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

• Los Angeles post-grunge /space rock /shoegaze four piece Sidewave “Big Whisper” 1st single from upcoming third album “Dispel” 
  

Around seven years since their Hum-influenced second LP, Denver space rock outfit returns with a new single to herald an upcoming third album. A sharply calibrated immersive atmospheric track of introspective, melancholic moods, imbued with visceral, emotive intensity that seamlessly blends with powerful yet airy, lush distorted guitar textures. Lively, shifting drums relentlessly fuel hypnotic, sprawling, fuzz-drenched riffs, intertwining with stirring, glistening synth layers, floating through invigorating buzzy crashing tidal waves, and piercing leads, toward vast, sidereal expanses, on which dreamy, sad vocals achingly long for time to slow down.

• Bloomington, Indiana four piece shoegaze /dream pop band Ensifera “Shadows” 2nd single
  

The wholly captivating second single by the newcomer Bloom-based dreampop foursome stirs up a vibrant rush of back-and-forth emotions, unfolding a gently abrasive, sparkling cradle of sharp guitar riffs drowned in reverb, to subtly screech around wistful, piercing female vocals, smoothly soaring into high quivering flutters, before fading into a bittersweet, whimsical coda spun by an offbeat, slow-tempo carousel shrouded in nostalgic fairground organ motifs, to explore the heartbreak of loving an unstable person.

• Oxnard, CA C86 /jangle /indie-pop /rock band led by Adrian Alatorre Pillado, Sea Lions “Head In The Clouds” first single from the upcoming sophomore album “Another POP! Music” [YAY! Records]

About a decade and a half after their acclaimed 2011 debut on Slumberland Records, the Californian group, led by Adrian Alatorre Pillado, sets the tone of the upcoming second LP with a captivating 60s-infused soulful bright power pop song that releases a summery swath of fizzing and expressive sparkling strummed guitar tones that sways alongside wistful, irritated male vocals, layered with high airy heartfelt harmonies, briefly swerving in sweeping wah-wah frequencies, to tell a friend to get their head out of the clouds and take action in the world, “Don’t let the right time pass you by.”

• Massachusetts-based lo-fi /minimal /ethereal /gloom /shoegaze /acoustic folk /gloomgaze solo project of Lauren Crosser (Chainlacing, Slow Quit), Veilhouse “Lullaby” (Low cover)
  
• California goth /post-punk /dream pop band Sta Dormida “Ballet Mecanique” from V/A “you were so close” compilation LP [blush]
• Eau Claire, Wisconsin atmospheric /dark psychedelic folk singer-songwriter Novemthree “Goose Meadow” single [Little Somebody Records]
• Malmö-based, Swedish ambient /ethereal /electronic spoken word /storytelling /experimental pop artist and composer Matilda Tjäder “The Supermarket” from the upcoming LP “SHELF LIFE” [Doyenne]
• Manitoba, Canadian late 90s, lo-fi homespun underground twee /indie pop-rock trio EVIE “Silent Conversations” from the album collection “Last Forever” (1995 – 2000) [se Dessaisir Publishing]
• Washington State, mid-2000s bedroom twee indie pop solo project of Christy Ruschmeyer (former keyboard player in Augustus Sweetheart), Betelmire – “Preston Parker” from the upcoming V/A “Nothing Ever Was: Compiled by DJ Sundae” LP [Efficient Space]
• Enoshima, Japan experimental ambient jazz /psychedelic pop /folk trio Maya Ongaku “Hisoku Blue” from the second album “Nothing Space Music” [Guruguru Brain / Bayon Production]
• Baie Verte, New Brunswick electronica /psych /pop /folk singer-songwriter Jon McKiel “Wrong Heaven” from the third album “Gold Horatio” produced in close collaboration with avant composer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) [You’ve Changed Records]
• Paris-based 60s-70s samples /collage /experimental psych /indie /noise pop solo project Persica 3 “That Life” from upcoming third LP “Cardinal” [Hidden Bay Records]
• Birmingham, Alabama indie rock /jangle pop quartet Slack Times “Goodbye” from the upcoming second LP “Casting” LP [Meritorio Records]
• London-based Welsh-fronted 4-piece jangle pop /power pop /indie rock band The Tubs “Hard Life” title track of the 3rd LP “Hard Life” [Merge Records]
• Sheffield, UK indie rock /jangle pop band of Tom Roper (Best Friends, Big Break), Tom Shore (L’Amour Des Rêves, The Bohos), Ben Russell (Big Break, The Hipshakes) and Chris Wood (Thee Mightees), aka Thee Mightees “I Need To Know” from “I Don’t Agree With Thee Mightees” EP, first new material in 3 years [Safe Suburban Home /Delicious Clam Records]
• Seattle, WA alternative/indie rock four piece Chastity Belt “I Could Say Less” from the 2-track single “I Could Say Less / Pavement” [Suicide Squeeze Records]
• Strasbourg, France indie garage rock power trio Damaghead “Miss Understood” from the upcoming debut LP “Lily Gazpacho” [Le Cèpe Records]
• Bandung, Indonesia guitar rock /indie pop trio Beltigs “The Boy Under The Rainshade” single
  
• Salisbury, UK ’60s /power pop /jangle indie pop band led by Oliver Flanagan, aka Sorry Monks “Seems To Be The Problem” single
  
• London-based drama /indie pop band The Understudies “Honey, I’m Your B-Side” 7″ lathe cut cancer charity single
  
• Glasgow, UK lo-fi country /trip-hop /shoegaze /slowcore /experimental indie rock band Wild Cabin “Are All The Days The Same?” from the upcoming debut album “Easy Country” [No Soap]
• London-based /psychedelic /cosmic pop /experimental trio led by former Fanfarlo member, singer and guitarist Cathy Lucas, aka Vanishing Twin “Oral Tradition” from upcoming LP “Archives” [Fire Records]
• Brighton, UK ethereal /shoegaze / “dreampunk” quartet Winter Gardens “the Yearning” single
  
• Shroud, UK-based atmospheric indie /shoegaze /dream-pop duo of Chloe Little and James Taylor, Wings of Desire – American Dreamers” single from sophomore album, “Stand Still Like The Hummingbird”
  
• New Zealand indie /shoegaze /dream pop duo of sisters Valentine and Clementine Nixon, Purple Pilgrims “Innocence Lost” from the upcoming third album “Given to the Night” [AD 93]
• Italian post-rock /dream pop /slowcore trio LIES “Star On Drugs” from “Burning Wires, Silent Pull” EP [Shore Dive Records]
• Rio De Janeiro, Brazil alternative /shoegaze /dream pop band stellamaris “No Return” single
  
• London-based 5-piece indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop band sadplanet “Slowing down” title track of the new EP “Slowing down”
  
• Toronto, Canada Jangle /Dream-Pop /Shoegaze band Azure Rose “Blue Drops” title track of the upcoming debut album “Blue Drops”
  
• San Antonio, TX alternative rock /dream pop /shoegaze project of Joshua Hatten, Crux of Faith “Your Eyes” 2-track single
  
• Chicago-based 3-piece alternative rock/shoegaze band Inlay “Silo” single
  
• Athens, Greece indie rock /new wave /post punk /shoegaze trio Youth Valley “Sunday Oh Monday” from upcoming LP “As Passive Aggressive As It Gets” [Fine! Records]
  
• Cork, Ireland 5-piece shoegaze /psychedelic pop band Flywheel “I want to join The Fall” new single
• Chicago-based 5-piece alt-rock /grunge-gaze /shoegze band led by vocalist and guitarist  Harlee Young, Bosses “Trascendental” from the first LP “Many Worlds”
  
• Philadelphia indie rock /noise /shoegaze band A Country Western “Blood Eagle” from upcoming LP “Audition Tape” [Crafted Sounds]
• Glasgow, UK noise rock /heavy shoegaze four piece Sherbet Starshine “Power-Pod 700” single
  
• New York-based shitgaze /dream pop /fuzz pop /shoegze outfit Porchetta “Fuzzy Honey Bee” from the first “Porchetta Summer Demo” EP
  
• Italian indie rock /shoegaze band Laterno “Drift” from the debut EP “Briefly” [Careful With Sharp Things Records]
• London-based art rock /noise rock /shoegaze foursome Green Star “Lush” single
  
• Grenoble, France shoegaze /psychedelic band Pills for Tomorrow “Die With A Smile” single
  
• Chicago lo-fi /drone /psych /folk /indie rock duo The Maxwell Blast “Ode To Eye” from “Dream Tigers” EP [New Now]
• Adelaide, Australia 6-piece experimental, folk, and psychedelic rock band SONS OF ZÖKU “Lila Rasa” single
  
• London cinematic soul /trip-hop /psychedelic pop composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist SHOLTO feat. Phoebe Coco “Always” single
  
• Reykjavik, Iceland-based psychedelic rock’n’roll /shoegaze/noise-rock band led by Henrik Björnsson, aka Singapore Sling “Love Sick Love Fuck” from “Good Sick Fun” LP
  
• French acid house /indie rock /krautrock /psychedelic /downtempo /electronic mud-pop music project formed in 2021 by Breton musician Yann Canévet, aka Sarakiniko “Terre Brûlée” first single off the upcoming LP “Pyrocène” [Howlin Banana Records]
• Braga, Portugal Dark Heavy Psych Rock four piece TRAVO “Decipher” from upcoming fourth studio album “WASTELAND” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Phoenix, AZ 5-piece lo-fi /experimental /garage /art rock /post-punk band The Sheaves “Banker’s Mag” from the outtakes collection “Consonant Songs (Levels Of Quality)”
  
• Los Angeles indie rock /beach-gaze /post-punk /shoegaze band (members of The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Wax Idols, and Light FM), Bizou “Deep REM” 2nd single from the “Widow EP
  
• Chicago-based power pop /rock’n’roll /garage rock one-girl band The Alices “All My Love” from the debut s/t album “The Alices”
  
• Montréal-based dream-pop project of multidisciplinary artist Sophie Perras, aka Fine Food Market “Losing at Life” from the upcoming debut LP “Alas Time Has Passed” [Arbutus]
• Ghent-based indie rock /folk singer-songwriter Ciska Dhaenens, Ciska Ciska “Sweet Sixteen” from the LP “Page Of Cups (Reversed)” [Mayday Records]
• Chicago indie folk rock singer-songwriter Molly Carberry “Raining” single