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

• California-based Doomgaze /Shoegaze band Tired Eyes “Empty” second single off their upcoming first EP “No Flowers on My Grave”
  

California’s doomy shoegaze newcomers array Whirr-esque heavy, loud yet expressively melodic guitars, amidst raw fuzzy reflective strums and urgent, emotionally drenched waves of abrasive buzzing distortion, flecked with screechy ripples and excruciating high ringing wails, to menacingly swell over gloomy, numb male vocals, lagging in an endless aching loop of hopelessness.

• Australian bedroom shoegazey /dream pop solo project Flindal “Boogeyman (feat. rocket rules)” single
  

Aussie moody bedroom dreampop composer Flindal teams up with fellow singer Rachael of Melbourne‘s band rocket rules for a cushiony homage to an era of revelry, self-indulgence and nuisance. “Boogeyman” places light, tinny programmed beats to shuffle along with deep bass bulges, layers of wistful, anxious keys and glistening ethereal guitar melodies, while gentle translucent synth washes swirl around a vibrant, dreamy male/female vocal interplay, weaving breathless longing with fragile angst.

• Bern, Switzerland indie rock /psych /dream pop duo SILVER FIRS “Linen and Tears” single [Oh, Sister Records]

An intimate ode to love and a lullaby that energizes rather than sedates, at least for singer Elmiger’s young daughter; the vaguely psychedelic rocking song that hints to early The Go-Betweens’ clean, fluid bass-guitar textures, blends steady dynamic drums, and crisp round bass lines with lively swaying strummed riffs, wandering, wistful glowing keyboards, and bubbly hollow chimes to swathe wispy calm vocals, turning to vital angst with high airy backups, in a comforting sense of urgency and all-encompassing support. 

• Gent, Belgium lo-fi /ambient /drone /post-folk project of Morc Records founder Wim Lecluyse, Circle Bros “Uncorked” from “Wade” album [Morctapes]
• England lo-fi /field recordings /indie pop /folk singer-songwriter Alistair James “Light Kiss” from the album “The Unfinished Sea”
  
• California ambient /ethereal /spiritual /soul /electro-acoustic /folk sonic collaboration of life partners Cadmar Fitzhugh and Nailah Hunter, helllhound “There” from the debut full-length “Here In The Valley” [Constellation Tatsu]
• Kraków, Poland art pop /electro-acoustic /chamber folk composer, producer, and singer-songwriter Martyna Basta “Hands Want To” from upcoming third LP “Winged in Collapse” [7K]
• Sheffield, UK doom /drone /progressive /traditional /folk singer-songwriter, Jim Ghedi “The Hungry Child” single
  
• Elverson, Pennsylvania proto-metal /prog /gothic /psychedelic rock /folk band Magus “The Magus” from the album “Music for Mandrax” [Language of Stone]
• Manchester, UK slowcore /midwest-emo /post-rock trio Shaking Hand “The Shining” (Badly Drawn Boy cover) [Melodic Records]
• UK shoegaze /dream pop /trip-hop /experimental pop collaborative project by Rudy Tambala of A.R. Kane and Alison Shaw of Cranes, Inrain “Sleep” from “Rise” EP (originally recorded in the early 1990s) [Music From Memory]
• Glasgow‘s art-pop project of husband and wife duo Gemma Fleet and Andrew Doig (both of local band Dancer), THE CHOP “OK Kid” off the EP “Third Window” [Lost Sound Tapes]
• Castlemaine, Australian experimental /ambient /pastoral /dub /electronic /dream pop singer and multi-instrumentalist, Carla dal Forno – “Alone With You” from the LP “Confession” [Kallista Records]
• Parisian 5-piece krautrock /’moonshine pop’ /psychedelic pop ensemble Dorian Pimpernel “Caravelle” from the second album “Flowers Too”, twelve years later since the 2014 debut “Allombon” [Born Bad Records]
• London, UK experimental /electronic /keyboard pop solo project Reckonwrong “Before and after” from the debut LP “How long has it been?” [New Year]
• Los Angeles post-punk /kraut /psych /indie rock /piano /singer-songwriter Tracy Bryant “Widow” off upcoming new album “The Well” [Taxi Gauche Records]
• Oakland, CA folk /rock /indie pop band fronted by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Yea-Ming Chen, Yea-Ming and The Rumours “Sweet Opiate” 2nd single from the upcoming album “Residue” [Dandy Boy Records]
• San Francisco-based DIY indie /sadcore / dream-pop project led by singer-songwriter Glenn Donaldson, The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Worthy of Love” from the new LP “Acknowledge Kindness” [Fire Records]
• San Francisco, CA indie folk /jangle /Baroque /psych-pop singer-songwriter Tony Molina “Dear Nellie Goodrich” (Kaleidoscope UK cover) from “Dear Nellie Goodrich” b/w “Somewhere There’s A Feather” 7″ single [Slumberland Records / Olde Fade / Speakeasy Studios SF]
• Leicester, UK-based cosmic psychedelic folk/pop band, The Junipers “She Makes the Sun Shine” from the 5th album “The Solid and the Hollow”
  
• French rock’n’roll /indie rock 4-piece band Pop Crimes – “Sometimes” from the second LP “Bright Lights” [Howlin Banana]
• Pennsylvania-based lo-fi power pop /ìndie rock band led by Rob I. Miller (Blues Lawyer), ME AT THE ZOO “Shelly’s Turn” ” from the first “VOL. 1” EP [Vacant Stare Records]
• Kalmar, Sweden lo-fi /noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock project of Jens Fransson, a former member of Sack Lunch (2017-2019), aka Trash Ratio “Us, By The Way” from the new LP “Spotlight Dance, Random New Wave”
  
• Portland, OR lo-fi dream pop /indie rock trio Golden Tiles “Tracing” from the upcoming debut LP “Set Up on the Leaves” [Antiquated Future Records]
• Philadelphia-based lo-fi /C86 /noise twee pop duo Emerson Bright and Will Vani, aka Secret Address “Madison” from the debut EP “A Typical Day…”
  
• Norwegian–German sophisti-pop /jangle /indie pop duo J.O. Åleskjær and Seb Voss, aka Herr Wade “Der Trampelpfad” single [Bureau Platiruma]
• German bossanova /jangle /indie pop /guitar pop maestro Zwen Keller, aka DEN BARON “Tokyo by neonlight (with Megumi Mashiro)” from the new collaborative album “Friends”, first new album in five years [blue-very label]
• Franco–Australian baroque pop /synth-pop /indie pop duo Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard “Gap Year” from the third album “Window Tax” [Talitres]
• Jersey City, NJ vintage pop /indie-pop duo Fascinations Grand Chorus “Chroma Eyes” single
  
• Stockholm, Sweden electronic dream pop duo started in 1995, CLUB 8 “Don’t Cry Baby, It’s Only A Film” new single
  
• Seattle, WA-based Surf /Indie Pop /Dream Pop band led by Tabor Rupp, Beach Vacation “Time Alone” single
  
• UK 60s /power pop /jangle indie guitar pop band led by Oliver Flanagan, aka Sorry Monks “Long” single
  
• Balikpapan, Indonesia indie pop solo project of Lystiadi Bisma, The Grimmer Club – “Bersepeda” single [shiny happy records]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “You’re Even Further Than Before” 42nd, 3rd and final single from the new upcoming album titled “Does Anybody Care?” [Salt Mine Records]
• Melbourne new wave /indie pop-rock five-piece (previous or current members Parsnip, The Stroppies and Phil and the Tiles), Season 2 “Holiday” from the LP “Power of Now” [Upset The Rhythm / Spoilsport Records]
• London-based 4-piece jangle pop /power pop /indie rock band The Tubs “Fade to Black” (Metallica cover) [Merge]
• Belfast, UK alt /power pop /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Wynona Bleach “Not Cool With It” from the upcoming LP “Animal Style” [Fierce Panda Records (UK) / Propeller Sound Recordings (USA)]
• London-based shoegaze /grunge /art-rock duo Dandelion Graves “Folie à Deux” single
  
• Winnipeg, Canada shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop duo sundayclub “Camera Shy” from upcoming s/t “SUNDAYCLUB” LP [Paper Bag Records]
• UK indie pop /folk band Gently Tender “Wild In The Uplands” second single from the forthcoming EP “This Was Once Fields” [Todo]
• Modesto, CA Indie Rock /Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Sloome “We The Sun” from the LP “Blue Fire Doom” [Cherub Dream Records]
• Brighton, UK indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze new solo project by Shore Dive label head honcho N.P. Wardell (FKA Beatastic), Marry Me Marie “It is unfair”, second single from the forthcoming first LP
  
• London-based Anglo-French dream pop /art pop-rock duo Nonsense Rats “A Party” single
  
• Montreal, Québec dream pop /dreamgaze singer-songwriter Mackerel Sky “Could you” from “Demos 9” EP
  
• London experimental krautrock/shoegaze /psychedelic rock band The Early Years “A New Way of Living” from upcoming third LP “Modern Moonlight” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Adelaide, Australia shoegaze /dream pop home recording project, Author of the Accident “Silent House” from the cassette album “After Years” [Neon Sigh]
• Saint Paul, MN dream pop /shoegaze band of Dan Ballek (Mr K’s Dream) and Paul Lopez (The Shoegaze Collective, Sana Obruent and Spell 336), Angel Falls “Marfeliz” single
  
• Warsaw, Poland dream pop /shoegaze band Midsommar “Alice” first single from the upcoming debut LP “Unparalleled”
  
• Brooklyn, NY dreamgaze /grunge /shoegaze trio Charms “I’m Your Star” single
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden electronic /noise pop /shoegaze quartet Boy With Apple “Outside My Window” from the second LP “Navigation” [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• Melbourne, Australia atmospheric /ethereal /shoegaze /dream rock /alternative rock trio Nausicaa “Heavy” single
  
• Oklahoma City 4-piece shoegaze /indie rock /slowcore group Some Fear “I Don’t Want to Spend My Money” off the second album “Word Eater” [Rite Field Records]
• Boston, MA 4-piece indie rock /shoegaze band Vivid Bloom “In Strange Places” single
  
• Pittsburgh, PN alt rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Eyewash “Blonde” single
  
• San Francisco electronic /noise pop /shoegaze project of musician Rick Altieri (formerly of Blue Ocean and drummer in Aluminum), aka Above Me “Monolith” from the upcoming debut LP “Soften The Blows” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Helsinki alternative rock /shoegaze band Moonwards “Aubrieta” single
  
• Beijing, China veteran noise rock /psychedelic rock band Birdstriking “GAL” from “KO! AI! / GAL” single [Maybe Mars]
• San Diego art-gaze /noise pop /psych-punk veterans led by Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez, Crocodiles “Whips and Chains” from the 9th album “Greetings From Hell” [Wild Honey Records]
• Texas short-lived power pop /garage punk /rock’n’roll band originated in 1993, now reformed after 30 years (pre The Marked Men, Mind Spiders, O-D-EX, High Tension Wires, The Reds), Oddfellows “The Burden” from upcoming “s/t” album [Dirtnap Records]
• Boston, MA‘s International ambassadors of garage rock ‘n’ roll MUCK & THE MIRES “The Ghost of Roky Erickson” from “The Ghost of Roky Erickson” EP 7″ [GHOST HIGHWAY Recordings]
• Philly‘s premier “brown-hole soul” /rock&roll /garage rock combo The Out-Sect “See You Comin'” single
  
• Vienna, Austria lo-fi /power pop /trash garage punk /rock’n’roll one-man band Salamirecorder “Swim O Swim” from the LP “Inside The Cage”
  
• California grunge /indie rock songstress (former member of Slutever, Upset), Pouty “My Own Beauty” single [Get Better Records]
• Los Angeles-based lo-fi /indietronica /glitch-pop /breakbeat / indie-pop-rock band Sugar World – “Terra Incognita” single [Sunday Records]
• Massachusetts 4-piece power pop-emo band Cape Crush “Train in Motion” from the upcoming debut “Place Memory” LP
  
• Vienna-based indie rock /electropop multidisciplinary artist Sofie Royer “Cowboy Mouth” single [Stones Throw]
• Nashville, TN alt country /folk rock trio of songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, and longtime friends Joe Kenkel, Trevor Nikrant, and Lou Turner, aka Styrofoam Winos “Next Thing” from the upcoming LP “Any River” [Dear Life Records]
• London-based dreamy synth-pop solo project by Marianthi, one-half of the Greek duo Marsheaux, MeLLLo “Goodbye” single
  
• Chicago ambient /dream /folk singer-songwriter Gia Margaret “Moon Not Mine” from “Singing” LP [Jagjaguwar]
• Norwegian psych /indie /acoustic folk singer-songwriter. Juni Habel “Stand So Still” off the forthcoming third album “Evergreen In Your Mind” [Basin Rock]
• London-based ambient /chillout /cinematic /soul /spiritual jazz /folk songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ and founder of the Albert’s Favourites record label, Scrimshire “Awake, A Dream” from the upcoming 9th album “Bring Our Light To Every Corner” [Albert’s Favourites]
• Brooklyn, NYC-based instrumental ambient /folk /lo-fi rock /electronica /post-rock project of musician Christian Banks, aka Walrus Ghost “Falling Out” from upcoming third album “If You Could Be Here Now” [ Hush Hush Records ]