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

Weekly Shoegaze/ Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips

Vanishing Point (1971) by Richard C. Sarafian

  • Olympia, WA-born, EU/UK-based shoegaze/dreampop band of Nick Noble (93MillionMilesFromTheSun), Tobias Bernsand (Orange Crate Art), David Fitzgerald (Junkyard Liberty / The Telescopes) and the band’s founder Rebecca Basye (The Emerald Down / Mukilteo Fairies), The Emerald Down “Rule of 3rds” off new 2-track single                                                                                                                                                                     
  • Stockholm, Sweden psych-pop / garage 4-piece Runtom Knuten ”Variation, Baby!” new single on Lazy Octopus Records                                                                                                                                                          
  • Yorkshire, UK indie / folk / dream pop solo project DISTANT SHORE “Moving Up North” new single                 
  • Portsmouth, New Hampshire dreamy indie-pop 5-piece SUNCHOKE “Bleach” from s/t debut EP                     
  • Scotland, UK lo-fi / electronic / shoegaze project Greasy Cat “When She Opened Her Eyes No One Remembered Her Name”                                                                                                                                           
  • Zagreb, Croatia based indie jangle dreampop outfit lead by Mirko Corak (member of Macedonian band Uminum), SVEMIRKO ”Zauvijek Zen” from the new album “Tunguzija”                                                                 
  • Wellington, New Zealand indie pop solo project of Stuart Drake, THE FATALITIES “Fighting and Fighting” from the upcoming album “sick and tired of being sick and tired” out June 15 2018                                             
  • Bristol, UK mid-80’s C86/garage-punk band The Groove Farm “Back Of My Mind” from forthcoming album “Groovy Pharmacy” out August 6 on Raving Pop Blast! Recordings                                                                     
  • Manchester, UK indie / shoegaze 5-piece SIMMER “Juno” new single on Dog Knights Productions               
  • São Paulo, Brazil shoegaze / psychedelic trio FIREFRIEND “Surface To Air” from the forthcoming album “Yellow Spider” out July 27, 2018                                                                                                                             
  • Portland OR fuzzy, dreamy psych / post-punk / shoegaze band TEN MILLION LIGHTS “Nothing In The Sun” (Finch cover, originally 1968) from new 4-track EP “Drummer’s Dream” (covers of 60s garage psych songs originally played at Nuggets Night 2017)                                                                                                                 
  • Dublin, Ireland noise-pop / shoegaze 4-piece GALANTS “In Vain” new single on Jigsaw Records                   
  • Khabarovsk-born, Moscow-based Russian indie dreampop project by of Sergei Khavro aka Parks, Squares & Alleys “Ageless” new single                                                                                                                                 
  • Austin‘s DIY bedroom pop/dream pop 5-piece Why Bonnie “Stereo” from the upcoming 5-track cassette EP “Nightgown”                                                                                                                                                             
  • Florida‘s noisy, surfgazing feedbacker MrENC “It’s Just A Matter Of Time” new single                                         
  • St. Petersburg, Russian lo-fi / dreampop / shoegaze 4-piece led by Slava Kotovski, фалафель на углах [falafel on the corners] ‘На скейте по ночному проспекту/On skate on the night avenue’ from the album “Тот Самый Момент/That moment” on IONOFF MUSIC                                                                                               
  • Yekaterinburg, Russia shoegaze/post punk/psychedelic solo project  промзона 96 [promzona 96] ‘под летним дождем/Under summer rain’ new single                                                                                                   
  • Tucson, AZ shoegaze / dreampop 4-piece Mute Swan “Enough Fun” new 7″ single                                           
  • Russian Dream Pop / New Wave trio from Moscow, Rates of Exchange “Fashion Week” new single                                    
  • Aberdeen, UK indie / post rock / shoegaze trio EMPTY MAPS “Tolsta” from 2-track single ‘Tolsta / Negative Travel’                                                                                                                                                                         
  • Former Sarah Records indie-pop band made of core duo Beth Arzy and John Girgus from Southern California, ABERDEEN “Sunny In California (The Very Most – Syntherely Yours Remix)” from “Remixes” album. 
  • Dublin, Ireland dreampop / junk pop trio Squarehead “Waves” new single                                                         
  • Uppsala, Sweden synthpop / dream-pop duo PAPERCLIP EYES “City Rushing through Steep Light” from debut s/t EP.                                                                                                                                                                         
  • Italian kraut fuzzy psychedelic band from Rome, CRIMEN “Six Weeks” from upcoming album “Silent Animals” via Fuzz Club                                                                                                                                                            
  • Australian electronic ethereal dreampop FLOWER BOY 卓颖贤 “i just want 2 adore u” debut single via Perfect Hair Records
     
  • Minneapolis, MN and Brooklyn, NY based dream-pop duo consisting of vocalist Claire de Lune and producer Grant Cutler, TINY DEATHS “Always” new single                                                                                                        
  • Mexican experimental / indie / dreampop home-recording project created by Fernando Silva, aka BIT “Campos de la Memoria” from the debut album “La Luz y El Vacío”                                                                       
  • Leon, Mexico shoegaze / dreampop trio FOREVER BLOND “Solo A Ti” from the forthcoming debut EP on Stupid Decisions                                                                                                                                                      
  • Toronto, Canada dreampop / shoegaze 4-piece SAHARA “Haze” new single                                                       
  • Chicago‘s experimental / dreampop / goth / shoegaze duo Solemn Meant Walks “Dark Haus” from the sophomore EP from “Under The Troll Tree”
  • New Brunswick, NJ jangle / power pop trio The Rareflowers “Shake” first single off of The Rareflowers’ s/t EP out June 29th via Good Eye Records                                                                                                                      
  • Singapore‘s indie dreampop trio SOBS “Telltale Signs” title track of the debut album out 22/6 on Middle Class Cigars                                                                                                                                                                       
  • Mexico City based jangle / indie pop moniker for the Mexican musician and composer Fernando Torres, aka Okama Flannel Boy “Carolina St.” A side from the upcoming 4-track 7″ on Cloudberry Records                     
  • Russian indie pop / post-punk band from Yekaterinburg, Перемотка [Gruppa Peremotka] ‘Очнись/Wake Up” from the new EP ‘IV’.                                                                                                                                         
  • Oakland‘s dreampop artist (formerly of Trails and Ways) Hannah van Loon, aka Tanukichan “Perfect” taken from Tanukichan’s debut album, “Sundays,” out July 13th on Company Records                                                     
  • South London, UK jangle pop / dream pop 5-piece MARGOT “Twenty Six” new single                                       
  • Italian psych / noise-pop / shoegaze 4-piece from Milan, IN HER EYE “Elephant” from the new album “Change”                                                                                                                                                                   
  • Seattle, WA psychedelic / post punk / shoegaze quartet led by Owen Murphy, New Age Healers feat. Patrick “Seton” O’Connor – “An American Dream” from tribute compilation “Welcome Tomorrow, Love And Rockets In Another View” via The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records                                                                                      
  • Ufa, Russian dreampop / shoegaze all-girl trio акульи слёзы ‘не исчезай’ from the debut EP ‘в музее моей памяти’                                                                                                                                                                             

VanishingPoint (1971)