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

• South Wales, UK lo-fi noise pop /shoegaze project of musician James Cubitt, aka WINTER SUN “Somewhere else” single
  

Debut single from a 90s-inspired nostalgic, noisy and atmospheric Shoegaze solo project from South Wales fluctuates through a warped droning wistful haze weaved by ringing echoing riffs, to distort time and space around soft downtrodden vocals, struggling to leave the past behind and begin somewhere new.

• Swedish indie /noise pop /power pop band PoPo “Kids” single
  

First number of the year for the collection of ‘sad songs, cheap sounds, monotonous drum beats’ and sepia, blurry archival pictures’ from the enigmatic Swedish solo Indie-Pop project, with a distinctive scruffy lo-fi charm, PoPo. I seem to remember, or maybe I dreamt it, having featured a related band a while ago, but alas my memory is no longer what it used to be… Motorik beats punctuate slightly abrasive vibrant distorted guitar riffs, rippled with melancholic ringing tones that cover sad heartfelt vocals, echoing as if from a deep pit, with disconnection and doubt.

• London-based shoegaze /dream pop /doom pop duo Rain Cloud Nine “Blush” single
  

London ‘doom pop’ duo debuts with a deceivingly laid back dreamy tuneful song about the fleeting nature of Summer love, which unfolds through off-tempo drum beats, buzzing bass lines, and a meandering of sizzling bright and crunchy guitar riffs, ringing and grating obsessively, to wash layered angsty dreamy vocals in desire and sorrow.

• Quebec ambient /ethereal /neo-classical /dream-pop musician, Lyndsie Alguire “Flowers and Ruins” from the upcoming album “Time Is But the Drawing of a Sword” [Hush Hush Records]
• Oxford, UK-via-Lyon electronic avant-pop musician Julia-Sophie “Falling” from the second album “Forgive Too Slow” via Ba Da Bing Records
  
• Atlanta, GA lo-fi indie folk singer-songwriter and Team Deathmatch frontwoman, Reed Winckler “Gull” title track of the debut solo album “Gull” via Primordial Void
  
• Bellingham, WA indie folk singer-songwriter Shield Maiden “Swell” debut single
  
• Brighton, UK indie rock /indie folk band ladylike “Horse’s Mouth” flexi disc single via Something
  
• Austin, TX bedroom /folk /indie pop solo singer-songwriter FUVK “bootleg aphrodite” from the cassette EP “What is the purpose of your visit?” via Start-track.com
  
• Edinburgh, UK Alt Rock /Shoegaze /Indie pop duo Sam Morris and Brian Philp, aka Mapped By A Forest “Big Fish” from “Things You Wanna Hear” first 2-track single off upcoming second EP
  
• Queens, NY surf rock /chillwave /dream pop project of Amber Renee, dayaway “Beam Me Up” single via Turn to Wind
  
• Portland, OR surf /dream pop /indie rock /synth-pop /wave instrumental solo project Bathrobe – “Midnight” single via Jang94
  
• New York wave /electronic /dream pop /synthpop solo project R. Missing “Sleep Will Darken It” single
  
• Essen, Germany Indie-Pop /Dreampop /Synthpop band Orkestra Zajenie “Au Pair 1957” single
  
• Los Angeles-based post-punk /shoegaze /dream-pop duo Magic Wands “Hide” single via Metropolis Records
  
• Copenhagen‘s indie rock /psychedelic /shoegaze /dream pop producer Trentemøller “Nightfall” from the upcoming LP “Dreamweaver” via In My Room label
  
• California indie rock /dream jangle pop /garage-pop singer-songwriter and musician Josh Hwang, CASTLEBEAT ”Honest” from “Stereo” album on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Toronto, Canadian dream pop /indie folk /psychedelic rock singer-songwriter, Tess Parks “Koalas” first single from the upcoming third album “Pomegranate” via Fuzz Club and Hand Drawn Dracula
  
• London-based funk /jazz /kraut /psychedelia collective Mandrake Handshake “Charlie’s Comet” single via Tip Top Recordings
  
• Portland, OR psych /shoegaze /dream-pop duo Shady Cove “Passenger” from the upcoming LP “Part II”
  
• Californian gothic Americana /folk /psych /cosmic country singer-songwriter Blaine Todd “Everyman” from the album “Goodbye ‘Til I Do Good By You” via Perpetual Doom
  
• Bay Area fuzzy /psych /indie pop trio (former members of Ruby Pins), Hits “1-5-8” from the upcoming vinyl album “World Of Dirt” via Paisley Shirt Records
  
• Chinese bedroom /dream /jangle /indie pop outfit from Wuhan, AmovingmoviE – 大​课​间 Blue & Green Memories – from the album “MoveinmoviE” via Sango Records
  
• Norwegian–German indie jangle pop duo of Jørn O. Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse, Monobird, Swart Vredag) and Sebastian Voss (The Fisherman and his Soul, Nah…, Lancaster), Herr Wade “Theme from Chiefinspector Wade” from the album “.​.​.​ermittelt” CD album via Bureau Platiruma
  
• South-West Wales veteran indie pop band from Llanelli formed in in 1985, THE HEPBURNS “Julian Can Wait” from “Empire Of Strange” album
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia twee indie-pop band THE SENSITIVE “Anoa records is my shepherd” from cassette EP “Mono Donkey” via disanorak
  
• Paris, France C86 /wave /indie jangle pop band led by Meyverlin‘s Philippe Lavergne (Les Freluquets, Herzfeld), Country Club “Just another miserable self​-​centred bastard” from 2-track single of old unreleased demos “Miserable”
  
• Bristol, UK based Glaswegian indie folk band Lonely Tourist “Takes A Lot Of Beating” title track of the upcoming 6th album “Takes A Lot Of Beating”
  
• Semarang-based, Indonesian twee /cuddlecore group Twee Patootie “Cutie Little Slut” single via chaoticpoprecs
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Oh Hello, It​’​s Me!” 24th single from the new upcoming album ‘’From The Corners Of My Cold Room’’ via Salt Mine Records
  
• Edinburgh’s mid-80s indie pop group JESSE GARON & THE DESPERADOES – “Laughing, Smiling And Falling Again (BBC session version)” off “Janice Long session 11​.​11​.​86” EP 10″ via Precious Recordings of London
  
• Massachusetts-based jangle-power-pop project of David MacDonald, aka Couchboy “Change” from “Summer” CD album via Subjangle
  
• New York guitar power pop band (1/2 of The Flashcubes), The Half-Cubes “Precious To Me” (Phil Seymour cover, 1980) off 2-track cover single via Big Stir Records
  
• London-based indie pop-rock quartet founded by Helen and Kathy out of Barry, sassyhiya “Kristen Stewart” 7″ single via Skep Wax
  
• Tours, France weird /orchestral /indie pop band, Anna “Isolated” from the upcoming album “The Fun” co-released by Collectif TéléCascade, Howlin Banana Records, Les Disques du Paradis and Another Record
  
• Brighton And Hove, UK C86 /jangle indie pop trio formed in 2002, Assistant “John Wyndham” from “Ten Songs and Second” CD compilation album via Subjangle
  
• Exeter, UK shoegaze/ dreampop outfit Soot Sprite “Home Among Your Bones” from the 7″ single “I Went Swimming / Home Among Your Bones” via Specialist Subject Records
  
• Los Angeles twee /indie guitar pop project of Madeline BB, aka Slippers “Lock You Out'” from the album ‘So You Like Slippers?’ via Lame-O Records
  
• Stockholm‘s synth-pop /indie pop band Loveninjas “I CAN WORK OUT” come-back single via Junovi Records
  
• Philippines 5-piece post-rock /indie instrumental band Odd “Farewell” single via Melt Records
  
• Bandung, Indonesia noise pop /indie rock four-piece Slumbers “Fragments” from “Everything Seems Upside Down, We’re Just Frozen in Time” EP via Greedy Dust Records
  
• Bay Area riot grrl /power-pop /indie rock project of wife-husband duo guitarist-songwriter Alex Velasquez and drummer Paul Igaz, aka Fast Execution “Total Bitch” 2nd single from “Menses Music” EP 10″ via Dandy Boy Records
  
• Medan, Indonesia four piece post-rock /shoegaze unit Nether “Multipresser from 2-track single “Metastasis”
  
• Gold Coast, Australia dream-pop project DREAM POP “IMPRESS FOR DAYS I LOVE YOUR SMILE” single
  
• Detroit, MI shoegaze /dream pop 4-piece VAEGA “Something” single
  
• Selangor, Malaysia diy alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Aktadiri “Seri Bunian” single
  
• Tangerang, Indonesia alternative rock /shoegaze unit Meeve “Godspeed” from “Bleak” EP
  
• Vienna, Virginia 4-piece emo /alt rock /shoegaze band Bellweather “Tangled” single
  
• Southern California‘s veteran indie guitar rock /shoegaze band, founded in 1993, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jason Martin, Starflyer 59 “909” single via Velvet Blue Music
  
• Kaurna Land/Adelaide, Australia four-piece post-punk /shoegaze band Genevieves “Adore You” single via Swirl Records
  
• Montréal, Quebec post-rock /dreampop /shoegaze duo Murmure “Exag​è​re” single
  
• Los Angeles based noise /shoegaze/dream-pop band Supergloom “Bleed Me Out” single
  
• Salt Lake City, Utah indie rock /dreamgaze /shoegaze solo project of musician, producer and composer Marc Wheeler, aka Deeper Heaven “Foreseer” title track of “Foreseer” EP
  
• Bangkok, Thailand based alt-rock /dreampop /shoegaze band Slowwves “Amber” second single<
• San Francisco based indie rock /psych /dream pop /shoegaze band Cold Morning Colors “Floating” single
  
• Gold Coast, Australia indie rock /shoegaze project SHOEGAZER “Boards On The Car” single
  
• Shah Alam, Malaysia 5-piece dreampop /noise rock /shoegaze band DASAWARSA MY “Whisper” single
  
• Mexico City-based indie rock /wave /shoegaze music project created by Cristian (Krist) Moreno, aka The Warm Place “How Much” from the debut S/T EP
  
• Brisbane, Australia 4-piece dream pop /shoegaze band Local Authority “Wonder” from the sophomore album ”Memory Loss”
  
• Antonio, TX Noise Rock/ Shoegaze band HAPPYVOID “Blush” from “Sleep​/​Blush” single
  
• Italian alternative rock /psych /shoegaze band Kodaclips “Fall Apart” 3rd single from the upcoming LP, “Gone Is The Day” via Sister 9 Recordings (UK) and Little Cloud Records (US)
  
• Czechia 3-piece shoegaze /dreampop band Delfíni v Brnění “Oran​ž​ový My​š​lenky” from the debut EP “Odlet”
  
• Italian dreampop /shoegaze solo project from Fano, Waving Blue “See You At The Club (320 Km Round Trip)” from the EP “See You At The Club”
  
• Los Angeles-based slowcore /doomgaze quartet IRESS “Leviathan (The Fog)” from the sophomore album “Sleep Now, In Reverse” via Dune Altar and Church Road Records
  
• Bacolod, Philippines ambient /dronegaze bedroom producer Someplace “Habagat” from the album “Youth And Decay”
  
• Wales, UK indie rock /emo band Campfire Social “Swim Swam Swum” from the upcoming vinyl 12″ LP “They Sound The Same Underwater” via The Popty Ping Recording Company
  
• South Texas 90s Midwest emo band formed in 2012, lovelettertypewriter “Pridemore Juvenile Facilities (Feat. Chris Simpson)” from the cassette album “Pia Snow” via Slow Down Records
  
• Buffalo, NY indie rock /trip-hop /new wave band Dotsun Moon “Give Up The Tears” from the single “Give Up The Tears / Army of Me”
  
• Berlin-based indie folk-pop-rock singer-songwriter Anna Erhard “Not Rick” single via Radicalis Music
  
• Toronto based indie-rock band led by singer-songwriter Alannah Kavanagh, Grizzly Coast “Washed” from upcoming LP “Staying Power”
  
• Ft. Worth, TX garage rock /grunge /power pop band Darstar “Chubby Thighs” (single)
  
• Konstanz, Germany Garage Indie Punk duo The Sound Monkeys “Where’s Welli? from “Make Some Noise” EP cassette via Dysfunctional Disco Records
  
• Durban, South Africa indie rock singer-songwriter Barron Harley “Garden” from “Ultimate Joy And Good Times Forever” EP
  
• San Francisco, CA instrumental ambient /folk band Danny Paul Grody Duo “Last Night” from the album “Arc of Night” via Three Lobed Recordings
  
• Mexico City lo-fi /minimal /folkgaze /indie folk singer-songwriter Lake Michigan “Point Nemo” from the digital EP “Under Jacaranda Tree” [Start-Track]