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

• Barcelona, Spanish 3-piece psychedelic /britpop /noise pop/shoegaze band Lions Constellation “Allison“ third and final single from the upcoming second album “New Moon Rising“ [Shelflife Records (US) / Too Good To Be True Records (FR) / Make Me Happy Records (GR) / Psychocandy Records (ID)]

The third and final single is again a compelling piece of emotionally ridden, sparkly and atmospheric early 90s-inflected Shoegaze melodicism with light psychedelic glimmers. The Ride-tinged “Allison“ swirls out of the gate with energetic, blaring guitar riffs that spiral and bobble with jangling nostalgic melodies, strained by high chiming wistful chords and brief, tight bursts of searing distortion, to carry dreamy, elated vocals of gloomy angst, layered with cool and comforting celestial skies, through a joyous connection that, despite great effort, doesn’t last.

• Washington, DC-based post-punk /new wave /indie rock /dreampop /shoegaze /DIY project Shades of Violet “UnME” single
  

D.C. project tweaks its distinctive melodic dreamgaze sound, handling a propulsive brooding post-punk bassline, punched by tight drum patterns, and effect-filled shimmery washes of The Edge-like impressionistic atmospheric guitar textures, to rain down on secretive and devotional vocals, blending disharmonious layers of softly sung spoken words, to explore how dueling energies work together to make something beautiful.

• Melbourne ethereal /dream pop /noise pop /shoegaze band Cochlear Kill “Someones” single
  

With a penchant for creating lush, dreamy, immersive soundscapes, the Aussie band is back with a specimen of its swirly, airy and surreal Shoegaze sound. Entirely captivating from the get-go with washings of shimmery reverb-saturated guitars, silver-lined with sharp crystalline radiance, growing increasingly more intense as a full-bodied distorted riff creeps forward before introspectively descending and then vibrantly ascending into bittersweet reveries alongside whispery, hopeful vocals soaring toward celestial ecstasy to express “There’s someone for everyone”.

• Galway, Ireland ambient /drone /dream pop musician and composer Maria Somerville “Stonefly (Seefeel Remix)” from upcoming “Luster (Remixes)” EP [4AD]
• German veteran experimental /kraut /glitch-pop /indietronica group led by Markus and Micha Acher, aka The Notwist “Run Run Run (Ada Remix)” from the rarities compilation “Magnificent Fall” [Alien Transistor]
• California indie rock /dream pop duo Sonia Gadhia &  CASTLEBEAT ”Prism” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• New York wave /electronic /dream pop /synthpop project R. Missing “Dreamletting” single
  
• Los Angeles-based alternative /indie rock /dream pop project of singer-songwriter Sophie Negrini, Janelane “Layla” single
  
• Bristol, UK alt country Americana /indie rock quartet The Lovely Basement “Barabbas” from the second LP “Lowlands” [Precious Recordings of London]
• Shaftesbury, UK organist, guitarist and songwriter (member of ’80s Cardiff post-punk band Young Marble Giants, and The Gist), Stuart Moxham “State Of Penitentiary” from the LP “Winter Sun” [Tiny Global Productions]
• London wave /indie /sophisti-pop band led by songwriter Wesley Gonzalez (former members from Wesley Gonzalez & Wild Garlic), Cheap Feel “Egging The Hooligans On” from “Good Credit” EP [Trussed Recordings]
• Galway, Ireland indie /dream pop solo project Teddy Is Offline “Nothing But A Memory” single 
• Derbyshire, UK DIY twee /jangle /indie pop trio The Happy Somethings “No More Christmas Songs” single
  
• Hobart, Tasmania, sophisti-pop /indie pop singer-songwriter Anthony Rochester “Dinner Time” from “He’s Taken Up Walking” EP Eleventh EP of the 2025 label’s series [Too Good To Be True]
• Manchester, UK indie rock band led by Hannah, HANN “Yellow to Black” single
  
• Bedford, UK indie rock solo project of Jon Behrendt, aka Last Days of Rome “Better Fiction” single
  
• Münster, Germany indie pop-rock band Stars Play Music “Waiting By The Flags” from the only album “Distance Is Necessary” (originally released in 2008 via Skycap Records) [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• Swedish veteran electronic /dream pop duo started in 1995, CLUB 8 “Another Faux Pas In The Cathedral Of Hate” single
  
• South of Italy synth-pop /shoegaze /dream pop musician and songwriter I’m the Villain “Breathin” from the new LP “This Joyful Nostalgia” [Shore Dive Records]
• Bristol, UK lo-fi /noise /indie guitar pop band featuring former members of Beatnik Filmstars, The Flatmates, The Five Year Plan, Rorschach, The Groove Farm, etc. (aka Charlie Tipper Experiment, Charlie Tipper Conspiracy, Arrest! Charlie Tipper), The Charlie Tipper Rebellion “Some Kinds of Madness” 2-track 7″ single off the upcoming album [Breaking Down Recordings]
• French bedroom pop /slowcore /indie folk band Teenage Bed “Récifs” from the upcoming “Pause Printemps” LP [Howlin Banana Records]
• Indianapolis 5-piece lo-fi /jangling noisy indie guitar pop band Good Flying Birds “every day is another” from the LP “Talulah’s Tape” [Carpark Records / Smoking Room]
• Dublin, Ireland garage /jangle /psyche-pop band Soft On Crime “Summer Fix” from “Noz Mat” EP
  
• Hayfork, California art-rock /post-pre-future punk band (former members of Baltimore’s Wilderness), Vulture Feather “Pleasant Obstacle” from forthcoming “Craving and Aversion” EP [Felte]
• Philadelphia/Washington D.C. jangly /psych /garage pop quartet, (former members of The Ropers, Lilys, The Snow Fairies, Pink Skull, Royal Shoals, Last Wave, and The Vexers), False Tracks “Scattered Conversation “from forthcoming LP “When Fortune Feeds” [Strange Mono]
• Stockholm 4-piece grunge /indie rock band Clutter “Superstar” from “C.L.U.T.T.E.R. / Superstar” 7″ single [PNKSLM Recordings]
• San Francisco indie rock /fuzz pop /garage duo Strange Men “Always Night Up There” from the debut LP “Come Yesterday”
  
• San Diego, CA indie /jangle /power pop band Cowboy TV “Incredible Ride” from “At The Movies” EP
  
• San Francisco, California indie folk /jangle /Baroque /psych-pop singer-songwriter Tony Molina “Livin’ Wrong” from forthcoming LP “On This Day” [Slumberland Records]
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop /garage /psych pop band HYLA “Wiser Way” from “Echo Darling” EP
  
• Muscle Shoals, Alabama psych /dream-pop /shoegaze duo Sister Ray Davies “Iona” from the LP “Holy Island” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Swedish veteran dream pop purveyors The Mary Onettes “Tears To An Ocean” from the fifth album, “SWORN” [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• Sydney 5-piece psych rock/ dream pop/ shoegaze band Memory Motel “Get It Together” single
  
• Washington, D.C. synth-pop /dream pop /indie folk /shoegaze /indie rock band led by Jay Nemeyer, Color Palette “Anywhere at All” from “Zombie” EP
  
• Lyon, France psychedelic /indie rock /shoegaze band Luje “All The Same” from the second LP Among The Firs” [Gauche Bas Records]
• New Orleans alternative /dreampop /noise pop /shoegaze band, Glish “Slightly All The Time” single
  
• Oslo, Norway 4-piece dream pop /shoegaze band, Future Nostalgia “Separate” from the second LP “Mellow”
  
• Bandung, Indonesia 5-piece indie rock /shoegaze band Puremoon “Fill” title track of the sophomore album “Fill”
  
• Albany, NY emo /dream-punk /shoegaze trio Senior Living “Lately” single
  
• Bristol, UK 4-piece indie /shoegaze /alternative rockers Nobody’s Dad – “Glued To Your Couch” single
  
• California 5-piece alt-rock /shoegaze /grunge band Present “Naive” from “Letters to the Lost” EP
  
• Shanghai, China alternative /indie rock /shoegaze collaboration RUBUR & Asthenia – Tender Ruins 纤墟 single
  
• Tashkent, Uzbekistan emo /grunge /post-shoegaze band Elbowsway “Common Sense” single
  
• Ontario, Canada alt-rock /grunge /shoegaze band Deer Fang “Tasting Blood” single
  
• Bristol, UK Experimental Rock /Psychedelic /Kraut /Post-Punk /Shoegaze band Nossiennes “Sight Sphere” from the album “Water from the Sun”
  
• Chicago-based ethereal /cinematic /electronic /dark trip-hop /dream pop trio Facing “Paralyzed” from the LP “Temporary Bodies” [No-Gold]
• Reykjavík, Iceland lo-fi /rock’n’roll /rockabilly /psych /garage punk one-man band The Cult of One “Damn Man Machine” from “WORLD’S GREATEST SICK FUCK” LP
  
• Rochester, NY Fuzz Garage Pop quartet THE LOW SPIRITS “No More Mistakin'” from “Time Will Tell / No More Mistakin'” 7″ single [Groovie Records]
• Toulon, Southern France power pop /garage rock four piece The Spitters – “Up N Down” from upcoming debut LP “Fake Brutal” [Howlin Banana Records]
• Bendigo, Victoria 3-piece indie /punk-rock /art-rock act (of musicians from Australian bands Further, Gentlenemy, Alarms, and Motel Love, and US bands Drunk Ladies and Stray Heat), Vague Rituals “Closer” from upcoming debut self-titled album [Solar/Sonar]
• Brighton, UK indie rock four-piece Lime Garden “Maybe Not Tonight” single 
  
• New Zealand psychedelic folk rock band started in 1980, led by vocalist, guitarist & songwriter Bill Direen, BILDERS “Neverlasting” title track of the LP “Neverlasting” [Carbon Records / Grapefruit Records]
• Manchester, UK psychedelic /synth wave project of musician Joe Oxley, TVAM “The Words” lead single from the upcoming LP “Ruins” [Invada]
• Cardiff-based noise /space /psychedelic rock quintet Midding “All for You” from the upcoming EP “.44” [Tough Love]
• https://hedgeburners666.bandcamp.com/track/as-the-headlights-go
• Winchester, VA rock’n’roll/power-pop /egg punk band POWER PANTS “Hero in a Half Shell” from “Tour Tape ’25” EP
  
• San José, Costa Rica rock’n’roll garage rockers LOS INQUIETOS! “Me Caes Bien Mal” from “Me Caes Bien Mal” EP [Slovenly Records]
• Hull, UK psych /prog /power pop /indie rock band The Gold Needles “Crescent Moon” title track of the upcoming LP “Crescent Moon” [Big Stir Records]
• Netherlands alternative rock /pop punk rock trio WE ARE JOINERS “White Thread” part of the upcoming album “ZILST” [Totally Real Records]
• Toronto, Canada grunge indie-pop band led by Sam Bielanski and Matty Morand, PONY “Middle Of Summer” from upcoming LP “Clearly Cursed” [Take This To Heart Records]
• Melbourne, Australia alternative rock /shoegaze /indie rock quintet Sleepazoid “Fig Tree” single
  
• London indie folk rock duo Night Flight “Lucy” from the second album “Stage Left” [Roof Jump Records]