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

• TREMOLO: 2025 Playlist
  

Once again, WL//WH is thrilled to support Seattle‘s  Tremolo Fest 2025, three nights of electrifying music with incredible bands on September 25-27. Tickets are already on pre-sale, just follow this link.

• Toronto, Ontario lo-fi /post-rock /dreampop /shoegaze solo project of musician Charlie Berger (With Hidden Noise, Tonemirror, Dormer, Slow Planet), Slowly “In Between” first single from the upcoming LP “North Shore”
  

Slowly‘s first teaser from the upcoming LP ventures into the earnest emotionality of dreamy, wistful vocals, full of vibrant life, coasting in hazy, fuzzy clouds woven by forlorn guitar riffs awash with thick swelling reverb and glinting high tones, stirred by stumbling drum beats, to sway through a deep sense of disconnection and feelings of abandonment.

• Norwegian-German pop duo J.O. Åleskjær and Seb Voss, aka Herr Wade “Santa Franziska”, 2nd single from the forthcoming album “The Opposite of C007” [Bureau Platiruma!!!]

The dynamic Norwegian-German duo with a fine penchant for ceaselessly reinventing the tones, colors and registers of their sound palette without ever compromising their signature melodic quality, drop a ‘Kraut-Gaze’ second excerpt from the upcoming LP, propelled by a swift motorik-inflected drive, along with elastic humming bass pulses, shrouded in swells of shivering fluid keyboards and sparkling guitar lines to surround excited, secretive vocals, layered with soaring high devotional comfort, with intoxicating swings of love.

• Melbourne dream pop / indie rock band Convenience Store “I Wanna Be Your Dancer” second single from debut LP “Tabis”
  

Although active since around 2018 as a bedroom art rock duo with several singles under their belt, the Melbourne-based outfit is finally on the verge of releasing the long-awaited debut album next September. The second foretaste is a vibrant, exhilarating, breezy slice of jangly mid-tempo dream pop, winding on the wistful rippling melodies of shimmering stringed guitar riffs to delve into the stirring corners of achingly sentimental vocals, wrecked by lovelorn yearning.

• UK Ambient /Cosmic /Pastoral /Balearic /Hippy /Alt Folk musical project of guitarist Matt Sewell & producer/multi-instrumentalist Chris Tate, aka Sewell & The Gong “Communion Phase” from the upcoming LP “Patron Saint Of Elsewhere” [DSPPR]
• Copenhagen, Denmark-based ambient /acoustic /indie folk collective led by Jason Dungan, Blue Lake “Cut Paper” from the upcoming LP “The Animal” [Tonal Union]
• Leeds-born pastoral /cinematic /post-rock /prog /dream pop /psych /folk multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Lukas Creswell-Rost “Speedboat Mantra” from the debut album “Weight Away” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
• US ambient /drone /shoegaze /experimental pop collaboration between Madeline Johnston (aka Midwife) and Matt Jencik (of Implodes, Don Caballero, and Slint’s live band), Matt Jencik & Midwife “September Goths” from the LP Never Die“ [Relapse Records]
• Liège, Belgium atmospheric /elctronic /alternative /neo-classical /post-rock /dark pop /doomgaze duo Kocaze “Le Poids de l’Or” from “D’Or & de Sang” EP [Dune Altar]
• Hindustani emo ambient /raga /folk /experimental pop project of classical singer-composer and half of alt-pop duo Felt Out, Sowmya Somanath, aka Plume Girl “Cipher” from the second cassette album “Unnameable Glory” [mappa]
• Japanese ambient /experimental /electronic /folk /avant pop artist Takao “Music Room (ft. words & vocals by Yumea Horiike)” from the upcoming second album “The End of the Brim” [EM Records]
• Barcelona indie folk project of Saúl Ibáñez, PÁRAMO “Madrugada” from “Palabra rota” [Repetidor]
• Braidwood, Walbanga country–AUS based indie rock /indie folk singer-songwriter Lily Morris “Highrise Eyes” first single off the debut LP
  
• Japanese organic /electronic /folk /experimental ambient pop trio CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN “Koe o Kikasete 声を聴かせて” from “Correspondances” 7-inch EP [Time Capsule]
• Devon, UK prog /folk dance /woodland folkadelica group led by Stephen Stannard, The Rowan Amber Mill – “Join the Dance (For the Right to Roam)” from In “Outer Space No One Can Hear You Morris” EP [Millersounds]
• Pennsylvania indie rock /chamber folk-rock trio led by Don and Karen Peris, aka The Innocence Mission “We Would Meet In Center City from “Midwinter Swimmers” [Bella Union]
• London-based ethereal wave /electronic /dream-pop project of Tessa Murray and Greg Hughes, Still Corners “Summer Nights” single
  
• Swiss space /krautrock /baroque /psychedelic pop ‘alchemist of music’ since 1988, BALDUIN “Bohemian Garden” (New Single Edit)
  
• Space electronic /neo-classical /cinematic /synth-pop duo of Latvian multi-instrumentalist and producer Arturs Liepins and vocalist, ethnomusicologist Anete Stuce, aka Domenique Dumont – “Enchantia” off the 4th album “Deux Paradis” [Antinote]
• Swedish electronic /r&b /soul /rave /Balearic pop side project of the former member of Gothenburg indiepop duo Air France, Joel Karlsson, aka Hello Stranger! “Last Call (in this lonely town’s only nightclub) [ft. Amanda Aldervall]” from the second EP of the same name
  
• Mexico electronic /instrumental /dream pop project led by Marco Ruiz, aka Coma Pony “Como Cada Temporada, Sin Saber” single
  
• Washington, D.C. chiming indie pop trio formed in 1993 (ex-members of Black Tambourine, Tree Fort Angst, and Whorl), aka Glo-Worm “Tilt-a-Whirl” (1994) from the single compilation “Glimmer” [K Records]      
• Tokyo, Japan dream-pop /guitar pop /indie-pop band The Caraway “Birthday Girl” (new version) from “Birthday Girl / I Love Your Tears” 7″ single [blue-very label]
• Indonesian twee-pop band Yes Minister “The Big Chair” single [Chaotic Pop Records]
• Tangerang, Indonesia indie pop solo project featuring Eko ( music, lyrics and instruments), Eld – “Just Being Myself” debut single
  
• Seattle indie twee pop band formed in 1995, Tullycraft – “Jeanie’s Up Again and Blaring Faith by the Cure” first single from the upcoming album, ”Shoot the Point” [Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records]         
• Edinburgh-based indie pop five-piece formed in 1987 (former members of Meat Whiplash, and Shop Assistants), The Motorcycle Boy “I Could Make You Happy (session)” from “THE MOTORCYCLE BOY – John Peel session 14.09.87″ EP 10” [Precious Recordings of London]
• San Francisco-based lo-fi /surf /bubblebum pop /indie rock band The Lemons “My Subarmine” from the album “Another Yellow World”
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia indie rock /noise pop four-piece Vanishing Muffins – “Goes Away” single
  
• Glasgow-based indie rock /power pop five-piece Former Champ “crooked little line” from debut album “I Saw You in Paradise” [Hand of God]
• Indonesia noise / indie pop band Crayon Case “Surabaya” single
  
• Aix-En-Provence, France shoegaze /dream pop solo project of songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Peter Michel, aka Hibou “Resolve To Burn” single
  
• UK jangly /power pop trio of Mark Grassick (ex-Deer Park), Andrew Taylor (Dropkick, The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness) and Michael Wood (Singing Adams, Whoa Melodic), aka Space Jaguar “Please Come Around” from the debut LP “If You Play Expect To Pay”
  
• Midwest-based jangling noisy guitar pop music group Good Flying Birds “Eric’s Eyes” single [Carpark Records / Smoking Room]
• Swedish four-piece jangle guitar pop band from Linköping, The Slow Summits “Life In Rain” from “Every Intention” LP [Subjangle]
• Sydney 5-piece dream-rock outfit Memory Motel “Apollo” from the upcoming debut LP
  
• Los Angeles slowcore /indie rock /new wave /dream pop duo Ruby Haunt “Domino” from the 2-track single “Domino / Twist (Blinking in the Wind B-Sides)”
  
• San Francisco DIY folk /dream pop /indie pop band led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums, etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Slow Torture of an Hourly Wage” from the collection album “The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed” [Fire Records]
• Swedish veteran guitar pop singer-songwriter Jens Lekman “Candy From a Stranger” from the upcoming LP “Songs for Other People’s Weddings” [Secretly Canadian]
• New York-based dream pop /indie rock band formed in 1990, IVY “Fragile People” 2nd single from the upcoming new LP “Traces of You” [Bar/None Records]
• Anglo–Australian country /folk /indiepop quartet Allo Darlin’ “Stars” off the album “Bright Nights” [Fika Recordings / Slumberland Records]
• Leicester, UK-based lo-fi indie /jangle pop solo DIY project of Neil Hill, Shopfires “57 Rotations” (outtake from the “Holding On To Let Go” sessions)
  
• Bedford, UK emo /indie rock DIY solo project of Jon Behrendt, aka Last Days of Rome “Blackout Blind” from the upcoming third album, “How Will I Know?”
  
• Aberdeen, Scotland‘s cosmic country /psych /jangle /power-pop solo bedroom project of founding member and one-fifth of The Vapour Trails, Kevin Robertson “Yellow Painted Moon” title track of the new album “Yellow Painted Moon” [Futureman Records]
• Boston, UK-based twee /jangly /indie-pop duo of Liam James Marsh (Kid Chameleon) and Alice Kat, aka fine. “Where We Go, When We Go” from “Every good thing to get you better” EP
  
• Hamburg, Germany singer-songwriter-pop-project theCatherines “You Are The Rainbow Of my Life (Single Version)” conceived and originally produced for the Bureau Platiruma Compilation “All Them Hippiekitsch”
  
• Melbourne surf /dream-pop /post-punk /shoegaze band Blanco Tranco “Eyes Wide Shut” single [Honeyglider Records]
• Northern California garage /indie rock /rock’n’roll /power pop band led by frontman/ ringleader Jake Sprecher, The Wind-Ups “Cheer Up” from the third LP “Confection” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Philadelphia lo-fi /rock’n’roll /psych-pop band Honey Radar “Chelsea Frame” from “Reclining Psych-Out” EP
  
• Manchester, UK C86 /jangle /indie-pop 4-piece band Autocamper “Red Flowers” from “What Do You Do All Day?” debut LP [Safe Suburban Home Records]
• Stockholm‘s veteran indie-pop /electropop trio, Red Sleeping Beauty “In The Darkest Hour – Late Nights Version” from “Late Nights, Vol. 4” EP 
  
• UK ambient /dark r&b /electronic avant-pop project of artist and music producer Cate Francesca Brooks, C8xx “Sativa (feat. Marley)” single
  
• Philadelphia alternative /indie pop singer-songwriter Lily McKown “Blue Mouth” single
  
• Helsinki four-piece r&b /soul /dream pop /art rock band Spotless Souls “In the Heat” single [Soliti Recordings]
• San Francisco shoegaze /dream pop band formed in the late 90s, Halou “The Diver” single
  
• Seattle, WA surf pop /indie pop /shoegaze /dream pop band BEACH VACATION “Tearing Away” single
  
• Berlin-based Los Angeles-native post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock singer-songwriter PENN FRANCIS “CUT MY TEETH (ft. Mimi Rye)” single
  
• Kansas City‘s dream pop /shoegaze solo project SEVENTEEN YEARS “Margot Robbie” single
  
• Sweden dream pop /shoegaze project of singer-songwriter and musician Andreas Johnson, aka Lieblings “Eter” from “Fallada Fallada” EP
  
• Frankfurt, Germany ambient /dream pop /shoegaze band 吴雪颖 Ecke Wu “Tiny Cosmos” single
  
• London-based indie rock /psych /dream pop /shoegaze project Rainsong “Follow” single
  
• Limestone Coast, South Australia dream-pop /indie rock /shoegaze brainchild of Guitarist, Songwriter, and Producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Star Safari” single
  
• Baltimore, Maryland emo indie-gazers Sorry Marshal “Off the Wagon” 3rd single off the upcoming album “Back on the Wagon”
  
• Australia shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band led by singer-songwriter and musician Tessa Collins, Altai “Tell Me When” from the upcoming debut EP [Broken Palace]
• Brisbane, Australia indie rock /shoegaze band Fragile Animals “Allergic” from the EP “Tourist”
  
• Washington, D.C. dreampop /shoegaze band Skymender “Blown” off the s/t EP
  
• Oakland, CA-based Shoegaze /Psych Rock /Dream Pop band led by Cyrus VandenBerghe, aka Welcome Strawberry “Desperate Flower” title track of upcoming LP “Desperate Flower” [à La Carte Records / Cherub Dream Records]
• Los Angeles indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze solo project HYPS “I Only Exist When You See Me” single
  
• Boston, MA-based Mexican slowcore /shoegaze band Park Praga “Nester” single
  
• Portuguese/German shoegaze /dream pop multi-instrumentalist and producer Miguel Aires, aka Lone Aires “waitingfornothing” single
  
• British/Finnish lo-fi /ambient /trance /shoegaze /post-rock project of Ally Winford and Edward Trethowan, aka An Insection “Suddenly I’m Short of Time” from the cassette debut LP “To Flyover Missing” [Bivalve]
• Nashville, Tennessee-based noise pop /shoegaze /experimental-pop duo of Luna Kupper and Ash Richter, Total Wife “Second Spring” from the second LP “Come Back Down” [Julia’s War Recordings]
• South Korea indie rock /shoegaze project 장세현 (Sehyun) “Remain” from the debut LP “Blue As It is”
  
• Lancaster, PA shoegaze /dreampop band founded in 1999 (including members of Fleeting Joys and Tears Run Rings ), Highspire “Only Malice Haunts You” from the new “Crushed” LP [Shelflife Records]
• Brisbane, Australia alternative /dream pop /shoegaze brother duo Ethan and Jeremy Clark, aka Beige Walls and No Roof  “Cocoon” from the upcoming “Cocoon” EP
  
• Vilnius, Lithuania Noise Rock /Shoegaze solo project Ecrose “Oxytocin” from the debut “Explicit Content” LP
  
• Montreal, Québec alternative rock /shoegaze band Shallow “Blow It All Away” single
  
• Washington, D.C. dreampop /shoegaze band Skymender “Blown” off the s/t EP
  
• Cincinnati, OH dreamgaze /dream rock 5-piece SUNGAZE “Rice Crispies” single
  
• Austin, TX shoegaze /dream-pop trio of Rob Glynn (ex Temple of Angels), Alex Gehring (Ringo Deathstarr) and Robby Williams, Nuclear Daisies “Infinite Joy” lead single off the second album “First Taste of Heaven” [Portrayal of Guilt Records]
• Minneapolis-based noise-pop /dream pop /shoegaze five-piece band She’s Green “Figurines” single
  
• Los Angeles, CA 4-piece alt-rock /shoegaze /grungegaze band Salt+ “It Follows” from the cassette EP “Angel Teeth” 
  
• Ottawa, Canada grunge /shoegaze /indie rock duo SOFTCULT “Naive” single
  
• Noise Rock /Pop shoegaze band from San Antonio, TX. HAPPYVOID “Fading (Demo – Instrumental)”
  
• Idaho Falls-based alternative /psych /popgaze /indie rockers The Colourflies “Honeydripper” title track of “Honeydripper” LP [Shore Dive Records]
• Adelaide, Australia Ambient /Post-Rock project We See Moons “Requiem” second single
  
• Kansas City, Missouri-based post-hardcore /slowcore /shoegaze /noise rock band Flooding “Your Silence Is My Favourite Song” from “Object 1” EP
  
• Seattle, WA 4-piece psych /dreampop /shoegaze band bloococoon “You Being You” single
  
• Swansea, Wales 6-piece kraut /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band White Noise Sound (WNS) “Sunset” from the reissue of the 2010 self-titled debut album “White Noise Sound (WNS1)” with the assistance of Pete Kember (Sonic Boom / Spacemen 3 / Spectrum) and Cian Ciaran (Super Furry Animals / Das Koolies) [Rocket Girl Records]
• Texas experimental /drone /noise /loops /sample /leftfield /krautrock /psychedelic /electronic producer Shit and Shine “MANNHEIM HBF”  title track of the album “MANNHEIM HBF”
  
• Houston, TX three-piece Psychedelic Garage Rock band The Albinos “Paralyze” from the second LP “Enabilizer” [P.U.G Records]
• Scotland-based acid /psychedelic rock band led by multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Jack McAfee, The Miracle Seeds “Ripple In Time” from the LP “Nuclear Watermelon” [Fuzzed up & Astromoon Records]
• UK surf rock / neo-psychedelia /psych pop 5-piece band based in Nottingham, Midnight Rodeo “Strange Eyes” from the debut LP “Chaos Era” [FatCat Records]
• Italo-American indie /psychedelic pop band led by songwriter Clarissa Ghelli, Plastic Palms “Please and Thank You” aka “The Kevin Bacon Song”, first in a collection of demos recorded in January 2025 for the forthcoming album “A Day, A Dog” [We Were Never Being Boring Collective]
• Melbourne garage /indie rock band Eddy Current Suppression Ring “Oh No!” from “Shapes And Forms” EP [COOL DEATH]
• London-based alternative /shoegaze /gothic art rock band Velvetine “Ecstasy” from the debut “Wisteria” EP
  
• Brooklyn, NY indie rock band Geese “Taxes” off upcoming third studio LP “Getting Killed” [Partisan Records]
• Moscow, Russia indie rock band Hospital “The Silk Lake” single
  
• French indie rock /power pop punk band Lùlù “Più Di Te (Mina cover)” from V/A “Howlin’ Banana Summer Sampler #12” LP [Howlin’ Banana Records]
• Sundsvall, Sweden veteran pop-wave indie veterans formed in the early 90s, The Confusions “You Fuck It Up Again” single
  
• Paris-based, French  rock & roll /garage punk five-piece Flippeur “Pacman” first single [Howlin Banana Records]
• Asheville, NC alt country folk /slacker /indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman – “Just Be Simple” from the upcoming V/A “I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina” [Run For Cover Records]
• Portland, OR ambient /experimental /psychedelic /primitive guitar duo Bob Desaulniers & Lila Jarzombek, aka Bob & Lila “Spring Haze” from the cassette LP “Tracing Time” [C/Site Recordings]
• Hereford, UK ambient/field recordings/folk duo of Mark Maters & Kate Gathercole, aka Alula Down “Hibernal” long form piece from the album “leafing through”