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

• Brazilian shoegaze /dream pop duo Ariel Void “Freefall” from the upcoming debut album, “Um Para Infinito”
  

The first single, from the Brazilian Shoegaze duo’s debut LP, strives to discover and experience what comes after grief and loss, through a wistfully reverberating sprawling of distorted guitar textures, droning and squeaking over hazy, openhearted female vocals, free falling into the dark unknown to discover and experience what comes next.

• Ottawa, ON shoegaze /psychedelic band led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Peter McNestry, The Pink Elephants “Sun Rah OM Inferno” from “Mothers Of The Sun” EP
  

Ottawa music project is back after a very long hiatus with a new EP, in collaboration with Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless) and Sean Curran (The Stalwart Lovers), of desertic transcendental, mostly instrumental, psychedelia, missing the previous shoegaze leanings, to recall early The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels and stuff like that, rooted in slowness and repetition through a boundless circular resonance in search of transcendence towards cosmic horizons. The EP teeters between parts of atmospheric droning contemplation, that melts in boundless and reflective mind-expanding oscillations, and thicker, heavy swirling slo-waves of intense feedback and blistering acid leads, as in the most persuasive “Sun Rah OM Inferno”, radiating like molten sun rays, to evoke a vibrant, penetrating, timeless sense of mystery and healing.

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia dream pop /shoegaze five-piece band Commemorate “Lights” single [La Munai Records]

Breezy and shimmery new single from the Kuala Lumpur unit that billows like a feather as dreamy, breathy female vocals reveal “I’ll keep the lights on,” whilst gliding amid a shimmering reflecting deep of insistent sparkling guitar melodies and a fizzing misty crescendo of riffs, to augment the mesmerizing melancholic aura, while achingly longing for a loved one to come home.

• Belgian lo-fi /ambient /drone /noise /electronic /indie folk collaboration between experimental musician Tim Wijnant (Ovil Bianca) and songwriter Ingwio D’Hespeel (De Portables), Weiland And Wio – “Muscle Memories” from “Verenigde Eenden Naties” LP 12″ [Almost Halloween Time Records]
• Wellington, NZ ethereal /indie folk singer-songwriter GRETA O’LEARY “River Dark” title track of the debut album “RIVER DARK”
  
• French lo-fi dream-pop /indie /psych-folk singer-songwriter (Rrose Tacet), PACÔME GENTY “Lonely As A Cloud” from the upcoming LP “Hestia” [Prohibited Records]
• Philadelphia-based acoustic indie folk solo project of fingerstyle guitarist, singer-songwriter (of psych-squallers Purling Hiss and Birds of Maya), Mike Polizze “Everybody I Know” from the upcoming second album “Around Sound” [Paradise of Bachelors]
• Glasgow-based, Scottish indie folk songwriter and founder of the band De Rosa, M. John Henry “Heart Of Coal” first single from the LP “Strange Is The Way” [Gargleblast Records]
• US/UK lo-fi experimental /indie rock /hypnagogic pop /psychedelic pop correspondence recording project between Oakland‘s Matt Bleyle (Violent Change/Sopors) and London-based Sterling Mackinnon (False Berries/Violent Change), aka Cuneiform Tabs “Ivy” from the second LP “Age” [Superior Viaduct]
• Kentucky-based Americana /cosmic-country folk songwriter (former State Champion and Tropical Trash member), RYAN DAVIS & the Roadhouse Band “New Threats from the Soul” from upcoming LP “New Threats from the Soul” [Tough Love / Sophomore Lounge]
• Bath, UK lo-fi /baroque /psych pop /folk artist and producer Alex Pester “The Way It Should Be” from the album “The English Hymnal”
  
• Münster, Germany indie pop group The Fisherman and his Soul – “Mother’s Tongue” from “Plaques and Jangles” EP [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• London-based Anglo-French baroque pop singer-songwriter, arranger, producer and legendary mid-80s él Records label affiliated, Louis Philippe & The Night Mail “Song For Paddy (Wings Of Desire)” from the new album “The Road To The Sea” [Tapete Records]
• Montreal, Quebec indie /dream-pop band, Men I Trust “Hard To See” from the album “Equus Caballus”
  
• Toronto, ON dream pop duo Twin Rains “The Evil That You Know (Let it Go)” 2-track single
  
• Saint Petersburg-based  indie /shoegaze /dream pop trio акульи слёзы (shark’s tears) “принцесса беспорядка (disorder princess)” single
  
• Los Angeles-based transcendental folk /minimalistic drone pop project of singer-songwriter, Lael Neale – “New Ages” from the album “Altogether Strange” [Sub Pop Records]
• Colorado-based ambient /shoegaze /dreamy /slowcore singer-songwriter Madeline Johnston, aka Midwife “Signs” b-side off Midwife’s 2024 fourth studio album “No Depression In Heaven” [The Flenser]
• Aix-en-Provence, France DIY new wave/dream pop solo project of songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Peter Michel, aka HIBOU “A Sweet Thought” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Leicester, UK-based lo-fi jangle pop solo recording DIY project of Neil Hill, Shopfires “I Will Remember You” single
  
• Clare, Australia indie rock /jangle /indie pop solo project Treechangers “Palmer” single
  
• Greenock, Scottish DIY C86 /jangle /indie pop sister duo The Cords “Rather Not Stay” from “Bo’s New Haircut / Rather Not Stay” [Heavenly Creature Records]
• South Wales all-girl, four piece indie synth pop band Murder Club “Cave In” from “Cave In / 4Eva” 7″ single [The Popty Ping Recording Company]
• Xiamen, China shoegaze /indie pop band Cheesmind – 芭乐情歌 Ballad Days (Feat. Dizzy Boy) – from the EP –  交换日记 Told the stars all about you [Sango Records]
• Gothenburg, Sweden 5-piece indie pop band THE SUN DAYS “In My Dreams” single
  
• England collaboration between poet Brian Bilston and Indiepop ‘supergroup’ (of Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey, Fay Hallam, and Ian Button), aka Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires “Compilation Cassette” from the LP “Sounds Made By Humans” [Skep Wax (UK) / Shelflife (US)]
• Manchester lo-fi /anti-folk /art rock /indie pop singer-songwriter Adam Hopper & The Wimps “It’s What Your Friends Don’t Say That Hurts You the Most” from “Remember to Have Fun” EP [Bingo Records]
• Anglo-Australian country /folk /indiepop quartet Allo Darlin’ “My Love Will Bring You Home” 2nd single from upcoming LP “Bright Nights” first new material in a decade [Fika Recordings / Slumberland Records]
• Oxnard, CA noise-pop /indie rock duo Boy/Girl “Knife Fight” from ” I’ve Already Been To The Moon” album [YAY! Records]
• Detroit, Michigan indie pop duo of local power pop mainstays Tom Curless (of Your Gracious Host, and solo renown with his backing band The 46%) and Chip Saam (of The Hangabouts), CROSSWORD SMILES “Counting By Fives” new single from the soon-to-be-announced full-length album [Big Stir Records]
• Toronto, ON shoegaze /Britpop /indie rock trio Next Week’s Washing “Sexy Song” single
  
• Berlin-based folk /indie psych-rock /jangle-pop Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and The Strange Encounters member, Joe Armstrong “Never See You” from the album “Gaslight Blues” CD [Subjangle / Ports of Call Music]
• Los Angeles-based, French-tinged, psych /jangle /indie pop 4-piece LE PAIN “Is That How You Want Me To Feel?” from the debut album “Dirge Technique” [Slouch Records]
• New York-based art-pop /kraut /psychedelia progressive /experimental pop multi-instrumentalist, and composer Angel Deradoorian (Decisive Pink, Dirty Projectors), aka Deradoorian – “Golden Teachers” off the third album “Ready For Heaven” [Fire Records]
• New York psych /electronic /baroque pop /space-age pop band of multi-instrumentalist Hewson Chen (The New Lines), drummer Matt Schulz (Holy Fuck / Enon / SAVAK) and vocalist Allison Brice (The Eighteenth Day Of May, The Silver Abduction), Lake Ruth “The Next Level” from the upcoming LP “Hawking Radiation”
  
• Leeds, UK indie /electronic /synth-pop band (FKA Girl One And The Grease Guns), Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators “Cafe North (Commercial Break Version)” from the EP “Leisure Complex Variations : Intermission” [Next Phase : Normal Records]
• Belgium-based shoegaze /psych-pop/ dream-pop /indie rock band led by Joachim Liebens, aka The Haunted Youth “Emo Song” from the upcoming second album “Boys Cry Too” [Mayway Records]
• Chicago-based DIY goth /shoegaze /dream pop /post-punk singer-songwriter Alessia Kato, aka Ghost Days “Red Incarnate” single
  
• South Coast of England dream pop /grunge pop /indie rock duo CIEL “Swallowing Your Pride” from upcoming debut LP “Call Me Silent”
  
• Estonian indie /dream-pop band led by Mariin Kallikorm (former member of London‘s indie band Wyldest), mariin k. “Foam” from the debut LP “Rose Skin” [Seksound Record Label]
• Indonesian shoegaze band Marryanne – “Violet” from split cassette single “One Fine Day” with The Flight Of Maltanese [Lost Wave Record]
• London-based shoegaze /dream pop band Toothpaste “Hazlewood” from the debut EP “Shame”
  
• Perth, Australia dream pop /shoegaze solo project of Steve Glasscastle “Within deluge (I was left to drown)” single
  
• California ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop solo project Crimson Whisper “Vast World” title track of the new album “Vast World”
  
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 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 new “Crushed” LP [Shelflife Records]
• Athens, Greece-based five-piece Shoegaze /Dream Pop band, Sugar For the Pill “Cherry Blossom” from the upcoming second LP [Shelflife Records / Make Me Happy Records]
• Scarborough, UK 5-piece alt rock /dreampop /shoegaze band Pleasure Centre “So Far So Good” from s/t “Pleasure Centre” EP
  
• Oakland, CA shoegaze /slacker rock band Softie “2 Tired 2 Sleep” from cassette “SOMERSAULT” EP [Cherub Dream Records]
• Mexico City Neo-Psychedelic /Shoegaze band ENDLESS “Se Desvanece” Single
  
• Los Angeles 4-piece shoegaze /indie rock /alternative rock band, Starling “I Can Be Convinced” from upcoming album “Forgive Me” [Sunday Drive Records]
• Pittsburgh, PA grunge /shoegaze project Strayline. “Subtracting” from the 3-tracker EP “Dissolve”                 
• Bogor, Indonesia alternative rock /heavy shoegaze unit Selfless “Fearful” from the debut “My Shade And Daydream” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based dream pop /shoegaze band Collective Fear “Fuzzy Logic” from the upcoming split cassette EP “Saline x Collective Fear” [Candlepin Records]
• Spencer, Iowa alt-rock /fuzz /shoegaze band PURPLISH “The Bright Morning Star” from upcoming “Holy Ghost” EP
  
• Sydney, Australia 4-piece shoegaze band ADORER “Sway” from “Sway // Loathe” single
  
• Vancouver, BC 4-piece alt rock /grungegaze /shoegaze band La Lune – “The Ache” off the cassette album “Everything is an eternal circle and it repeats and repeats itself” [play dead records]
• Reading, PA Punk /Noise Rock /Shoegaze band Tlooth “Too Calm” off the new self-titled album [Strange Mono Records]
• London, UK post-rock /shoegaze /dream-pop /dreamo band Wildernesses “Four Hour Drive” debut single
  
• Nashville, TN shoegaze /alternative rock Hushhh “Poison Glass” single
  
• London-based indie /psych rock brainchild of songwriter, producer and composer Matt Allchin, The IFOs “Won’t Die For Me” first single from the forthcoming album “This Stream Will Kill You”
  
• Montreal, Quebec lo-fi psychedelic band White Sun “A Song For You” single
  
• Melbourne experimental /post-punk /psychedelic /electronic /shoegaze band Quasimün “Otherside” from the debut s/t album “Quasimün”
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden progressive /folk /psychedelic rock collective founded in 2019 by Per Svensson (The New Alchemy, The Kingdom of Evol), Dan Söderqvist (Älgarnas Trädgård, Twice a Man) and Pontus Torstensson (Tentakel, The Exorcist GBG), joined by Jerry Johansson (Grovjobb), aka Cosmic Garden Project “Olympus Mons” off upcoming second album ”Red Sand Blue Soil” [Sound Effect Records]
• Swedish dark kraut /psych /post-rock instrumental band Orsak:Oslo “084 Salt Stains” first in a trilogy of singles leading up to this Fall’s new album [Vinter Records]
• Los Angeles synth /psych-punk quartet Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Dead Silence” from the upcoming LP “Trash Classic” [The Reverberation Appreciation Society]
• Klazienaveen, The Netherlands 60s /beat /fuzz /psychedelic /garage rock trio De Keefmen “Greener On The Otherside” from the upcoming LP “Different Worlds” [Soundflat Records]
• Brooklyn, NY-based experimental /krautrock /art-rock / avant rock four-piece (featuring members of Grooms and Russian Baths), Activity “Scissors” off the third album, “A Thousand Years In Another Way” [Western Vinyl]
• Oakland, Bay Area 4-piece indie rock /post-punk band of veteran musicians Andy Asp, Chris Appelgren, Omen Starr, and Frankie Koeller (former members of Smokers, Nuisance, The Peechees, The Pattern, Papercuts, and Jim Yoshii Pile Up), Grey Causeway – “I-580” off upcoming debut s/t LP [Dandy Boy Records]
• Berlin-based, Danish-American shoegaze /art-rock /dreampop duo GLISS “Don’t Fade Away” single
  
• Copenhagen, Denmark r&b /dream-pop /trip-hop artist Erika de Casier “Miss” from “Lifetime” album
  
• Tacoma, WA ambient /drone /guitar /experimental music project of Josh Machniak, aka Party Store “In Acknowledgement” from the album “Space for Ourselves”