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

• Jatinangor, Indonesia shoegaze /C86 /noise-pop moniker of Faizal Agusdin from indie-pop outfit Well Whale, Wild Grass Picture – “My Dear” single on Chaotic Pop Records
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia shoegaze /noise pop trio VANISHING MUFFINS “To be with someone that shouldn’t be with me” from the 2-track cassette single “Taste Of Cherry” via disanorak
  

For some years now a consistent purveyor of electrifying Jangle Indie Pop in full DIY ethic, the Indonesian label Heaven Punks/Disanorak, has been joined recently by the new equally exciting fellow Chaotic Pop Records imprint, further connected this week by two distinctive releases packed with a compelling retro Noise-Pop sound of fuzzy hooky charms and raw bracing energy you can’t help but be wonderfully dazed. Tight clattering rhythms, faint bristling melodies and simple yet abrasive guitar chords, doused in a seductive thick and buzzy blanket of feedback and distortions, amidst intense lo-fi legacy and edgy punk vibrancy clearly nodding to The Jesus and Mary Chain, Shop Assistants, The Motorcycle Boy, The Ramones, The Velvet Underground and MBV wall of sound racket.
While the sizzling punkish “My Dear” by Wild Grass Picture, a sort of tragic poem of love and hate, framed by a tasty J.P.Leaud/Truffaut-esque cover, had already appeared in a split EP around 3 years ago that went mostly unnoticed with the equally highly interesting combo Lawrence & Kim, as regards “Taste Of Cherry” from my ‘old acquaintances’ Vanishing Muffins I had talked about it extensively here last February, unreleased is instead the Velvetian, with somehow a subtle Primal Scream’s screamadelic soul, “To be with someone that shouldn’t be with me”. In short, a heap of good old noise and nostalgic melodies to pleasantly saturate our ears.

• Austin, TX-based shoegaze /dream pop duo, Wybercron “Imprint” single
  

The new single from the Austin-based duo draws an impeccable atmospheric floating made of enveloping soft and dreamy visions infused with expanding droning icy bright melancholy, punctuated by crisp stacking beats, hearty bass pulses, echoing emotive guitar glistens, to cocoon detached airy vocals, with comforting protection from helplessness and despair.

• Portland, Maine-based psych /dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece band Crystal Canyon “Catatonia” from the upcoming third album “Stars and Distant Light”
  

Usual intoxicating dose of rarefied melodic bliss from the Maine’s quartet, a cool nostalgic vibrant gust of invigorating shivering fuzz-out guitar washes, ringing swells, warm groovy bassline palpitations, steady skipping drums, and soft layered heartfelt vocals, arouse sinuously bewitching feelings of longing and hope from a distant horizon of dreamy sparkling skies.

• Portland, OR bedroom ambient /echo fuzz & reverb solo project Mascara Ashes “All Is love (with River Christiano & James Callan of Prepare My Glider)” from “Sea Level” EP
  
• Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based ambient /shoegaze /indie folk /experimental pop artist and musician Kristin Reiman, aka Man Rei “Call” from V/A “The Blue Hour” cassette compilation [Somewhere Press]
• Staffordshire, England experimental /psych /dream pop /ambient pop duo Ben Holton & Rob Glover, aka EPIC45 “Walk Led To Happiness (The Remote Viewer remix)” from the expanded edition of 2005 EP “England Fallen Over +” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
• Lyon, France experimental pop group formed in 2010 by Jean-Sébastien Nouveau, LES MARQUISES “L’Ailleurs (Digital) BONUS” digital single from upcoming vinyl LP “SOLEILS NOIRS” on Les disques Normal
  
• Gothenburg, Swedish lo-fi/ experimental/ noise-pop/ psych /folk /progg band led by Gustaf Dicksson, Blod “Innan Det Blir Mörkt” from the album “Ondskans Frö” on Discreet Music
  
• Berkeley, CA country /cosmic folk singer and guitarist Katsy Pline “Lately Only Teardrops” from the LP “Incandescent Fire” on Take A Turn Records
  
• French indie folk singer-songwriter Julii Sharp “Heave” from the EP “Toucan” on Only Lovers Records
  
• London-based folk collaboration between Italo–British songwriter and guitarist Emma Tricca and folk legend Bridget St John, Emma Tricca & Bridget St. John “Rubies” (feat. Jesse Chandler from Midlake) single on Bella Union
  
• Melbourne‘s ambient /twee pop /indie /piano /folk collective, J and the woolen stars “knees” from the album “Personal Problems…” [Daisart]
• Malmö, Swedish lo-fi /fuzzy /indie pop duo Robert Church & The Holy Community “Catch You On The Rebound” b-side off the new single “Green River”
  
• San Francisco DIY folk /dream pop /indie pop band led by Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, Art Museums etc.), The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Fuchsia Dell” from the EP “Build Love”
  
• San Francisco lo-fi pop band led by Mike Ramos, Tony Jay “Feel For Yesterday” from the cassette/vinyl album “Perfect Worlds” via Slumberland Records
  
• Madison, Wisconsin-based noise /indie rock duo Red Pants “Watch The Sky” from upcoming vinyl 12″ LP “Not Quite There Yet” on Meritorio Records
  
• California-based chill-surf-dream pop-indie-garage-jangle pop singer, songwriter and musician Josh Hwang, aka CASTLEBEAT “Sunlife” from “Nothing” EP on Spirit Goth Records                                 
• Bangkok, Thailand experimental /math /electronic /shoegaze /dream pop solo project 2045 “I want to fly into the abyss” from the album “Holding on to broken foundations”
  
• Dreampop solo project of multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Bathe Alone “Gemini (Edit)” single [Nettwerk]
• Seattle, WA ethereal dreamwave band led by singer-songwriter Jenn Taranto, Medejin “World’s Fair” from the upcoming debut album “The Garden” on Den Tapes and Icy Cold Records
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina two-piece indie pop /indie rock band MODEM “La alfombra” from the album “Hogar” via Nuestros Mundos Records
  
• Austin, TX indie rock band, Voxtrot “Another Fire” single
  
• London, UK noise pop / indie rock solo project of Adam John Miller (The Manhattan Love Suicides, T.O.Y.S, The Wednesday Club and Charm Wrestle), AKA The Medusa Snare “Ride on Wavelengths” from “About Time” (an anthology of songs written and recorded from 2008–2023)
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Poxy Cover Bands” from the 10th album “The Salt Mines”
  
• Adelaide, Australian indie /synth-pop project New Labour “Her Smile” from “Violence & Power” EP
  
• Glasgow‘s jangle indie pop one-man band BUBBLEGUM LEMONADE “Out There On The Radio” off upcoming 3-track ‘Out There On The Radio’ EP on Matinée Recordings
  
• San Francisco-based harmony-driven power-pop band French Cassettes “Medium Horny” single on Tender Loving Empire Records
  
• Chicago-based indie rock singer-songwriter Dolph Chaney “Cool In The Sunshine” second single off the upcoming album “MUG” via Big Stir Records
  
• Irish indie power pop solo project of Drimnagh-born musician (FKA ‘Pugwash‘ and ⅔’s of ‘The Duckworth Lewis Method‘ with Neil Hannon), Thomas Walsh “A Good Day For Me” (co-written by Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy) off upcoming debut LP “The Rest Is History” [Curation Records]
• West Pennsylvania-based indie rock /psych pop/retro-futuristic pop collective led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Jennifer Baron (founding member of Brooklyn’s The Ladybug Transistor), The Garment District ‘The Island of Stability’ from the album ‘Flowers Telegraphed To All Parts Of The World’ via Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records                                                                                                                                 
• Minneapolis, MN-based dream pop act Moon Worm “9 / 10” single                                                       
• Swedish bedroom /jangle /psych /dream pop project of Fredrik Bergstrand (formerly Valskrik), Scuba Dvala “Yoink” new single
  
• Salerno, Italy shoegaze /synthpop /dream-pop DIY project of musician-composer Gianmario Galano, aka I’M THE VILLAIN “Summer’s gone” single
  
• Stockholm, Sweden electronic /dream pop /trip-hop /darkwave /shoegaze duo Isoberlinia “Leave Your Body” off the debut album “Silhouette Bound” [Black Hair Records]
• Los Angeles-based shoegaze /trip-hop /dream pop solo project of Hong Kong-born Chris King, aka Kai Tak “No Better Tomorrow (feat. Chelsey Boy)” single
  
• Paris minimal synthpop duo Trotski Nautique “A BAS LE CROUNDFUNDING” from “Le Meilleur de à bas” LP
  
• Glasgow, UK-based synthpop new project of Naomi Griffin (of Martha) and Adam Todd (of The Spook School), aka Get Wrong “It’s So Easy” first single off debut self-titled EP via Father/Daughter (US) and Alcopop! (UK)
  
• Montréal, Québec disco /synth-pop /electropop trio Le Couleur “Autobahn” from the new album “Comme dans un penthouse” via Lisbon Lux Records
  
• Leeds, UK-based Indie Pop /Synth Pop collective, Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators “Did You Think Things Could Ever Get This Bad?” from the first album “From A Land Of Glass Without Mirrors” via Old Bad Habits Label (vinyl) and Next Phase : Normal Records (tape)
  
• Stockholm-based ambient /krautrock /psych /new wave /electropop duo LOW-RES “Away (feat. Emelie Strange)” from the LP “Därför” on Adrian Recordings
  
• Mid-’80s New York‘s post-punk /psych /jangle /folk pop quartet fronted by Linda Smith, The Woods “Miracles Tonight” from the unreleased album “So Long Before Now” on Sundazed Music / Modern Harmonic
  
• Russian indie pop /post-punk /new wave band from Yekaterinburg, Перемотка (Peremotka) “ Музыка вечер (Music evening)” single 
• Melbourne-based indie rock /dream-pop /shoegaze bedroom recording project of Josh Prendergast, aka Dayzed “Now You Know” off the debut album ”Wake Up The Sun”
  
• London-based Ambient /Ethereal Wave /Dream Pop /Shoegaze act Daniel Land “Lemon Boy” from the upcoming CD/Vinyl album “Out of Season”
  
• Saint Petersburg, Russia experimental /post-punk /shoegaze duo GLASWEN “False Start” single
  
• Brazilian post-rock /indie /dream pop quintet OUSEL “Eu Nem Vi” single
  
• Los Angeles-based post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze singer-songwriter Lauren Lakis “Leave Your Window Open” third single from her upcoming full-length album “A Fiesta and a Hell” via Green Witch Recordings
  
• Mexico City alternative /dream pop /shoegaze band RILEV “Velocidad” from the EP “NOIZU ノイズ”
  
• Brooklyn, NY grunge /shoegaze /indie rock 4-piece Hotline TNT “I Thought You’d Change” from upcoming debut LP “Cartwheel” on Third Man Records
  
• Oslo-based, Norwegian shoegaze /noise-pop band led by guitarist and vocalist Christian Dam, AKA The Age of Colored Lizards “June” 2-track single on Sotron Records
  
• Belgian indie /dream punk /shoegaze band from Leuven, Tannhauser Orchestra “Tremolyre” off seventh studio album “Spring Rites”
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina shoegaze /dream pop band lead by Nicolás Castello, NAX “Todo es fugaz” from the album “Dejando todo atrás”
  
• Orlando, FL trip-hop /indie rock /shoegaze band Jeanwilder “Palindrome” from the debut 2-track single “Frontier”
  
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /wave /noise pop /shoegaze band Dead Leaf Echo “Forgivination” from “The Mercy of Women” album [Lost In Ohio]
• Madrid, Spain indie dream pop /shoegaze band DHARMACIDE “Horses/Divorces” single
  
• Davao City, Philippines noise rock /dream pop /shoegaze band weridedynamite “Void” from the debut 2-track single “Modulated Dream”
  
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma indie rock /shoegaze /dream-pop band Mad Honey “Fold” from the album “Satellite Aphrodite” via Deathwish & Sunday Drive Records
  
• Virginia/Washington D.C. Heavy Shoegaze /Grunge 4-piece DAY ACHES “New June” from the debut LP “One Last Dream Before Dying” on REALLY RAD RECORDS
  
• South Florida grunge /noise rock /shoegaze band (members of Gouge Away, Domain, and Ephemeral), SMELTER “Prinny” off the new EP “New Skin” via Tiger Records
  
• Italian psychedelic rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Human Colonies “Glimpse” from the CD album “Kintsukuroi” on Shore Dive Records
  
• Minneapolis, Minnesota post-rock /shoegaze /sludgegaze 4-piece band ANOTHER HEAVEN “The Lake” from the 4th LP “IV: Heaven Sent”
  
• Seattle, WA noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Guest Directors “Blackout Dream Blues” from the LP “Interference Patterns”
  
• Edinburgh, UK emo /dream pop /shoegaze band Toy Hospital “Body Heat” single
  
• Minneapolis, MN shoegaze /noise rock trio The Market Flies “Skygaze” single
  
• Portland, OR fuzzy /dreamy psych /post-punk /shoegaze band Ten Million Lights “On With The Show” from the new LP “Into Nothing”
  
• Brighton, UK “Orchestral Cult Rock” collective Flip Top Head “Alfred Street” new single via Blitzcat Records
  
• New York/Paris psych pop collaboration Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber “Le Temple Volant” single
  
• UK Acid-Folk /Garage Rock /Psychedelic band based in the Midlands, The Crystal Teardrop “By The River” single
  
• Los Angeles-based neo-psychedelic outfit The Family of Light Bnad “Braindead Mislead” from “Arms Length” EP via Sundog Sound
  
• Norwich, UK kraut /neo-psychedelic rock band  Floral Image “Feel Around You” from “Chance/Feel Around You” new single
  
• Los Angeles-based dream pop /space rock collective Les Biches ‘Blue Passage’ from the forthcoming album “The Mysteries”
  
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin shoegaze /indie rock band Dramatic Lovers “Blaze orange” from “Hiatus” EP
  
• Ft. Worth, TX noise rock /power pop band Darstar “Pony Girl” from the single “Pony Girl / LUVVVACATION” single on Idol Records
  
• Swedish shoegaze /indie rock band from Göteborg, DAMEN “Dancing Dingo” first single from upcoming album “Everything Falls Apart” on VÅRØ
  
• Bergen, Norway-based indie-rock singer-songwriter Bo Milli ‘I’m in’ new single from the upcoming debut EP “Making Friends”
  
• Philadelphia, PA-based indie rock /acoustic folk band led by former Modern Baseball frontman Ewald, Slaughter Beach, Dog “Strange Weather” from the 5th LP “Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling” via Lame-O Records
  
• Perth, Western Australia psych /indie pop/post-punk /indie rock band led by David West, Rat Columns “Life In The Jungle” from the upcoming 5th album “Babydoll” [Tough Love Records]
• London, UK based post-punk /indie rock trio Bar Italia “My Little Tony” from upcoming LP “The Twits” on Matador
  
• Brooklyn, NY  shoegaze /noise /indie rock band led by Isabella Ronayne, aka Raisalka “Sugarhole” from upcoming cassette debut album “Auratone” via Freeman Street Records
  
• Queens, NY-based art rock /psych rock /power pop Bay Area‘s songwriter, musician, and recording engineer, Burner Herzog “Patient Zero” from the album “Random Person” on Take A Turn Records
  
• Late ’70s Midlands art rock /punk pop /post-punks Cult Figures “Mr Producer” from the upcoming third album “Between Us And Heaven”
  
• Columbus, OH alt-country /indie rock singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless “Toothache” from the LP “Nothing’s Gonna Stand in My Way Again” on Bloodshot Records
  
• Australian-based surf-indie pop project of singer-songwriter from the indie band The Moving Stills, Mike Rowave – ‘Santa Ana’ 2nd single on Sureshaker Music
  
• Philadelphia‘s experimental indie rock group led by songwriter and guitarist Bryan Nowell (sadly deceased in 2017), Blue Smiley “Coma” (unreleased)
  
• Bratislava, Slovakia bedroom /indie-folk singer-songwriter DANIEL B “Emma” single
  
• Texas experimental /electronic /noise /krautrock /psychedelia project Noixxa “The Fusion Field” from the EP “The Void/The Fusion Field”