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.

• Manila, Philippines shoegaze /jangly noise pop /indie rock duo We Are Imaginary “Stockholm” single from upcoming self-titled album [floppydisks / Eikon Records]

Drawing from ’90s US indie rock with a pinch of shoegaze, the Filipino duo are back to deliver a dizzying mix of loudness and softness, stirring introspection and bright melodicism, infused with exquisitely crafted shapeshifting acoustic-electric sparkling guitar textures, rife with infectious riffs, fuzzed-out harmonies, and catchy choruses around fearful, vulnerable vocals blissfully soaring from suffering to solace amid suffocating echoes and mocking denial, to explore the tumultuous, self-destructive emotional cycle engineered by a toxic relationship.

• Manchester, UK lofi shoegaze /dream pop project Not For Tears “Cinnamon” single
  

Fourth single from the Mancunian one-man band seasoned with colourful Stone Roses and Ride flavours. Away from a sad, bitter plastic world, a vibrant, reverb-textured, undercurrent of stumbling rhythms and humming basslines stirs a bright, wistful interweaving of sharp, sparkling guitars, spiraling out into the thriving, lush bittersweet romanticism held by loving, devotional vocals, longing to share the sweetness and optimism of a loved one.

• Guadalajara, Mexico shoegaze /dreampop band Dawn Haze “Nubes” single
  

Mexican dreamy shoegazers suggest a somber and highly atmospheric immersion into electroacoustic shimmering timbres and contemplative, emotionally-charged dimensions, shrouded in a mesmerizing, misty ambience. “Nubes” is driven by shuffling drum beats and moody, meandering bass pulses that stir swaying strummed riffs chiselled by rippling, echoing wistful chimes, washed over by expansive fuzzed-out sheets of reverb-soaked textures, to cradle sad, drowsy vocals in swirling effect-laden swells of achingly high-pitched nostalgia.

• Belmullet, West of Ireland ambient /minimal composer and multi-instrumentalist Seamus O’Muineachain “Short Piece For Sleeping Lovers” from the 8th piano-laced album “Cage of Time”
  
• Bristol, UK lo-fi /ambient /indie /folk /dream pop songwriter-producer Helena Walker, aka herbal tea “Seventeen” from “Hear as the Mirror Echoes” LP [Orindal (US) / Gold Day (UK)]
• Danish/Polish ambient /field recordings /electro-acoustic /psychedelic folk collaboration between Copenhagen-based electronic musician-composer Sofie Birch and Warsaw-based vocalist Antonina Nowacka, aka Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka “Nøkken” title track of the second album “Hiraeth” [Unsound]
• US dark folk rock collaboration, Seth Newton & Alison Clancy “Cry Little Sister” (cover from the 1987 “The Lost Boys” film soundtrack)
  
• Wellington, New Zealand alternative /dream folk singer-songwriter Frances Grass “Thirlestane Road” title track of the debut “Thirlestane Road” EP [Home Alone Records]
• Baltimore, MD mid-’80s lo-fi /bedroom pop /indie pop cassette artist (member of 80s post-punk band The Woods), Linda Smith “So Long Ago” from the upcoming Linda Smith / The Smashing Times – ‘Split EP’ 7″ vinyl [Upset The Rhythm]
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /ethereal /post-rock /shoegaze /indie rock project of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cassie Wieland, aka Vines “Evicted” from upcoming debut LP “I’ll be here” EP
  
• Paris-based dream-pop /shoegaze artist Estela Basso “Adieu” from the debut 2-track single “Atlantique”
  
• US/Brazil electronic /synth /dream-pop duo of Dallas‘ Abby Cole (Velcro Baby Lego) and São Paulo‘s Matheus Nascimento (Slowaves), Lowne “I Know How It Ends” new single 
• Winnipeg, Canada electronic /new wave /synthpop project, VIVA NON “With Love” single
  
• Trans-Atlantic Francophone Guitar Pop trio made up of Philippe Lavergne (Les Freluquets), Thierry Haliniak (My Raining Stars), and Gilles Ramey (lyrics), Mayverlin “Ultrasound (Europium remix) [digital bonus track]” from last May’s album “Therefore” [Too Good To Be True Records]
• Sheffield, UK jangle /kraut /kosmik /dream wave /cream pop 3-piece Pale Blue Eyes “How Long Is Now (Richard Norris Remix)” 12″ [Broadcast Recordings / Republic of Music]
• Gothenburg, Sweden shoegaze /post-punk /electronic DIY solo project D4RKSTAR “Drawn to the Deep End” from “Dawns” EP
  
• Montreal, Quebec-based electronic /dream pop indie /synth-pop duo Chevalier Avant Garde “Haze” from “5280” seventh EP of the label’s 2025 EP series [Too Good To Be True]
• Swindon/Bristol, UK electronic pop side project for The King in Mirrors‘ Rich May and Jonathan Troy of The Hi-Life Companion, PIER LIGHTS “Show Me The Light” new single
  
• New York-based indie rock /dream-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist Samira Winter, aka Winter “Without You” from Winter’s upcoming LP “Adult Romantix” [Winspear]
• London-based indie rock /dream pop quartet Bleach Lab – “In Your Arms” from the fourth studio EP “Close To The Flame”
  
• London’s electronic pop /indie /dream-pop trio Domina “Apathy” debut single [Far From Records]
• Melbourne-based, Australian Lo-Fi /Bedroom Pop project of songwriter & musician Calum Newton AKA Candy Moore “Charlotte” from the LP “Humiliation Ritual”
  
• Japanese new wave /indie rock /grunge /shoegaze /indie rock three-piece band, The Wulongs “Life is A stage” from the debut album “Videodrome” [Sunday Records (vinyl) / SLUDGE PEOPLE (tape)]
• Portland, OR indie pop /dream pop /shoegaze solo project since 1996 of singer and bassist of shoegaze outfit Tears Run Rings, Laura Watling “Little Worries” from the collection album “Picking up the Pieces Left Behind”
  
• Tokyo, Japanese ambient /acid folk /garage /psychedelic /indie pop sextet featuring Yoko Satori (Penny Arcade), Yūji and Tomomi (Red Go-Cart), Miki Hirose (Ko-kyū, Smokebees, and Red Go-Cart) and Masato Saito (Pervenche), aka The Moment of Nightfall “Blue Moon” from the cassette album “Memories Disappear In Echoes” [Paisley Shirt Records]
• Clare, Australia jangle /indie rock-pop solo project Treechangers “June 2008″ instrumental outtake from the “Symphonie Fantastique” EP
  
• Newport, UK new wave /indie pop solo project of Rob Morgan, aka Armstrong “Outpouring”
  
• Abington Township, PA jangle-power pop solo project of songwriter and guitar player Todd Shuster (formerly of The Impossible Years and The Jagz), Cherry Fez “Happy Hour” from “SUPEREXCITED!” LP
  
• San Francisco jangle/guitar rock/indie pop band (members of The Reds, Pinks & Purples, and The Umbrellas) fronted by Thomas Rubenstein (The Lovebirds), The Telephone Numbers “Be Right Down” from upcoming second LP “Scarecrow II” [Slumberland Records]
• Toronto indie /C86 /jangle pop duo, Ducks Ltd “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken (feat. Lunar Vacation)” (Camera Obscura cover) [Carpark Records]
• Bristol, UK C86 /indie rock band led by Jack Ogborne (Fka Bingo Fury), The Cindys “Eternal Pharmacy” first single off The Cindys’ self-titled mini album [Breakfast Records]
• Seminal New Zealand indie folk /alternative guitar rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch, The Bats “Lucky Day” 2nd single from the album “Corner Coming Up” [Flying Nun Records]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Speeding Car” 2nd single from the new upcoming album titled “The Curse Of The Atom” [Salt Mine Records]
• US lo-fi /indie rock /slacker pop solo music project of artist-animator Nathania Rubin, aka Agora Sci-Fi “Tabs” off “Finding It Hard To Explain Something So Obvious” EP [Subjangle]
• Brisbane, Australia shoegaze /indie rock duo Western Freeway “A Heart As Big As Yours” 2-track single
  
• Queens, NY post-punk /dream-pop /indie rock solo project Sea Shapes “Fade To Grey” single
  
• Tennessee dream-pop /shoegaze solo project Awake Eternally “Change My Name” single
  
• Japanese Noise Pop /Indie Rock /Shoegaze band based in San Francisco, The Velvet Eclipse “Blooming in The Garden of Lies” from the LP “Withering away in the Garden of Eden”
  
• Costa Rica dream-pop /indie rock /shoegaze 4-piece band Sábado Santo “Nuestros Últimos Días” single
  
• Uppsala, Sweden 3-piece indie rock /dream-pop /shoegaze band Mosaik “walking slowly” from the third LP “I dina tankar”
  
• Taiwan 4-piece dream pop /slowcore /shoegaze band chirrp. “Running to the sun” from the debut LP “Lurid”
  
• Antwerp, Belgium post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece Newmoon “Same Distance” outtake from the “Temporary Light” album sessions
  
• Seattle noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock trio, Coral Grief “Latitude” from the debut album, “Air Between Us” [Anxiety Blanket Records]
• Toronto, Ontario-based dream-pop /post-rock /indie-rock four-piece Mount Mural “Soon” single
  
• Mexico City neo-psychedelia /shoegaze band Endless “Se Desvanece” single [Shore Dive Records]
• Winnipeg 5-piece slowcore /dream pop /shoegaze band Living Hour “Wheel” from upcoming LP “Internal Drone Infinity” [Keeled Scales]
• Indonesia shoegaze solo project by Raks, aka Mutant Waves “Sipping Colors (Remastered 2025)” first single 
  
• Montreal shoegaze /noise pop /indie rock band Frown Line “Days Without” from upcoming LP “What’s Leftover” [Lauren Records]
• San Francisco garage rock /grunge /shoegaze duo, chokecherry “Goldmine” single
  
• Minneapolis-based dreamy shoegaze five-piece she’s green “Willow” single
  
• Philadelphia shoegaze band They Are Gutting a Body of Water “Trainers” off upcoming 4th album “Lotto” [ATO]
• Pittsburgh, PA grunge /shoegaze project Strayline. “Wilt [Revision]” from Summer of Peril x Strayline.‘s cassette split EP [Revision]
• Dreamy blackgaze project of Italian multi-instrumentalist Kris Vudz, øltreluce “satëllifall” from the debut LP “lövërliminal”
  
• Sligo, Ireland indie noise rock /alt punks Some Remain “Henri” from “Feel Low” EP [Blowtorch Records]
• Austin, TX 4-piece shoegaze /psych /baggy noise-pop outfit DAIISTAR “Star Starter – Live” from “Fuzz Club Session” LP [Fuzz Club Records]
• Prague-based dark noise psychedelia /shoegaze /post punk music project Cold Venus Revisited “In The Garden (full of love and frustration)” from the LP “In The Garden” 12″ [Oráculo Records]
• Brooklyn, New York psych /noise rock /shoegaze /post-punk band led by Oliver Ackermann, A Place To Bury Strangers “Fear of Transformation (Test Plan Remix)” [Dedstrange]
• Sydney, Australia lo-fi /psych /garage punk led by Buz Clatworthy, R.M.F.C. “Ecstatic Strife” 2-track 7″ single 7″ [Anti Fade Records]
• Belfast indie /garage alt-rock band from Northern Ireland, GUSH “Your world” single
  
• California psych /garage /fuzz indie rock solo project of multi-instrumentalist Paul Dunne, aka Acid Smoothie “Panasonic” from the third LP “Faxing the Vatican” 
  
• Santa Fe, New Mexico 60s post-punk /garage /jangle /psych indie-pop trio, The Specific Heats “Midcentury Dream House” (single)
  
• Seattle fuzz garage /psych-surf trio Acapulco Lips “Everyday” from the second LP “Now” [Killroom Records]
• Berlin-based ambient /experimental /drone /krautrock /psychedelic band Arcane Allies “Irrelevanz der Zeit / Hypnosis” from the live album “Live at Drumhard”
  
• ’60s Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist teams up with London‘s premier cosmic Americana quartet, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars “Get Together” (Dino Valenti cover) from the album “Dreams” [Loose Music]
• Nashville, TN Americana /indie rock /indie folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (former frontman and composer of Grant Lee Buffalo), Grant-Lee Phillips “Closer Tonight” from upcoming LP “In the Hour of Dust” [Yep Roc]
• Melbourne, Australia electronic /indie folk musician-producer & composer, Hayden Calnin “Won’t Shy” single [Nettwerk]