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

• Sydney, Australia 6-piece shoegaze band Trillion “Night City” from the debut album “Feel Alright”
  

Australian squadron from Sydney leans into the equally dreamy, and primarily, noisy fringes of classic Shoegaze patterns, deftly harnessing its massive arsenal of 3 guitars, double emotive, at times euphoric, airy vocals, steady dynamic drums, and warm pulsing bass lines to create a bright and colourful huge multi-textural outflow of seven tracks that cascade into dense, yet carefully built, subtly abrasive loud walls of sounds swept in reverb, groovy fuzzy distortions, melancholic heart-rending introspections, and wide-open free space-out horizons. A heady distillation of melodic sensibility, sound architecture accuracy, and throwback allure, let’s lose ourselves in the blissful buzzing haze.

• Tallinn, Estonia shoegaze /dream pop collective Pia Fraus “Nothing Returns” single [Seksound Records]

The highly-cherished veteran Estonian collective, some years back cult object of devotion from many aficionados, returns with an effervescent and buoyant new song that blends urgent rhythms, meandering, moody post-punk bass lines, shimmery washes of fuzzed-out Shoegaze guitars, swirling screechy overlaps, and energetic noisy riffs, colored by tinkly piano key rolls and angsty vocals, trying to find a balance of trust and love, fear and confusion, ignorance and wisdom.

• Dublin, Ireland-native indie rock /guitar pop /folk duo David Long (Into Paradise) and Paul Page (Whipping Boy), aka The Sentimental Tourists “Happy Beatle” from “The Sentimental Tourists” (EP) [Subjangle]

Released during the Summer period, right when I was unable to feature it, the ever-attentive Subjangle label will drop the CD edition of the new collaborative project between Dublin cult musicians David Long, former Into Paradise frontman, and Paul Page, ex-Whipping Boy guitarist, marking for the latter his first foray into music in 25 years. Emotional, nostalgic, and tear-jerking, the “Underground Class of ’89” duo serves up four intense, heartfelt, stripped-down songs, built on acoustic folk-tinged strums, sparkly reverberated arpeggios, angular and subtly distorted riffs, to carry earnest, wistful vocals through introspections on life, insight, longing, and loss, whilst deeply pulling at the heartstrings in a timeless journey, between shadows and flashes of hope.

• Welsh ambient /ethereal /Celtic new age musician Aisha Vaughan “Oceans In Love ft. Wilder Vocals” Gaza solidarity single
  
• Melbourne, Australia cinematic /minimal /jazz /musical/avant-garde /psych /pop artist Gregor “In the Shallows of Sleep” from “Milk Thistle Salmon Blush” LP
  
• Boston, MA Indie Folk /Alt Country /Psychedelic Pop quartet Tiberius “Painting of a Tree” from upcoming LP “Troubadour” [Audio Antihero]
• Beirut-based industrial /dark folk-tronic /shoegaze /dream pop duo of Postcards‘ singer-songwriter Julia Sabra and producer-musician Fadi Tabbal, Snakeskin “In The Pines” from “We live in sand” LP, third volume in the ‘Corrosion Series’ [Ruptured / Beacon Sound]
• Turin-based, Tuscany-born Italian kraut /psychedelic rock /experimental singer-songwriter, Cosimo Querci “Telepatica Pretesa” from “Rimane” EP [Quindi Records]
• Bay Area lo-fi dream-pop collective Peter Hurley (Teenage Chain), Kati Mashikian (Mister Baby), David Diaz and Mike Ramos (Flowertown, Cindy, Tony Jay, Sad Eyed Beatniks), April Magazine – “U Bop” from V/A “Tough Love 20: Don’t Do Anything Important With Anybody Else” LP 2oth anniversary label’s compilation [Tough Love]
• Chicago, IL power /jangle /indie pop musician and composer Kai Slater, aka Sharp Pins “I Wonder Where You Hide All Your Love” charity single 
  
• UK alternative rock /shoegaze /dream pop /electronica project of Sam Cordingley and Roxane Kamaroudis, aka Korder “In Another Life” single
  
• Austin, TX, dream-pop /electro-pop duo TaSzlin Trébuchet (Fuck Money) and Lars Wolfshield (Wolfshield Records), Jet Cemetery “Melt Away” single
  
• London-based ambient /fantasy pop /electronic duo Yawning Portal “My City” from the upcoming LP “Anywhere” [YEAR0001]
• Glasgow, UK lo-fi /minimal /noise /bedroom Casio pop experimental songwriter Quitter “Still Life with Carriage Clock” from “Bella Figura” EP 10″
  
• Los Angeles-based bedroom indie pop /dream pop duo veronicavon “Dipped” from upcoming album “Icecream” [Born Losers Records]
• Australian dream pop /indie solo project of Brisbane‘s musician Harriette Pilbeam, aka HATCHIE “Only One Laughing” 2nd single from the third album “Liquorice” [Secretly Canadian]
• Manchester, UK lofi /dreampop solo project Not For Tears “Endless” single
  
• London, UK lo-fi sunshine /indie /dreampop solo project Pale “Forever” from “Nights” EP [Spirit Goth Records]
• Swedish electronic /dream pop duo started in 1995, CLUB 8 “ooo” from the 12th album “Seasonal Echoes”
  
• English–Barcelonian 60s psychedelic rock /jangle /guitar pop trio (formerly early 90s Portsmouth band Candystash), Pantomime Horses ~ “Plastic Glasses TV”  
  
• Swedish/Spanish indie twee pop collaboration Red Sleeping Beauty, Cristina Quesada, Andreas Jonsson (from Alpaca Sports) “Málaga Popfest Theme Song” 
  
• Valencia, Spain indie punky pop graphic and musical project started in 2018, LISASINSON “Deberíamos Vernos Más” fifth single from LISASINSON’s new album “Desde Cuándo Todo” [Elefant Records]
• Los Angeles indie pop trio Pillow Fight “Secret Crush” single
  
• Bristol, UK indie noise punk pop solo project from former singer-guitarist of Muncie Girls, Lande Hekt “Favourite Pair of Shoes” first single from the upcoming album “Lucky Now”
  
• San Francisco‘s jangle power pop /indie rock band (members of The Reds, Pinks & Purples and The Umbrellas), The Telephone Numbers “Battle of Blythe Road” from the second album “Scarecrow II” [Slumberland Records]
• Oakland, CA jangle power pop outfit The Goods “April Fools” first single from the LP, “Don’t Spoil the Fun” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Goole, East Yorkshire alternative/jangle pop /indie rock band Sandra’s Wedding “Mother’s Love” from the upcoming 6th LP “Arturus Rex”
  
• L.A. 5-piece jangle indie-pop /guitar rock mainstays Massage “Without Your Love” from the third album “Coaster” [Bobo Integral / Prefect Records]
• Melbourne, Australia garage-jangle pop /indie guitar rock quintet Possible Humans “Feel Shit Hit” from the second LP “Standing Around Alive” [Hobbies Galore]
• Melbourne-based Western twang /folk rock /dream pop /jangle pop /indie rock artist Maxine Gillon “Back In Town” from upcoming LP “Girl Songs”
  
• English 60s indie rock-pop singer-songwriter Blake “Asking For A Friend” from the upcoming album “Flamingo Road”
  
• Kalmar, Sweden lo-fi /noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock project of Jens Fransson, a former member of Sack Lunch (2017-2019), aka Trash Ratio “You’re Out” single
  
• Atlanta, GA electronic /shoegaze /dark wave /dream pop multi-instrumentalist Brent Collins, Slo Moon “Here Again | REMASTERED” single
  
• London-based shoegaze /dream pop singer-songwriter Garden slug “Garden slug” from the debut EP “Demos”
  
• Singapore post-rock /shoegaze /dream-pop band motifs “Later On” from “If This House Was Bigger” EP [Shelflife Records (US) / Fastcut Records (JP) / Too Good To Be True (FR)]
• Malaysia noise-pop /dream-pop /shoegaze band Forgotten Wish “Yoga” from “Liquid Light Spectrum” EP [Shore Dive Records]
• Moscow-based 5-piece indie /dream pop /shoegaze band Mint Tea – “Chase the Sun” single<
• Philadelphia-based alternative rock /emo /grunge /shoegaze solo project Nostalgiaisfun “Let Down” single
• Derby, UK post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze solo musical project After Daylight “I Wish This Night Would Never End” first single from the 12th album “Embracing The Night”
  
• San José, Costa Rica dream pop /shoegaze five-piece Adiós Cometa “’El Mundo En Mis Brazos (Leonor) feat. Fin Del Mundo” second single from Adiós Cometa’s new album, “Un Destello De Luz” [Spinda Records / Steadfast Records]
• Barcelona post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Salvana “Sauz” from the debut LP “Reversia”
  
• Austin, TX 4-piece dream rock /shoegaze /alternative rock band (members of Magnet School, Honeyrude, Schatz), Startographers “Ante Meridiem” from the Split 7″ single with Kyoto, Japan band nim [stiff slack/JetSet (JP) & Shifting Sounds (US)]
• Texas 4-piece alternative rock /shoegaze band Sunshot “Tracer” debut single
  
• Rochester, New York-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze Indie Rock band led by husband and wife duo Jay Trovato and Kate Rogers, Bad Bloom “Bitter Things” single
  
• Pittsburgh, PA noise rock /shoegaze four-piece Blinder “The Gate” from the upcoming “Heatseeker” EP
  
• Cassino, Italy dream pop /shoegaze band Vera Slö “Noiadrama” single [Kosmica Dischi / Miacameretta Records]
• Buffalo, New York emo /dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Elemantra “Ishimura” single
  
• Asbury Park, New Jersey post-punk /shoegaze /indie rock trio Prettier Now “Pale Gaze” single
  
• San Francisco‘s grunge /shoegaze /indie rock duo chokecherry – “Major Threat” 3rd single off debut album “Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls” [Fearless Records]
• Portland, OR post-metal /post-rock /shoegaze band Coastlands “Feeding” from the s/t album “Coastlands” [Translation Loss Records]
• Lincoln, Nebraska Alternative Rock /Post Hardcore /Grunge /Shoegaze trio Ivory Daze “Apollo” from the upcoming “Chlorine” EP [Quiet Panic]
• Denver, CO power pop /alternative rock /shoegaze /emo band Broken Record – “A Small Step” from the upcoming album “Routine” [Power Goth Recordings]
• New York grunge /post-hardcore /shoegaze /alternative rock four-piece SOUL BLIND “Red Sky Mourning” title track of the album “Red Sky Mourning” [Closed Casket Activities]
• London-based, Irish alt-rock /grunge four-piece Bleech 9:3 “Ceiling” single [Ra-Ra Rok Records]
• London-based indie rock /post-punk four-piece Hadda Be “New to the Office” first single off upcoming second LP [Last Night From Glasgow / Bada Bing]
• Phenix, AZ-based short-lived early 80s psychedelic punk /garage indie rock band formed by guitarist Jesse Srogoncik along with Sun City Girls members Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop, and former Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker, Paris 1942 “Paris 1942” from the archival 2x LP self-titled compilation LP (included the mid 80s debut EP, most of the Majora label LP and 11 previously unheard tracks from the 1982 sessions) [Superior Viaduct]
• Mountain West-based shoegaze /neo-psychedelic band Blackout Transmission “Ultra Azul” from the LP “Twilight & Resonance” [Etxe Records]
• East Coast 5-piece psychedelic group from Norwich, UK, Floral Image “Thieves” from “Deeper Down Meadowland” EP [Fuzz Club Records]
• Albany, NY experimental /drone /noise /psychedelic project of multi-instrumentalist Eric Hardiman (Burnt Hills, Sky Furrows, and 1/2 of Century Plants) and drummer Michael Kiefer (Rivener, Myty Konkeror, More Klementines), aka Spiral Wave Nomads “The Weightless Sea” from “The Weightless Sea” LP [Twin Lakes / Cardinal Fuzz / Feeding Tube Records]
• Toronto indie rock solo project of Alex Edkins (METZ), Weird Nightmare “Forever Elsewhere” single [Sub Pop]
• Los Angeles-based indie punk side project of Choir Boy member Jeff Kleinman, Begging Dog “Begging Dog” from debut “DEMO 1” LP [Dais]
• Power Pop project of Bay Area underground mainstay (Sob Stories, R.E. Seraphin, and Body Double), Joel Cusumano “Two Arrows” from upcoming “Waxworld” LP [Dandy Boy Records]
• Athens, Georgia power pop band led by R. Sloan Simpson, Sloan Brothers “In A Movie” from the upcoming 7″ EP “Middle-Aged Love”
  
• UK slacker-garage-jangle-punk singer, guitarist Tom Brown (also of jangle-pop duo Rural France), aka Teenage Tom Petties “Hotmail” from the upcoming 4th LP “Rally The Tropes” [Safe Suburban Home (UK) / Repeating Cloud (US)]
• Peterborough/Brighton, UK surf garage /heavy rock band The Wytches “Nothing to See” off the 5th album “Talking Machine” [Alcopop! Records]
• Perth, Australia 60s garage beat quartet The High Learys “Clear My Mind” 2-track 7″ Single [Sound Flat Records]
• Scottish lo-fi melodic scuzz-rock songwriting and recording project of Glasgow-based Lukas Clasen, aka SULKA “Halloween” PostMap Club 230 Halloween single [Lost Map Records]
• Brooklyn via Chicago Bedroom /indie /shoegaze /dream pop /shoegaze husband-wife duo Silver Liz “Dream More Vivid” first single from the LP “III” [Extremely Pure]
• Loveland, OH soul jazz /funky organ trio Parlor Greens “Jolene” (Dolly Parton cover) [Colemine Records]
• Tulsa, Oklahoma Americana /outlaw country /indie folk singer-songwriter Ken Pomeroy “Bound to Rain (Live)” [Rounder Records]
• Brussels-based, Belgian ambient /electro-acoustic /improv /electronic pop /experimental composer and musician Roman Hiele, aka Hiele “Brumaire” from upcoming “Emo Inhaler” LP [STROOM.tv]