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

• Chicago indie /post-punk /synthpop /dream project led by musician & photographer Eden Sierotnik, COOL HEAT “Stalemate” single from upcoming “Not The Same” EP
  

The new single from the dream-pop music endeavor of Eden Sierotnik elicits a crepuscular, atmospheric synth-pop, imbued with oneiric and transcendental tones. Steady beats punctuate a rapid flickering, rhythmic, buzzy bass sequence, pulsing against a reflective, shimmery pastel hue synth glaze that floats and swells with languid melancholy alongside sad, dreamy male vocals of angst and regret, agonizing in an internalized “Stalemate” between light and shadow.

• Kassel, Germany, emo shoegaze trio Soft Flowers “Quicksand” first single
  

German newcomer trio’s debut single leans toward melancholic, introspective Shoegaze with Emo undertones, featuring a warm, sober fusion of pulsating, abrasive fuzz with dreamy textures, laced with shimmering, vibrant tones that simmer and noisily linger throughout. The song drives slow, stumbling drum beats and low grumbling bass lines under a wavy, murky haze of heavy, crunchy distortion, cut through by ringing, pain-filled echoes, to immerse aching, forlorn vocals in the loneliness and fear felt by the loss of a loved one.

• Wellington, NZ alternative /grungegaze /shoegaze trio King Hit “Post divorce clearance sale” single
  

Always unpredictable, the Kiwi band straddles the moody nuances of emo/grunge/shoegaze while exploring themes of personal turmoil, with erratic, heavily effected sludgy guitar textures, underpinned by shifting, offbeat and crashing drumming and thrumming bass lines, veering from insistent rippling reverberations of shimmery wistful melodies to whirling eruptions of molten, high-pitched wailing distortion, while dim, airy vocals of depressed angst, stay low in response to the fear, confusion and chaos caused by waiting for a marriage to end.

• Taipei City, Taiwan ambient /slowcore /folk /dream pop solo project of Mu Fan Chen, aka Moon Void “Body Is Empty” from the LP “The Gathering”
  
• Dutch ambient /drone /minimal /folk singer-songwriter and guitarist Mariska Baars, aka soccer Committee “Moi et mon coeur” from the upcoming EP “AM Reworks” [Accidental Meetings]
• North Carolina experimental /ambient pop long-running moniker of musician and Hot Releases label head Ryan Martin, aka Secret Boyfriend “Same Room” from “Akrasia” collection album, mostly recorded June 2022-November 2023 [Hot Releases]
• Portland, OR-based lo-fi minimal bedroom downer rock /psych-folk solo project of artist, multi-instrumentalist and The Spatulas member Lila Jarzombek, aka Nowhere Flower ” Hollowed Out” from the upcoming third LP “Peace Channel” [Soft Abuse]
• Glasgow-based lo-fi indie pop /folk project of singer-songwriter Lukas Clasen, aka Sulka ” Steeple” from the LP “Bute” [Lost Map Records]
• Brooklyn, NY lo-fi folk /jangle pop /indie rock home recording project led by Ryan Daniels, Inland Years “A thousand miles”
  from “Nowadays” album [BSDJ]
• Hobart, Tasmania experimental /trip-hop /ethereal folk /art rock /ambient-pop duo of Amelia Besseny and Cooper Bowman, Troth “In Essence” from upcoming sixth LP “The Limits Of A Light Touch” [Dearest Latest]
• Spanish jangle indie pop-rock band from Madrid, Puzzles y Dragones “Mis tinieblas” from the upcoming LP “Puzzles y Dragones no están hechos para este mundo” [El Genio Equivocado]
• UK lo-fi indie pop home recording solo project R.KENEDY “She Knows” from the second volume of ” LIVING ROOM DEMOS 2″ LP
  
• Hamburg-based new wave /indie pop ever-changing band project led by singer-songwriter Heiko Schneider, theCatherines “‘Nuff Said” from “‘Nuff Said” EP
  
• New York-based lo-fi jangle indie pop project by British musician Phil Sutton (Pale Lights, Cinema Red and Blue and once of Comet Gain), Love, Burns “Dear Carol (WFMU Live)” from the live album “Live At WFMU” (Live session recorded for The Evan “Funk” Davies Show on July 12, 2026) [Calico Cat Records]
• London-based C86 /punk /psych /indie pop band founded in the early ’90s, led by David Feck, COMET GAIN “FROM THE SUNSET CAFE” from “POSTCARD FROM THE SUNSET CAFE” E.P.
  
• Manchester-based indie pop-rock four-piece featuring former members of The Bodines and The Waltones, Alta Zuma “The Summer They Killed The Rosenbergs” from “The Rosenbergs” EP [Precious Recordings of London]
• Christchurch, NZ veteran dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock singer-songwriter (Running Club, All Fall Down, Bridal Path, Cardigan Bay, Condensations, Creeley and more), Blair Parkes “What you can do” from “What you can do / Open window” single
  
• Seattle shoegaze /psych /space rock instrumental quartet IROIRO “Once (Single Mix)” 7″ single International Pop Underground Volume CLII
  [Grand Ultra / K Recs]
• Dutch anonymous dub /krautrock /indie /avant pop collective Ferries “Eye Wander” title track of the second LP “Eye Wander” [World of Echo]
• London-based five-piece art pop /dream-pop /alt-folk band Firestations “Beginners”, 2nd single from the LP “International Dust” [Lost Map Records]
• Indonesian Shoegaze /Noise-Pop band based in Jakarta, Vanishing Muffins “HOLLOW” from “Revolution” EP [Disanorak]
• Glasgow, UK indie rock band Homework “Made” from “Bang Here If Stuck” [Meritorio Records]
• Brighton, UK-based Swedish indie rock /folk rock songwriter, poet and multi-instrumentalist (of ‘Hagstone rock’ four-piece The New Eves), Nina Winder-Lind “Headfirst” from the debut “Wild Love” LP [Transgressive]
• Düsseldorf, Germany gloomy noise /grunge /shoegaze duo More Frills “Drifters [explicit]” single
  
• Seattle alt-rock /dream-pop band fronted by Jessica Dobson, Deep Sea Diver “Teardrop” (Massive Attack cover) [Sub Pop Records]
• Stroud, UK indie rock /dream pop duo of Chloe Little and James Taylor (formerly of INHEAVEN), Wings of Desire – “The Way You Feel” from the upcoming LP “Stand Still Like The Hummingbird” [WMD Recordings]
• London based indie /alt-rock trio Hazy Waters “Blue” single
  
• Akron, Ohio 4-piece shoegaze /dream pop band Lovely Weather “Stuck inside” from the second “Of flora and fawning” EP
  
• Linz, Austria dream pop /shoegaze band Backwards Charm “Total Emptiness Forever” single
  
• Dutch post metal /heavy shoegaze project of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Ruben Vermeulen, Funus “Between Futures and Shadows” off upcoming album “Dreamless Water” [Noon Records]
• Yekaterinburg, Russia indie /noise rock /shoegaze four-piece, Чары Спали [Charm Faded] “Альгабал” from “Разочарование” LP
  
• Adelaide, Australia alternative /shoegaze /indie rock 4-piece band (Fka SourSob), Swapmeet “Bonny” from the debut LP “Mount Zero” [Winspear]
• Melbourne, Australia  Shoegaze / Dream Pop duo Grazer “Paradise” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Kalamazoo, Michigan dream pop /shoegaze four-piece Vida Eterna “Had To Let You Know” lead single from upcoming debut self-titled EP
  
• Leuven, Belgium indie rock /shoegaze trio Tannhauser Orchestra “Endless Hymn” from the LP “Time Out”
  
• Dresden, Germany dream pop /noise /shoegaze band crushingswans “passion flowers” from the 2-track single “passion flowers // birthing”
  
• Los Angeles emo /shoegaze /alternative rock quartet led by singer/guitarist Mia Lin, MyVeronica “Sick Sad World” from the upcoming debut album, “I Hope There’s Music in Heaven” [Sunday Drive Records]
• Rancho Cucamonga, CA emo /post-hardcore /noise /post-shoegaze outfit led by founder and frontman/guitarist Matthew Wainwrigh, COLD GAWD “Grease” from the upcoming “Glory II” EP [Dais Records]
• Nashville, TN heavy doom-gazers, LOCKSTEP “Solvent Sound” from the upcoming debut LP “I Know What I Saw” [Profound Lore Records]
• Melbourne, Australia indie /funk /psych-rock band The Failed Blue Dot “Mars” third single
  
• New York-based 60s-influenced soul-psych-rock-folk four-piece led by Dwayne Seagraves, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians “Love, Light, Beauty & Truth” single
  
• London-based 60s beat /ye-ye /psych-pop French-born vocalist, Fabienne Delsol “Daughter of the Sun” from the new studio album “Indigo Red” [Damaged Goods Records]
• Chicago, IL power /jangle /psych pop musician and composer Kai Slater (Lifeguard, and Dwaal Troupe), aka Sharp Pins “Face of Youth Today” from “Mod Mayday 23” album [perennial/K Recs]
• New England-based garage rock /soul /mod /art punk trio Perennial “Modernist” title track of the “Modernism” LP [Ernest Jenning Record Co. (US and International) / Safe Suburban Home (UK)]
• Boston, MA garage rock /power pop /rock n roll band led by multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Sal Baglio, The Amplifier Heads “Can’t Put My Finger On It” from the new 6th album “Super 8” [Rum Bar Records]
• Brooklyn-based garage punk /rock and roll band from New Orleans, Miranda and The Beat (M.A.T.B.) “Spatz” from 2-track 7″ single “SPATZ b/w Make It On My Own”
  
• Columbus, Ohio 4-piece indie rock /noise pop band led by Times New Viking drummer and vocalist Adam Elliot, long odds “Faorah” from upcoming second LP “The Dry Land” [Clean Demon Records]
• Glasgow, Scottish art punk /indie rock band formed in 1992 (disbanded 1999) led by singer and guitarist John McKeown, The Yummy Fur “Unity Over Europe” from “Everybody Talks About the Weather”, first album of new material in over 25 years [Upset The Rhythm]
• LA garage /power pop punk four-piece led by guitarist-singer-songwriter Jakob Armstrong (Ultra Q), The Death Chat “Slowly Finding Joy” from the debut self-titled album
  
• Austin, TX, four-piece post-punk /shoegaze /noise rock band Porcelain “Apocalypse” from upcoming second LP “Today’s Minor Victories”
  
• Sunderland, UK alt-rock /punk-rock-emo trio Trivia “Schizophrenia” from the debut “Home” EPSunderland, UK alt-rock /punk-rock-emo trio Trivia “Schizophrenia” from the debut “Home” EP
  
• Bristol, UK grunge /indie-pop artist Aderyn “Please” single off “Hot Pink” EP
  
• Brighton, UK indie folk singer-songwriter Frances Mistry “I let it get to me again” single
  
• Sydney, Australia, bedroom pop /indie folk songwriter and bass player, Sabine Tapia “Shelf” from first 2-track single ” Shelf/Where Are You Going”