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

• Chicago-based post-punk /Madchester /shoegaze /indie pop duo of indie artist Port Streets and house producer J Ben., Swooner “Humor Me” from the debut EP “Resolved”
  

Driven by their mutual love for the late 80s/early 90s indie guitar music sound, particularly British, the Chicago duo provides a rather fresh and distinctive flair, working with a painstaking knack on every facet of their nuanced sound, from electrifying guitars to vibrant rhythms, from rich textures to the use of Balearic-tinged electronics and entrancing vocal harmonies, to chisel an EP that seamlessly alternates introspective and carefree parts with strong melodic sensibilities, closing in style with the compelling skittering beats and trippy lysergic flavours of the Madchester-tinged “Humor Me”.

• Kalmar, Sweden lo-fi /noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock project of Jens Fransson, a former member of Sack Lunch (2017-2019), aka Trash Ratio “Hey Winner, What Gives” single
  

Trash Ratio is the buzzy and sizzling, as well as caressing and scratchy, fuzz-laden guitar pop-rock solo project of Jens Fransson from Sweden, permeated with hazy melancholic immediacy, and unmistakable nods both to the distorted textured shoegaze and the US noisy indie rock from the late ’80s/early ’90s. A fine second album at the very end of last year to his credit, definitively an act to follow.

• Chicago‘s shoegaze /indie-pop /dream-pop songwriter Loren Vanderbilt III (former member of Star Tropics), aka Humdrum “See Through You” from the upcoming album “Every Heaven” via Slumberland Records
  

Nestled in the timeless intersection of nostalgic new wave guitar pop and shoegaze suggestions, the Chicago based singer-songwriter shows once again an extraordinary aptitude for pen sparkling, airy and immediately catchy tunes laced with memorable crystalline melodic sheen and lingering, wistful romanticism.

• New York/Brussels experimental avant-prog-jazz-pop duo of multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips (OSR Tapes founder and part of Blanche Blanche Blanche) and singer Ma Clément, aka Fievel Is Glauque “As Above So Below” from upcoming LP “Rong Weicknes” via Fat Possum Records
  
• Bruxelles Balearic /leftfield /dream pop /synth-pop /wave /psych /cosmic disco duo Leya Touch & soFa elsewhere aka Dream Baby Dream “Discoteka” from the upcoming self-titled album [Hell Yeah Recordings]
• Collaboration between California space rock/slowcore trio and Charlotte, NC beatmaker, Duster & Dirty Art Club “Ecstasy Cowgirl” from the single “Anhedonia II b​/​w Ecstasy Cowgirl”[Numero Group]
• Illinois ethereal electronic /classical /cello player, singer and composer, Shannon Hayden “After All” from “Save Us From Ourselves” EP
  
• Melbourne, Australia Baroque /folk /psych pop songwriter and Chapter Music founder, Guy Blackman “Echoes” (bonus Gene Clark cover) from the vinyl reissue (plus bonus tracks) of the 2008 debut album “Adult Baby” (originally released on CD by Unstable Ape Records) via Pop Supérette (EU) and Chapter Music (AU)
  
• Rockaway Beach, NYC indie/ dream pop singer-songwriter dayaway “Soft spun gold” from “Ghost Beach” EP
  
• Australian-born, Oakland-based dream pop /indie rock pop artist Hazel English “Summer Nights” new single
  
• Melbourne shoegaze /indie pop /dream pop duo Grazer “Demon Life” single
  
• Marietta, Georgia jangle pop /shoegaze /dreampop singer-songwriter Copperplate “Unwind” 2-track single off the upcoming 4th album
  
• London-based indie rock /dreampop guitarist and songwriter Keeley Moss, aka Keeley “Trans​-​Europe 18 (single edit – digital only)” from the forthcoming long-anticipated second LP “Beautiful Mysterious” via Tiny Global Productions
  
• Melbourne-based folk /indie pop /shoegaze /power pop artist, songwriter & producer Maxine Gillon “Venus of Brunswick East” 7″ single via Colossus Records
  
• 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 World In Julia​’​s Eyes” from the album “Knife Is But A Dream” co-released by Galaxy Train (Japan), Paisley Shirt Records, and Slumberland Records
  
• Oakland, CA lo-fi /indie folk duo of Davis Leach and Haily Firstman, aka Dog Eyes “Go Together” from the cassette album “Holy Friend” via Grand Jury Music
  
• San Francisco indie /dream pop /slowcore collective led by singer-guitarist Karina Gill, CINDY “All Weekend” from the forthcoming 12″ EP “Swan Lake” via Tough Love
  
• Auckland, NZ lo-fi /jangle /garage pop /psych /indie rock musician and composer, Jim Nothing “The Present” from the album “Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn” via Melted Ice Cream and Meritorio Records
  
• Nottingham, UK cinematic /kraut /jazz /library music /psychedelic rock quartet The Soundcarriers “Feel The Way” from the album “Through Other Reflections” via Phosphonic
  
• Atlanta, Georgia power pop /post-punk /indie rock /rock and roll band Ultra Lights “Wasted Again” off “Wasted Again b​/​w Scene of the Crime” 7″ single via Chunklet Industries
  
• Trondheim, Norway emo /dream /indie /power-pop band Onsloow “Taxi” from “Full Speed Anywhere Else” LP via Tiny Engines
  
• Carolina Beach, NC post-punk /indie rock singer-songwriter Shelby Smoak “Dancing” single via Fort Lowell Records
  
• UK 4-piece new wave /indie rock band led by former Hefner singer-songwriter and guitarist, Darren Hayman, aka New Starts “A Little Stone” from the debut LP “More Break-Up Songs” via Fika Recordings
  
• Seattle, WA 60s /Merseybeat /jangle /power pop band led by multi-instrumentalist and composer James Hall, aka Shake Some Action! “Spend Your Days in the Sunshine” single
  
• Manila, Filipino shoegaze /indie pop band, Cinéma Lumière “Friends” from V/A “a tribute to Eko Sutrisno” EP cassette via Faster Records
  
• Portland, Maine-based gaze dream pop artists Little Oso “Other People’s Lives” from the upcoming album “How Lucky To Be Somebody” via Safe Suburban Home Records
  
• Italian lo-fi /jangle pop /dream pop solo project WAKE IN JUNE ‘Guyroo’ single
  
• Norwegian/German indie jangle pop quartet 150 Tissues “After the Night, After the Fight” second single via Bureau Platiruma!!!
  
• Saskatchewan, Canada surf /psych /indie pop band Beach Body “Painted Cigarette” from the album “Count Every Bird”
  
• Spanish Jangle /Indie /Power-Pop band from Valencia, Star Trip “When You’re Far From Here” from upcoming third LP, “Velocidad / Speed” via Pretty Olivia Records  
• Worthing, UK indie rock /guitar pop band Moonlight Parade “Dreamer” from the 4th album “Strange Times”
  
• Mexico indie dream pop solo project of Marco Ruiz, aka Coma Pony “Las Dunas Para Llegar Al Castillo Rosa” off the 2-track single ” Todo Siga Creciendo Como En El 2018″ 
• Melbourne, Australia dream-pop /shoegaze quartet Sorry, Dave “Nothing” single from the upcoming album “Sink”
  
• Vilnius, Lithuania emo /shoegaze four-piece kellyviewcontrol “Blooming currents” debut single
  
• Hartford, CT dreampop /dreamgaze studio project softlightsymphony “Right Here” third single
  
• Gold Coast, Australia dreampop /shoegaze solo project DREAM POP “The First Twilight” single
  
• Dallas, TX 3-piece shoegaze /indie rock /noise pop /dream pop band Ultra Bloom “Sleepwalker” single
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia dreampop /indiepop /shoegaze band Seaside “Cul​-​de​-​sac”second single from their upcoming album, “Cul-de-sac” via HFMF Records
  
• Philadelphia, PA indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop Eerie Indiana “HEAVEN’S GATE” single
  
• Los Angeles shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band MO DOTTI “Lucky Boy” first single off the debut album “Opaque”
  
• Vienna, Virginia 4-piece emo /alt rock /shoegaze band Bellweather “Wide and panning” from “Pass the noise” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based 3-piece shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band untitled (halo) “that’s honey” single
  
• Gold Coast, Australia shoegaze project SHOEGAZER “Smile For A While” single
  
• Southern California-based indie rock /shoegaze band founded in 1993, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jason Martin, aka Starflyer 59 “Lust For Gold” title track of the 17th album “Lust For Gold” via Velvet Blue Music
  
• Indianapolis, Indiana power pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Wishy “Sick Sweet” from the debut LP “Triple Seven” via Winspear
  
• Nizhny Novgorod, Russia dream pop /indie /shoegaze band 11:11 “ты” single
  
• Toronto, ON alt-rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Seventh Dose “Allure” single
  
• Texas dream rock /shoegaze band GLARE “Mourning Haze” 7″ EP via Deathwish Inc.
  
• Fort Worth, TX slowcore/grunge/ shoegaze band TRAUMA RAY “Bishop” from upcoming LP “Chameleon” via Dais Records
  
• Durant, Oklahoma post-hardcore /alternative rock /heavy shoegaze band Heavytrip “Blister” off the EP “Where They Can’t See”
  
• Atlanta, Georgia dream pop /spacegaze /darkwave /shoegaze solo project SLO MOON “Oblivion is Now” single
  
• East Oxford, UK wave /post-rock/ shoegaze band founded in 1993, The Workhouse – “Trading Estate” from the 2×12″ vinyl LP “Cloudy With Sunny Spells” collection of the best of the first two albums (1998–2005) via Oscarson
  
• French indie /shoegaze /psychedelic rock one-man project The Psychocandies “Fire We Were” from the 2-track single “Lost And Found”
• Swedish indie rock band The Search “Pick Me Up” first single from their upcoming album “Indulgence” via Aenaos Records 
  
• Sheffield, UK art-rock /shoegaze /dreampop /indie rock band New Ghost “Dreamsong” from the upcoming album “A Dagger In Every Tide”
  
• San Francisco-based indie rock solo project of former member of Stanley Marsh 3′s Dynamite Museum, Christopher Owens “No Good” from upcoming LP “I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair” via True Panther Sound
  
• Barcelona, Spain shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock solo project MIRELIGHT “Underwater” single
  
• Madison, WI dream folk singer-songwriter Tom Hanson “Don’t Look At Me” single