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

• Viennese four-piece Power-Pop /Jangle-Pop group Laundromat Chicks – “Want Some Air” [Siluh Records]

The Viennese unit anticipates the incoming, mainly British, French and German tour with an equally buoyant and melancholic, somehow well-wishing new single with guitarist Theresa on vocal duty, enriched by a power pop-rock sound that has never been so dense and choral, glimpsed here and there on last January’s album. The song trots its way through an urgent, energetic dash of ringing strummed guitar riffs laced with the obsessive rambling of freeing piercing leads, whilst an atmosphere of sad, frustrated vocals layer with group choral support, to express a disillusioned romance. Definitely catch them live if you have the chance…

• Eaglehawk, Australia dream pop /shoegaze duo of Megumie Alcala & Robbie Adams, aka Superluminal Objects “My Brain Thinks Your Brain Is OK” single
  

Second heart-warming single for the Aussie Shoegazing Dream-Pop studio project steered by constant off-tempo drum beats and snaky warm bass lines, creating a pulsating undercurrent for shivering layers of reverb-drenched, subtly droning guitar textures woven with ghostly keyboards, to instill lonesome, melancholic breezes over high obsessive vocals that rise and fall in sad, breathless harmonies, to give another what they want.

• Melbourne-based shoegaze /synth-pop /dream-pop solo project of Nat Chippy, aka Japanese Heart Software “Nice One” single
  

After a long break, aside from a couple of cover versions, the beloved solo endeavour of Nat Chippy returns with “Nice One,” combining her proverbial deep ethereal dreaminess with crunchy fuzzy guitar riffs in 60s garage-y style, along with the erratic sticky groovy-ness of reedy keyboard chords and evocative blowing licks, on which sway sunshiney playful echoed female vocals, embracing the novelty of modern romance with angst and sass.

• Buffalo, NY ambient /chillwave /post-rock /electronic project of Jeff Kandefer (aka Nightcruise, Red Sun 1981, Sinking Gardens, part of The Daysleepers), aka Plio̱cene “Continental Drift” from “Natural World: Coastlines” EP [My Daydream Records]
• Taiwan-based ambient /ethereal /organic /experimental /electronic artist Imryll “Spinal Spiral” from the album “Obscure Blood & Love” [Theory Therapy]
• OH indie /electronic /dream pop /electronic pop guitarist and vocalist Mari Park “Sustain” single off upcoming EP “Closeness” [Zoom Lens]
• Portland, OR-based, Canadian–American ambient /dream-pop artist, Hollie Kenniff “Running Through Rain” single [Nettwerk]
• Space electronic /neo-classical /cinematic /synth-pop duo of Latvian multi-instrumentalist and producer Arturs Liepins and vocalist, ethnomusicologist Anete Stuce, aka Domenique Dumont – “The Order Of Invisible Things” second single from the upcoming album “Deux Paradis” [Antinote]
• Ethereal /psych /shoegaze /trip-hop /dreampop project of L.A.-based singer Jacqueline Torgerson (CASHFORGOLD) and UK producer Jake Lee (Sidewalks and Skeletons), Soft Siren “Too Far Gone (feat. Sidewalks and Skeletons)” single
  
• Brooklyn, NYC-based experimental /ambient /ethereal classical /medieval folk /avant pop duo of harpist Marilu Donovan and vocalist/violinist Adam Markiewicz, aka LEYA “Corners – Chanel Beads Rework” [NNA tapes]
• Seattle-based shoegaze /dream pop /psychedelic rock /experimental folk band led by Irish-born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natasha El-Sergany, somesurprises “Year Without Spring” title track of the “Year Without Spring” EP
  
• Ontario-based lo-fi /cosmic country /dreamy indie /folk pop singer-songwriter Zoë S-Bouffard, aka Daphne’s Demise “Bedroom Window” from the upcoming EP “The Heart is a Garden” [Perpetual Doom]
• Gothenburg, Sweden electronic /indie /dream pop duo formed in 1995, CLUB 8 “Staying Alive” single
  
• Portland, OR electronic /synth-pop /dream-pop duo of Keith Kenniff and Hollie Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund), aka Mint Julep – “Holding On” single
  
• Athens, Greece new wave /synth-pop side project of Stefanos Manousis (founding member of dreamy shoegazers Sugar for The Pill), aka Yellow Red “My Own Way To Live” off the debut LP “My Little Words” [Make Me Happy]
• Australia/Switzerland/UK/US/Hong Kong international indie /folk pop band The Kind Hills “Guess How Much I Love You” (The Lucksmiths cover, 1997)
  
• Lille, France folk /indie pop duo Maybe Margate “Yesterday” from the upcoming second album “Hello Rush” [Too Good To Be True]
• Japanese anorak /shoegaze /city pop /dream pop /guitar pop /neo acoustic duo Bergamot Romance “Candy Drip” from the upcoming debut LP “1 dozen” [blue-very label]
• Japanese psych /folk-pop duo (formerly part of psych-rock collective LSD-March), ゑでぃまぁこん EDDIE MARCON – 少女 / Shoujo – from the album “Carpet Of Fallen Leaves” [Morr Music]
• Oslo, Norway indie /dream pop solo project Yndling “Even if it’s a Lie (I Don’t Mind)” 3rd single from the upcoming LP [Spirit Goth Records]
• Spain-based indie pop /dream pop singer-songwriter April June “Submissive” single [Nettwerk]
• Leicester, UK-based experimental indie /dreampop band Dayflower “Stuck to you (done better)” (re-recorded version, originally released in 2020)
  
• UK DIY twee indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “A Kind Of Loving” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia jangle /indie pop band led by Mark Monnone (formerly of The Lucksmiths), Monnone Alone “St Mary’s Pass” from the 4th LP “Here Comes the Afternoon” [Meritorio Records / Lost and Lonesome Recording Co.]
• Melbourne 4-piece jangle /guitar pop band (members of Snowy), Relief Pop “50 Ways to Shake Up Your Life” from the second EP “Chip Plinth” [Osborne Again]
• French shoegaze /dream-pop /indie pop collaborative project of Olivier Boutry (Few Border, Shoreline Stories), Thierry Haliniak (My Raining Stars, Meyverlin), & Maud Platiau-Bourret (Maud Anyways), aka Tales Of Moon “The Meaning” title track of the upcoming debut 6-track EP “The Meaning”, 5th of the label’s 2025 EP series [Too Good To Be True]
• Leeds, UK-based solo project from the singer of the 90s British indie /guitar pop band Perfume, M.J. McCarthy Jnr “The Well of Scented Tears” from the debut album “AromaTape 001” [AromaTapes]
• San Francisco-based DIY indie pop /sadcore band led by veteran musician Glenn Donaldson, The Reds, Pinks & Purples “We Surely Become Happy” 2-track single
  
• Bay Area “occult heartbreak pop” band built around Mike Ramos (Flowertown, Tony Jay, Cindy) and Ray Serephin (R.E. Seraphin, Talkies, Glitz), The Pennys “My World” from s/t EP “The Pennys” [Mt.St.Mtn]
• UK indie rock project led by former Hefner singer-songwriter and guitarist Darren Hayman, aka Darren Hayman and his Electric Guitars “Nobody You’d Know (Video Mix)” first release from the forthcoming album “Amazing Things” [wiaiwya]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi /post-punk /C86 /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Amphetamine Eyes” from the 14th album “A Tough Act To Follow” [Salt Mine Records]
• Kent, UK-based Northern Soul/Mod /Garage/Power Pop /Psychedelic Pop project formed by Papernut Cambridge‘s Ian Button (formerly guitarist with Death In Vegas, Thrashing Doves) and Allan Crockford (of The Galileo 7, The Prisoners, The James Taylor Quartet, The Solar Flares etc), The Penrose Web “Geraldine” from upcoming album “The Least Of Our Concerns” [Spinout Nuggets]
• Midlands, UK-based progressive /dream pop /shoegaze /psych /soul indie band SENSES “Accelerate our love” from the upcoming sophomore LP “All the heavens”
  
• Medway-based indie /psych /garage pop five-piece THEATRE ROYAL “Welsh Coastal Towns” from upcoming 6th LP “A Change Of Weather” [Spinout Nuggets]
• Aberystwyth, UK 60s folk /power pop /indie pop-rock band Red Cavalry “Kissed Lips” single
  
• Liverpool-based indie /dream-pop /psychedelic pop songwriter and producer Tom McConnell, aka Novelty Island “Rainy” from the upcoming LP “Jigsaw Causeway”
  
• UK-based acoustic /soul /power pop /jangle /psych /glam rock /indie pop singer-songwriter Paul ‘Trip’ Ryan aka SUPER 8 “Get On The Bus” (single)
  
• Bottrop, Germany lo-fi /kraut /shoegaze /trip-hop /indietronic solo project Interlaken Tapes ”Neu” single [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• Portland, Maine 3-piece synthwave /shoegaze /psychedelic /avant-pop band Finger Food “Evil You” from the debut s/t EP
  
• Wales, UK dream-pop /new wave /shoegaze /jangly /indie pop duo Warm Coat “Making a Living” from the debut album “Ambition”
  
• Indonesian indie /electropop trio BROKEN CHAINS – “Haarp Weapon” from “Demolition” EP [disanorak]
• Adelaide, Australia dream pop /shoegaze /new wave /post-punk project Air Belgrade “I Smile, You Smile (and Vice Versa)” from “We Dance On” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based 3-piece Noise /Twee /Indie Pop band, Pillow Fight “Jean Said” single
  
• Manchester, UK C86 /jangle /indie-pop quartet Autocamper “Again” from upcoming “What Do You Do All Day?” debut LP [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Reading, UK legendary Sarah Records-affiliated indie guitar pop band started in the early ’90s, Blueboy “Popkiss (live)” from the ltd. live album “Live at The Water Rats” (sold-out show at The Water Rats in London’s Kings Cross on May 18th, 2024) [Precious Recordings of London]
• Netherlands’ indie rock duo of Yaël Dekker (The Klittens) and Arie Van Vliet (Lewsberg), aka The Hobknobs “Are You Looking For Something” off cassette EP “Gather No Moss” EP [Correct Cassettes]
• Grøa, Norway-based fuzz /indie pop transatlantic indie rock band founded in 2003 by Hilarie Sidney (co-founder of Elephant 6 and The Apples In Stereo drummer) and Per Ole Bratset, The High Water Marks “The Works” final single from the upcoming album “Consult the Oracle” [Meritorio Records]
• Swedish indie rock /powerpop punx Sekunderna “Se dig inte om” single [Fika Recordings]
• Liverpool, UK-based psychedelic /shoegaze /indie rock duo Everything Else “Every Word Said” from the debut album “Another One Making Clouds” [Big Potato Records]
• Buenos Aires, Argentina bedroom /shoegaze /indie-pop solo project Happy Cat Meows “Futuro” single
  
• Hamilton, Ontario shoegaze /sad pop /dream pop artist ELLIS “Little Kid” single
  
• Berlin-based post-rock /drone /shoegaze /slowcore /dirgepop trio of Canadian musicians Aidan Baker (Nadja, Hypnodrone Ensemble), Tristen Bakker (VROUW! and Otolitos) with Spanish artist Angela Muñoz (nunofyrbeeswax, VROUW!, and Hypnodrone Ensemble), aka Tavare “Thumb” from upcoming live album “Too Small to Be So High” [Katuktu Collective / Cruel Nature Records]
• Cassino, Italy alt-rock /shoegaze band Vera Slö “böcklin suona” off the second EP “Rêverie”
  
• St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador Slowcore /Shoegaze band Gallery. “Play” from the cassette EP “Rolling Stop” [Barely There Records / Candlepin Records]
• Brooklyn, NY dreamgaze /indie rock /shoegaze band PANIK FLOWER “Slenderman” off the sophomore EP “Rearview”
  
• Boston, MA ambient /dreamy /post-rock /shoegaze /slowcore artist Eloise Chamber “French Exit” single
  
• South Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band of songwriter, guitarist, and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Treading Water” from “Treading Water” EP
  
• Long Beach/Los Angeles-based psych-rock /shoegaze /dream pop /slowcore band formed in 2008, Space Waves “Repair” from the upcoming 8th LP “On & On”
  
• Richmond, VA dream pop /shoegaze solo project Always Other “Existential Disco” title track of the upcoming LP “Existential Disco”
  
• Japanese shoegazing band from Tokyo, KILDREN “Phantom Swayed” single
  
• Chicago, IL dream pop /shoegaze four piece LIGHTFOILS “Synastry” single
  
• Boston, MA ethereal /dream pop /shoegaze band Vivid Bloom “Under the Sound” single
  
• Muscle Shoals, Alabama shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop duo Sister Ray Davies “War Machine (The Purpose of a System Is What It Does)” debut single 7″ [Sonic Cathedral]
• San Francisco 4-piece psych gaze band led by Liv Field and Rex John Shelverton (Tamaryn), aka Pink Breath of Heaven “See It Now” from the debut LP “Colors Make a Sound” [Little Cloud Records]
• French lo-fi /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Ursa Pops “La Source” from the debut LP “UP” [Loretta Records]
• Genoa, Italy alternative /dream pop /shoegaze band Swear “Leaving Soon” single
  
• Umeå, Sweden electronic /dream pop /grungegaze /shoegaze band Haermape “Patchwork life” single
  
• Dream pop /Shoegaze band founded in 1999 made of constant members Alex White & EJ Hagen joined by Laura Watling (of Tears Run Rings), original drummer Guyton Sanders, and John Loring (of Fleeting Joys), Highspire “Trixter” from the upcoming third LP “Crushed” after 15 years [Shelflife Records]
• California-based, longstanding shoegaze /psychedelic rock /psychgazers The Asteroid No.4 “Neptune” single 
  
• British Indie /Psychedelic Rock band led by Jason Pegg, aka Clearlake “Take The Edge Off” single from the forthcoming CLEARLAKE’s  album “Dark Blue”
  
• Brooklyn, NY post-punk /psychedelic /shoegaze /noise rock band led by Oliver Ackermann, aka A Place To Bury Strangers “Let It All Go” from the split 7″ single with The Serfs [Dedstrange]
• Hulme, Manchester post-punk /C86 /indie rock three piece band formed in 1982, bIG*fLAME “Testament To The Slow Death Of Youth Culture (session)” from the upcoming LP “Peel sessions 84-86” [Precious Recordings of London]
• Philadelphia power pop /indie /heartland rock quintet The Tisburys “Water In The Clouds” from the LP “A Still Life Revisited” [Double Helix Records / SofaBurn Records]
• Saint Petersburg-based emo /slacker rock /indie rock band Домашний беспорядок “Пол это лава” from the LP “Андердог”
  
• Brooklyn, NY bossa nova /chamber pop /jazz /indie folk singer-songwriter artist Mei Sermones “Zarigani” from the debut album “Animaru” [Bayonet Records]
• West Coast eclectic Philippine-born indie folk rock singer-songwriter and occasional Little Wings guitarist, Lee Baggett “Frankenstein” (Single) [Perpetual Doom]
• Tennesse lo-fi indie folk /slowcore singer-songwriter Phoneswithchords “Not a fool? feat Stacy Lantz” from the work in progress album “Piecemeal”
  
• UK ambient /jazz /chillwave /hauntology /dream pop /dreamwave /electronic project of Ben Holton (epic45, My Autumn Empire, Birds In The Brickwork), The Balloonist “Headphone World” from the LP “Dreamland” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]