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• London-based dream pop/ shoegaze band sadplanet “Walk” single
  

The promising newcomer UK five-piece concocts dreamy shoegaze laced with crepuscular and reflective tones, blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination. Their third single adds textural ambient and mesmeric post-rock elements, to explore the point in a relationship when one person sees through the façade of another. Introduced by an atmospheric, subtly strained, shimmering and ethereal introspective interlude, “Walk” blossoms into urgent, stumbling loose percussions, layered with ghostly synth swathes and both spatial and chilly, soaring guitar lines, surrounding sad angelic vocals with emerging flows of emotional strength.

• Cambridge, UK 60s /Beat /Mod /Northern Soul /Indie Pop group The New Fools “We Love the Sun” split 7″ single with Berlin‘s The Groovy Cellar
  

I’ve always tried to balance my shadowy side with the brighter one, at the same time I’ve never been orthodox in regard to music, thus in my record collection both The Cure or Joy Division than The Style Council or Makin’ Time can seamlessly coexist. Perfect fit for this early September day the band invites all to bask in the healing rays of sunshine where upbeat tight rhythms, energetic guitar riffs, and swirling brassy horns blow uplifting melodies with fluting glows, carrying heartfelt vocals and gentle cheery back-ups into a warm immersive outflow of shared joy.

• Bellingham, WA indie rock /jangle pop duo Michael & Virginia (formerly of The Mantles), aka Tangle Map “Cut You in Two (DEMO)” single
  

In the early 00s, it was extremely unusual, at least for me, to buy records by mail order overseas, either due to the risky customs fees or the excessive postage costs and long waiting times. For this reason, I vividly remember the amazing 7″ single from 2009 by Bay Area garage indie pop group The Mantles, later revisited by fellow musician Ty Segall, for the still active Bay Area label Mt. St. Mtn. Precisely two ex-Mantles, the frontman and guitarist Michael, also known as Michael O., and the drummer Virginia have dropped, under the new Tangle Map alias, a couple of raw demos in which they alternate the lead vocal, both conjuring a sublimely infectious breezy, tinny, and noisy slanted jangly pop songwriting, equally scrappy and melodic, as we have become accustomed to.

• Scotland-based cinematic /experimental electronic pop musician Mark Tranmer (The Montgolfier Brothers, Wingdisk, Vetchinsky Settings, Bad Dancers Collide), GNAC “The Fading Of Forever” from the album “Elegant Contact” [Vertical Features]
• Nottingham, UK lo-fi /ambient /acid folk /experimental /noise /psychedelic solo project from Ryan DelGaudio (of The Cult of Dom Keller and Monumentals), Cathode Ray Eyes “You WILL miss me one day” off the new EP “Keep Existing”
  
• New Orleans, Louisiana-based ambient /drone /psychedelic /shoegaze project of Melissa Guion, aka MJ Guider “To the Hour” single
  
• UK ambient /ethereal /dreampop /haunting /psychedelic musician and composer Jodie Lowther “Long Dreaming” title track of “Long Dreaming” EP via The Cat Collects
  
• UK ambient /avantgarde /experimental singer-songwriter Elsa Hewitt “Poiselle” from the 2-track “Equinox / Poiselle”
  
• Staffordshire, England experimental /psych /dream pop /ambient pop duo Ben Holton & Rob Glover, aka EPIC45 “Floodplains (manyfingers remix)” from the upcoming CDr+’Zine V/A “Landnotes. 1” compilation via Wayside & Woodland Recordings
  
• Reading, UK shoegaze trailblazers Slowdive – “Kisses – sky ii (Grouper Remix)” from “Kisses (Daniel Avery Remix) b/w Kisses – sky ii” remix single via Dead Oceans
  
• Colorado drone /ambient /shoegaze /’heaven metal’ solo project of multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Madeline Johnston aka MIDWIFE “No Depression in Heaven” title track of the 4th album “No Depression in Heaven” via The Flenser
  
• Detroit, MI ambient /ethereal /dream-pop /shoegaze duo of Giovanna Lenski and Christian Molik, Clinic Stars “Only Hinting” title track of the upcoming debut LP “Only Hinting” [kranky]
• New York indie rock /dream-folk /alt-folk duo She Keeps Bees “Is What It Is (Paris demo ft. Gaspar Claus)” from the album “Eight Houses Live / Demo Versions” collection of live and demo recordings from 2011-2014
  
• Isle-of-Eigg, UK electro-acoustic folk /psych-pop artist Johnny Lynch, aka Pictish Trail “Island Family (Summer Redux)” from “Follow Footsteps” EP 12″ of reimagined acoustic versions via his own Lost Map Records
  
• Nottingham, UK indie folk musician, singer and songwriter, Peter Hall “Afterlove” single feat. James Grant (Love & Money, Friends Again) on guitar and backing vocals.
  
• Pennsylvania indie rock /chamber folk-rock duo of Don and Karen Peris, aka The Innocence Mission “This Thread Is a Green Street” from the upcoming 13th album “Midwinter Swimmers” via Therese Records / Bella Union / P-Vine
  
• Portland, Maine indie rock /psych /indie folk duo of Aiden Arel & Quinnisa Kinsella-Mulkerin, The Wickies “Baby Maria” from upcoming debut s/t album via Ba Da Bing Records
  
• London-based lo-fi /drone /indie pop/freakbeat /fuzzy garage /psych /folk project of Comet Gain co-founder, singer-songwriter and guitarist David Feck (aka Charlie Damage), aka David Christian “Blackberry Lake” from the LP “THE NAMES AND THE PLACES”
  
• Monrovia, CA lo-fi /bedroom chamber /indie pop duo Brent Randall & Madeline Doctor, aka Brent & Madeline “And If I Stayed” 2nd single
  
• Leicester, UK psych folk /cosmic pop outfit The Junipers “Red Song” from the 4th LP “Imaginary Friends”
  
• English indie outsider musician, songwriter and author (The Servants, The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof, Black Box Recorder, The Black Arts...), Luke Haines “Garden Aeroplane Trap” from V/A “Jowe Head presents Various Artists: Art For All” CD via Glass Modern
  
• Hamburg-based, German singer-songwriter-jingle-jangle-fuzz-power-baroque-pop-wallofsound-DIY-Home-Studio-Project AKA theCatherines “A Beautiful Day” from the s/t album (Vinyl 12″/CD)
  
• New York-based lo-fi jangle indie pop project by Phil Sutton (Pale Lights, Cinema Red and Blue and once of Comet Gain), Love, Burns “Hard To Fall” from Love, Burns’ new 7-track mini-album “Blue” co-released by Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten (EU), Jigsaw Records and Calico Cat Records (US)
  
• San Francisco DIY folk /dream pop /indie pop /sadcore band led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums etc), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “I Must Have Sold my Soul” from “The World Doesn’t Need Another Band” album
  
• Glasgow-based jangly /indie /dream pop artist Michael Kay Terence, aka Swiss Portrait “Tumbleweed” single
  
• Richmond, Virginia power jangle pop 4-piece YOUNG SCUM “Peach Ice Cream” off the sophomore album on Pretty Olivia Records
  
• Hartlepool, UK four piece indie guitar pop band Mt. Misery “Waking Up” single
  
• Clare, Australia dream /indie /jangle pop band The Boltons “Everyone Asks About You” single
  
• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, NEUCLOUDS “We Don’t Need Anymore” first single
  
• Oakland, CA twee /indie /jangle /noise pop 4-piece led by singer-songwriter Yea-Ming Chen, aka Yea-Ming & The Gloomers “Night Starvation” from V/A “Tales of a Kitchen Porter” album tribute to DIY troubadour Martin Newell aka Cleaners From Venus 12″ LP+7″ via Dandy Boy Records
  
• Glasgow enigmatic indie-rock group of Celia Morgan (Officer!, Robert Sotelo), Matthew Gilliland (Mondegreen), Andrew Doig (Dancer, Nightshift, Robert Sotelo) and Chris White (Nightshift, Spinning Coin), aka Set Piece “Sideways” from the s/t album via GoldMold Records
  
• Spanish jangle /power pop /post-punk /punk trio from Pamplona, Tatxers “Tokion” from upcoming LP “Ezpatei disdira!” via Humo International
  
• Brussels, Belgium lo-fi /slacker /indie rock /jangle pop 5-piece band Capsuna “Repeat” from the 2-track single “Repeat/Retreat”
  
• Derbyshire, UK twee /jangle /indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “Kiss of Life” off the EP “Caught in the Web ” CD via Subjangle
  
• London based indie-pop group Sparky’s Magic Piano “Forget It All (Acoustic)”
  
• Wiltshire, UK-based folk /jangle /indie pop UK/NZ husband and wife duo Carl and Kat Mann, aka Shapes Like People “When the Radio Plays” single
  
• Filipino shoegaze /dream-pop /indie pop artist Vincent Eco “Baby” single, “Baby” the third installment of the six-song concept EP “Sa May Baybayon” via Melt Records
  
• South Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band of songwriter, guitarist, and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Bathurst Station” single
  
• Michigan Folk /Shoegaze /Dream Pop duo BLUHM “I Dont Wanna Be Your Girl (Dreamers Version)”
  
• El Paso, TX experimental shoegaze /dream pop band EEP “Ghost” from the upcoming album “You Don’t Have To Be Prepared” via Hogar Records
  
• Puerto Rico Ethereal /Shoegaze /Dream Pop collective Sueño Con Belugas “Velocidadrom” from “Ataque con rayos electr​ó​nicos” EP via 3 Robots Records
  
• UK ambient /psychedelia /dream pop /shoegaze prject of Simon Scott from Slowdive, Three Quarter Skies “Pieces Of Roslin” from the debut LP “Fade In” via Sonic Cathedral
  
• Fresno, CA-based dream pop /shoegaze /dreamgaze duo Thanh Nguyen and Steven Salazar, aka Paradise Blossom “Waiting for You” single off the upcoming album.
  
• Paris-based power-pop /shoegaze band, Healees “White Room” first single from Healees’ debut full-length album “Coin de l’oeil” via Hidden Bay Records, Indie or Die and Safe Suburban Home Records
  
• Leicester, UK-based DIY Ambient /Shoegaze /Indie Pop /Dreampop band DAYLOWER “Flail (instrumental)” originally included in the Sunday Records‘ ”Beautiful Noise” instrumental compilation
  
• Seville, Spain dream-pop /noise pop /shoegaze band led by fran lora, flu flu “Tu Ser” from the 4th album “Furia” CD via Shore Dive Records
  
• San Francisco shoegaze /dream-pop /stargaze duo Night Hikes “What Will Never Stay” single
  
• Mexican post-rock /dream-pop /shoegaze quintet based in Villahermosa, Lasitud “Treinta y Tres” single
  
• Moscow-based emo /shoegaze /indie rock band Mental Map “Life’s a Blur” single
  
• Austin, Texas-based DIY Alternative Rock /Shoegaze / Indie Rock musician, singer and composer EVNTYD “Spleen” from “Spleen / Ever Left” 2-track single
  
• Harrisonburg, Virginia-based Iraqi grunge /shoegaze solo project nabeel / نبيل “shahina – ش​ا​ح​ن​ة” single
  
• NYC psychedelic /shoegaze band Heaven – “I’ll Let You In” from upcoming V/A “Aspirin Age Volume Four (a shoegaze compilation)” 47-track cassette compilation via Broken Sound Tapes
  
• Los Angeles shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band MO DOTTI “Whirling Sad” 2nd single off the debut album “Opaque”
  
• Los Angeles-based dream pop /shoegaze solo project by singer-songwriter-producer Angel Chavarin aka  Fur Aliah “Saturday” from “Against the Tide” EP
  
• Oregon dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze project of Brandon Setta, aka You Wish “Our Grimoire” single
  
• Queens, NY garage /indie rock /grunge-gaze band led by Robert Preston Collum, aka PINK MEXICO “Shame” from the LP “MIRRORHEAD”
  
• Houston, TX shoegaze /dreamy rockers DAZE “Verano” single
  
• Spanish indie rock /shoegaze band LEAVS “To be here, to stay here” from the debut LP “NATURA UNIVERSAL” via Daydream (US), Clever Eagle (US), Softseed (CAN/US), ⁠Through Love (GER) and ⁠Saltamarges (ESP)
  
• Oklahoma City post-hardcore /grunge /shoegaze /indie rock band Money “Freebaser” via Sunday Drive Records
  
• Mexico City shoegaze /psychedelic-rock band The Lsdays “A Different Way” from upcoming EP “Singing Songs”
  
• Glasgow seminal indie rock /psych /shoegaze /noise pop brother duo of William and Jim Reid, aka The Jesus And Mary Chain “Pop Seeds” single via Fuzz Club Records
  
• Los Angeles/San Francisco-based psychedelic /shoegaze group FILM SCHOOL “Defending Ruins (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix)” from the 2021 album “Field (Deluxe Edition)” via Felte Records
  
• Experimental trip-hop /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, DUMMY “Psychic Battery” from the second LP “Free Energy” via Trouble in Mind
  
• Portland, OR veteran shoegaze /jangle-noise-pop /wave /indie rock band led by founder members Mistina LaFave and David Frederickson, aka The Prids “If I’m Honest” from the new album “I Only Care About You and Me”
  
• Paris-based psych /shoegaze /folk /electronic /indie rock duo Agnès Gayraud (La Féline) and Paul Régimbeau (Mondkopf, Oiseaux-Tempête), aka GRIVE “How Many Years” from the upcoming debut LP “Tales of Uncertainty” via Talitres
  
• Spanish indie/new wave/dream pop band from Barcelona, Últim Cavall “Abans de Marxar” (single) third single from upcoming LP ‘Un altre primer cop’ via Discos de Kirlian
  
• New York wave /electronic /dream pop /synthpop project R. Missing “Jane Four” single
  
• Brussels-based dreampop /new wave /post-punk /shoegaze /synthpop 4-piece band Turquoise “Parano​ï​a” single off the upcoming debut LP “Avant demain” via Freaksville Records
  
• Madrid, Spanish indie pop project of Marina Gómez, aka Marinita Precaria “Gente Normal” 5th single from the upcoming album “Un Vaso De Agua” via Elefant Records
  
• Austria psych /indie rock duo Celestial Guard “Porcelain” off the debut album „Ruinous Powers“ via Seayou Records
  
• German kraut /garage pop/dub /psych /rock band from Essen, International Music “Guter Ort” from the album “Endless R​ü​ttenscheid”
  
• New York punk /glam /power-pop /rock and roll band led by Nat Brower, aka Brower “Under the Table” off their upcoming sophomore LP, “Flour” via Dig! Records
  
• Santa Cruz, CA glam /indie /guitar pop /power pop band AUTOS “Stay Clean” debut single
  
• Charlotte NC‘s veteran r&b /punk /garage rock /power pop trio PAINT FUMES “Crime of Love” from “Crime of Love” b​/​w “Try Me” EP 7″ via Slovenly
  
• Toronto, Ontario instrumental psych surf rock 4-piece The Surfrajettes “Toasted Western” off the upcoming LP “Easy as Pie” via Hi-Tide Recordings
  
• Netherlands-based 60s Garage Pop /Beat /Yé-Yé girl, Fleur “Tu M’as Mise a Genoux” from “Nous Continuerons à Marcher Ensemble b​/​w Tu M’as Mise a Genoux” 7″ single via Soundflat Records
  
• Bay Area dynamic punk rock stoner rapper Vincent Reese “Chip on Your Shoulder” from “Mean Streak” EP via Dirt Cult Records
  
• Boston, MA rock n’ roll /noise /power /alternative pop band led by Hilken Mancini of ’90s indie rockers Fuzzy, Hilken Mancini Band “Weight” from s/t album via Girlsville Records
  
• Richmond, Virginia alternative /garage /indie rock band The Mitras “No One Gets Back To Me” single
  
• Sacramento, CA shoegaze /art-punk /noise rock 4-piece band LOUS3 “I Know 101 Things” from upcoming 3rd LP “Synchronized Swimming” via Cherub Dream Records
  
• Phoenix, AZ sensitive rock singer-songwriter GABI JR “Swelling” single
  
• Montreal, Québec indie rock singer-songwriter Marlaena Moore “Hungry For God” single
  
• Atlanta, Georgia five piece shoegaze /indie rock band Lunar Vacation “Fantasy” from the upcoming LP “Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire” via Keeled Scales
  
• Finnish, Helsinki-based post-punk /folktronica /electronica /trip-hop musician and producer Jarmo Huhta, aka Twile (feat. Laura Lehtola) “Riddance” from the cassette album “Hunger Moon” via Cruel Nature Records
  
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /shoegaze /electronic project Rosa Pajaro “Let Down” single
  
• Bristol, UK instrumental electronic /dream pop influenced post-rock project Trem 77 “Whirl to Whorl” from “Eyelid Movie” EP final chapter in the trilogy of EPs to be released in 2024 via Grape Mod Recs
  
• Berkeley, CA-based folk /ambient county singer and guitarist Katsy Pline “Against Leviathan” from the album “Devotion”