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

• Makassar, Indonesia 4-piece shoegaze /noise pop /jangle /dream pop band October Rollercoaster “Hello” from the first 2-track single “Hello / We’re Almost There” [Felt & Touch]

Bedazzling, heavily jangled, Dream Pop-infused double A-side single from the Indonesian unit, something humming, warm and familiar but never predictable. “Hello” builds a sweeping, entrancing shimmering mist of reverb-filled guitars, drenched in bubbles and high chimes, that swirls and vibrantly stretches around ethereal female vocals of a colorful piercing yet fading-in-and-out quality, layered with anxious falling cries and distant echoes, to reassure a friend that they are always by their side. More grounded yet equally sharply refulgent, the enthralling “We’re Almost There” on the flip, jam-packed with sparkling, chorus-heavy echoing riffs and rubbery serpentine bass lines, to create a mesmerizing endless nostalgia, wandering through the emotional shifts of the day.

• Los Angeles-based electronic /shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop project led by Molly Falck, aka HYPS “H.A.G.S.” single
  

The LA band’s new single, with a clear mesmerizing Cocteau Twins flair, expresses feelings of not being good enough, hindering wishes for a happy summer. “H.A.G.S.” (the acronym of “have a great summer”) embraces a gentle melancholic haze across the shimmering, glowing threads of a chilly and wispy guitar-built heavenly realm, as layers of lush, insecure, ethereal vocals glide atop, amid bursts of distorted electricity, conjuring a sense of comfort strained by fear, angst, and yearning.

• Toronto‘s post-punk /Britpop /shoegaze /indie rock five-piece Next Week’s Washing “Clear Eyes” single
  

Toronto‘s Indie Rockers build an electrifying combination of vibrant and sweeping shapeshifting guitar work with Britpop-esque melancholic melodic hooks, revolving around airy and sparkling yet energetic and distorted riffs that vigorously billow over wistful, anxious male vocals, obsessively longing, with gloomy backups and uplifting spoken words, to explore perception, awareness, and clarity through a lens of self.

• US ambient /psychedelic /cosmic folk /percussive /experimental collaborative musical project between multi-instrumentalists Colorado-based Stefan Beck (Golden Brown, Prairiewolf) and Wisconsin-based Steve Targo (Nimbudala / Inner Travels),  Esther’s Mood Ring “Rosy Maple Moth” off upcoming debut album, “Dream Ecology” [Inner Islands]
• Brisbane, Australia experimental /ethereal /ambient /dream-folk singer-songwriter Fahe “Mine” single [4000 Records]
• Liverpool alternative folk-rock /storytelling duo of songwriters Tom Roberts (Cranebuilders, Beatowls) and John Canning Yates (Ella Guru), Hallelujah Trial “Together We Lost” 2nd single from the debut s/t album “Hallelujah Trial” [Violette Records]
• Manchester-based Balearic /new age /disco /percussive /deep house /psychedelic pop producer Psychederek “Saint Joan” from “The Right Side Of The Ocean” EP [Via Jupiter]
• Paris-based ’60s-’70s samples /collage /experimental psych /indie /noise pop solo project Persica 3 “Hopes Up” from the third LP “Cardinal” [Hidden Bay Records]
• Irish indie-guitar duo from Dublin consisting of Dave Long (former lead singer of Into Paradise) and Paul Page (former guitarist of Whipping Boy), The Sentimental Tourists “A New Way” single
  
• Münster, Germany jangle /indie pop collaboration project between Sebastian Voss (Wadeland Exploration Team, Nah…, 150 Tissues and The Fisherman and His Soul) and Nero Bates (Bates Motel, The No Colour Twins), Cinema Engines “Plastic Moment” two-track single [Bureau Platiruma]
• Kansas City, Missouri soft rock /gentle indie pop band Eggs on Mars “Shooting Stars (Single Mix)” from 2-track single “Shooting Stars (Single Mix) / Little Things”
  
• Cibinong, Indonesia twee /indie jangle pop solo project Hi “Girl with the Glitter Glow” single [chaoticpoprecs]
• Melbourne, Australian 4-piece indie-pop group formed in the early 90s, The Cat’s Miaow “If You’re Lost, You Can Follow Me Home” from the upcoming debut LP “When You Smiled And Turned Away” [Slumberland Records]
• Indonesian indie pop /jangle pop /C86 /post-punk unit C45 “untitled I” from 2-track CDr single “our house” [forfun.cookies]
• Geneva-based Swiss/Spanish indie /shoegaze /dream pop /psychedelic pop band Sunday,June “Come Back” from the upcoming second LP “Cinema” [Spinda Records (Spain) / Irascible Records (Switzerland)]
• San Francisco-based pop group made up of Roddy Bottum (Faith No More), Will Schwartz (hey willpower), Lynn Truell (née Perko; Sister Double Happiness, The Dicks, The Wrecks) and Jone Stebbins (The Wrecks), Imperial Teen “A Single Chair” from the seventh studio album “All Over You” [Merge]
• UK post-punk /psychedelic ‘unpop’ group formed in Leicester in 1984, Yeah Yeah Noh “Big Thumb” from “Big Thumb” EP [Precious Recordings of London]
• Mexico City minimalistic Latino indie electronic pop three-piece Tía Rosa “The Game” from upcoming LP “Thirteen Automatic Dreams” [K/Perennial]
• Los Angeles space-age /drone-pop trio led by composer Joseph Stevens, Peel Dream Magazine “Blind Faith” (previously unreleased) from the expanded edition of the 2025 collection of outtakes “Taurus” [Topshelf Records]
• London, UK-based trippy cosmic pop /krautrock /jazz /psychedelic band founded by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas (formerly of Fanfarlo) with bassist Susumu Mukai and drummer Valentina Magaletti, Vanishing Twin “Sugar Stone” from the LP “Archives” [Fire Records]
• Tennessee lo-fi garage rock /jangle /power-pop project led by musician and composer Matt Addison, aka Mythical Motors “Concentric Circles” from “Selections From The Psychics Museum (Volume 2 ~ 2006-2026)” (2 disc / double album) [Subjangle]
• San Francisco-based jangle-fuzz-powerpop quartet led by founder members Inna Showalter (Magic Fig, Blades of Joy, Modern Charms) and George Tarlson (Grandma’s Boyfriend), Whitney’s Playland “Bottled Lightning” title track of the upcoming EP “Bottled Lightning” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Huntington Beach, CA noise pop /indie rock one-man band led by Charles Martin, aka The Rocky Valentines “Everyone Has Left” from “Happy Halloween” EP [Velvet Blue Music]
• Indonesian 4-piece fuzz /indie rock band from Bogor, Sekuel “Too Hard To Say Goodbye” from “Blanc” LP [Anoa Records]
• Naarm/Melbourne, Australia noise pop /indie /garage-rock foursome The Bolt Ons “Scary Tissue” from the self-released debut album, “It’s True”
  
• Adelaide, Australia art-rock /indie rock /emo trio featuring Joel Carr (The Boltons, Bedroom Holiday), Merchandising “Picnic” new two-track single
  
• Austin, TX indie rock five-piece The Infinites “Austin” first single off upcoming album, “American Cities”
  
• Bedford, UK indie rock solo project of Jon Behrendt, Last Days of Rome “Terrified” single
  
• Stockholm, Swedish indie rock /trash pop /power pop trio (members of Bleka Dödens Minut, PoPo, Sekunderna, and Nära Döden), Bleak Streak “Forest Crater” single
  
• Portland, OR noise /indie pop four-piece Big Top “Take Care” from the upcoming “Peanut Pitch + Parterre” LP [musical fanzine records]
• Nagoya, Japan-based lo-fi power pop /indie rock project started by Kikumi Minatani in 2019, BLUEVALLEY “Hello” from the LP “MONO”
  
• Munich, Germany synthpop /indie pop /dream-pop /synthpop band Clear Coast “Parting” single
  
• New York-based Lo-Fi /Shoegaze /Dream Pop duo of Federica Tassano and Matt Sklar, aka Phantom Handshakes “Wisdom” second single from “Standing By” EP
  
• Fresno, CA ambient /dream pop /shoegaze singer-songwriter audreyRM “I will never know why” from “half moon” EP
  
• Philadelphia ambient /dream pop /shoegaze singer-songwriter Pete Pom, aka Dramamine “Wallow” first excerpt from “In Hiding” EP
  
• Brighton, UK indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze new solo project by Shore Dive Records label head honcho N.P. Wardell (FKA Beatastic), Marry Me Marie “who are you you are” from the forthcoming debut LP due early in the new year [Shore Dive Records]
• London-based shoegaze /indie rock trio Hazy Waters “Are You There (E)” single
  
• Brooklyn, NY indie rock /slowcore /shoegaze four-piece Crate “Not My Song (Mine to Keep)” first single from the s/t debut album “Crate” [Good English Records]
• Portland, OR 5-piece dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze group As Above “Blacked Out” single
  
• Los Angeles-based 3-piece electronic /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop band, untitled (halo) “Sex” third single from the s/t debut album [Dirty Hit]
• Olympia shoegazers Waves Crashing “Star” new single ahead of their first-ever UK tour this November
  
• Nashville, Tennessee emo /shoegaze /alternative rock band Baby Wave “The Scene is Changing” single [Saddle Creek]
• Brisbane, Australia post-punk /dream pop /shoegaze band Deafcult “Mount Forever (Sic)” from 2-track single “All My Friends Are Leaving” [Hobbledehoy]
• Granada, Spain-based dream pop /psychedelic rock /shoegaze duo Jose Pardo and Barry Creed, PYON SON KUT “Landslide” from “Joy Of Missing Out” EP
  
• Chicago-based 4-piece alternative rock /post-hardcore /indie rock /shoegaze band DAARLING “Slow” from upcoming debut EP “Persistence”
  
• Barcelona-based, Spanish 3-piece alternative /shoegaze /indie rock /post-punk /dark rock band La Sagrera “Balanza” title track of the debut album “Balanza”
  
• International garage-punk /wavey-punk band led by Caelan O’Flaherty, Warm Swords “Parasite” first single from “In A World” LP [Howlin Banana Records]
• Dublin, Ireland alternative rock /indie rock outfit Basht. “Perfume” from “Poor Advice” LP [LAB Records]
• Nashville, TN breakcore /noise /shoegaze /eperimental band featuring Philadelphia duo, Total Wife, Full Body 2 – “make.it.last.x.full.body.2.recovery” from Total Wife‘s “come.back.down.x.recovery” EP [Julia’s War Recordings]
• Berlin-based garage rock /krautrock /psychedelic rock four-piece Sacred Buzz “Nothing to Hide” off Sacred Buzz’s self-titled debut LP [Sound Effect Records]
• Cologne, Germany-based Spanish-German rock’n’roll /psych garage rock power trio Glándula “Perder la cordura” from Glándula’s first LP “Selva Negra” [Discos Antifaz]
• London-based psychedelic rock outfit The Confederate Dead “Cold Turkey” (John Lennon cover)
  
• Midlands, UK 60s-inspired psych /garage rock band The Crystal Teardrop “Touch The Sun” from the debut LP “Love You More” [Rise Above Records]
• Christchurch, New Zealand jangle-pop /garage /power pop band (featuring members of Transistors, Salad Boys, and T54), Best Bets “More Good News” from upcoming “Monolithic Discipline” album [Melted Ice Cream / Meritorio Records]
• St. Louis, Missouri lo-fi weirdo punk /psych /indie rock /power pop /mutant pop solo studio project (and ensemble live band) of Martin Meyer (Lumpy and the Dumpers, the Wad, Cal and the Calories, Fried E/M, and as the head of the defunct Lumpy Records), Soup Activists “Johnny” from the upcoming album “Where the Rubbish Goes” [Feel It Records]
• Montreal, Quebec lo-fi garage punk duo RETAIL SIMPS “Gems and Sand” from “Real Simple” LP [Total Punk Records]
• Exeter, UK emo /indie rock band Pushbike – “Pure Hate” from the debut EP “LITTLE BASTARD” [spinning sister / the bird records]
• North of Italy indie folk rock new project by producer, singer and songwriter (former Jennifer Gentle, Yonic South, Le Case del Futuro), Alessio Lonati, aka Loneriver “My Whole Life” from the debut LP “A Change”
  
• Middlesbrough, UK baroque-pop /chamber pop /indie folk songwriter and ukulele player Amelia Coburn “I Just Want To Say” 1st single from the second LP “Myself and Other Monsters”
  
• Western Massachusetts cosmic country/folk-rock band (Pigeons, Sunburned Hand of the Man, SQRM), Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere “Friendship Song” from the album “III” [Sophomore Lounge]
• Massachusetts experimental /psychedelic /free-rock collective since 1994, Sunburned Hand of the Man “Felt Finer” from the live album “The Geezer’s Wheel” Recorded live at The Cut – Gloucester, MA 2024 [Sunburned Records]
• Essex-born British punk indie singer-songwriter, storyteller, and poet Scott Lavene “Decisions” from the 7″ single “Be Happy/Decisions” [Chiswick Records]