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

• Sydney-based shoegaze /dream pop musician and songwriter Pete Bridle (aka Lake Region and guitarist of  Trillion), aka Lone Seagull “It’s Nice to Know” debut single
  

New alias, Lone Seagull, for Sydney‘s musician, after an overall excellent yet underestimated LP as Lake Region,  whose distinctive, equally slightly discordant and hazily melodic, introspective shoegaze sound seems to acquire subtle tones of strained grungy tension weaved by relentless angsty rippling guitar riffs, to carve abrasive ringing swelling edges through humming bass lines and skipping drum beats, whilst reflective layered vocals release gentle aching breaths of longing and love.

• Minneapolis, Minnesota dream pop /shoegaze band, fadedinmemories “Supernova” (Single)
  

Minneapolis‘ atmospheric shoegazers deliver a stirring and emotional slow-burning overflow of comfort and support, instilled by radiant flickering guitar echoes wax and wane, swelling with taut, searing distorted intensity along with stumbling drum beats and warm resonant pulsing basslines, to overwhelm euphorically impassioned soaring vocals with bursting passions of empathetic love.

• Cologne, Germany dream pop /shoegaze band Hyperlilly “Realm of ok” single.
  

Cologne based foursome deftly blends smooth introverted dream pop and breezy, hazy shoegaze reverb with contemplative emotive vocals in their new single,  “Realm of ok”, to weave sad swaying flows of mellow fuzzed-out droning guitar riffs, laced with restrained pain-fueled distorted weeping leads over lost, aching melancholic vocals, longing in hopelessness and isolation at the hands of a broken, betrayed relationship.

• Leeds, UK pastoral /finger picking /art indie folk singer-songwriter, Chris Brain “Golden Days” from the upcoming sophomore LP “Steady Away”                                                                                                             
• Canterbury, UK based indie pop /folk Vienna-born singer-songwriter & musician Robert Rotifer “He’s Not Ill” from the upcoming LP “Holding Hands in Petropolis”
  
• London, UK based minimalism /kosmische /psych pop /avant-garde 3-piece, Vanishing Twin – “Afternoon X” title track from the upcoming LP on Fire Records
  
• Oslo, Norway electronic /ambient /kraut /psychedelic /experimental rock duo Jenny Hval & Håvard Volden, LOST GIRLS “Ruins” single on Smalltown Supersound
  
• Auckland, NZ indietronica /kosmische /psych /space electronica project of Stìobhan Lothian, aka Sonophyla “Hollow Ring” single
  
• Swedish shoegaze /trip-hop /electronic producer, composer and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna, aka Badlands & PAL “Don’t Walk (PAL remix)”
  
• UK experimental /psych /kraut /leftfield /electronica project of Glasgow based composer Drew Mulholland, aka Mount Vernon Arts Lab “Arthur Cravan” from upcoming vinyl archival retrospective album “Deltic Vespers” [Castles In Space]
• Auckland, New Zealand lo-fi /psychedelic /space rock /rock n roll project of A. Evans, aka BLACK SAND – “Rain On Me” from the new CD/cassette EP “Daydream”
  
• Italian ambient /post-rock /slowcore solo project of Marcello Saponaro, aka There Are Ghosts – “Fantasma” from the split cassette album “Death in September / There are Ghosts” via Spleencore Records
  
• Los Angeles, CA slowcore /indie rock /dream pop duo Ruby Haunt “Nightjar” first single from the upcoming album “Between Heavens”
  
• Scottish veteran ‘rural dream pop/indie pop multi-instrumentalist & songwriter (Superstar, Boy Hairdressers, BMX Bandits, Linden, Groovy Little Numbers), Joe McAlinden “Hold” from the album “Where The Clouds Go Swimming”
  
• Italian guitar rock /jangle /indie-pop collaboration between Piedmont‘s singers-songwriters Andrea Calvo and Sergio Varbella, aka Grand Drifter & The Cascarino “The Summer Song” single
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden quirky indie pop band Andronoids “Boysen Beach” from the collection “Demos, outtakes, and random songs”
  
• Indonesian indie pop 4-piece Drizzly “Peachy World” from the debut “Fairyland” EP on Lisdia Records
  
• Moscow based indie rock /shoegaze /noise pop band Mental Map “Little Wing” from the EP “Wellomute”
  
• Goole, UK jangle /indie pop trio Sandra’s Wedding “This Be The Verse” from the vinyl 12″ album “The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service” on Subjangle (CD)
  
• UK late ’80s C86 /indie pop 4-piece fronted by guitarist /singer Jo Bartlett (Fka Go! Service), Bluetrain “Under The Hammer” off the EP ‘Under The Hammer’ (recorded in 1987, mastered in 2023)
  
• Melbourne, Australia lo-fi post punk party pop trio Pretty in Pink “Star” 2nd single from the upcoming LP “Pillows” on Hidden Bay Records, Subjangle, and Little Lunch Records
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Wife Fucker” off the 8th album “Electric Liberation”
  
• UK/US lo-fi psych /folk /rock /indie pop collaborative project of Comet Gain leader David Christian with members of the Ladybug Transistor and Crystal Stilts along with original Comet Gain drummer Phil Sutton (Pale Lights), CINEMA RED AND BLUE “BALLAD OF A BUS STOP” from the ‘directors cut version’ of the 2009 album “Cinema Red and Blue (Directors cut version)”
  
• Oakland, CA indie/new wave/power-pop duo of Adam Widener and Bobby Martinez, THE 1981 “Make It Right” from the upcoming album “Move On” on Dandy Boy Records
  
• UK C86 /jangle /indie rock band (feat. members of Powerplant, Big Cheese and Chain Of Flowers), The Hazmats “Wondered” from “Skewed View” 7″ single on Static Shock Records
  
• New York wave /indie rock band led by Jonny Pierce, The Drums “Better (Edit)” off the upcoming LP “Jonny” [Anti- Records]
• Nashville, TN indie rock 5-piece band The Welters “Recreated Light” single
  
• Wilmington, NC indie rock /dream pop solo project Ibis Dream “I’d rather be here now” single on BIRTHDIY
  
• UK DIY indie punk band Colour Me Wednesday “Don’t Tell Anyone” from the cassette / 7″ EP “Anyone and Everyone” on Wiener Records and KROD records
  
• Ottawa, Ontario lo-fi /dream pop /jangle /synth-pop duo SKYTONE “All Night” single.
  
• Pittsburgh-based indie rock /retro futuristic /psych pop solo project of Jennifer Baron of the Ladybug Transistor / Saturnine, aka Garment District “Left On Coast” off upcoming new vinyl album “Flowers Telegraphed to All Parts of the World” on HHBTM Records
  
• Portland, OR dream pop duo Pure Bathing Culture “In Gardens Under Evergreen” from “Roxi’s Dream Pt. 1” EP
  
• Athens, Greece bedroom psych /shoegaze /dream pop project of songwriter and producer Pete Pagonis, AKA The Ocean Greys “This is Your Heart Breaking” from the EP “You See The Signs”
  
• Florida-based ethereal /dream pop /indie rock band, Leem of Earth “Shadow Sleeping” single on Velvet Blue Music
  
• Estonian electronic /shoegaze /dream-pop collective Pia Fraus “Sunny Afternoon” from the upcoming 7th album “Evening Colours” on Seksound
  
• Bristol, UK lo-fi /trip-hop /dream-pop band Oslo Twins “Back To Nothing” title track of the upcoming EP 12″ on Fascination Street Records
  
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop /jangle pop /surfgaze 4-piece Blanco Tranco “Lara” single off forthcoming EP “Get Back to Me When It’s Over” via Honeyglider Records
  
• Norwegian indie rock /psych pop 5-piece band led by indie legend Frode Strømstad (I Was a King, The No Ones), Colored Lights “Stabbing Clouds” from “Colored Lights” album on Bobo Integral
  
• London electronic /psych /dream-pop ensemble Firestations “Hillcrest Static” from the album “Thick Terrain” on Lost Map Records
  
• Northern California Shoegaze /Dream Pop /Power Pop band Soft Science “Sadness” from the upcoming 4th album “Lines” on Shelflife (US), Spinout Nuggets (UK/EU) and Fastcut Records (JP)
  
• Philadelphia, IL slowcore /shoegaze /indie rock band Lester “Marbles” from the sophomore album “Dirt”
  
• South East England space rock /psych /shoegaze band Everything Else “Two Monkeys” debut single on Big Potato Records
  
• Indonesian dreamy shoegaze project Badger in the Rye “Afterparty” debut single                                               
• Nottingham, UK post-rock /post-punk /dream pop /shoegaze instrumental solo project After Daylight “Spiralling Into Shape” from the 9th studio album “Beyond The Horizon”
  
• Indonesian post-rock /shoegaze /instrumental project of Isa, aka Echoing Twilight “Ashen” from the CD EP “Fading Away” on Shore Dive Records
  
• Japanese spiritual dream pop quartet from Osaka, Mariana in our Heads “Garden” from the first LP “Landscapes” on Sunday Records                                                                                                                                         
• Alt-rock/heavy shoegaze unit from Indonesia, Sunlotus “Garnet (Shards of Eternal Flames) ft Christabel Annora” from “Fever” EP                                                                                                                                       
• San Francisco-based bedroom shoegaze /dream pop project of Brandon Setta, You Wish “Circular Days” from the EP “Y.W.”
  
• Sydney-based indie /shoegaze band, BRIDGE DOG “Working At It” (Single)
  
• Rockford, Illinois lo-fi /shoegaze /dream pop duo Side Thing “Funeral Friends” single on BIRTHDIY
  
• Texas dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze producer and songwriter Semiwestern “Pose” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Californian dream pop /shoegaze project of producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Rey Montano, aka Central Pacific State Beach – “Swirl” from the single “Swirl / Montage”
  
• Gothenburg/Seoul based dream /noise pop /shoegaze band Haemi “Ice Blue Kiss” from the upcoming debut LP “Something Sad to Say”
  
• New York indie pop /shoegaze project Playland “Stranger” single
  
• Minneapolis, Minnesota indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze duo Madrean Sky “Spirits and Silence” (single)
  
• Madrid, Spain indie dream pop /shoegaze band DHARMACIDE “Lovers (Demo)”
  
• Portland, OR dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze 4-piece SOFT CHEESE “Daisy Eyed” from the second LP “Dream Body”
  
• Japanese indie /shoegaze 4-piece STOMP TALK MODSTONE “Hello, New World” single                             
• Florence, Italy-based grunge /shoegaze band led by Brazilian musician Denis Kandle, aka DKANDLE “Hanging Out In Stars” single
  
• Japanese ambient /noise-pop /dream pop /shoegaze unit cosmicdust “Forsaken Autumn 2.5” from the third album “Sadness”
  
• Bath, UK dream rock /shoegaze project of Jenn Zed, aka ZED POINT “Paper Face (remastered)” from the album ‘What Ever’
  
• Memphis, Tennessee alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze band The Mourning “Casual Sex” from the EP “Hurt People, Hurt People”
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina electronic /shoegaze/dream pop band lead by Nicolás Castello, NAX “Other Paradises” new single
  
• Brazilian psych rock band from Sao Tome das Letras, Minas Gerais. White Canyon & The 5th Dimension “Fireflies Dance” off “Fireflies Dance/Wicked Eyes” 7″ single from the forthcoming LP ‘Gardener’s Of The Earth’ on Fuzzed up & Astromoon Records
  
• Melbourne, Australia country /lounge /blues /exotica /garage psych fuzz band Black Bats “The Reprise Of Apache” from the upcoming third LP “Stay Dead”
  
• Brooklyn, New York indie rock /psychedelic ‘slop-rock’ trio Sloppy Heads “Love Is A Disease” from the upcoming album “Sometimes Just One Second” on Shrimper Records
  
• Barcelona-based new wave /technopop act Comando Suzie “La chica del chándal” second single from the upcoming mini-LP on El Genio Equivocado
  
• Glessen, Germany bedroom-pop /garage /cold wave /psych /post-punk band Curd Neptun “Blind Spots (ft. Future Love)” of off the EP “Harpies”
  
• Dayton, Ohio based dream pop /shoegaze /noise rock trio Bomb Bunny “Bleach Daisy” single
  
• German four-piece Surf /Garage/ Rock’n’Roll band based in Hamburg, Mirror Glaze “Crystal Ship” from the LP “All Change Please” via la pochette surprise records
  
• Sudbury, Ontario punk /psych /garage rock trio the Ape-ettes “Rémi” from “Simply” EP
  
• Melbourne, Australia garage rock /femme punk band SANDY DISH “Ghosted” single
  
• California-based indie power pop musician and composer (founding member of Chicago’s bands Starball, Sweet Heat, The Countdown), Tamar Berk “If u know, u know” from the upcoming third LP “Tiny Injuries”
  
• Australian psych /alt /punk rock group from Melbourne, Tina & the Hams “Wash Over Me” preview track from the upcoming album “Candles, Curtains, Bad Decisions”                                                                               
• Melbourne-based folk diviner Leah Senior “Pony” from the forthcoming LP “The Music That I Make” on Poison City Records
  
• Cologne, Germany dark ambient /drone /shoegaze /folk solo project Death in September – “The Red Shift Incident” off of the split cassette album “Death in September / There are Ghosts” via Spleencore Records
  
• Glasgow, UK instrumental solo guitar improvisation (ex-Life Without Buildings, current Whin), Robert Dallas Gray “Blues to a Boy” from the upcoming album “The Rain Room”