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

• Norwegian–German sophisti-pop /indie pop duo J.O. Åleskjær and Seb Voss, aka Herr Wade “Haus mit Aussicht” from the upcoming mini-LP “The Opposite Of Cool” [Bureau Platiruma]

Norwegian/German uncool pop extraordinaries, now also a live four-piece band ready to take  all the venues near you by storm, unveil the upcoming new mini-album with the first tease, “House With A view”. Another fine crafted pop song once again felt like a soundtrack to an imaginary John Barry’s Bond score, urgently racing through high tempo drums, bouncy guitar riffs with secretive twangy “spy” tones and piercing leads, swathed by shivering and swirling cinematic strings atop vibrant male vocals layering with shadowy haloes and boisterous backups, laced with “adolescence, doom scenario school literature, Hasenbrot, Clearasil and The Boy with a thorn is his side”.

• Tokyo, Japan alternative rock /emo /gazecore /shoegaze /art rock band The Florist “Sundown” single
  

Some years back one of the most promising bands from the Japanese alternative rock/shoegaze scene, with three well-received albums, spanning from 2014 to 2021, under their belts before going on hiatus, until now. The new single drives steady stumbling drum beats that ceaselessly brace dense swirling hazy waves of heavily distorted, fuzzy riffs, amid sudden jagged bursts of edgy energy and shimmery reflective respites, battering softly anxious, gloomy male vocals, releasing loneliness beneath a fleeting afterglow, before finally crushing with a sweeping blaring chaos.
A return without too many surprises, but which renews the group’s classic 90s shoegaze sound, at times peppered with Emo tones, and more recent DIIV nuances, equally powerful and saturated, as it is introspective and emotionally resonant.

• Swedish new guitar pop solo endeavour by The Electric Pop Group vocalist and guitarist Erik Aamot, aka Norwegian Blue – “Something New” debut single from a forthcoming LP  [Matinée Recordings]

First release from the new effort by Erik Aamot, one of the founding brothers of the renowned Gothenburg group The Electric Pop Group. Stuck in between a droning pinch of the Velvets, and a sparkly dash of Brighter, “Something New” is a heart-melting concoction of steady tinny drum patterns, serpentine humming bass lines, tight hypnotic sharply ringing riffs laced with acoustic strums and glowing synths, to warmly cocoon the endless stirring grace of heartfelt male vocals, crooning, with uplifting ‘pa pa pa’ back-ups, about trying to do good things in life. As usual, wonderfully timeless emotive indie pop from the Matinée label stable.

• Naarm/Melbourne-based lo-fi /ambient /drone /field recordings /cinematic /psychedelia /dream pop /electronic multi-instrumentalist, producer and sound healer Phoebe Dubar, IKSRE “karijini (iron. spinifex)” from the album “expansion a (south)” [Imprisma Records]
• Manchester/Glasgow ambient /drone /noise /dark /dream pop trio Shell Company “Little Hooks” from the debut EP “Locket” [Accidental Meetings]
• London / Leeds, UK dream pop /shoegaze /gothgaze group Cloud Studies “Ghosts (Auburn Lull Remix) from “Ghosts” EP 7″ vinyl [Happy Robots]
• Norwegian electronic /shoegaze /hyperpop /trip-hop /avant-pop songwriter and producer Sunniva Lindgård, aka Sassy 009 “Tell Me ft. Blood Orange” from the upcoming album “Dreamer+”
  
• Seattle, WA-based Americana/ Indie Folk Rock singer-songwriter Damien Jurado “Tundra” single (outtake from the 2021 album “The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania”)
  
• Atlanta, GA indie rock /dream pop /slowcore project of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Thomas Howard, aka Orchid Mantis “Strange Heaven” from upcoming second LP of the year, “In Airports” [Daydream Records / Start-Track]
• Brooklyn, NY psychedelic /folk /ndie rock worldly, genre-bending acoustic trio City of the Sun “London”
  
• Toronto, ON bedroom pop /acoustic folk /indie rock singer-songwriter Rachel Bobbitt “Remember?” from the LP “Swimming Towards The Sand” [Fantasy Records]
• Dundee, Scotland alternative /indie rock six-piece formed in the early ’90s, Spare Snare “Scrabble (fade version)” from the upcoming live album “Live at V&A Dundee” [Chute Records]
• New Zealand veteran indie rock band active since the early 1980s, The Bats “A Line to the Stars” from the 11th album “Corner Coming Up” [Flying Nun Records]
• Indianapolis 5-piece lo-fi /jangling noisy indie guitar pop band Good Flying Birds “Golfball” from the LP “Talulah’s Tape” [Carpark Records]
• Leeds, UK indie /noise pop band Tulpa – “Transfixed Gaze” second single from Tulsa’s debut album “Monster Of The Week” [Skep Wax]
• Chicago-based shoegaze /dream pop /jangle indie-pop band led by songwriter Loren Vanderbilt III (former member of Star Tropics), aka Humdrum “April [Ultraviolet demo]” from “The Every Heaven Demos”, an anniversary celebration and collection of home demos for last year’s debut album, “Every Heaven” on Slumberland Records
  
• lles Balears, Spain jangle /indie pop /power pop band Marlovers “Lone Star” single [Lilystars Records]
• London-based 5-piece indie rock /new wave group SUEP “The Rain” single [Memorials of Distinction]
• Brooklyn, NY indie /jangle /dream pop /new wave /post-punk new project from Michael Chau, aka The Field Index “My Inner Goth Girl” first single from “We Had Everything But Time” EP [Living Waters Records]
• London-based pop band from former Felt and Denim frontman Lawrence, aka Mozart Estate “Summer Is Here” from the second album “Tower Block In A Jam Jar” [Cherry Red Records]
• Melbourne, Aussie power pop band Icecream Hands “Back On The Road” from the eighth album “Giant Fox Pineapple Tree” 
  
• Bay Area power pop underground mainstay (guitarist in Sob Stories, R.E. Seraphin, and Body Double), Joel Cusumano “Mary Katharine”, third and final single from the debut LP “Waxworld” [Dandy Boy Records]
• Long Beach, CA indie rock /’barbecue pop’ artist Max Gardener “Venus” second single from the LP “Things We Tell Ourselves” [Sadie Street Records]
• Brisbane, Australia shoegaze /indie rock duo Western Freeway “I Came To Realise” off “You Are The Reason” EP
  
• Montreal, Québec dream pop /dreamgaze singer-songwriter Mackerel Sky “Dissolution” from “Demos 7” EP
  
• Washington, DC dream pop /shoegaze /indie rock band led by Jay Nemeyer, Color Palette “Zombie” single
  
• Oviedo, Spain indie /psych rock /alternative pop /dream pop trio De Fem “La Iglesia” from “Rojo despertar” LP [Spinda Records]
• Atlanta, GA ambient /shoegaze /dark wave /dreampop multi-instrumentalist Brent Collins, Slo Moon “I Want You” single
  
• Detroit, Mi dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece Origami Phase “Where To Begin” from V/A “Aspirin Age Volume Five (a shoegaze compilation)” annual cassette compilation [Broken Sound Tapes]
• New York electronic /dream-pop /electro-pop duo R. Missing “Ola Tremble” single
  
• Oslo, Norway electronic /indie /trip-hop /dream pop singer-songwriter Yndling “Time Time Time (I’m in the Palm of Your Hand)” new single from the LP “It’s Almost Like You’re Here” [Spirit Goth Records]
• LA based dream-pop /indie-pop duo Magdalena Bay “Paint Me A Picture” off the single “Human Happens / Paint Me A Picture” [Mom+Pop]
• Winnipeg 5-piece slowcore /dream pop /shoegaze band Living Hour “Texting” from the LP “Internal Drone Infinity” [Keeled Scales]
• Windsor, ON Shoegaze /Dream Pop band Talking Violet “Destroy” single
  
• East Coast, Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band of songwriter, guitarist, and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Slings and Arrows” single
  
• Manila, Philippines indie /shoegaze dream pop five-piece band Megumi Acorda “Copeland Heights” from “Sun Blanket” EP
  
• Adelaide, South Australia Dream Pop /Art Pop duo Kiah Lanagan & Jakub Tengdahl, aka DEAN FOREVER “Not That Door” Halloween single and first taste of the upcoming LP out in 2026
  
• São Paulo, Brazil alternative rock /shoegaze /dream pop band Turmallina “Mil Pedaços” single
  
• Portland, OR-based alternative rock /dreamgaze /shoegaze four-piece band Kallai “Always/Never” single from the debut LP “We Are Forever” [Little Cloud Records]
• Massachusetts noise rock /shoegaze /dreampop band The Dreamtoday “Breathe” single
  
• Muscle Shoals, Alabama psych /dream-pop /shoegaze duo Sister Ray Davies “Big Ships” 3rd single from upcoming LP “Holy Island” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Brooklyn, NY psychedelic /dream pop /shoegaze trio Phantom Wave “Collider” from the album “Echoes Unknown” [Shore Dive Records]
• Gothenburg, Sweden indie rock /heavy shoegaze band Poloklubben “Som tårar” second single
  
• Oslo-based, Norwegian dream pop /shoegaze band Future Nostalgia “Draumer” second and last single from our upcoming sophomore album, “Mellow”
  
• Boston, MA pioneer shoegaze band formed in 1990, Drop Nineteens “Fools” from the 7″ single “Fools” [Wharf Cat Records]
• Philadelphia slowcore /indie rock /shoegaze band They Are Gutting a Body of Water “Sour Diesel” off upcoming 4th album “Lotto” [ATO]
• Savannah, GA Indie / Shoegaze trio Whaleboat “Mountains & Canyons” single
  
• San Diego, CA alternative rock /shoegaze four-piece Blossom “Garden of Words” single
  
• Kingston, Washington hyperpunk /indie rock /doomgaze /heavy shoegaze five-piece Male//Gaze “Get Well” from the upcoming “Too Late Now” EP
  
• St Catherine’s, Ontario grunge /shoegaze /alternative rock band Der Fang “Tasting Blood” single
  
• Leeds, UK drone /kraut /rock’n’roll /acid /psychedelic rock outfit Self-Immolation Music “Killing Field” from “Strange Worship” LP [Cardinal Fuzz (UK) / Feeding Tube (US)]
• Little Rock, Arkansas garage rock /post-hardcore /alt-rock /(post-)punk veteran band Peach Blush “Eradication of the Mind” from the 7″ EP of the same name [Sunday Drive Records]
• South London-based fuzzy indie rock five-piece Ain’t “Long Short Round” single [Fear of Missing Out Records]
• Austin, Texas experimental /minimal /kraut /psychedelic rock collective Water Damage “Hotel Vegas 071725” live at Hotel Vegas, Austin, TX on July 17, 2025
  
• Italian 4-piece krautrock /neo-psychedelia /space rock group from Milan,  Giöbia “Vers les Terres-Rouges (La Mort de la Terre)” from the 7th LP “X-ÆON” [Heavy Psych Sounds]
• Detroit, MI experimental /kraut /indie rock collective of Cory Plump (Spray Paint, Rider/Horse, Expensive Shit), Fred Thomas (Tyvek, Idle Ray), Whitney Johnson (Matchess, Damiana), and Matthew J Rolin (Powers/Rolin Duo, solo), Lonnie “Palmtree” Slack (Water Damage) and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Winged Wheel “Speed Table” lead single from the third LP “Desert So Green [12XU]
• Chicago kraut /punk funk /acid house /mutant disco trio of Duke Cooper, Jonathan D. Valdez and Jason Letkiewicz (Confused House label), aka Nu Vision “Time” debut single [Nation Records]
• New York-based bedroom indie rock solo project by singer-songwriter Nate Amos (from Water From Your Eyes), This is Lorelei “Name the Band” first single from the second “Holo Boy” LP [Double Double Whammy]
• Nashville, TN rock’n’roll /blues /psychedelic rock band The Minks “Love Me Right” single
  
• Milwaukee garage rock /rock ‘n’ roll trio Diet Lite “X-Ray” single
  
• London-based jazz /r&b /soul /electronic drummer, producer, singer-songwriter and singer (half of duo Clay with Matthew Herbert), Momoko Gill – “No Others” off new 2-track single “No Others / When Palestine Is Free” from the 2026 debut solo album, “Momoko” [Strut]
• LA-based Americana /baroque /indie folk pop songwriter Andrew Pelletier “Amen, Pioneer (Or Hard Livin’ in the Age of Aquarius)” single
  
• Los Angeles, CA indie rock /synthy indie pop singer-songwriter Lillie West, aka Lala Lala “Does This Go Faster?” single [Hardly Art / Sub Pop]
• Berlin-based electronic pop music producer and songwriter Sable “Björk” single