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

• Mexico City alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze three-piece band Rilev “Carmesì” single
  

Mexican trio sharpen their distinctive atmospheric and swirling shoegaze sounds with a grittier, grungy, heavily textured new song about faded feelings and not knowing how to let go. Dreamy vocals uneasily stretch with groovy and crunchy scraping riffs, underpinned by dragging, shuffling drums and snakingly springy bass lines, cast in a haze of droning distortion with shimmering reverberating overtones, to restlessly fall, layered with a soaring high-pitched lonesome lead, through a loud undertow of distress and hopelessness.

• Hasselt, Belgium alternative /indie rock /shoegaze duo Only Tears “Silence” second single
  

Belgian newcomers serve up a dark yet crisp atmospheric mix of Shoegaze and alternative rock, trading with soft and loud dynamics in a strong melodic and emotional heft. Shuffling drumming along with humming bass lines fuel lifting and drifting expansive layers of ethereal ghostly synths, faraway plaintive reverberations and glistening guitar riffs, awash with invigorating blanketing bursts of fuzzed-out distortion, around fearful, angsty male vocals turning gloomy and angry due to an intimate betrayal.

• Las Vegas, NV indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop DIY singer-songwriter Alex Argot “Rose Hill” single
  

Las Vegas songwriter with a gorgeous penchant for crafting atmospheric and nostalgic early-4AD tinged dream-pop, returns with the deeply emotional and immersive “Rose Hill,” about a deep inner sadness and insecurity. A steady hypnotic pace of spare crispy percussion punctuates a wistful vibrant stream of washy shimmering guitar riffs with lush, wistful female vocals of a vulnerable stirring sensibility, to sadly slow down alongside the plodding instrumentations into layers of lost and falling cries.

• LA ambient /ethereal /cinematic /neo-classical project by R&B outsider, Zsela, featuring Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean, Kelela) and film composer Taul Katzby, aka Zsela, Daniel Aged, Taul Katz “Dream 1” off “4 Dreams” EP [Latency]
• UK ambient /drone /leftfield /dub /electronic /dream pop collaboration between producer and musician Owen Lawrence (one half of London’s Blackwater) and singer Gemma Blackshaw, aka The Dengie Hundred with Gemma Blackshaw “Pool of Tears” from the second collaborative “Days in Pieces” LP [Tain Records]
• Hamburg, German lo-fi /indietronica /tape loops /electronic /classical /wave /experimental ambient pop duo Daniel Jahn & Jonas Meyer, aka Schatterau “Niemals” from the third album “Wir gingen durch leere Stunden” [Hands In The Dark]
• Australian indie /dream pop solo project of the bassplayer and vocalist in Swirl, Nicola Schultz “Which Lies Beneath” from the 6th album “Ripples in the Pond” [Half A Cow Records]
• California cosmic psychedelic avant pop solo project of Maryam Qudus, aka Spacemoth “Internet Fantasy” from upcoming second LP  “Inward Eye” [Greenway Records]
• Oslo-based dream pop /indie folk artist, songwriter and producer Linnea Vestre, aka SIKADE “Eleven” single [Re:memory]
• Mainz, Germany post-rock /psychedelic rock /alternative folk duo Rainbow Blood “Anthocyanin Pt.1” from the debut LP “Songs from the Pickle Factory” (originally recorded in 2016–2017)
  
• Detroit, MI post-punk /dream pop /shoegaze /psychedelic pop band Paper Sleep ” Tide Swallows” off the first album “Off World” LP [Falling Light]
• Minneapolis, Minnesota dream pop /shoegaze band she’s green – “Empty House” new single
  
• Oakland, CA-based new Dream Pop /Shoegaze band Welcome Strawberry “Each day I adore you” from the EP “Floral arrangements” (acoustic companion piece to the band’s latest LP) [Cherub Dreams Records]
• Clare, Australia jangle indie pop project of Caleb Carr, Treechangers “365 Days” single
  
• Portland, OR-based bedroom noisy indie pop group from the 90’s (aka Tears Run Rings), The Autocollants – “Fixed Position” from the split 7″ EP “The Cat’s Miaow / The Autocollants” [shelflife records]
• Texas dreamy synth-indiepop artist Nat Tracks “So Cynical” single
  
• Manchester-based Southern gothic /folk /psychedelic western band fronted by Georgia McKiernan, Georgian “Californian Jeans”
  from upcoming EP “Crackled Grounds” [Heist or Hit]
• Stockholm-based Swedish experimental dream pop duo Vanilla Stillefors & Gustav Jennefors, Morabeza Tobacco “Famine” first single from the upcoming album “It’s Only Heaven” [Dream On]
• Brooklyn, NY-based lo-fi fuzzy folk /jangle pop /indie rock DIY home recording project, Inland Years “Mountain of Fear” from the cassette LP “The Meadow” [Heads Down Records]
• Jakarta, Indonesian Shoegaze /Noise Pop band Vanishing Muffins – “You Know It’s True” from V/A “You Know It’s True” LP compilation [forfun cookies]
• Aberystwyth, UK pop /rock/eclectic alternative indie band Red Cavalry “R. Luxemburg” from “Tonight” EP
  
• Oslo, Norway-based Indie Noise Pop outfit led by Christian Dam, The Age of Colored Lizards “The Other Way” single [Sotron Records]
• Glasgow, UK psychedelic /indie rock band led by Graham Kemp (former member of Urusei Yatsura), Calacas “Free Time Forever/Fear Doubt Forever” from the debut “Ten Tiger Trax” LP
  
• Austin, TX post-rock /noise pop /psych /indie rock band Heavy Meddo “Treadmill Pilgrimage” off the upcoming new LP “Spiritual Stripmall”
  
• Northampton, UK psych-indie-rock duo of early Spiritualized members Mark Refoy and Jonny Mattock, aka  Slipstream “Blink Of An Eye” single
  
• Bern, Switzerland-based lo-fi /garage pop /indie rock band led by Danis Kobilic, Golfjugo “Quicksand” from “Darts” EP [Chrüsimüsi Records]
• Bedford, UK indie rock DIY solo act Last Days Of Rome “Hustle” from the fourth album “We Live In Hope”
  
• Manchester, UK indie rock /scuzz-pop band SUMOS “Luck” title track of “Luck” EP [Meritorio Records]
• Wrexham, Wales dreamy indie-pop band Kidsmoke “I’m Always Getting Carried Away” single [Libertino Records]
• Japanese lo-fi pop /indie artist, Siieee___ “Haru” from “Yau Yau” EP [Broken Palace]
• Michigan Synth-Pop /Dream Pop duo Bluhm “Another Kind of Love” single
  
• Australia ambient /shoegaze /post-rock /indie rock band Halo Tides “On Trains” from s/t EP
  
• Italian shoegaze /new wave /dream pop trio Ultrasaturated “New Love” single
  
• Toronto, Ontario dream pop /jangle-gaze /shoegaze band Azure Rose “Lights Come Down” first single
  
• London-based alternative /shoegaze singer, songwriter and producer Kiera Barnes, Irisworm “Fig Rolls” single
  
• Szczecinek, Polish independent shoegaze /dream pop band szumy “Ziemia” single
  
• Tokyo, Japan noizy shoegazey dreamy indie pop band CAUCUS “Kids” single
  
• Singapore indie rock /dream pop singer and producer SHYE “In The End” from the LP “The Doves Came Home”
  
• Los Angeles cinematic /dream pop /shoegaze duo Huzzy “Bloom” single
  
• Glasgow, UK 5-piece ethereal /shoegaze /dreamgaze outfit Thaladela “Overload” debut single
  
• London-based dreampop /shoegaze solo project Rainsong “fifteen” single
  
• Belfast-based heavy shoegaze solo project by Michael Smyth (formerly of the band Virgins), Silk “Pleasures” off the debut mini-album, “Auralux” [Blowtorch Records]
• Spanish post-punk /jangle /indie pop band from Madrid, Puzzles y Dragones “Mi último adiós” single [El Genio Equivocado]
• Indianapolis, IN Dream Pop /Shoegaze band, Fern Murphy “Latchkey” single
  
• Paris post-rock /shoegaze band Midscale “Screengaze” from “Dread, This Could Save You” EP
  
• Windsor, Ontario Shoegaze /Dream Pop group Talking Violet “Survival Mode” single
  
• Kyoto-based, Japanese dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze musician and songwriter Hisana Nogami (of the band NIM), APPI “Ukiyo” from the second solo album “Red Comb” [Shifting Sounds]
• Manchester alternative rock /grunge /noise/shoegaze band Stepower “Shell” single
  
• Dublin, Ireland 4-piece dreamo shoegaze band Picture Postcard – “Swan Song” from the debut EP “With Time” [Never Meant Records]
• Italian grunge /shoegaze band NODAY “30 Gradi” from “Solo Stare Solo” EP [Shore Dive Records]
• Los Angeles-based post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze singer-songwriter Lauren Lakis “It’s So Amazing” from “DEADLIGHTS” LP [RidingEasy Records]
• Brisbane-based, Australian alternative /indie rock /shoegaze band FragileAnimals “History” from upcoming “Dead Stop” EP
  
• Athens, Greece post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock trio Youth Valley “pills” single [Fine! Records]
• Mexico dream pop /neo-psychedelic /shoegaze band Vox Celeste “Flowers Will Bloom” single
  
• San Francisco veteran dream pop /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band The Asteroid No.4 “Shadowed” from the thirteenth album, “In Praise of Shadows” [Little Cloud Records]
• New York-based folk /indie rock /power pop twin duo Brian and Michael D’Addario, aka The Lemon Twigs – “ Nothin’ But You” from the 6th album “Look For Your Mind!” [Captured Tracks]
• Toluca, Mexico 3-piece industrial /kraut /psychedelic rock band Mirror Revelations “Incendiar” from the upcoming second full-length LP “Ígnea” [Fuzz Club]
• Bay Area veteran power pop project formed in 2003 by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Shelton, The Well Wishers “Back Of The Line” from the upcoming 14th album “Expected Outcomes”
  
• Lisboa, Portugal rock ‘n’ roll /psych /60s garage punk duo Thee Seizures – “13th Floor” from the debut “Introducing” LP [Groovie Records]
• Orlando, FL-based poer pop /bratty synth-punk band Cherry Cheeks “Cruel Bore” from the third album “D.O. & The Bytes” [Total Punk]
• Cincinnati, Ohio pop /wave /post-punk /indie rock /rock ‘n’ roll combo Artificial Go “Triple Ones” from the 2-track 7″ EP [Carpark Records]
• Montreal post-punk /indie rock trio COLA “Satre-torial” from the third LP “Cost of Living Adjustment” [Fire Talk]
• London-based alternative / indie rock singer-songwriter Alexandra Leaving “This Is It” single
  
• London-based post-punk /French pop /indie rock French chanteuse, composer and filmmaker, Clémentine March “Upheaval (First Version)” from “A Sacred Tear” EP [PRAH Recordings]
• Seattle-based Chinese pop /rock duo of married musicians Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten, Chinese American Bear “Turn up The Radio (把收音机开大点)” from “Dim Sum & Then Some” LP [Moshi Moshi]
• Scottish chamber pop /indie folk songwriter Adam Ross “Bring On The Apathy” third single and title track of the upcoming album “Bring On The Apathy” [Fika Recordings]
• Detroit, Michigan goth /indie rock /indie folk singer-songwriter (Zilched), Chloe Drallos “Belt of Venus” single
  
• Minnesota folk /indie rock singer-songwriter Runo Plum“Butterflies” from “Bloom Again” EP [Winspear]
• Western Cape, South Africa blues /gothic folk singer-songwriter Emmaleen Tangleweed “Ask The Dust” from the upcoming album “The Weaving” [Cruel Nature Records]
• Long‑distance ambient /electronica /post-rock /noise /folk exchange between Scottish musician Euan Alexander Millar‑McMeeken and Japanese artist Satomimagae, YOAL “The Sea of Gold” from the LP “Gloaming” [Lost Tribe Sound]