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

• Oslo, Norway lo-fi slowcore /jangle /noise-pop group led by guitarist and vocalist Christian Dam, The Age of Colored Lizards “Out of Sight” 2nd single from upcoming album [Sotron Records]

Second single in a row that explores immersive, quietly intense, slow-paced cyclic progressions Spaceman 3/Spiritualized style, built over minimal reverberating guitars, liquid synths, droning textures, and vocal overlays. In “Out of Sight”, tinny, repetitive, then light skipping, programmed beats join with humming, oscillating bass loops and opaque, sad billowing synth figures, blanketed by subtly squeaky, aching sheets of sustained guitar distortion, to surround, with a deceptively serene trance, depressed, vibrant male vocals, losing color and then disappearing like a ghost to explore drifting, aimless without the light.

• Central Coast, Australian indie rock 4-piece band The Moving Stills “Benefit” single
  

Back last year, after a long hiatus, the Aussie foursome dropped a catchy, dynamically scintillating and engaging jangly Indie Rock tune that bounces with raw passion and sincere feelings, combining energetic strumming, crisp, shimmering spangles and dazzling synth spirals with lively rhythms and angsty, sad male vocals, achingly soaring with painful emotion amidst a slew of nostalgic high/low back-ups to explore an agony of conflicting feelings.

• Philadelphia shoegaze dream pop trio Slow Television “Dead On Arrival” single
  

A nostalgic, stripped-back, and balanced Dream-Pop tune, rife with sheer emotional sensitivity, revolves around reverberating melancholic guitar lines, stirred by steady drum patterns and humming bass pulses, to capture the outlines of stirring fleeting emotions, anxiously ringing around sad, vulnerable, haloed male vocals, shifting into echoing layers to express feeling lost, with a heavy heart, unto giving love another try.

• Izhevsk-based ambient /electronic /folk artist Atariame “lately” from 我爱苹果 EP [Sumbur]
• France-based ambient /ethereal /dream pop /electro-acoustic /shoegaze instrumental project of Scottish legendary Cocteau Twins co-founder and Harold Budd collaborator, Robin Guthrie “Coming Up For Air” (previously unreleased, recorded in 2015)
• Glasgow, Scotland-based indie /improvised /experimental /folk music project of songwriter-singer-guitarist Martin John Henry (the founder of the rock band De Rosa, also Henry and Fleetwood) and guitarist Robert Dallas Gray (Life without buildings), WHIN “Hours” from the upcoming LP “Summer Visitor”
  
• Pacific Northwest experimental pop /shoegaze trio fronted by Liz Harris (Grouper), Helen “Stay With Me” from the second LP “Linda’s Head” [Kranky Records]
• France/UK electronic /folk /indie pop new project by Lille‘s Natasha Penot (Grisbi, The Apartments) and Stirling-based Mark Tranmer (GNAC, Vetchinsky Settings, The Montgolfier Brothers), Fragment B “Light at the Centre” from “Light at the Centre / Stones & Candies” 7” single [Too Good To Be True]
• UK acoustic jangle /folk /indie pop project of Alistair James and Jonathan Shipley (Assistant), The Lost Guests “The Young King of France” from the upcoming debut LP “Endlessly On The Way” [YYZ Records]
• Bristol, UK C-86 /indie folk /pop guru Jon Kent (former member and guitarist of The Groove Farm, later on with Beatnik Filmstars, and more recently with the Tippers), Beat Kinkaid “Drift” from upcoming LP “So Long Pedro!” [Old Bad Habits Label]
• Japanese bedroom neo-acoustic /psychedelic /dream pop /shoegaze /electronica music unit of Yuichi “Abebe” Abe, aka Archaic Smile “Echo of Music” from forthcoming “Echo of Music by Lonely Electronic Orchestra Tokyo” EP [Clover Records]
• Copenhagen/Malmö based dubby /electronic /dream pop collaboration between Scottish musician and FELT label founder Fergus Jones and UK vocalist/lyricist Thomas Bush, Fergus Jones & Thomas Bush “Untitled (Mix 1)” 7″ single [FELT]
• Washington, D.C. dream pop /trip-hop duo Peter Lillis and Jules Hale, Den-Mate “Magic” from “BAD GODS” EP
  
• Swedish Italo disco /synth-pop /indie-pop project, Cloetta Paris “Heaven” single       
• Swedish veteran electronic /dream pop duo started in 1995, CLUB 8 “ Echoes of Our Time” from “Weeks of Golden Beats” LP
  
• East Midlands, UK acoustic indiepop duo (former members of The Artisans), The Sunbathers “Tea and Sympathy” from the new second LP “Answers On A Postcard” [Jenny’s Feather Factory]
• Portland, OR-based 1990s-origin DIY bedroom indie pop quartet originally from Southern California, The Autocollants “Every Social Interaction” from the upcoming first full-length album, “Hidden Smile” [Shelflife (US) / Precious Recordings of London (UK)]
• Durham, NC jangly indie pop band Little Chair “So Soon” from upcoming “100 Dresses” LP [beekeeper tapes & discs]
• Glasgow, UK post-punk /indie pop 3-piece band Count Florida “Last Selfie” from the upcoming second LP “Love Without Alarm” [Lost Map Records]
• Aberystwyth, UK ’60s folk /power pop /indie pop-rock band Red Cavalry “Light On The Horizon” from the second LP “Popaganda” [Subjangle]
• Portland, OR twee /power pop /noise pop quartet Lucky Star “Romeo” from the 2-track single “Romeo/Leave Me Alone”
  
• Newcastle, Australia DIY twee /indie /noise /’pash pop’ band The Taps “Always late” from the debut album “It’s… the taps!”
  
• Manchester, UK indie rock band led by Hannah, HANN “We Love Soul” single
  
• Hyattsville, Maryland soft indie pop solo project of Archie Moore (formerly of Velocity Girl, Black Tambourine, Lilys, Heartworms, Saturday People), aka Bye! “(i got a) twinkle in my eye” single
  
• Newport, UK indie-pop project of Rob Morgan, aka Honeybourne “Everything Must End” single  
• Copenhagen-based indie pop-rock songwriter and producer Albert Hertz “DWY” 6th single
  
• Madison, Wisconsin punk rock /jangle pop /power pop band The German Art Students “Rip Tab” single
  
• Birmingham, Alabama indie rock /jangle pop quartet Slack Times “Count Louder” second single from the second album “Casting” [Meritorio Records]
• Augsburg, Germany-based Anglo-German C-86 /kraut /shoegaze /jangle / indie-pop four-piece band the bv’s “Melancholy” first single from upcoming “Periphery” LP [Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten / Shelflife Records]
• London-based indie rock /psych /folk /indie pop band started in 1992 by singer-songwriter David Christian, Comet Gain “REPLACE THE ACHE” from “October Almanac” LP
  
• Brighton/Croydon, UK-based power indie-pop /”schrammelig” post-punk group (ex-members of The Luxembourg Signal, Trembling Blue Stars, Aberdeen The Wedding Present, The Popguns, The Fireworks, Turbocat, The Dentists, The Treasures Of Mexico), Jetstream Pony “Zipwire (demo)” from the upcoming LP “Schrammelig” [Spinout Nuggets (UK) / Shelflife Records (US)]
• Nancy, France trip hop /shoegaze /dream pop /noise pop band April’s Fish “walkthedog” from the debut “Lizy’s Room” EP [BMM Records]
• Dream pop /indie rock project of Seattle/Exeter duo (The Devil and Her Chauffeur, and former side project Echodrone), Seems Like Forever “A Song About Davey” from the eponymous EP
  
• London dreamgaze solo project by multi-instrumentalist Christian Lessells, Pale “Fool” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Nashville, TN shoegaze /goth-tinged post-punk /dark dream pop duo Magic Wands “Cascades” single [Metropolis Records]
• Melbourne-based bedroom pop /synth-pop /shoegaze /dream-pop solo project of songwriter and musician Nat Chippy, aka Japanese Heart Software “All that you want” from the new album “Desiderium”
  
• Detroit synth-pop /indie /dream pop duo Bluhm “Pontiac” from the new album “Between Dreams”
  
• Los Angeles dream pop duo IVES “Dahlia” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop /psych pop band HYLA “Who Once Said” single
  
• Edinburgh, Scotland-based 5-piece shoegaze /”bubblegrunge” band Puppy Teeth “Ghost” from “Teething” EP
• Copenhagen-based shoegaze /dreampop /indie pop four-piece KINDSIGHT “Mine Till Death” 2nd single from the upcoming third album [Rama Lama Records]
• Philadelphia-based slowcore /shoegaze band A Country Western “I Found” from the upcoming second LP  “Audition Tape” [Crafted Sounds]
• Atlanta, Georgia ambient /dream-pop /post-rock /shoegaze solo project by multi-instrumentalist Brent Collins, Slo Moon “Not Alone” single
  
• San Francisco, CA ambient /dreampop /shoegaze duo of Bill Taylor & Jeff Shelton, Standing Waves “Practical Insights” from “Fleeting” EP
  
• Montreal, Québec dream-pop /shoegaze band Fleeting Colours “Crystal” single
  
• Toronto indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop band Azure Rose “Blue Drops” title track of the debut album “Blue Drops”
  
• Örebro-based, Swedish Post-Punk /Dream Pop /Shoegaze six-piece Kallsup “Vänd mot mig” from the sophomore album “Alldeles för nära” [VÅRØ]
• Adelaide, Australia indie rock /shoegaze band led by Jesse Davidson, Soft Star “A Little While” single
  
• Hackney, London-based 4-piece indie rock /shoegaze band Cheerless “Venture” single
  
• Atlanta, Georgia shoegaze /noise pop band Ammonia Wash “Where Have You Been” single
  
• New Brunswick, NJ shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock band San Tropez “Nearly Lost You” (Screaming Trees Cover) from “Exit Through The Gift Shop” [Shore Dive Records]
• Washington, D.C. psych /fuzz rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Shades of Violette “Moonflower” from the third full-length album “Evernear”
  
• Indianapolis five-piece power-pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Wishy “Covergirl” from the sophomore album, “Nature’s Pill” [Winspear]
• Denver post-grunge /space rock /shoegaze four-piece Sidewave “The Surface”, 2nd single from the upcoming third album “Dispel”
  
• Nashville-based 4-piece fuzz rock /indie rock band The Sewing Club “Alright Ok” from the debut album “Sew” [Born Losers Records]
• Toronto-based shoegaze /alternative rock project AloneKitty “I’m Wide Awake” lead single from the upcoming album “Wide Awake” [Mint 400 Records]
• Dallas, TX shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop trio The Capsules “Full Moon Factory” (Single)
  
• Paris-based ambient /post-rock /instrumental rock trio Bye Horus “Paracou” from the LP “Magonia”
  
• Norwich, UK post-rock /grunge folk rock trio Takeda “Lion’s Den” from the 2-track single “Lion’s Den” [Drongo Records]
• Adelaide, Australia 6-piece experimental world music /folk /psychedelic rock band Sons Of Zöku “Into A New” from the third studio album, “Everywhen” [Copper Feast Records]
• Chicago, IL Lo-Fi Garage /Psych-Pop /Rock ‘n’ Roll /Noise Rock group TV Buddha “Tears In My Eyes” from “Hallelujah Anyway” LP [ever/never records]
• Adelaide-based prog-rock /psychedelic bliss pop group led by frontman and songwriter Jamie Andrew, Druid Fluids “Petrichor” from the second album “Pareidolia” [Third Eye Stimuli Records / Copper Feast Records]
• Braga, Portugal industrial /heavy dark psychedelic quartet TRAVO “Way Down” from the 4th studio album “WASTELAND” [Fuzz Club / Spinda Records]
• Madrid, Spain post-metal /post-rock instrumental four-piece Toundra “Sizigia” from forthcoming new album “Siete”
  
• New York post-industrial /trip hop /indie rock /post-rock band led by Brooklyn-based artist and musician Jack Whitescarver, Amiture Music “Idela (feat. Eliana Glass)” from the second LP “2 Women” []
• Richmond, Virginia-based 4-piece 60s garage punk band The Ar-Kaics “IX” from “IX b/w X” 7″ single [DIG! Records]
• Melbourne rock’n’roll /garage punk five-piece Salmon Sisters “Cock It!” from the debut LP “Taller Than Normal”
  
• Long Beach, CA power pop quartet SOFTJAW “Love Can’t Kill You” title track of the upcoming sophomore double album “Love Can’t Kill You” [Dandy Boy Records / Bachelor Records]
• Winchester, VA egg punk /garage /rock ‘n roll outfit Power Pants ” That Could Be You” from “PP20” EP
  
• Bristol, UK art rock /post-rock /‘snail freak prog’ quartet Foot Foot “Callous Wall” from “PREY TIME” EP [Memorials of Distinction]
• Cork, Ireland indie folk singer and composer Cormac O Caoimh “Saving A Song” from the upcoming LP “Heartbreakers”
  
• California-based veteran Indie Pop-Rock musician and songwriter Tamar Berk “Shadow Clues – The Restless Dreams of Youth (The Demos)” title track of “The Restless Dreams of Youth (the demos)” LP
  
• Montréal alt rock / indie folk/ alt rock singer-songwriter-producer Johnny J Griffin “Shadow of the Whip” single
  
• North Shields, UK ambient /minimal /modern classical /folk string-based instrumental project of Sarah Kemp and Andrew Scrogham, aka Brave Timbers – “River” from V/A “Landnotes. 2” compilation [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
• Loughborough, UK post-rock /minimal /electronica /ambient project of guitarist Jon Attwood, aka Yellow6 “Still Flat” from the album “The More You See” [sound in silence]
• Durham, North Carolina ambient folk /dobro /lap steel /pedal steel guitarist Michael Grigoni “Daughter / Son I” from “Field Notes / Still Lifes” LP []