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• Paris based indie pop trio made of Michael Hiscock (from Sarah Records‘ Field Mice and Shinkansen Records‘ Trembling Blue Stars), Émilie Guillaumot and Jeremie Orsel, aka The Gentle Spring “Sugartown” from forthcoming debut album “Looking Back at the World” via Too Good To Be True & Skep Wax Records
  

The opening track from the forthcoming debut album by the new band of former The Field Mice co-founder and bassist Michael Hiscock is an uplifting charming folk tune about real life melancholy and joy, imbued with reflective acoustic lightness, sung by nostalgic heartfelt vocals and high haloes, that glide over a gentle airy flow of shimmering guitar strums, sparkling plucking chords, light tinny tambourine shakes and vibrant fluting motifs, spiraling in a cocoon of soul-stirring sentimentality.

• Glasgow-based dream pop /indie folk artist of Indian heritage, Radhika “Future Me” debut single via God Vibrations Records
  

Continuing on the same captivating acoustic folk lightness, the upbeat debut of the young Glasgowian singer-songwriter reflects on being a responsible eco-global citizen to unfurl easy-going heartfelt vocals that sway over a bouncy ongoing pace of vibrant strummed guitars and warm bass pulses, coloured by wistful fluting ripples and bittersweet piano melodies, to bring forth comforting and immersive feelings of melancholy and hope.

• Los Angeles-based 4-piece alternative rock /grunge /shoegaze band Bad Light “Portrait” new single
  

L.A. based four piece Bad Light states to play “loud music for quiet people” through a heady mix of distorted, reverb-heavy, noisy guitar sound with reflective atmospheric melancholy, bridging rumbling melodic echoes of grunge /shoegaze /alternative from the early ’90s/’00s. The new single “Portrait”, a song about romantic disconnection and mind games, triggers a rush of stumbling, hard-hitting drum beats and heavy throbbing bass lines, floating through wailing and anthemic fuzz-laden guitar riffs melting away in contemplative, sorrowful sparkling interludes, to soar and overlie emotional vocals, swaying between sad dreaminess and aching laments.

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based ambient /shoegaze /indie folk /experimental pop artist and musician Kristin Reiman, aka Man Rei “I’ve Been Calling” from the 12″ LP “The Thread” [Somewhere Press]
• Ambient /ethereal /avant pop /dream pop /experimental collaborative, cross-continental project from Barcelona-based composer Dania Shihab (Paralaxe Editions), and Portland-based avant-gardist, Ilyas Ahmed (Grails member and collaborator with Liz Harris, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, and Golden Retriever), DANIAILYAS “Be Where” from “Enough For Me To Remain” LP 12″ [Geographic North]
• Toronto‘s ambient electronic pop artist Shanika Lewis-Waddell, aka s shn shn “Light breaks through” (unreleased) from the cassette compilation album “Everything from before lives here” [Imaginary North]
• New York electronic /dream pop /dark wave /synthpop solo project R. Missing “Party Fade Into Air” single
  
• Canadian electronic /dream pop duo Johnny Jewel & Megan Louise, Desire “Zeros (Tyu Remix)”
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• Swedish veteran dream pop /synth-pop band led by Tobias Isaksson, aka Azure Blue “Visions and Themes” off the forthcoming album “The Night of the Stars” via Matinée Recordings, Hybris, and Anna Logue Records
  
• Australian wintery chillwave /ambient pop project of Caleb Carr from Adelaide, Tokyo “Silent Alarm” debut single
  
• Bratislava, Slovakia bedroom /indie-folk singer-songwriter DANIEL B “silhouette (for a film)” single via Start-track
  
• England‘s post-Strawberry Switchblade experimental pastoral folk group fronted by singer Rose McDowall, Sorrow “Fear Becomes You” off the CD/vinyl reissue of the1999 second and final album “Sleep Now Forever” via Night School
  
• Durham, NC-based Toronto‘s lo-fi /psych pop /indie rock /hypnagogic pop solo project of musician and songwriter Patrick Flegel (Women), Cindy Lee “Government Cheque” from the triple vinyl album “Diamond Jubilee” via Superior Viaduct
  
• Atlanta, Georgia ethereal /dream pop solo project Pure and To Magnify “Measure Missed, By The Mile” debut single
  
• Norway psychedelic /dream pop project Glassmanet “Lagoon (on the Moon)” single
  
• Portland, OR surf /dream pop /indie rock /synth-pop /wave instrumental solo project Bathrobe – “till my death” single via Spirit Goth Records
  
• Glasgow-based jangly /indie /dream pop artist Michael Kay Terence, aka Swiss Portrait “Midnight” from the cassette album “Someday” via Start-track
  
• Philadelphia, PA indie rock /jangle /psych /power pop band 2nd Grade “Uncontrollably Cool” from the album Scheduled Explosions” via Double Double Whammy
  
• Sydney‘s indie rock band led by Darryl Mather (The Lime Spiders, The Someloves) and featuring celebrated producer (R.E.M.)/musician (Let’s Active) Mitch Easter and Ken Stringfellow (The Posies), The Orange Humble Band “Down In Your Dreams” from the remastered reissue of the debut album “Assorted Creams – Anniversary Deluxe Edition” originally released by Half A Cow Records in 1997
  
• Cavan, Ireland indie pop band formed in 1988, The Would Be’s “Stay Tuned” single from the forthcoming album “Hindzeitgeist”
  
• Münster, Germany songwriter and musician (Cinema Engines, The No Colour Twins) Nero Bates “Bürgermeister of Nowhere Land (by The Rocket Twins)” from “Turning 60” (Split Single) musical friends reinterpreted Nero Bates’ songs via Bureau Platiruma!!!
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi C86 /post-punk /twee /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Goodbye!” 26th and first single from the new upcoming album “Thursday” via his own Salt Mine Records
  
• Adelaide ambient /shoegaze /jangle /indie project of Caleb Carr, Border National “Parallel Action” single
  
• Stockholm, Sweden indie rock band (members from Popsicle and The Genuine Fakes), The While “The Glimmering” single
  
• Dallas, TX shoegaze /indie rock band New Avenues “Neighbourhood” single
  
• Pittssburgh/NYC surf /indie rock /shoegaze /dream-pop band COLATURA “Do you miss her” (Single)
  
• Sydney, Australia emo /indie /dream pop trio EGOISM “Melbourne” single
  
• Paris shoegaze /dreampop /alt-rock band Berezina “Out Of Nothing” from the debut EP “Perfume Of The Past”
  
• Brussels-based new wave /shoegaze /synth-pop 4-piece Turquoise “Tumulte” from the debut LP “Avant demain” via Freaksville Records
  
• Colchester, UK indie rock /shoegaze /dream-pop quartet She’s In Parties “The Times” from “Puppet Show” EP
  
• Boston, MA rock n’ roll /noise /power /alternative pop band led by Hilken Mancini of ’90s indie rockers Fuzzy, Hilken Mancini Band “Anniversary” from s/t album via Girlsville Records
  
• Trondheim, Norway dreamy jangle /power pop band Onsloow “Nothing Is Like The Nothing We Share” from the sophomore LP “Full Speed Anywhere Else” via Tiny Engines
  
• Bedford, UK indie rock solo project of Jon Behrendt, aka Last Days of Rome “Microhabits” from the debut album “The Things We’ll Lose”
  
• Seattle, WA lo-fi indie rock band Sleeping Bag “Cozy” from the album”Beam Me Up” via Earth Libraries
  
• Philadelphia, PA ’90s indie-rock trio Moped “Turkey” (1996) from the CD compilation “We Remember Everything” [1993 – 1997] via northern friend recordings
  
• London-based 4-piece jangle pop /power pop /indie rock band The Tubs “Freak Mode” from the upcoming second album “Cotton Crown” via Trouble In Mind Records
  
• Paris-based punk /power-pop all-girl quartet Alvilda “Paris été” from the debut LP “C’est D​é​jà L’heure” via Static Shock Records
  
• Kalmar, Sweden lo-fi /noise pop /shoegaze /indie rock project of Jens Fransson, a former member of Sack Lunch (2017-2019), aka Trash Ratio “Faints” single
  
• Santiago-based, Chilean new wave /shoegaze /post-punk four piece TØLVA “Venus” single
  
• Australian 80s electronica /dream pop /shoegaze  duo of Darren Barnes (Trillion) and Tony Hubbard (Kirp), Pluto Is A Planet “Monoculture Lost” from “Response Too” EP CD via Shore Dive Records
  
• Lithuanian post-rock /shoegaze /dream pop project of multi-instrumentalist Eligijus Žilinskas, AKA Sungazer “Tirpstu” from the EP “Godumi”
  
• Uppsala, Sweden shoegaze /indie /dream pop quartet, Skilda Världar “Blå mitella” single
  
• Sydney-based shoegaze /dream pop musician and songwriter Pete Bridle (Fka Lake Region and guitarist of Trillion), aka Lone Seagull “Cold Morning” title track of the new EP “Cold Morning”
  
• Taipei, Taiwan four piece dream pop /shoegaze band The Whisperer “Never Forget” single
  
• Seoul City Shoegazers FOG “Follow Your Lead” from the upcoming CD album “Fogesque III”
  
• Philadelphia-based noise /shoegaze band Her New Knife “kittyriff” from “Chrome is lullaby” EP via Julia’s War Recordings
  
• Philadelphia-based indie rock /heavy shoegaze solo project, Farewell Days “ARM & LEG” from “No Place Else” EP
  
• San Francisco‘s dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece Pure Hex “Spare Me” single
  
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania post-rock /shoegaze /indie rock solo project of Kody Stieve, aka Joyful Forfeit “Pale In Comparison” single
  
• Leeds, UK post-punk /kraut /noise /psych rock /shoegaze band Cellar Messiah “Bad Person” from the debut “Melts into Air” EP
  
• Christchurch, NZ dream-pop /indie rock /shoegaze band formed in 1993, Springloader “Just Like Yesterday” the title track of the upcoming debut album “Just Like Yesterday” via Failsafe Records
  
• New York 4-piece grunge /shoegaze band Glimmer “So Numb” single
  
• Fort Worth, TX slowcore /grunge /shoegaze band TRAUMA RAY “Chameleon” title track of the debut album “Chameleon” via Dais Records
  
• Hackney, London 4 piece grunge /shoegaze band Cheerless “Petrichor” single
  
• Baltimore, Maryland emo /noise /grunge /shoegaze band Dosser “Learned To Breathe” from “Caught In A Web + Learned to Breathe” single via Really Rad Records
  
• Berlin-based darkgaze artist Vlimmer “Sinkkopf” from the 4th album “Bodenhex” via Blackjack Illuminist Records
  
• Buenos Aires-based DIY psychedelic rock /indie-rock /dream pop /shoegaze band led by France-born songwriter Cyril Degilles, Ural Mountains “Harbour (feat. Death Of Heather)” from the album “Dead Oceans” via No Me Escucho Records
  
• Grenoble, France shoegaze /psychedelic rock band Pills for Tomorrow “Let It Rain” single
  
• Mexican experimental /psychedelic rock duo Lorena Quintanilla and Alberto González aka Lorelle Meets The Obsolete “Datura (MEMORIALS Remix)” from the remix EP “Remezcla” via Sonic Cathedral
  
• Hamburg 4-piece Post Punk /Cosmic Psychedelic Rock /Shoegaze band Grundeis “Distanced Far Gone” third single from the upcoming second album “Every Second An Ocean”
  
• Strasbourg, France 3-piece shoegaze /noise /neo-psychedelic /French pop band Sinaïve “Velv​é​tine” from the LP “POP MODERNE” via ANTIMATIERE and super structure
  
• Madison, Wisconsin-based noise /indie rock duo Red Pants “One More Ghost” from the EP “Pale Shadows”
  
• Toronto, Canadian dream pop /indie folk /psychedelic rock singer-songwriter, Tess Parks “Sunnyside” from the third solo album “Pomegranate” via Fuzz Club & Hand Drawn Dracula Records
  
• Milwaukee-based veteran kraut /noise-pop /shoegaze /indie rock band Brief Candles “Daylight Savers” from the 5th LP “Unfinished Nature”
  
• South Wales surf /noise pop /garage-psych rock band The Eggmen Whoooooo! “Eggman Vs Hellboy” from the debut album “FUZZY EGGS, PLEASE”
  
• Barcelona noise pop /indie rock 5-piece Vecinos “Fisiocrem” from the debut LP “Junta extraordiria” via Mont Ventoux
  
• San Francisco alternative /indie rock 4-piece Gloomy June “Back from the dead” single
  
• Norway hyperpop /indie dance artist OTHA “Club 20” title track of the new EP “Club 20”
  
• Grenoble, France art-pop singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Gintsugi “Ride” single
  
• NYC-bred indie pop-rock singer-songwriter Chloe Berry “Flirt” single via Lauren Records
  
• Gqeberha, South Africa Dreampop /Shoegaze duo Wasabi Club “Autumn Song” single
  
• Amsterdam Psychedelic Folk project by Temple Fang guitarist Ivy van der Veer and singer-songwriter Ismena, Myriad’s Veil “The Darkness” debut single
  
• Los Angeles based Americana /alt-folk singer-songwriter Gold Star “Fentanyl” from upcoming debut LP “How To Shoot The Moon”
  
• Devon, UK woodland folkadelica group led by Stephen Stannard, The Rowan Amber Mill – “All is Blue (Single Edit)” via Millersounds
  
• Leipzig, Germany instrumental psychedelic /kraut /space rock band ACID ROOSTER “Confidence of Ignorance” from the album “Hall of Mirrors” via Tonzonen (EU), Cardinal Fuzz (UK) and Little Cloud Records (US)
  
• Dearborn, Michigan ambient /drone /shoegaze /psych /space rock duo Windy Weber & Carl Hultgren, aka WINDY & CARL “Heavy Creation Mix” from the upcoming CD album “Heavy Early & The Creation Of Venus”