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

• Scotland DIY veteran indie rock /jangle /guitar pop singer-songwriter (Superstar, Boy Hairdressers, BMX Bandits, Linden, Groovy Little Numbers), Joe McAlinden // ジョー・マカリンデン “Beautiful Rain” single
  

Veteran Scottish DIY auteur and multi-instrumentalist gifts us with a looping and soulful atmospheric ballad that entices with its heartfelt, emotionally engaging vocals and bittersweet glistening piano rolls. Brushed, subtly syncopated percussion tuck with warm, supple bass pulses and raindrops of emotive piano keys to delicately unwind along gentle yet strained, earnest vocals tinged with wistfulness and longing, rising with a charge from sparkling, then energetic, melancholy-drenched guitar riffs and liquid reverent keyboards, toward a devotional ‘beautiful rain’ chorus, where a release of heavy burdens gives way to a timeless, rainbows end view.

• West Java, Indonesia synth-indie pop trio DEPORTIVO “Faithless” 4th single from the upcoming first “Cosmos” EP
  

Through 4 singles so far, the Indonesian three-piece has revealed a refined brand of synth-infused indie pop sound that fuses pulsating electronic rhythms with effect-laden guitars and gauzy keyboards, reminiscent of New Order, The Wake, Field Mice or China Crisis. The dreamy, prismatic, sentimental new single is an uplifting song about being true to one’s heart through a faithful, eternal lens of companionship and love. Brisk and crisp trembling rhythmic patterns join with shimmering, echoing guitar melodies, and wonderfully immersive fluid keyboard washes to frame heartfelt layers of dreamy multi-tonal vocals, blending high angsty, longing with soft baritone comfort and vibrant caressing streams, to reassure a loved one that they are never alone.

• Swansea, UK collaborative shoegaze project fronted by Ant Jones, Frisbees in the Fog “Porth” single [Lavender Sweep Records]

Welsh noisemakers unravel a hazy atmospheric sensorial single that desolately pulses inside dense swirling sheets of whooshy churning, distorted guitars, laced with shimmery, warbling sad reverberations, to encompass vibrant, feathery vocal swathes, torn apart by endless nighttime paths of ghostly memories and lost dreams.

• Oakland, CA dream pop /downtempo /experimental pop /electronica musician and composer Shaina Pan, aka Sachi’s Mirror “Out loud” from the upcoming LP “Talking in a Different Way” [Constellation Tatsu]
• UK experimental /ambient /folk solo project of Chris Coyle (of the late 90s/early 00’s Leeds group Empress), Halkyn “land and sea ” from the self-titled album (a collection of both his two late 90s/early 2000s 7″s on 555 Recordings, plus a few tracks from compilations, and two unreleased recordings) [Concentric Circles]
• Portland, OR lo-fi /experimental /acoustic /electronic /tape loops /improvisational /downer folk newly formed duo of David “Nein Rodere” Roeder and Lila “Nowhere Flower” Jarzombek, aka Nein Flower “The Burbs” from the upcoming debut s/t album “Nein Flower” [A Colourful Storm]
• SF Bay Area lo-fi /minimal /psychedelic /indie /electronic duo Brendan Wells and Kathleen Norman, aka Time Time “Krazy Kat” from the cassette s/t EP “Time Time” [Discontinuous Innovation Inc.]
• Minas Gerais, Brazil lo-fi /bedroom dream pop /slowcore /indie folk solo project of Octavio Salgado, “blue memories – demo”
  from the demo/cover album “Sketch/Birds From Here To Makaron” [Clover Records]
• English–Canadian folk /orchestral pop singer-songwriter John Southworth “The Homeless Theater” from the new LP “Rain from the East” [Sud de Valeur]
• Alice Springs, Australia-based folk / indie rock songwriter Charlie Ivan, aka Charlie Ivan Band “Of Nothing” off upcoming second album “Of Nothing” [Bedroom Suck Records]
• Texas-based folk /psychedelic pop musician Bill Baird – “Endless Blue” single [Royal Oakie Records LLC]
• Münster, Germany indie pop group led by Sebastian Voss, The Fisherman and his Soul “Cousins” single [Bureau Platiruma]
• Hamburg, Germany DIY ever-changing indie pop band project led by singer-songwriter Heiko Schneider, aka theCatherines “Against The Grain” from “Encore!” EP
  
• Glasgow-based jangly /indie /dream pop artist Michael Kay Terence, aka Swiss Portrait “Sleep Easy” single
  
• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, aka NEUCLOUDS “It’s Not Love” (previously unreleased track)
  
• UK 60s power pop /jangle /indie project led by singer-songwriter Oliver Flanagan, Sorry Monks “When In Rome” from “When In Rome” (EP)
  
• Shenzhen, Chinese indie rock /noise pop trio 鼠鼠鼠 the three mice “Stay Home Club” from “Where Is My Mouse?” album [Small Animals Records]
• Chicago indie /shoegaze /post-punk /dream pop solo project of musician and photographer Eden Sierotnik, aka COOL HEAT “Running” single
  
• Seattle-based electronic /alt-rock /slowcore trio (former members of the dreampop band Shimmertraps), aka Exiter – “Draw A Star” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Jakarta, Indonesia guitar pop /new romantic band formed in 2019 (members of Lazysofia, Planetbumi, Damascus, and The Wellington), Elsje “Fireflies” debut single [Tarsius Records]
• Uberlândia, Brazil lo-fi /shoegaze /indie-pop solo project of composer and musician Bento Werner, Fall Breaks “Not Even Near” [Black Coffee Records]
• Indonesian twee /noise /indie pop five-piece potluck! “Last Night I Dream of Listening Cub’s Song” from “No More Flowers” EP [forfun.cookies]
• Kansas City, Missouri alternative /electronic /shoegaze /indie pop project Rachel’s Music Box “Cruel Star” from the first EP
  Kalmar, Sweden post-punk /shoegaze band Loom “To Touch And Despair” single
  
• Indonesian indie /noise pop unit Scouse Tihs Actcent “I didna ken” from “The Idiomatiques” EP [Felt & Touch]
• Short-lived late 80’s Edinburgh, UK indie-surf-punk band (members of Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes, the Shop Assistants and Secret Goldfish), Fizzbombs “Beach Party (BBC session)” from “Janice Long session 01.07.87″ EP 10” [Precious Recordings of London]
• Oakland, CA-based new wave /shoegaze /indie rock band Twin Bloom “Magazine dreams” from the upcoming self-titled debut EP [Dandy Boy Records]
• Madison, WI slowcore /shoegaze /indie rock band Slow Pulp “Better Man” from the upcoming LP “Melodie” [Anti- Records]
• London based doom pop /shoegaze /grunge /art-rock duo Dandelion Graves “Maladaptive” single
  
• Brighton, UK-based shoegaze /dream pop solo project of Shore Dive Records head honcho N.P. Wardell (FKA Beatastic), marry me marie “Low so low” from the 2027 debut album [Shore Dive Records]
• Helsinki, Finland alternative rock /shoegaze band Moonwards “Don’t Talk About It” single
  
• Swedish post-shoegaze /nu-gaze band Wolfschmidt “Whaler” single
  
• Barcelona-based shoegaze /noise-pop /electronic project founded in San Francisco, Deaf Star “Happy Now?” from “Sunset Overdrive” LP [School of the Arts]
• Kalmar, Sweden veteran post-punk /shoegaze band Loom “To Touch And Despair” single
  
• Indianapolis, Indiana power pop /shoegaze /jangle pop /indie rock band Wishy “Lovesick” from upcoming LP “Nature’s Pill” [Winspear]
• Cincinnati indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Left at Orion “Avalanche” from the full-length album “Irene’s Dream”
  
• London based noise-rock /shoegaze four-piece Velveteen “Another Somewhere” from “Dreams Are Changing” EP [Noon Records]
• Warsaw-based alt-rock /shoegaze /trip-hop experimentalists Angel Egg “Nightfall” third single off the upcoming debut EP
  
• St. Catharines, ON shoegaze /space rock band Dhatura “Spiral Apple” 2-track single
  
• Karlsruhe, Germany noise pop  /shoegaze project Venusian Friend “What a Waste” from “Air” EP
  
• Manchester, UK rock’n’roll /folk /indie rock 4-piece band led by Reuben Haycocks, Westside Cowboy “Kick Stones (The Boys)” from the upcoming debut LP “It Goes On” [Island Records]
• Atlanta, Georgia power pop /fuzz pop / indie rock band Ultra Lights “Bad Feeling” from upcoming debut LP “Pleasure’s All Yours” [Chunklet Industries]
• Los Angeles rock’n’roll /psychedelic garage rocker with full-band, Ty Segall “Black Paint” from upcoming LP “Chrome” [Drag City] Ty Segall “Black Paint” (Official Music Video)
  
• F Bay Area 4-piece drone pop /shoegaze /psychedelic /indie rock band Nyte Skye “Dead Alive” single
  
• Texas power pop /garage-punk-rock band (pre The Marked Men, Mind Spiders, O-D-EX, High Tension Wires, and The Reds), Oddfellows “Think Twice” from debut “s/t” LP [Dirtnap Records / WildHoney]
• Portland, OR punk /garage /psychedelic rock band The Grebes “Knife” from the debut s/t album “The Grebes”
  
• Toronto-based psychedelic rock band The John Denver Airport Conspiracy “Everyone” from the “Sol 3” EP
  
• Portland, OR-based soundtrack /soul /surf /garage /psychedelic rock collective fronted by composer Eric Penna, aka Trabants “Midnight Bells” from “Mirage” album, third and final chapter of the trilogy of psychedelic releases
  
• Detroit-based 4-piece indie-pop /power pop /psych pop /garage rock band Deadbeat Beat “Pink Dust” from the third LP “From Here to Ohio” [We Are Time]
• Philadelphia power pop band formed in 1988, Flight of Mavis “Tonight’s The Night” from “Mavis Sings Mavis” LP (first album since 1989) [MSM Records]
• Berlin-based psychedelic post-punk band The Underground Youth release new single ‘Bottled Time” single [Fuzz Club]
• Australian baroque /psych folk singer-songwriter Leah Senior “Softly, Once Again” from the upcoming fifth studio album, “Pt. Roadknight” [SPINSTER (US/UK) / Third Eye Stimuli (ROW)]
• Zürich, Switzerland art rock /post-punk /dream punk 6-piece band Manic Pixxies “Snowfall” from “I know my headphones really well” LP [Humus Records]
• Vienna-based indie rock /electropop multidisciplinary artist Sofie Royer “Sesquicentennial” from “before/after” LP [Stones Throw]
• Minnesota alt-folk singer-songwriter Anna Graves “America’s Greatest Burnout” title track of the upcoming studio album “America’s Greatest Burnout” [Rounder Records]
• New York-based indie folk singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy “Michigan” from the upcoming 4th LP “I’m Fine” [ATO]     
• Ambient /drone /folk /experimental guitar project of English multi-instrumentalist Andy Cartwright, aka Seabuckthorn “Things We Cannot See (feat. William Ryan Fritch)” from “Never the Same River” LP part of Lost Tribe Sound’s Moss & Melee Series [Lost Tribe Sound]