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

• Stockholm, Sweden dream pop /indie pop duo Magnus Haderborg (The Vapour Veils) and Linus Giertta (Blanka, The Grand Opening), The Jilted “Guilty Pleasures” debut single
  

Topped by the easily recognizable both anthemic and melodramatic Magnus Haderborg‘s commanding vocal delivery, the soul-stirring debut single by the Swedish duo weaves sharp wistful piano key melodies and warm orchestral swathes, swarmed with anxiety and pain through a toxic tunnel of rapid skipping drum beats and humming pulsing basslines, whilst powerful distraught vocals dwell in the tragic back and forth of a broken romance.

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania post-rock /shoegaze /indie rock solo project Joyful Forfeit “I’ll Come Back To You” the third single from the upcoming debut  “Everything Came To Light” EP 
  

The Indie Guitar Pop, with a dash of Shoegaze and Post-Rock, from the Pennsylvania-based one-man band, through a smooth string of three singles in a row, reveals a confident flow of vibrant, introspective and heartfelt melodic songwriting prowess that exudes emotions, pathos and subtle disenchantment. The latest “I’ll Come Back To You” rouses emotive-ridden atmospheric vibes from obsessive winding and ringing guitar melodies, underpinned by heavily stomping drum beats and sonorous bass lines, wandering with vibrato piercing resonance over angsty, agonized vocal melancholy, rising and falling in desperate swells of bitter romance.

• Japanese shoegaze /dream pop /jangle /indie pop band based in Nagoya, Belinda May – “Our Summer Days” from Belinda May’s 7″ vinyl single “Our Summer Days / Dreams” via Fastcut Records
  

Long-anticipated second 7″ single by Nagoya-based band Belinda May, a name possibly inspired by Ennio Morricone’s late 60s Bossanova-tinged theme, furrows familiar jangly and dreamy guitar pop-laden summery skies with carefree panache and bittersweet melodic flair, swaying through romantic “Our Summer Days” that arouses whimsical sparkling guitar melodies, enlivened by peppy drum beats and sinuous warm bass lines, into a vibrant and magical shimmering ecstatic flow, rippled by wistful echoing chimes around dual vocals of gentle genuine joy, sharing eternal longings for love.

• Staffordshire, England experimental /psych /dream pop /ambient pop duo Ben Holton & Rob Glover, aka EPIC45 “Showers and Sunlight” from the upcoming unreleased album “Spring” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
• Portland, OR electronic /synthpop /dream-pop duo of Hollie and Keith Kenniff (aka Helios, Goldmund), Mint Julep “After All” new single
  
• Greek one man’s ambient /post-rock instrumental project of Nikos Togkaridis from Athens, The Abyss Inside Us “home” [Single]
• Göteborg-based ambient /electronic /indie /dream pop project of Swedish musician and producer Linn Osterberg, aka Dimming “Boundless Baby” from the EP “Last Life on Earth”
  
• Louisville, Kentucky ambient /shoegaze /post-rock solo project, Bradley Coomes “Io” from the album “Jupiter” [Deus Marginalia]
• Adelaide, Australia ambient /dream pop /shoegaze project Go Season “Take Care”
  
• Niterói, Rio de Janeiro experimental pop collective Rosabege – “Sigo Num Site / Mármore” from V/A “Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro” album compiled by Joe Osborne (Brazilian Wax) and Russ Slater (Sounds and Colours) [MR BONGO]
• Ottawa, Ontario homemade dream pop solo project Preloved “Then It Goes” single
  
• Vienna-based indie synth pop musician and artist Sofie Royer – “Mio” single on Stones Throw
  
• Norwich, UK indie folk pop band The Midnight Sailors “All Or Nothing” from the debut s/t album
  
• San Francisco based lo-fi /folk /art rock /baroque pop 4-piece band Virgin of the Birds “Achilles and the Blues” from “Viper Summer” EP via Abandoned Love Records
  
• Los Angeles-based shoegaze /indie rock/ dream pop singer/songwriter Chloe Gallardo “Last Dance” from the upcoming vinyl debut LP “Defamator”
  
• Austin TX bedroom pop /indie rock band Dress Warm “Unfamiliar Features” from the EP “Stepping Away” via Ocean Wagon Collective
  
• Lisbon, Portugal bedroom /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop project of Guilherme Machado Correia, aka Hause Plants “Shining Blue” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Galway, Ireland shoegaze /noise-rock /indie rock band NewDad “In My Head” new single
  
• Leeds, UK based lo-fi /dream pop /indie rock Irish musician Joel Johnston AKA Far Caspian “Own“ single off upcoming album “The Last Remaining Light” via Tiny Library Records
  
• Newport, Wales jangle /folk /indie pop singer-songwriter-arranger and multi-instrumentalist Julian Pitt, aka Armstrong “Saturday Is Calling” off “Summer Is Here e.p.” (4 Songs)
  
• Manchester, UK C86 /jangle /indie pop Autocamper “Never End” from debut 2-track demo “You Look Fabulous!” on tape via Discontinuous Innovation Inc. (with a bonus track)
  
• Boise, Idaho indie pop band The Very Most “No More Blue Horizons” from V/A “The Understudy: A Tribute to China Crisis” digital tribute album on Fadeawayradiate Records
  
• Manchester, UK scuzz-pop band SUMOS “Quiet Place” from the debut album “Surfacing” on Meritorio & Safe Suburban Home
  
• Nicaragua‘s young indie pop singer-songwriter Zamyr “Adiós” from the debut cassette album “Golden Days” via Japan’s blue-very label‘s série d’essai
  
• Sheffield, UK lo-fi /indie /synth-pop band formed in 1986 as Redbrick Shithouse by duo Darren Fox and Nick Brelsford, Tom Violence – “Someone” from the ltd. vinyl LP “Definite Limits” (4-remastered tracks along with 3 cover versions and a re-edit ) on Almost Halloween Time Records
  
• Mexico City bedroom dream pop band, VHS SPORTS “Girls” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• L.A. psych-pop /dream pop /indie rock band Mind’s Eye “Can’t help myself” from the LP “Long Nights and Wasted Affairs”
  
• Brighton, UK-based lo-fi /bedroom pop /kraut /jangle /garage pop recording project of Dan Reeves (member of post-punkers Cold Pumas, and former overseer of Faux Discx label), Soft Walls “Waking” from the 4th album “True Love”
  
• Melbourne garage pop /indie rock DIY musician and composer Tam Richards-Matlakowski (Carpet Burn) aka Tam Vantage “Deep Sea Diver” (Popolice cover) first single from an upcoming ‘covers album’ focused on independent Australian artists from the 2000s and 2010s
  
• Bay Area indie pop /jangle /psychedelic project of Carly Putnam (The Mantles, Art Museums), THE OILIES “TOUCH ME ! CHANGE COLORS” single
  
• Saint Petersburg, FL bedroom pop /lo-fi /indie rock /shoegaze band chlorinefields “What a strange view” from the second “Read the Room” EP
  
• Australian one-man dream-pop project from Victorian Surf Coast, VULPIX “I Am Just a Shell” single off upcoming debut LP on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Glasgow, UK based glam indie rock band led by Tasmanian singer and songwriter Joe Nuttall, Enola Fall “(open fire)” single
  
• Louisville, Kentucky alt /power pop /indie rock trio led by Jake Tapley aka Parister “Pullover” from the cassette album “Here’s What You Wonder” on Candlepin Records
  
• Vancouver, BC dream pop /jangle-pop /power pop band The Sylvia Platters “Summer Dreamin’ (Live at Malibu Sound)” from the live single “Summer Dreamin’”
  
• Ventura, California fuzzy pop /indie rock band The Spires “Drift of Things” from the upcoming record “WOKE UP STRANGE”
  
• Helsinki, Finland post-punk /indie rock /new wave project Primary Delusion “Does It Matter” single.
  
• Washington, D.C. experimental pop project (aka Fang Wizard, Pure Hex) of Trevor Kampmann (hollAnd) and Mark Robinson (Unrest/Flin Flon), aka Party Milk “Wedding Hair” single from the upcoming LP “Your Problem as a Mountain” on Teen-Beat
  
• Brisbane, Australian garage jangle power pop trio led by Adele Pickvance, (The Go-Betweens, Robert Forster, Dave Graney Show, Far Out Corporation), Adele & The Chandeliers “Souvenirs Of My Mind” from the EP “Still Thinking” via Orange Carpet Records and 121 Projects (vinyl)
  
• Philadelphia-based post-punk /indie /dream pop duo Blood Sound “Decade of Nothing” from the album “Holidays ’95” compilation of past recordings.
  
• Melbourne garage /indie rock four-piece The Belair Lip Bombs ‘Say My Name’ first single off the debut album ‘Lush Life’ on C.W. Records
  
• San Francisco indie /power pop band The Well Wishers “Flip Your Wig” (Hüsker Dü cover) from the 2-track “So Important” single
  
• Oakland, CA power pop /indie rock solo project of Blues Lawyer frontman, Rob I. Miller “The One” from the debut LP “Companion Piece” on his own Vacant Stare Records
  
• Helsinki, Finland post-punk /indie rock /new wave project Primary Delusion “Does It Matter” single.
  
• Berazategui, Argentina indie pop /shoegaze /dream pop band SOCIEDAD DE FOMENTO “Luchetti nublado” from debut EP “Árbol de Cristal”
  
• Greek Indie Rock /Shoegaze /Dream Pop band from Athens, Sugar For The Pill “Colours” single from the forthcoming second LP.
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina-based Indie /shoegaze /dream pop four-piece band Almanaques “Algun Dia” single on Fuego Amigo Discos
  
• Liverpool, UK post-punk /indie /shoegaze 4-piece AVALYN “Sea Change” single
  
• Silver Lake, L.A. indie /noise rock /shoegaze duo, Teenage Wrist “Diorama” new single on Epitaph Records
  
• Paris, France ambient /ethereal /dream pop /electronic /shoegaze trio Antipodes – “Carrie in the Pond” off 2-track EP “Carrie in the Pond” on Mizar Alcor                                                                                                                 
• Los Angeles ‘doomgaze’ quartet fronted by Michelle Malley, IRESS “Soft” off “Solace” EP on Dune Altar
  
• L.A.-based indie /dream pop /shoegaze band Swimming Pools And Movie Stars “Sparkling” single from the upcoming second album.
  
• Virginia dream pop collaborative project of NYC‘s post-punker postlooperish and singer & songwriter Melanie Ann, aka Shades of Violet “Fields of Blue” from the debut single “A Matter of Time”
  
• Philippines shoegaze /dream pop 5-piece from Manila, Megumi Acorda “Tomorrow” from the EP “Silver Fairy” via Genjitsu Stargazing Society
  
• Los Angeles based post-punk /psych /shoegaze /dream pop trio Magic Wands “Sea Glass” from the new LP “SWITCH” on Metropolis
  
• South African Dreampop /Shoegaze duo from Gqeberha, Wasabi Club “Kintsugi (The Wound)” from the debut EP “The Last of the Dreamers”
  
• Boston, Massachusetts-based Shoegazing Dream Pop band The Shallows “250” from the debut LP “Wave States”
  
• Orem, Utah bedroom pop /noise /emo /shoegaze project of Jacob R. West (AKA c h point), Spring 2005 “Something Whirl” off the new album “Ellie Kemper”
  
• Cracow-based shoegaze /dream pop band Strangers in My House “Rush Controlled” from the debut album “Leave It Undefined”
  
• Southern California Alternative Rock /Heavy Shoegaze band Old Photos “The Message” debut single
  
• Irish noise-pop /shoegaze band based in Dublin, Diving Bells “The End is Built into the Beginning” single
  
• Los Angeles-based dream pop /shoegaze band led by Angel Chavarin, Uztar “Descartame” single
  
• Toronto, Canada shoegaze /dream-pop solo project Luster Dust “Little Death” single                       
• Brooklyn/Boston slowcore /shoegaze /indie slacker rock duo Joyer “Silver Moon” debut single       
• Denver, CO kraut /psychedelic /shoegaze band WAVE DECAY “Send Me In” from the EP “Visions”
  
• Ambient /Slowcore /Blackgaze /Heavy Shoegaze foursome from Berlin, Temporary Relief “Ghost” from the debut EP “Aimless”
  
• Seattle, WA indie rock/psychedelic /shoegaze band BLACK NITE CRASH “I’m Not in Love” from the CD EP “Elaborate Destinations”
  
• Chicago, IL-based industrial /indie rock /psych /shoegaze band Dim “I Mean I Guess” from s/t EP on Physical Medium
  
• Chicago, IL shoegaze /indie rock solo project of multi-instrumentalist Austin Smith, AKA Triangle Rain Club “Falling Down” from “Early Singles” EP
  
• Edinburgh, UK 60s /shoegaze /psychotronic /dream pop five-piece led by singer and guitarist Tommy Danbury (formerly of L.A.’s bands Lower Heaven and Magic Mirror), AULD SPELLS – “Suffer On TV” (Single)
  
• Sweden fuzzy shoegaze instrumental doom-pop solo project Kitten Paws “Den lilla astronauten” new single
  
• La Libertad, Peru art rock psych /synthpop solo project EDL “Otras Lullabies” the last single off upcoming album “Unisonknown”
  
• Boston, MA rock’n’roll /bluesy garage rock duo Mr. Airplane Man “Believe” single
  
• Fort Lauderdale, FL alternative noise rock /punk band Gouge Away “Idealized” single on Deathwish Rec.
  
• Norwegian instrumental fuzzed out Oslo-based psych-rock trio, Kanaan “Amazon ft. Hedvig Mollestad” from “Downpour” LP via Jansen Records
  
• Portland, OR indie rock /synthpop /electrodance duo Jessica Boudreaux & Rebecca Ryskalczyk, aka  Sloan Rivers “Override” single
  
• French indie-rock /synthpop duo from Lille, Neist Season “Lonely Night” off “Icy” EP on Shore Dive Records
  
• Cincinnati, OH 60s pop /rock’n’roll /jangle /power pop project led by Keith Harman (the Cowboys), Good Looking Son “Long Form Girlfriend” from upcoming debut LP “Confirmed Bachelor” on Feel It Records
  
• London-based indie rock singer-songwriter Bryde “Brainy” (The National cover) single
  
• Danish world music /Balearic /downtempo /pop duo SUBNESIA feat. Charlotte Caluwaerts “Historia del Amor” new single [Music For Dreams]
• Manchester, UK early 80s ambient /jazz /psychedelic folk /guitar and bass player, experimental musician David Horridge “One Note Bossa” from “Journey Within” EP 12″ unreleased bedroom studio tape material (1982) via Smiling C
  
• UK ambient collaboration between Cardiff-born Ride guitarist and Essex-based astral jazz duo, ANDY BELL & MASAL “Murmuration Of Warm Dappled Light On Her Back After Swimming (Edit)” [Sonic Cathedral]