” 3-way split cassette album between The Jansen, LoOn, The Carolines, on Paska Records                                        
• Glasgow/Berlin based DIY indie pop five-piece (members of previous/current much-loved bands such as Spinning Coin, Breakfast Muff, The Yawns, Lush Purr, Rocky Lorelei, Kaputt and Tarantula), Hairband “Paris” from the debut album “Under The Plow” on Lost Map Records
  
• Camden, Maine indie pop band fronted by Frank Roscoe (ex-Wimp Factor XIV, Vehicle Flips, and Gazetteers), The Ekphrastics “Ghost Apples” from the debut album “Special Delivery” on Harriet Records
  
• Portland, OR-based guitar rock /indie pop band comprised of Brian Naubert (Tube Top, Pop Sickle, The Service Providers, Ruston Mire) and Heather Larimer (Eux Autres), CORVAIR “Right Hook” (Single) off the upcoming second album “Bound to Be “
  
• Vancouver/Toronto indie rock /folk /punk stalwart powerhouse band Tough Age – “Give It a Day” from the upcoming album “Waiting Here” via We Are Time (Canada) and Bobo Integral (ROTW).
  
• Edinburgh, UK shoegaze /dream pop /indie surf pop solo project of Michael Kay Terence, AKA Swiss Portrait “Before” single
  
• UK folk /indie pop duo The Ballet “At The Bathhouse” from upcoming LP “Daddy Issues” on Fika Recordings
  
• Seattle based indie pop band The National Honor Society “The Trigger” from the album “All The Distance Between Us” on discosdekirlian and Shelflife Records
  
• Bay Area-based lo-fi/ surf /dream pop/ indie pop solo project of Justin Cheromiah aka High Sunn “She doesn’t know I exist yet” from the album “Heavenly Petticoat” on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Helsinki based, Finnish jangle /dream pop band, Mood Dye “Golden” from the EP2.
  
• Munich, Germany indie /dream-pop /synthpop band Clear Coast “In Motion” single
  
• Canadian indie rock /electronic pop project of Halifax-based musicians Kristina Parlee and Ron Bates, AKA Smaller Hearts “Returning Year” from the album “Rock and Roll Was Here to Stay”
  
• Madrid, Spanish indie /shoegaze /synth-pop solo project ANTÍLOPEDEVEGA “42” single from the upcoming album “Un monstruo de la naturaleza” on discosdekirlian
  
• Electronic pop side project from New Hampshire-born producer Ben Ruttner (aka B-Roc) of The Knocks, Holiday87 – “Hold On” single on Black Clay
  
• Venice, Italy dream pop / shoegaze duo Glazyhaze “Saltless” single
  
• California based Post-punk /Dream Pop /Shoegaze /Foogaze solo project Estrada “Esta Noche Que Salí” single part of an upcoming EP out in the summer
  
• Swedish dream pop /shoegaze 3-piece from Malmö, Echo Ladies – “Dirty Dancing” new single via Rama Lama Records and Republic of Music
  
• Columbus, OH ambient /dream pop /shoegaze instrumental solo project from former Waterbox guitar player, Bryan Murphy, AKA SingingGum “Vapor Blue” from the EP “Cloud Cover”
  
• İstanbul, Türkiye alternative rock /shoegaze /indie rock band Straygaze “time to exist” from upcoming release “Perili orman”                                                                                                                                                             
• São Paulo, Brazil ambient /slowcore /shoegaze /dream pop /experimental pop solo project Sonhos Tomam Conta “No fim do outono” from “The movies aren’t enough” EP
  
• Pittsburgh shoegaze /folk /indie rock /dream pop four-piece The Real Sea “Fall / Awake” single
  
• France-based dream pop /shoegaze collaborative music project started by British musician Andrew Rose in 1984, Callière “Freefall Into Heaven”(Single Mix)
  
• Austin, TX goth /dream pop /new wave /shoegaze /post-punk band TEMPLE OF ANGELS “Tangled in Joy” from the upcoming debut LP “Endless Pursuit” on Run For Cover
  
• New York-based noise /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock Arab–Brazilian artist GABRIELA RASSI “Kiss Me” first single
  
• Liverpool, UK dream pop /shoegaze band, a Lesser Version “Opportunity” single
  
• Toronto-based shoegaze /indie rock duo consisting of musician/producer Josh McIntyre (Prince Innocence) and vocalist Lauren Armstrong, Thermal “Peachy” second single
  
• Fresno, CA based, Spanish Indie/Shoegaze band, Aire Espacial “Close To Me” (The Cure cover)
  
• New Jersey indie rock /shoegaze band Cosmoline “Common Place” from debut s/t album
  
• Chattanooga, Tennessee bedroom /post-hardcore /indie rock /shoegaze solo project, Blue Heron, Holy Ghost “You Tried” from the EP “4.20.23 promo”
  
• Phoenix, AZ dream pop /shoegaze band (Fka Dovi), Glixen – “Splendor” single.
  
• Los Angeles, CA noise pop /shoegaze band LUSTER “All The Things We Said” from the EP “Dopamine Loop” on Funeral Party
  
• Seattle-based independent alternative punk /grunge /shoegaze artist Violet Pet “Pink” from the first EP “Home Is You”
  
• Durant, Oklahoma alt /noise rock /grunge /shoegaze 4-piece HEAVYTRIP “Weighed Down” single
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden instrumental surf-rock /shoegaze /blackened doom-pop act Kitten Paws “Vildhjärtan (på Vågmästareplatsen)” single
  
• Vienna, Austria post-rock /post-punk /depressive metal /blackgaze trio Letheum “Ashes” title track of the debut EP “Ashes”
  
• Warsaw, Poland psych /dreamrock /dream pop /sadcore  3-piece ROSA VERTOV “Wakeful Nights” from cassette EP “Reflected In”
  
• Phoenix, AZ psych /dream pop /shoegaze trio Citrus Clouds “Spacing Out” single
  
• Edmonton, Canada-based shoegaze /drone /krautrock /psychedelic solo project of Arthur Bennell AKA Blume “Times Change” off the new album “Inner Vision”
  
• Cebu, Philippines ambient /dream pop /shoegaze /post-rock instrumental band, Odd “Fiel” from the upcoming debut EP “Where The Sun Is Shining” on Melt Records
  
• Sidney, Australia indie psychedelic post-rock band SVNTAX ERROR “Broken Nightmares” from the sophomore album “The Vanishing Existence”
  
• Louisville, Kentucky alt /power pop /indie rock trio led by Jake Tapley AKA Parister “Every Equinox” from upcoming cassette album “Here’s What You” Wonder” on Candlepin Records
  
• Portland, OR indie rock /synthpop duo Jessica Boudreaux & Rebecca Ryskalczyk AKA Sloan Rivers “Rough Night” single
  
• Phoenix, AZ garage power pop one-man band led by J. Waylon AKA Friends of Cesar Romero “Somebody’s Somebody” from “Gameboy America” EP
  
• Stratford Upon Avon, UK r&b /indie /garage 4-piece led by Mike & Elsa Whittaker, THE JACK CADES “Free Advice” from the upcoming third album “Something New” on Beluga Records and Dangerhouse Skylab
  
• Ventura, CA punk /power pop five-piece TV PARTY “Motorbike Libido (she loves The Beatles)” from the album “Psychic Driving”
  
• Castel Goffredo, Italy psych /garage rock trio Bee Bee Sea “Time and Time” new 7″ single on Wild Honey Records
  
• San Antonio, TX garage /power pop band SEX MEX “We’ll Be Gone” from “We’re a Happy Family” EP
  
• Vancouver, BC power pop /Indie Rock /Rock & Roll band BUDDIE “Way Up” from “Agitator” LP on Crafted Sounds
  
• Aquebogue, New York garage /surf rock one-man band  The NineteenElevenS “Jug” single
  
• Oakland, CA post-punk /indie rock band Low Praise “Time Is Calling” from the album “DRESSING”
  
• Los Angeles noise pop /indie rock /punk band Militarie Gun “Very High” off upcoming debut album “Life Under The Gun” on Loma Vista Recordings
  
• Sheridan, Wyoming grunge /shoegaze /indie rock band Blackberry Pyper “Ghost” from upcoming EP “Drawing Board”
  
• Graz, Austria indie /dream pop quintet Crush “The Rush” from the upcoming second album “Past Perfect” on Numavi Records
  
• UK four piece indie rock band from Nottingham, Blondes “The Basement” single on LAB Records
  
• Sydney, Australia dream pop /indie pop band Sesame Girl – “BOYS” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia indie rock singer-songwriter Jen Cloher “Alien Telephone” single on Milk! Records
  
• Los Angeles based indie dream pop singer/songwriter Chloe Gallardo “Bloodline” from upcoming debut LP “Defamator”
  
• French post-rock /indie folk singer-songwriter (bass player of hardcore-punk band Birds In Row) from Laval, Quentin Sauvé “Empty Promises” from the cassette album “Enjoy the View” on Ideal Crash Label
  
• Portland, OR psych /cosmic country songwriter and musician, Jeffrey Silverstein “(Theme From) Western Sky Music” from upcoming LP “Western Sky Music” on Arrowhawk Records
  
• Barcelona-based ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /dream pop Iraqi-born musician and Paralaxe Editions label head Dania Shihab, AKA Dania “Adult Third Culture Kid” from the album “Foreign Body” [ECSTATIC]