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

• Leicester, UK 80s indie pop collaboration SHOPFIRES/NEUCLOUDS “This Is Not What We Were Hoping For” single
  

English homespun musician Neil Hill deftly combines his main stripped-down jangle pop facet, SHOPFIRES, with his pure pop side alter ego, NEUCLOUDS, to serve up an “80s style Indie Pop anthem”. An endearing and soul-stirring airy melancholy slides gracefully over the nostalgic guitar chords of rippling, shimmering riffs, stirred with a subtly distorted, emotional swelling solo, while soft, wistful, remorseful vocals accept that “This is not what we were hoping for”, then soar into a cathartic chorus to let go of pain and start again, leaving the listener with a pleasant lingering feeling of pop satisfaction.

• London, UK doompop /shoegaze /dream pop trio Rain Cloud Nine “right as rain” single
  

London-based outfit returns, expanded as a trio, with a new single combining layered noisy shoegaze atmospherics with heartfelt melancholic introspective harmonies to deliver  deceptively nice insight into the strain of ‘wearing a mask’. A vibrant, meandering of insistent, shimmery guitar riffs, sweetly ring around emotional, loose female vocals, wrapped by immersive swells of wistful, airy effect-laden mists, radiating calm, dreamy elation amid reflective baritone backups.

• Chicago, IL Blackened Alt-Emo /Shoegaze trio Griefeater “Evelyn” from the upcoming debut LP “Worn”
  

Chicago shoegazers draw up slowcore and screamo leanings in their one and only single, “Evelyn”, to anticipate the soon-to-be-dropped debut LP. Featherlight, gloomy vocals glide on the slowly building quiet tension and lingering pained emotional depth from lithe and repetitive, subtly scraping, shimmery guitar patterns, stirred by busy, loose drums, to go back and forth with doomy, distorted minor-key riffs and piercing, weeping slivers,  conveying, with rage-filled back-up screams and echoes, deep seeded feelings of sadness, frustration, and alienation.

• Liverpool, UK psychedelic folk rock singer-songwriter Jane Weaver, aka Jane Weaver Septiéme Sœur “Jane Weaver Septiéme Sœur with Demdike Stare – Europium Alluminate” from the expanded reissue + remixes of the 2010 fourth album “The Fallen By Watchbird (Expanded Edition)” [Fire Records]
• Swiss DIY lo-fi /ambient /kraut /psych /dream pop /analogue soul electronic one-man orchestra from Langenthal, Christian Aebi (R.I.P.), aka Soar “Liquid Sky” from the s/t compilation album “Soar” (recorded around 1994 through 5 albums and several tapes released via Zurich label Corazoo) [Efficient Space]
• US ambient /electronic /new age /dream-pop singer-songwriter (aka Pat Moon), Kate de Rosset “What Wish “off the upcoming album, “It Will Burn” [La Double Vie]
  
• Valencia, Spain lo-fi experimental /leftfield /Bontempi /Gortron /folk /synth-pop solo project of Sofi James Martínez, aka Sofoquina “Olvidar” from the cassette album “La Colección De Garabatos” [Cimatario Fuexo Recordings]          
• Wellington, NZ bedroom pop /ethereal /shoegaze /dream pop duo Laluna “Dreamcatcher” single
  
• Montreal-based indie rock /avant-pop French-born musician Hélène Barbier “Plastique Couch” from the third album “Panorama” [Bonsound]
• London-based experimental indie-pop moniker of Bobby Wratten (The Field Mice, Trembling Blue Stars and Northern Picture Library) featuring Anne Mari Davies (The Field Mice), aka LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR “The No-sound of Falling Snow” from the third LP “Colours Yet To Be Named” [Elefant Records]
• Oakland, CA-based dream pop /indie rock pop artist Hazel English “Gimme” single
  
• Auckland/Aotearoa, New Zealand indie-rock-pop band Fan Club “Text Me When You Land” single
  
• Vancouver Island 4-piece funk /indie /psychpop outfit Neighbourly “La Memoria” single [Earth Libraries]
• London-based garage rock /indie rock trio The Wave Pictures – “Alice” from the upcoming LP “Gained / Lost” [Bella Union]
• Manchester, UK folk /indie rock four-piece Westside Cowboy “Can’t See” from upcoming second EP “So Much Country ‘Til We Get There” [Adventure Recordings]
• Castel Goffredo, Italy punk /psych /garage rock trio Bee Bee Sea “Memories of Another Life” from the LP “Stanzini can be allright” [Wild Honey Records]
• Montreal lo-fi electronic pop /indie pop singer-songwriter Chloé Jara-Buto “Nouveau Grappin” single from upcoming album “Om-Om” [Le Backstore]
• London, UK-based mid-80s él Records-affiliated indie pop cult band led by singer-songwriter Jessica Griffin, Would-Be-Goods “The Gallopers” from the upcoming album “Tears Before Bedtime” [Skep Wax]
• Chicago, IL power /jangle /indie pop musician and composer Kai Slater, aka Sharp Pins “I Could Find Out” from the album “Balloon Balloon Balloon” [perennialdeath]
• London, UK-based psych /kraut /melodic indie pop band led by wife-and-husband team Vanessa Vass (The Melons) and Tim Vass (Razorcuts), Silver Biplanes “Christmastime In Outer Space” from forthcoming “SNOWFLAKE 38: Snowflake Christmas Singles Club” 2-track 7” single [Precious Recordings of London]
• Leeds, UK 6-piece synth-pop /jangly guitar indie pop band originally started as a solo project of former Finnmark! bassist Owen, O_RLLY “Thought for the Day” from the upcoming album “Half Life” [Too Good To Be True]
• London-based electronic indie project of singer-songwriter Pete Astor (of 80s seminal bands The Weather Prophets and The Loft) and session guitarist Ian Button (Thrashing Doves, Go Kart Mozart, Death In Vegas, Papernut Cambridge), aka The Attendant “Fool’s Errand” from upcoming “Beautiful Humans/ Fool’s Errand” 7” single
  
• English 60s indie rock-pop eclectic singer-songwriter Blake “My Happiness (Le Café Mixé Remix)” single (Remixed by Vincent Chevalier at Le Café Mixé)
  
• Indonesian twee /indie pop group The Summer You Love – “The Girl Who Cried Wolf” single [Chaotic Pop Records]
• Scottish jangle /power /indie-pop duo from Glasgow, U.S.Highball “New Wave Marge!” (new reworking of the song “Marjorie Says”) off “New Wave Marge! b/w Theme from ‘Weird Weekend'” double A-side single
  
• Hamburg, Germany jangly /punk /noise /power pop band (Fka Dr König Arthus), CRABBER “It’s a rush job” second single from new album “Sweet Credibility”
  
• Fort Worth, TX dream pop /shoegaze /indie alt-rock band Fever Cult “DYWGTHWM” from “The Cold Side Of Heaven” EP
  
• Vienna, Austria indie goth pop band KURPARK “Favoriten” title track of the debut album “Favoriten” [Problembär Records]
• Biel, Switzerland lo-fi /garage rock quartet led by founding members Chri Frautschi and Nicolas Raufaste, aka Save My Skin “The Others” from “Different Bubble” LP [Chrüsimüsi Records]
• Burlington, Vermont indie rock quartet Robber Robber “Talkback” single [Fire Talk]
• Malmö-based, Swedish dream-pop /indie pop four-piece Hater “This Guy” from the upcoming LP “Mosquito” [Fire Records]
• Montreal, Quebec indie rock band led by husband-and-wife duo Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, aka The Besnard Lakes “Chemin de la Baie (Swervedriver Remix)” [Full Time Hobby]
• Dalston, East London post-punk /post-rock /shoegaze band Adele Dazeem “Mezanin” from debut “Metanoia” EP [Sonic Cathedral]
• Brazilian indie rock /dream pop quintet OUSEL “Meus Planos” single
  
• Chicago-based shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop band Snowcuffs “In Blue” single
  
• London alt-rock /dream pop /shoegaze trio Hazy Waters “Anything(E)” single
  
• London-based dream pop /shoegaze band Whitelands “Songbird (Forever)” single off the 2026 second album “Sunlight Echoes” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Auckland/Aotearoa, New Zealand indie-rock-pop band Fan Club “Text Me When You Land” single
  
• Texas shoegaze /slowcore solo project of San Antonio-based musician James Garcia, Cement Diver “It Has To Be This Way”, first and only single from the forthcoming EP “Stuck Inside The Mirror”
  
• Wilmington, North Carolina‘s dream indie pop /shoegaze /indie rock band, Lauds “Crashing Out” single [BIRTHDIY]
• Turku, Finland fuzzed out dream pop group The New Tigers “Off The Wall” off the 2-track single “Off The Wall” b/w “Butterfly” [Soliti]
• Granada, Spain-based dream pop /shoegaze duo Jose Pardo and Barry Creed, PYON SON KUT “Landslide” single
  
• Tokyo, Japan dream-pop /shoegaze /indie rock solo project of Michael (ex. Concrete Twin /AiZA /MIRA), The Deep Sleep “Dream feat. SASAKI YOSHINO (fedress)” from the third album “The Atoning Father” [DREAMWAVES RECORDS]
• Bloomington, Indiana alternative rock /noise rock /shoegaze band Mourning Star “Trunks” from the 2-track single “To A Friend’s House, The Road Is Short”
  
• Hong Kong indie pop /shoegaze 5-piece Lucid Express “Something Blue” from the upcoming second album “Instant Comfort” [Kanine Records]
• China/Italy indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze collaboration Strawberry Lust & honeyboi “Silk” single
  
• John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador shoegaze artist and producer lil dirtbag “Angels” single
  
• Brighton, UK shoegaze /indie rock band HIGHDRIVE “Cherry” debut single [Venn Records]
• Argentina shoegaze /indie rock band Riel “Excursiones” single [Flash Music (ARG) / Buen Día Records (MX)]
• Zürich, Switzerland 5-piece emo /punk /post-rock /heavy shoegaze band (members of Blanche Biau, Thymian, Sun Dera, Hydrophobics, Superdark), ecyce “Slowly from debut “We Talked About Everything But This” EP
  
• Lima-based, Peruvian post-rock /shoegaze band Sueño Púrpura “Luz Inerte” from the debut album “Souvenir” [Buh Records]
• Barcelona, Spanish 3-piece psychedelic /britpop /noise pop/shoegaze band The Lions Constellation “A Long Life Is Not a Real Life“ from the second album out now on “New Moon Rising“ [Shelflife Records (US) /Too Good To Be True Records (FR) /Make Me Happy Records (GR) /Psychocandy Records (ID)]
• Northampton, UK alternative punk /dreamo /nu-gaze post-shoegaze trio thistle. “Tied” 7″single [REX RECS]
• San Diego, CA heavygaze /grunge /shoegaze four-piece Blossom “Hurry Sickness” single
  
• Sydney, Australia alternative /grunge /heavy shoegaze band Airline “Bliss” single
  
• Wellington, New Zealand grungegaze / blackgaze /shoegaze trio Libbianski “Continue The Sad” first single off “Episode 1” EP
  
• Brooklyn, NY shoegaze /noise /alternative rock band MX LONELY “Big Hips” 1st single from the LP “All Monsters” [Julia’s War Recordings]
• New York 5-piece electronic /indie /shoegaze /psychedelic rock band GIFT “Shadow Stealer” (previously unreleased) from the deluxe version of 2024 debut LP “Illuminator (Deluxe)” [Captured Tracks]
• Melbourne, Australian drone /fuzz psychedelic /gloomgazers The Black Heart Death Cult “Black Rabbit” 2nd single from the upcoming third album
  
• Sydney, Australia power-pop /garage punk band led by Ishka Edmeades, aka Tee-Vee Repairman “Only A Memory” from “Only A Memory / Bad News” ltd 7″ single [Goner]
• Sacramento, CA noise pop /punkgaze /fuzz psychedelic rock band Pets “Robotany [feat. Jsun Atoms]” from “Dig The Skull” LP
  
• Austin, TX 5-piece psychedelic rock band The Dead Canyon Family Reunion “Pendulum” (Single Edit)
  
• Lyon, France Ambient /Psychedelic /Krautrock trio Ashinoa “Monstera” third single from upcoming third album “Un’altra Forma” [Fuzz Club Records]
• Hungarian Jazz /Prog /Folk /Psychedelic Rock collective Psychedelic Source Records “Homing Missile Blues” from the LP ” Civilisation is Dictatorship!”
  
• Wollongong, Australia R&B /Psychedelic /Garage Rock trio featuring James French (The Uplifting Bell Ends), Luke Player (The Pinheads) and Josh White (The Dandelion), aka Thee Long Knights “Satisfaction Guaranteed” from the debut “Satisfaction Guaranteed / Goodbye Girl” double A-Side single [Third Eye Stimuli Records]
• Cambridgeshire, UK fuzz garage-punk trio The Baby Seals “Tamoo Trance” 7″ single [Trapped Animal Records]
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop /electropop artist Brigitte Bardini “Blue Tigers” title track from the LP “Blue Tigers”
  
• Collaborative first effort from indie rock /folk songwriters and musicians Maya Bon (of the Hudson Valley, NY duo Babehoven), and Ella Williams (of the Chicago-based project Squirrel Flower), Squirrel Flower & Babehoven “My Life in Art” (Mojave 3 cover) [Polyvinyl Records]
• Los Angeles lo-fi /bedroom pop /indie folk singer-songwriter Stevie Kin “Ride On” from the debut EP “Inner Child”
  
• California experimental /drone /improvised/folk /guitar ambient project led by guitarist and musician Ash Ingalls, aka Ritual Ashing “Path Unknown (ft. Ellen Schloff)” from the cassette LP “SET FREE” (original guitar tracks recorded in a shipping container in Wonder Valley, CA in 2022-23) [Searching Records]