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

• Brisbane, Australia-based shoegaze /Madchester /Britpop /indie rock solo project of Joe Agius (lead singer & guitarist The Creases, and part of the Hatchie band), aka RINSE “I Thought I Knew You” from the double A-side single “I Thought I Knew You // Let It Flow”                                                                             

Double A-side single from the Australian indie rocker that deftly wears its clear Baggy /Madchester /Britpop inflections, both fueled by electrifying syncopated and stumbling percussions woven with tantalizing rolling groovy bass lines that get under your skin and compel you to move, bursting with a searing guitar riffage, rife with sharp and swirling reverberations; distorted, muddied with clattering industrial tones the former, more mesmeric, sensual and anthemically primal scream-esque the latter, in short, two sticky, trippy and irresistible slabs of compelling throwback yet timeless Indie Psych Noise Dancing sound for eternally ’24 Hour Party People’.

• Atlanta, Georgia-based indie rock /post-punk/new wave /psychedelic rock solo project STRANDED “Aftermath” from the upcoming sophomore album “Velvet Trace” via Grey Market Records
  

Another artist with a penchant for danceable funk rhythms a la Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and melodic Britpop fascinations, wrapped in obsessive searing psychedelic guitar riffs. Just take the new single that harnesses a crackling and sizzling bedrock of swaying thumping drum grooves and scuzzed up, gritty, throbbing basslines, stabbed by relentless droning swirls of glistening angsty reverberations and weeping shaky distortions, whilst slurred lost vocals draw dreamily disconnected breathes of distorted euphoria and cosmic disbelief.

• Letchworth Garden City, UK 4-piece bedroom C86 /jangle /indie pop outfit (members of Spanish Amanda), The Chickpea Darlings “The Thing About Lions” from “The Beef” EP
  

New EP from the quintessentially British DIY middle-aged bedroom miserablists, bursting with insistent sparkling guitar melodies infused with jangly C86 aesthetic, as catchy as they are imbued with a dreamlike nostalgia and pensive melancholy, lyrically enhanced by airy atmospheric vocals releasing witty observations and angsty commentary. Less than 15 minutes reconnect us with the simplest and most heartfelt feelings, cocooning briefly far from the daily anxiety, providing glimpses of a perfect world that may never exist, but which would be nice if it did.

• Portland, OR ambient /chillwave /shoegaze /folk musical works of filmmaker Spencer Gentz, aka BELL PLAINES “Dreaming” single
  
• Osaka, Japan ambient /folk /folktronica music composer (member of FANCLUB), Noda Yûki “Walk Toward the Sea” from “Walk toward the sea/Recurrence” single
  
• UK pastoral folk composer /performer for North Sea Radio Orchestra and Arch Garrison, Craig Fortnam “Shepherd Of The Lawn” from “Ruins In Time” EP
  
• Omaha, Nebraska psych folk trio Simon Joyner / Michael Krassner / Fred Lonberg Holm “Birds of Spring” from the upcoming tour fund vinyl album “This is Where the Ocean Begins” (made of reinterpretations of old Simon Joyner songs)
  
• UK ambient /rural electronic /dream pop /post-rock /guitar project of Ben Holton (epic45, My Autumn Empire), AKA Birds In The Brickwork “From Green To Grey” from the forthcoming album “A Strange Peace” via Wayside & Woodland Recordings
  
• Paris, France minimal / analogue / electronic machine music project of ERR REC head honcho Gilles Maté, aka DIALECTRIC “Street Calisthenics” from the upcoming V/A “ERR REC Library Vol.4″ cassette/vinyl 12″ album [ERR REC]
• Dutch lo-fi /ambient /folk /experimental pop /spoken word duo of Noa Kurzweil (Supertalented) and Levi Lanser (Ludittes), aka VOICE ACTOR “Myself 2 Myself” from the upcoming sophomore album “Fake Sleep” [Stroom]                                                                                                                                                                                       
• Vancouver, BC ambient /psychedelic /dream gaze project of Crystal Dorval, aka White Poppy “Apathy” from the upcoming album “Sound Of Blue” (the second volume of  “Paradise Gardens” trilogy) [Not Not Fun Records]
• Los Angeles space /psych /celestial pop artist Vinyl Williams ‘Love Is A Sound” from vinyl/cassette LP “Aeterna”
  
• Norway/Germany indie /jangle-pop collaboration of Jørn Åleskjær (The Loch Ness Mouse, Sapphire & Steel) and Sebastian Voss (Nah…, The Fisherman and his Soul), aka HERR WADE “A Boat Called Bonnie (feat. Kjetil Tangen)” 2-track single on Bureau Platiruma!!!
  
• Italian shoegaze /post-punk /dream pop /indie-rock band from Naples led by Andrea Caccese, Dead Rituals “How Easily (Acoustic)”
  
• Denver, CO bedroom /folk /dreamy indie pop singer-songwriter Desktop Alarm Clock “Shell” single
  
• Newcastle, Australia jangle /indie rock 4-piece VACATIONS “Terms & Conditions” single on Nettwerk
  
• Swedish experimental /psychedelic /dream pop trio from Malmö, Death And Vanilla “Find Another Illusion” from the cassette EP “Reimagined by Civilistjävel!” on Fire Records
  
• Manchester, UK wonky electronic pop project from Al Roberts (Jim Noir) and Leonore Wheatley (The Soundcarriers), aka Co-Pilot “She Walks In Beauty” from the album “Rotate”
  
• New York based, Los Angeles dreamy noir pop /dark ambient /experimental electronic musician, songwriter and multimedia artist Lola G. aka DEATH HAGS “Keep Calling” from the vinyl 12″ soundtrack album “Mirror Moves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”
  
• Durham, NC classical /indie folk pop project of singer-songwriter nad novelist, Lalitree Darnielle “You Are Returning” single
  
• Montreal, Quebec electronic /indie /dream pop duo Diamond Day “Fiction Feel” single
  
• Texas dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze producer and songwriter Semiwestern “I never mean what I say” single on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Oakland, CA 4-piece lo-fi /indie fuzz pop band, Smile Too Much “You Can’t Help Me” off upcoming cassette “EP 2” on Dandy Boy Records
  
• Washington D.C.-based 5-piece noise indie pop band (members of Velocity Girl, Tree Fort Angst, The Ropers, Glo-Worm, Boyracer, Black Tambourine, Lu, St. Christopher, Lilys, The Castaway Stones, The Still, Heartworms and Whorl), The Saturday People “Upside-down Girl” from the upcoming vinyl 12″ mini-LP “The Saturday People” on a certain smile (& my lil underground records)/Foxyboy Records
  
• Portland, OR jangle pop /psych /post-punk /art rock band Wet Fruit “Dandelions at the Gate” from the upcoming S/T second album on Half Shell Records
  
• San Francisco lo-fi power-pop project band led by Mike Ramos, Tony Jay “Perfect Worlds” title track of the upcoming cassette/vinyl album “Perfect Worlds” via Slumberland Records
  
• Malmö, Sweden experimental pop solo project of Petter Herbertsson (Testbild!, Blago Bung), Sternpost “Ulrika har en bil” from the vinyl 12″ album “Ulrika” on Dilettante Productions
  
• London-based Anglo/French ambient pop /indietronica /new wave /post-punk trio of former Piano Magic Franck Alba & Glen Johnson (Textile Ranch, Future Conditional) along with drummer Robert Hervais-Adelman, Theory Of Ghosts “Porcelain” (EP2) from EP2 via Second Language Music
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “I’ve Got No Time For Anyone” from the 9th album “I’ve Been To All The Parties In Your Room”
  
• English early 90’s Sarah Records affiliated indie /noise pop group BOYRACER “Bitter” from the EP “4 Track Demos 1992“
  
• Michigan-based twee /C86 /indie-pop solo project of London-native Sean Turner AKA The Photocopies “Heart Keeps Breaking Down” 2-track single
  
• Poznań, Poland lo-fi /alternative rock /post-punk /jangle /slacker /indie rock band Salto Śmierci “Słońce marudzi” from the LP “Kulminacyjny punkt programu” on Koty Records
  
• Melbourne based rock’n’roll /power pop band The Prize “First Sight” title track of the upcoming 2-track 7″ single via Drunken Sailor Records and Anti-Fade
  
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop /jangle pop /surfgaze 4-piece Blanco Tranco “Santorini” off the sophomore EP “Get Back to Me When It’s Over” on Honeyglider Records
  
• Brisbane, Australia garage /shoegaze /post-punk /indie rock band Start Together “Founder in Oddity” from the upcoming debut album “Separate Beds” on 4000 Records
  
• Portland, OR psych-garage /rock & roll 4-piece The Shivas “If I Stay Too Long” (The Creation cover, 1967) from “Covers Vol. 2” EP on Tender Loving Empire
  
• Gdańsk, Poland five-piece shoegaze /indie rock band The Ferrules “Somehow” from the debut EP “Igrzyska”
  
• San Francisco lo-fi /desert drone /psych /freak folk project Present Electric “Snurr-skivan” from cassette s/t album on Paisley Shirt Records
  
• Minas Gerais, Brasil psychedelic-garage-rock duo Léo Gudan and Gabriela Zaith, aka White Canyon & The 5th Dimension “Gardeners Of The Earth” title track of the third album “Gardeners Of The Earth” vinyl 12″ via Fuzzed Up & Astromoon Records
  
• Rockford, Illinois experimental heavy psychedelic rock band White Shape “Knives Down” first single from the upcoming LP “Through the Lupine” on Little Cloud Records
  
• Austin, TX rock’n’roll /psychedelic rock four-piece HOLY WAVE “ The Darkest Timeline (Featuring Lorelle Meets The Obsolete)” from the new LP “Five of Cups” on Fuzz Club Records
  
• Burlington, Vermont shoegaze /dream pop husband & wife duo, The Whirling Dark “As Light As Air” from the debut EP “Pet Needs”
  
• UK indie pop soulful solo project by ‘one spoonful of The Happy Somethings‘ stew’, Happy As You Like “You Might Think You’re In Heaven” single
  
• UK indie folk rock duo Bewilder “Breaking” single off the debut LP “From the Eyrie” on Tiny Engines
  
• Donetsk, Ukraine indie /electronic /dream pop /dark pop one-man band LOSTSLEEP “Féralité” from the album “IV”
  
• Pittsburgh, PA indie rock /dream pop band The Real Sea “Sure Thing” single
  
• Atlanta, Georgia dream-pop solo band led by multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone, aka Bathe Alone “Blue days” from the album “Fall With The Lights Down” on Nettwerk 
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ambient /dream pop /shoegaze project, Dramamine “Figment” first single from the upcoming album “Dreamcatcher”
  
• Savannah, Georgia-based ambient /post-rock /shoegaze /dream pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brent Collins, AKA Slo Moon “Lost Memories” from the new album “Contact”
  
• French shoegaze /post-rock /alternative rock band led by Laurent Guerrier (Liquid Sphere, SedCo, DIGIT, A Screw), dive and drown “Another life” from the 2-track single “Weightless”
  
• Japanese shoegaze /noise /guitar pop band led by Mr. Kurogome of Ferri-Chrome, Mica Flakes “See You Someday” off 2-track 7″-inch single “See You Someday” on TESTCARD RECORDS
  
• Glasgow, UK based Ambient /Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Perpetual Void “Tree House” single
  
• Johnsburg, Illinois lo-fi /dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze duo Caiden Dohr & Tom Oeffling, aka Foxcatcher “Antihistamines” from S/T album
  
• L.A. ethereal shoegaze /grunge band untitled (halo) “limewire (RIP Swirl Remix)”                                             
• Californian Five-Piece Dream-Pop /Shoegaze Band from Sacramento, Soft Science “Kerosene” off the upcoming 4th LP “Lines”[Shelflife Records – US | Spinout Nuggets – UK | Fastcut Records – Japan]
• New York-based shoegaze /dream pop trio Candy Claws “Distortion Spear” first new music in a decade (the song appears on a bonus CD along with the 10th-anniversary vinyl reissue of their beloved 2013 album ‘Ceres & Calypso In The Deep Time’) on twosyllable records
  
• Philadelphia, PA indie rock /shoegaze band Ports of Call “Hermissenda” from the vinyl 12″ reissue of 2008 one and only album “Like Thieves…” [a certain smile (& my lil underground records)]
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /noise pop /shoegaze band Dead Leaf Echo “Call” single on Lost In Ohio
  
• New York alt rock /grunge /slowcore /shoegaze 4-piece Plight “Reverie” from the vinyl/cassette debut LP “Plastic Sun” via à La Carte Records
  
• Chattanooga, Tennessee bedroom /post-hardcore /indie rock /shoegaze solo project, Blue Heron, Holy Ghost “Body” off new 2-track single “Body / Setting”
  
• Brisbane, Australia doom /pop /noise /shoegaze band DEAFCULT “The Sign” from the upcoming LP “Future of Illusion” via Hobbledehoy
  
• Canterbury, UK post-grunge /fuzz rock band Desire/Lines “Integer” from the debut “Everything Is Fine” EP
  
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia noise rock /grunge /shoegaze band, Heavëner “Tulips” from S/T debut EP
  
• Chilean indie /dream-pop /noise-pop /shoegaze solo project Chico Bestia feat. Fonosida – “Naranjo” single on Gemelo Parásito Records
  
• Dutch post-rock /shoegaze /post-black metal band An Autumn For Crippled Children “The Feels Like Dying” from the LP “CLOSURE” on Prosthetic Records
  
• Aliso Viejo, CA rock ‘n’ roll band Uni Boys “I Want It Too” off the upcoming third LP “Buy This Now!” via Curation Records
  
• Chicago, IL noise pop /grunge /indie rock solo project of singer and multi-instrumentalist Austin Smith, aka Honeysick – “No Use” third single
  
• Richmond, VA shoegaze /indie rock band Hotspit “Stacy” single
  
• Vancouver, BC power pop band formed in 1987, ODDS “Staring at a Blank Page” from the album “Crash The Time Machine”
  
• Denver, CO shoegaze /indie rock band Cherished “Petals” single
  
• Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany lo-fi /post-punk /indie rock singer-songwriter (FKA BenjiAntePortas), UNTERHVND “Asphalt” single
  
• Boston, MA bedroom indie rock band Little Fuss “Hypothetical Girl” from the “Lovely Distraction” EP
  
• Bristol, UK shoegaze /alt-pop rock duo INDIGOS “Mass Media Therapy” from “Utopia” EP
  
• Montreal, Quebec electronica /indie /dream pop duo Diamond Day “Fiction Feel” single
  
• Berlin-based indie-rock /alt-pop Swiss singer-songwriter Anna Erhard “170” single
  
• Portland, OR lo-fi /electronic /synthpop solo project Kensoniq “Sounds” single
  
• London-based dream pop /synthpop solo project of Marianthi (one half of Greek duo Marsheaux), MeLLLo “IneRTiA” single
  
• Ontario’s 4-piece indie /synth-pop band Olinda “Dreams in Transit” sophomore single
  
• Toronto-based Balearic /electronic pop duo Jamie Townsend and Ben Dalton, aka Southern Shores “We Dream” off upcoming LP “Anyplace There Is” on Cascine
  
• Japanese ambient /cinematic /post-rock /modern classical band Anoice “Farfa cinematic symphony” [Ricco Label]