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

• Somerville, Massachusetts ethereal dream pop /shoegaze band The Shallows “Dust and Sun” single
  

New single for the Boston area 4-piece where, as expected, Dream-Pop and Shoegaze organically harmonize on a glimmering blanket of ethereal sounds and ecstatic voices. Punctuated by dynamic drum beats and humming bass pulses, richly reverberated, shimmery airy guitar layers, along with liquid synth textures, build a radiant floating aura on which glide and shiver captivating vulnerable female vocals, needing comfort in a sleepy world of illusions.

• San Francisco lo-fi indie /dream-fog pop artist (former drummer of April Magazine and current member of Flowertown and Sad Eyed Beatniks) Michael Ramos aka Tony Jay “The Darkest Corner” from the upcoming album “Knife Is But A Dream” co-released by Galaxy Train (Japan), Paisley Shirt Records, and Slumberland Records.
  

Early poignant preview from the upcoming homespun album from Bay Area cat lover cult ‘fog pop’ musician is “The Darkest Corner”, where Tony Jay seeks refuge after the world of lies has had its way with him, stirs its droning hazy way, with intimacy and grace, through obsessive, scraping skeletal guitar strums and distant, subtly discordant, tape hissing distorted resonances, to encircle dreamy introspective vocals, supported by light high haloes, weaving with vulnerable crisp arpeggios of heartache and pain.

• Irish six piece Post-Shoegaze band from Dublin, Sun Mahshene “Pale Azure” third and final single from the debut album “A Place We’ve Never Been”
  

Sweeping, forceful and uplifting, “Pale Azure” is an intense shoegaze song about having the courage to leave it all behind in order to find meaning, where atmospheric quivering glimmers head off a stirring introspective journey “into the sunset under a pale blue sky”, driven by steady tight drum beats and sinuous warm basslines, swarming with sparkling vibrant guitar distortion, invigorating fuzzed-out showers, and rousing freeing unpassionate licks, to cocoon and raise emotional and introspective melancholic vocals, soaring into powerful layered harmonies of freedom and joy.

• Toronto, Ontario instrumental psych surf rock 4-piece The Surfrajettes “Easy as Pie” single via Hi-Tide Recordings
  
• Los Angeles-based ‘60s French ye-ye pop /world /reggae /tropicalia artist, Claude Fontaine “Vaqueiro” first single from the second LP “La Mer” via Innovative Leisure
  
• Los Angeles-based dream pop band led by songwriter Greg Gonzalez, aka Cigarettes After Sex – “Holding you, Holding me” from the new album “X’s” via Partisan Records
  
• Bristol, UK electronic singer-songwriter Henry Green “Isla” from upcoming LP “Familiarity” via Akira Records
  
• East London indie folk singer-songwriter Art Block “Burning – Alt version”
  
• Salt Lake City-based bedroom lo-fi /experimental /shoegaze /slowcore experimental project Chazz Pitts, aka Fairy Fingers “Ballerinas” off new 5-track cassette EP “Pitbull vs Toddler” via Candlepin Records
  
• Taipei City, Taiwan bedroom pop /slowcore /indie folk solo project of musician and composer Mu Fan Chen, aka Moon Void “Is It True” from the 4-track EP “All Is Not Lost”
  
• Homerecording lo-fi /folk /psych /jangly dream pop solo project of San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist Kevin Linn, aka Sad Eyed Beatniks “Harlequin With Guitar” from the LP “Ten Brocades” via Meritorio Records
  
• Isle-of-Eigg, UK electro-acoustic psych-pop artist Johnny Lynch, aka Pictish Trail “Melody Something (Summer Redux)” from the stripped-down upcoming “Follow Footsteps” EP via Lost Map Records
  
• Marietta, Georgia jangle pop /shoegaze /dreampop singer-songwriter Copperplate “Preoccupy” single from upcoming third LP 
  
• Boston, MA lo-fi indie bedroom pop LAYZI “In between” title track from “In between” EP via Born Losers Records
  
• Margate, UK dream pop band, Tokyo Tea Room “No Rush” single via Nice Guys
  
• Los Angeles-based surf /dreampop / indie pop solo project Famous Friend “Blue” single
  
• Chicago indie /synthpop /dream pop solo project COOL HEAT “Little Romance” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Florida-based shoegaze/dream pop project of Matthew Messore, aka Cathedral Bells “Good For You (feat. CASTLEBEAT)” from “Another Lifetime” EP via Spirit Goth Records
  
• Sydney, Australia indie folk /indie pop trio Cymbidium “Conquered” second single
  
• Leeds, UK indie rock folk band Lots of Hands “Rosie” single via Fire Talk
  
• New York jangle /psych /indie rock trio Weak Signal “Wannabe” from the upcoming LP “Fine” via 12XU
  
• Longview, WA bedroom pop /post-punk /indie rock trio Rosetan “Guts” single via Start-track.com
  
• Leicester, UK based DIY Experimental /Shoegaze /Indie Pop band Dayflower “CRUSH – Mark Van Hoen mix” from the expanded version of last May’s single “CRUSH (plus)”
  
• Los Angeles-based sophisti-pop /synthpop duo Paycheque “Joy & Laughter” single
  
• Austin, TX-based shoegaze /indie pop /jangle /dream pop band, Letting Up Despite Great Faults  “Powder” third excerpt off upcoming new album ”Reveries”
  
• Austin, Texas bred orchestral pop /indie rock band, Voxtrot “Esprit de C​œ​ur” single
  
• London-based psych /folk indie rock solo project of C86’s The Wolfhounds / Moonshake frontman, David Lance Callahan “Robin Reliant” from the upcoming third album “Down To The Marshes” (recorded with Pram/ Nightingales/ The Fall member Daren Garratt) via Tiny Global Productions
  
• Belfast indie rock band formed in 1981, St Vitus Dance “Down To Size” single
  
• Southern California indie rock quintet THE ARMOIRES “Here Comes The Song” third single from the forthcoming 4th album via Big Stir Records
  
• Paris-based, French five piece indie post twee-pop band Cœur-joie “Rescomuna” from upcoming LP “Réminiscences” via Howlin Banana Records
  
• Hartlepool, UK four piece indie guitar pop band Mt. Misery “Lunch Break” single
  
• West Java, Indonesian Indiepop band, The Wellington “Dan dia menyapa” from the 2-tracker “Fractured Memories” a lost demo compilation
  
• South-West Wales longstanding indie pop band from Llanelli, THE HEPBURNS “Geraint” from “This Is Not England” (EP)
  
• San Francisco indie jangle pop band led by Andy Pastalaniec, aka Chime School “Wandering Song” 2nd single off the upcoming sophomore LP “The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel” via Slumberland Records
  
• London-based indie pop band formed in 1991, The Clientele “Claire’s Not Real” from “Claire’s Not Real / Still Corridor” (blue vinyl US edition of the 7-inch sold exclusively by at the band’s January 2024 show at KOKO in London) via Merge Records
  
• Seminal Boston, MA psych /indie rock /slo-core trio formed in 1987, by Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang, and Damon Krukowski, aka Galaxie 500 “Shout You Down” (previously unreleased) from the archival double LP collection of rare and unreleased material “Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90” via 20-20-20 Records
  
• Indonesian four-piece indie pop band Sharesprings “CEILING BLOSSOM” from “SHARESPRINGS – The Best Years: 2006​-​2009” cassette EP via disanorak
  
• Adelaide, Australia dream pop /shoegaze /post-punk /new wave /post-punk project Air Belgrade “Tokyo” single
  
• Dundee, UK post-rock /dream pop/shoegaze two-piece Cats Cradle “Crazy Evil” single
  
• Manchester, UK experimental pop singer/songwriter Alan Roberts, aka Jim Noir “Out Of Sight” from “Jimmy’s Show 2” vinyl LP (handpicked and remastered selection of the best songs from Jim Noir’s monthly EP club on Patreon) via Dook Recordings
• Chicago-based indie /shoegaze /dream pop band Snowcuffs “Ivy” single
  
• Umeå, Sweden electronic /shoegaze /dreampop band Haermape “Spinning around” from the second album “A Race in Space”
  
• Gold Coast, Australia shoegaze /dreampop project DREAM POP “WHERE DID YOU GO 2” from “WHERE DID YOU GO” single
  
• Brooklyn, NYC-based shoegaze-dream-surf pop-indie duo COLATURA “Suffer Dude” (Single)
  
• London-based shoegaze /dream-pop band Whitelands “Heroine” second single
  
• Dallas, TX indie rock /shoegaze duo Deep Red “Blue Eyes” single
  
• Berlin-based ambient /blackgaze /dreamo /post-rock /shoegaze band Nava Calma “Full Of Spite Like The Rain” from the first album “The Full Weight Of Everything” via Stellar Frequencies
  
• Helsinki-based, Finnish indie rock /dream pop band Hattara “Uimaan” single
  
• Guatemala 4-piece dream pop /post-rock /shoegaze band Asimov “Verbena” single
  
• Russian 5-piece dreampop /shoegaze band 11:11 “к​о​г​д​а​?” single
  
• Davao City, Philippines indie rock /shoegaze five piece project Precal Dropouts “For Ginger & Fiona” from the debut album “Eagles Shall Prosper”
  
• Bath, UK dream rock /shoegaze project of Jenn Zed, aka ZED POINT “La Lips” single
  
• Portland, OR dreampop /shoegaze band Tears Run Rings “Lost Touch” from the upcoming 4th LP “Everything In The End” via shelflife records
  
• Gold Coast, Australia grunge /shoegaze project SHOEGAZER “HAVE NO REASON PART 2″ from HAVE NO REASON” single
  
• Houston, TX dreamy grunge /heavy-gaze rockers DAZE “She Said” single
  
• Bay Area shoegaze project Welcome Strawberry “The Silent One” from the two song split 7″ with Quinine via Cherub Dream Records
  
• San Diego, CA dream pop /grunge /heavygaze /shoegaze trio Blossom “While” single
  
• Perth, Australia four-piece post-shoegaze band GLOAM “Diving Heavy” single
  
• Scotland‘s noise shoegaze 4-piece Sunstinger – “Death Is” from “Worthless” EP
  
• Eora/Sydney 4-piece Experimental Heavy Shoegaze band ADORER “Veins” single
  
• Valparaíso, Chile 5-piece grunge /shoegaze /alternative rock band Siniestra Pandora “En el jard​í​n” from the debut LP “Elegia”
  
• Canada/US long distance collaborative dreamy indie/emo gaze pop project between Counter Intuitive Record’s Kicksie (Giuliana) and independent artist Green Grass for Miles (Kyle), aka Real Pal “Passenger” from the S/T debut album
  
• Brisbane‘s jazz /world /garage pop /psychedelic rock quintet Nice Biscuit “The Star” from the upcoming second LP “SOS” via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records (US/AU) and Bad Vibrations / Fuzz Club (EU)
  
• Geelong, Australia prog /stoner/psychedelic rock trio ORB “You Do” from the 4th LP “Tailem Bend” via Fuzz Club and Flightless Records
  
• NYC-based alt-country /punk /art rock /psychedelic rock Californian band The Mystery Lights “Purgatory” title track of the upcoming LP “Purgatory” via Daptone Records
  
• San Francisco, CA psychedelic rock /shoegaze /indie rock solo project Deadlights “For Free” single
  
• Stockholm-based Psych /Garage Rock /Indie Pop band fronted by singer and songwriter Emma Pettersson, Well Adjusted  “Oh Honey” single
  
• Barcelona-based shoegaze /psych-pop /indie rock band led by Australian musician Etienne Mamo (singer and songwriter of The New Black), Dead Parties “Do You Believe” single
  
• Boston, MA indie rock band Jean Paul Jean Paul “Jai alai” from the LP “It Comes Back”
  
• Berlin-based lo-fi-noise-shoegazey-psychedelic-garage-dream punk project of DIY artist Alexander Donat (aka Vlimmer, aka Feverdreamt), aka Fir Cone Children “On The Prowl” from the album “Jig Of Glee”
  
• Chinese three-piece post-punk /psych /indie/noise rock band from Beijing, Carsick Cars “Stage Riot” second single from the upcoming new album via Maybe Mars
  
• Melbourne, Australia rock n roll /garage punk trio Delivery “Digging The Hole” single
  
• Edinburgh, UK shoegaze /indie rock trio Swim School “Don’t Leave Me Behind” from “Duality & Seeing It Now” vinyl LP collection of the band’s two EPs via LAB Records
  
• Los Angeles-based dream pop /indie folk /rock musician and composer brookelen “Maybe” single
• Berlin-born psych /indie rock /dream-pop artist THALA “Don’t want u to die” via Fire Records
  
• Wichita, Kansas indie rock artist Yasmin Nur “Heaven Forever” single
  
• Tokyo-based American-Japanese dreampop /slowcore /indie folk band Yasu Cub “Follow” single