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

• Melbourne, Australia jangle/guitar rock 4-piece GRANDSTANDS “Some Might Say” from the sophomore album “I Love That You Want To Live Here Too”
  

It took four years for the Aussie band to repeat their brilliant debut album “Stranger” replete of their distinctive laid-back and disenchanted jangly guitar-pop. Nothing seems to have changed, even if this time all members contributed to the songwriting, once again a handful of enchanting tunes, on which stand out “Ground Doesn’t Move”, “Been Thinking” and my fave, the Oasis-like, yet just only in the title, “Some Might Say” made of twinkling arpeggiated guitar melodies and slightly abrasive chords, marked in easy-going rhythms, as beautifully tragic and sad anodyne falsetto vocalizations exhale and expand in breathless angst, like a somber and dreamy Neil Young on jangle mode.

• Russian psychedelic/dream pop/shoegaze band from Sakhalin, Sleep Overload “Close Your Eyes and Relax”
  

Clattering and energetic off-tempo beats ricochet through airy ethereal atmospheric caresses, as shimmery auras of ringing guitar and enveloping swooning synth expansions relax and awaken the senses in an energizing flight of soothing and refreshing harmony, suffused with magic and mystery. Dreamscape goodness from North Pacific sonic craftsman.

• Chilean dark psychedelic/dream pop/post-punk/shoegaze duo SEATEMPLES “Primavera Negra” from the sophomore album “Trópicos” on Icy Cold Records in cooperation with Manic Depression Records & Swiss Dark Nights.
  

Straddling the thin line between brooding post-punk and darkened psychedelia with atmospheric strains of shoegaze and dream-pop, the second LP by Chilean duet is a sinuously ghostly yet shimmering gripping drive, as much melancholic and melodic as it is nostalgic and groovy, that effortlessly triggers and evokes intense emotions.

• Italian indie/ethereal/cinematic/darkwave/instrumental one-man project THE LOST BOY “The Lost Boy (Dean Garcia Mix)” off the remixes album “nowhere remixed”
  
• Portugal based experimental/electronic/avant pop project of Mexico City‘s Camila de Laborde and Munich‘s Daniel Hermann-Collini, aka CAMILA FUCHS “Sun” off the upcoming third LP “Kids Talk Sun” on Felte
  
• Ensenada, Mexico minimal electronic/noise/psych/ambient solo project of one half of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Lorena Quintanilla (Lorelle), aka J. ZUNZ “33:33” off her second solo album “hibiscus” on Rocket Recordings & Commando Vanessa (tape)
  
• Amsterdam, Netherlands kraut/dream pop/electronic/psychedelic duo SPILL GOLD – “Highway Hypnosis” first single and title track from the upcoming album ‘Highway Hypnosis’, to be released 16 November on Knekelhuis.                                                                                                                                                                                
• Brighton-based, Australian songwriter and lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in Howling Bells, JUANITA STEIN “The Mavericks” from her upcoming third album “Snapshot” via Nude Records                                               
• Cincinnati, OH psych/indie rock solo project CARRIERS “Without You” new single on Good Eye Records
  
• Lebanese dream pop/indie rock band Postcards – “Flying Saucers” off V/A “The Ruptured Sessions Volume 6 – For Beirut” fundraising compilation on Ruptured Records
  
• UK indie rock trio of Steve Miles (The Short Stories, Modesty Blaise) along with The Catenary Wires’ pair Fletcher Rob Pursey and Amelia Fletcher (formerly in Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research and Tender Trap), EUROPEAN SUN “My Station” (bonus track) from upcoming LP “The Sunday School” on wiaiwya
  
• UK indie-pop band (former members of The Five Year Plan, The Groove Farm, Beatnik Filmstars, Rorschach, The Rosehips, The Flatmates, etc), Arrest! Charlie Tippers “Don’t Leave Me Alone” from the upcoming new LP “Red” on Old Bad Habits Label
  
• Ringwood, UK indie pop 4-piece Exam Season “Your Car” Limited Edition Cassingle
  
• Atlanta, GA experimental indie/psych/dream pop project of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Thomas Howard aka Orchid Mantis “within and apart” new single from the upcoming album later in the year
  
• Melbourne/Wollongong/Hobart guitar pop band (members of Ocean Party), POP FILTER “Laughing Falling” from the album “Banksia” via Bobo Integral, Osborne Again and Spunk.
  
• UK founder/guitarist/vocalist and primary songwriter of the English bands The Varicose Veins, The Architects Of Disaster, Orange Disaster, The Perfect Disaster, Psychotropic Vibration, Oedipussy and Littleweed, Philip Parfitt “All Fucked Up” from the upcoming album “Mental Home Recordings” on A Turntable Friend Records
  
• Hartlepool, UK indie-pop trio Mt. Misery “I Was Wrong” new single
  
• Wolverhampton, UK based indie rock singer-songwriter Bryony Williams “I Can Be” from the upcoming EP “State I’m In” on Beth Shalom Records
  
• Nashville, TN indie rock/power-pop project by singer/songwriter Lindsay Murray, aka Gretchen’s Wheel ‘You should know’ from the upcoming LP ‘Such open sky’
  
• Oakland, Ca indie-pop duo Tim Brown and Donna McKean, Lunchbox – “Dream Parade” from the upcoming album “After School Special” on Slumberland                                                                                                         
• Japanese indie pop/neo acoustic duo unit DIOGENES CLUB “Count on me” ltd. 3-track 7″ single on blue-very label
  
• Melbourne, Australian electronic rock band BLACK CAB “Hanna (single mix)” new single
  
• Malmö, Sweden soul/synthpop project of singer/songwriter Hjalmar Antonsson, aka WHOMSOEVER – “Testament” off the upcoming debut EP “Fading” on Adrian Recordings
  
• Leeds, UK indie pop/r&b/neo-soul artist JWestern “Call You Right Now” new single on Heist or Hit
  
• Atlanta indie/dream-pop/psych-pop project, Iver Arturo Principe “E.T.A.” from the upcoming debut album “Cerulean” on Japanese label Galaxy Train 名古屋市
  
• Melbourne, Australia baroque/psych-pop quartet lead by former Minimum Chips’ Nicole Thibault, THIBAULT “See The World” 2nd single from the upcoming album “Or Not Thibault” due Sep 4 on pink+black vinyl and digital via Chapter Music
  
• Sidney-based retro/psych/indie-rock duo, formed by Thom Eagleton and Renee de la Motte, SALARYMEN “Runaway” new single
  
• Austin, TX based new Indie/Dream/Noise/Twee/Jangle project of Mike Lee (Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Fanclub), FAMILY MART “For Eric (ft. Ali Wagner of Hex Boyfriend)” debut single
  
• Atlanta indie rock/dream pop project Heavenly Girlfriend – “Catch Me If You Can” from the EP “Shooting Star Sunset”
  
• Philippines indie-pop music alchemists from Manila, Cinéma Lumière “Dream Catcher” from 2-track single “Shiny Happy Digital Club 05” on Shiny Happy People label
  
• Beijing, China noise pop/indie rock 4-piece DEFAULT “Words In Coma” from the EP “Can You Hear The Whistle Blow”
  
• Brooklyn, NY psych-rock/shoegaze project of Gil Israel, aka GILAH “Better Young” from upcoming cassette EP “From Where I’m Standing” on Window Sill Records
  
• Nashville, TN dream-pop solo project Occult X “With You” new single
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina dreampop/shoegaze/noise-pop 5-piece El Club Audiovisual – “En Viaje” new single on Casa del Puente Discos
  
• Johannesburg, South Africa lo-fi/shoegaze/dream pop solo project Sweet Sore “Useless” from the EP “Spring on the shore”
  
• Tartu, Estonia psychedelic folktronica solo project MACAJEY “Walkin” new single off upcoming album “Daydreamin”
  
• San Francisco lo-fi/desert drone/freak folk project PRESENT ELECTRIC “A Song For You” from the cassette EP “In Two Moods” on Paisley Shirt Records
  
• Edinburgh, Scotland Alt Rock/Dark-Pop 5-piece Mt Doubt – “Caravans on a Hill” from the upcoming album “Doubtlands” on Last Night From Glasgow                                                                                                             
• New York-based ambient/cinematic/drone/bedroom-pop musician and filmmaker Austin Johnson, aka Breaking “Cars” from upcoming S/T album on Orchid Tapes
               
• Los Angeles indie/jangle/dream pop/power-pop band lead by John Andrew Fredrick, THE BLACK WATCH “Green stars, clouds departing” from the upcoming vinyl/CD album “Fromthing Somethat” on ATOM Records
  
• Vancouver, BC dream pop/jangle-pop/power pop band The Sylvia Platters “Half Measures” new single
  
• Brooklyn, NY based pop-punk/power-pop project by Canadian singer/songwriter Ben Cook, YOUNG GUV “Cold In The Summer” new single on Run For Cover Records
  
• Seattle, Wa indie rock/power pop project of a former member of Bay Area shoegazers Modern Charms, Mark Palm, SUGARCRUSH “On The Telephone” from the upcoming album “SODO Pop” on Don Giovanni Records
  
• Belfast alt/indie rock band New Pagans ‘Yellow Room’ new single
  
• Melbourne indie rock/psych/garage band Hannah Kate “Sourdough” from upcoming 7″ single “Sunday Mourning” third single from the band’s upcoming debut album on Roolette Records
  
• Los Angeles proto-punk/garage rock/psych pop quartet, Death Valley Girls “Hold My Hand” from the upcoming LP “Under the Spell of Joy” on Suicide Squeeze Records
  
• Chicago, Il emo/shoegaze/slowcore/indie rock band DEAD SUN “Move to Japan” from the new album “A/B”
  
• Santiago, Chile kraut/psychedelic rock 4-piece VUELVETELOCA “Puentes Etéreos” new single from upcoming LP “Contra”
  
• London based Psychedelic/Experimental/Shoegaze band The Confederate Dead ‘Hal Ra’ayt Alnuwr? (You There)’ from the ltd. 2xvinyl edition of the EP’s ‘Barakallah I & II (Remastered)’
  
• Los Angeles‘ shoegaze/psych-rock band Tombstones In Their Eyes “Sky (demo)”                                                 
• Brighton, UK indie kraut psych collective Moon Attendant “Blue” from the upcoming debut LP ‘One Last Summer’ on Big Potato Records
       
• Toronto, Canada indie rock/grunge/shoegaze/guitar rock collaboration between Jake Lehman (Lonely Planet) and Charlie Berger (Slowly), both members of the band Tonemirror, Slow Planet “Far” new single             
• Frome, UK experimental/noise-rock/slowcore/shoegaze solo musician, George Simpson (formerly Sur Automata Piloto, in Esperanto), On Autopilot “LIACO” from the new single “LIACO//Embankment”
  
• New York‘s dream pop/indie rock band formed in 1991 by former Galaxie 500 singer/guitarist Dean Wareham, LUNA “Marquee Moon” (Television Cover)
  
• Christchurch, New Zealand seminal 80s folk/psych/jangle rock band lead by Robert Scott, THE BATS “Warwick” from the upcoming 10th LP “Foothills” via Flying Nun Records
  
• Liverpool, UK dream pop/indie pop band Become The Sky “Walking The Ghost” (James cover, 1991)
  
• Scottish shoegaze /dream pop band from Glasgow, LIFE MODEL “Walking Backwards” from V/A ” New Addition Vol.2″ vinyl compilation on Long Division
  
• Denton, TX dream pop/shoegaze quartet FLOWERBED “Pyrite” from 4-track split EP with Heavytrip via Left Home Records                                                                                                                                                                          
• Moscow-based lo-fi/indie/noise-pop solo project SEXHATER “Повод” from the single “Повод/Фантастические летние приключения” on Raw Pop Syndicate
  
• Los Angeles, CA-based emo/dreamgaze trio XO “Fault (Radio Edit)” off 2013‘s 2-tracker 7″ single “Fault”
  
• Dallas, TX fuzzy shoegaze noise-rock 4-piece AUDIOBATON “From Nowhere” from “Left Home Session” EP on Left Home Records
  
• Krasnyi Yar, Russia noise-rock/dream pop/emo/shoegaze band The Rûah “Terran” from the debut album “Well, this shall pass too”
  
• Durant, Oklahoma alternative/shoegaze 4-piece HEAVYTRIP “Reverie” off 4-track split EP with Flowerbed via Left Home Records
  
• Chinese three-piece indie/noise rock band from Beijing, CARSICK CARS “Wake Me Up” new single on Maybe Mars
  
• Portland, OR fuzzy/dreamy psych/shoegaze 4-piece TEN MILLION LIGHTS “Myanmar” new single
  
• New Jersey soul/rock’n’roll/indie/punk/power pop solo project of fifteen-year-old Juniper Shelley, aka JUNIPER “Best Kept Secret” from S/T debut album
  
• Paris, France lo-fi/shoegaze/indie rock solo project STARRING ARIEL “A new start” from 2nd EP “Home is like”
  
• American indie folk singer-songwriter born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dolly Valentine “Michigan, 1997” from the debut full-length album, “How To Be Good”
  
• Late ’60s Cambodian actress/singer Ros Seresysothea – “Cham Dop Khae Teart (Wait Ten Months More)” from V/A “Songs of the City of Four Faces – Cambodian Pop Music of the 1960’s” on metal postcard records
  
• 70s Beirut folk singer/songwriter Rogér Fakhr – “Lady Rain” from V/A “Habibi Funk 014: Solidarity With Beirut” on Habibi Funk Records