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• Berlin-based shoegaze /dream pop band Sweetspot “Hard To Please” debut single
  

The debut single by the newcomer trio from Berlin immerses us in whimsical, colourful auditory wonders of wholly Cocteau Twins-esque airy lightness, anchored by sonorous brooding bass lines alongside steady plodding drum beats awash in nervous, ghostly sparkling guitars, and effect-laden gossamer mists, to surround gentle, panicked female vocals, on a roller coaster ride of melancholy, anxiety, and fear for trying too hard to please a loved one.

• Athens, Greece-based US DIY lo-fi /indie rock /twee art-pop duo of Rob Beloved & Eleni Binge, aka Beloved Binge “Shadows of the Mountain” single from the upcoming album
  

The last of the two songs unveiled over the weekend, which ends the long journey toward the Athens, Greece-based duo’s full “Godwit” album is a stirring, intimate indie folk song that uses sober arrangements and organic instrumentation to infuse a veil of immediacy and mystique, whilst meandering between bittersweet, shiny arpeggios and vibrant surges of earnest, energetic strumming, to support heart-warming male, backed by female, vocals with warmth, gratefulness, and comfort after a loved one nearly falls into the abyss.

• Santiago, Chile indie rock /dream pop /shoegaze band Coloresantos “En la niebla” first single from the forthcoming second LP
  

Chilean band returns after an 8-year hiatus with an alluring and intense blend of shoegaze and dream pop sonics. “En la niebla” unrolls loose lively drum beats, and sonorous moody bass pulses that shuffle into shimmery rippling blankets of circling jangly melodies and wistful, heartfelt vocals, longing through the haze, awash with a gushing flow of opaque noisy distortion, riven by achingly emotional high ringing echoes.

• Berlin-based ambient /drone /folk project of St. Petersburg-native artist, DJ, and radio.syg.ma co-founder, Sasha Zakharenko, aka PERILA “be the one” from “door” EP
  
• Istanbul-based ambient /ethereal /drone-folk project of Turkish musician and vocalist Ekin Üzeltüzenci aka Ekin Fil “beni yok saysan da” from upcoming “Bora Boreas” LP [DRONARIVM]
• Portland, OR-based ambient /electronic /dream pop /shoegaze project of veteran musician H.K. Kahng, aka Buddha on the Moon “First and Main” from “The Jury Service Suite” EP
  
• West Yorkshire, UK ambient /pastoral /post-rock /folk group led by Richard Adams (Hood co-founder), The Declining Winter “Lakes and Light” title track of the lathe cut 7″ EP “Lakes and Light”
  
• Oxford, UK shoegazing /dream pop solo project by Joe Moore (THE YEARNING, THE PERFECT KISS, JULIE ET JOE), Sunlit “Beside” 1st single from the upcoming 2026 album [Elefant Records]
• Florida-based shoegaze /dream pop band led by Matthew Messore, aka Cathedral Bells “make me right for you (feat. Yndling)” single [Artoffact Records]
• Melbourne shoegaze /indie pop /dream pop duo Grazer “Overload” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• UK-based folk /jangle /indie pop husband and wife duo Carl and Kat Mann, aka Shapes Like People “A Wild Christmas, We Broke Santa” fundraiser single
  
• Dublin, Ireland-native indie rock /guitar pop /folk duo David Long (Into Paradise) and Paul Page (Whipping Boy), aka The Sentimental Tourists “Lost Treasures” from “Lost Treasures” EP
  
• Tucson, AZ Dream Gaze /Psych Rock band MUTE SWAN “Cocteau Swan (ft. Citrus Clouds)” single [Hit The North Records]
• Los Angeles indie /dream pop duo Lino City – “Snow Falling” single
• Irvine, CA surf noise-pop band, Jaded Juice Riders “Already Christmas” single [Spirit Goth Records]
• Hamburg punk jangle indie pop band Crabber “I Get This Feeling” from the 4th album “Sweet Credibility” [Jigsaw Records]
• Canterbury, UK dub/kraut /folk rock duo Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (Wire / It Hugs Back), MEMORIALS “In The Weeds” 7″ single [Fire Records]
• Melbourne-based krautrock /psych /synth /avant-pop band Eggy “Bouncin’ For Good” from the collaborative “Special Features” EP
  
• Wellington, NZ alt /noise /indie rock four-piece (ex members of Bleeding Star), Dropper “Is the Worrying Working?” from the debut LP “Be A Little Kinder” [Particle Recordings]
• Austin, Texas‘ longstanding indie rock band, Voxtrot “Fighting Back” from the forthcoming “Dreamers in Exile” LP [Cult Hero Records]
• Chicago-based 4-piece emo-pop /post-country /indie rock band Ratboys – “What’s Right?” from upcoming sixth studio album “Singin’ to an Empty Chair” [New West Records]
• San Francisco lo-fi noise /indie /dream-pop collective, April Magazine “Warm As The Sun” from “Double Life Beat” 2-track zine single
  
• Auckland, New Zealand alt country /indie rock recording project of songwriter Peter McCall, aka Fazed on a Pony “Wrong Party” from the upcoming second full-length album “Swan” [Meritorio Records]
• Portland, OR mid-90s minimal folk /twee /indie-pop duo Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia, aka The Softies “Turn It Up (Lisa Prank cover)” from V/A “F/D Fifteen” 15th anniversary label compilation [Father/Daughter Records]
• Hamburg, Germany veteran punk jangle indie pop band Crabber “I Get This Feeling” from the 4th album “Sweet Credibility” [Jigsaw Records]
• Oregon-based, Leeds, UK-born, Sarah Records-affiliated indie /noise pop group founded in the early 90s, BOYRACER “Festive Trip” from the Christmas EP “Melt The Snow” 
  
• Sheffield, UK jangle /dream wave /cream pop three-piece Pale Blue Eyes “Football Stadium” from “PBE Archive Vol. 1” LP (A curated collection of outtakes, alternate versions, and previously unreleased tracks from 2018 to 2025) [Republic of Music]
• Newport, UK indie guitar pop solo project of veteran musician Rob Morgan, aka Honeybourne “Galaxies” (1999) from the collection LP “Some Other Songs”
  
• Glasgow, Scottish indie pop miserabilists fronted by siblings David and Katie Pope, aka The Just Joans “Limpet” 2nd single off the new album “Romantic Visions of Scotland” [Fika Recordings]
• Tokyo, Japanese Dream Folk /Guitar Indie Pop band formed in 1998, PERVENCHE “Mess” from the remastered reissue of the 2001 debut album “Subtle Song” (originally released on Clover Records) [KiliKiliVilla]
• Manchester, UK DIY shoegaze /Jangle /Indie Rock solo project of singer-songwriter Matt Mills, aka Goodbye Wudaokou “Spare Year” single
  
• Michigan-based DIY fuzzy indie pop solo project of England-born songwriter and musician Sean Turner, aka The Photocopies “Date Night At The Supermarket” off the fourth album “Counterintuition” [Plastidisc / Subjangle]
• Early ’80s Edinburgh-based Motown-inspired indie pop-punk sisters Gaye and Rachel Bell, aka Twinsets “Sophisticated Boom Boom” from upcoming LP “Peel sessions 82-83” [Precious Recordings of London]
• Indonesia noise pop /indie rock /shoegaze collaboration, Bleeder & Alice Creek “Amigdala” single [Ear to Ear]
• Brighton, UK veteran indie guitar band The Popguns – “Orion” from “Who Never Found Love” EP [Matinée Recordings]
• Detroit, Michigan Indie Dream Pop/Dreamgaze duo Bluhm “Slow Rewind” single
  
• Denver-based indie pop-rock solo project of singer-guitarist Tammy Ealom of mid-90s band Dressy Bessy, aka The Tammy Shine “Ok Shine Ok” first single from the debut solo album “Junk Mail” [HHBTM Records]
• Croydon/Brighton, UK-based Schrammelig post punk /indie-pop five-piece Jetstream Pony – “Bubblegum Nothingness” (session) from upcoming “Riley & Coe session 09.04.25” EP [Precious Recordings of London]
• South Australia indie rock /dream-pop /shoegaze solo project of guitarist, songwriter and producer Dave Thomas, aka Hey Calamity “Fifteen Million Pieces” from “Raw” EP
  
• Portland, OR ambient /ethereal /shoegaze /dark wave trio of multi-instrumentalist Erick r. Scheid (The Palace of Tears), vocalist Dru Allen and bassist Cindy Coulter (both from This Ascension), Mercury’s Antennae “The Veil Opaque v.2 (single mix)” from the new EP
  
• Berlin, Germany-based 5-piece indie-rock /dream-pop band WIND MILE “It felt right, then” single
  
• German Shoegaze duo of Dortmund-based multi-instrumentalists and producers Dennis Mielke and Oskar Middelhauve, aka Telephonist “Von Grund Auf” from the debut “Gegen die Wand” EP [Porcupine Records]
• Philadelphia-based atmospheric dreampop /shoegaze solo project Dramamine “The Greatest Thing” from V/A “Star Sailors: A ShoeGaze & DreamPop Compilation Vol. 4” LP compilation
  
• Brazilian dream-pop /shoegaze father and daughter duo Lwna “Veil of the Room” from “Crystal Clear” EP
  
• Seoul, South Korea post-rock /indie rock /shoegaze solo project of Minha Kim, AKA Brokenteeth “hitchhiker” (demo) from “카스테라 시대의 종말 (End of the Castella Era)” EP
  
• Danish dream pop /noise pop /shoegaze duo Donna Martin Graduates “Heartstrings” single
  
• Los Angeles-based indie rock /shoegaze band Diffident Daffodils “Black Eyeliner” single
  
• Salem, MA post-punk /dream pop /psych /shoegaze band led by singer-songwriter Leila May Hauck, Spirit Hotel “Perfume” from the upcoming debut LP “Rêve”
  
• Kalmar, Sweden alt-rock /post-punk /noise pop /shoegaze band formed in the mid-’90s, LOOM “Unicorn” single
  
• Denver, Colorado Shoegaze /Indie Dream Rock quintet Cherished “In Vein” from the debut S/T album
  
• England Alternative Rock /Shoegaze band Coder “Unknown” single
  
• Chicago-based DIY alt-rock /emo /slowcore /shoegaze band Griefeater “The Trouble With Being Born” from the cassette debut LP “Worn”
  
• Wellington, New Zealand grungegaze / blackgaze /shoegaze trio Libbianski “Steve French” off of “Episode 1” EP
  
• Houston, Texas, DIY alternative rock /shoegaze /slowcore band A Mourning in Heaven “Aniline” from cassette debut S/T album
  
• Toronto grungegaze /shoegaze band led by Jonathan Vokes, Black-Headed Gull “Pray For Me” single
  
• Portland, OR 4-track psych /post-punk /shoegaze band Ten Million Lights “Hit The Floor” single
  
• Los Angeles slowcore /noise rock /shoegaze band Smere “69 Sun” single
  
• St. Catharines, Ontario grunge /shoegaze /alternative rock band Der Fang “Broken ft. Seventh Dose” single
  
• Philadelphia, PA alt-rock /indie rock /heavy shoegaze band Farewell Days “Permission” single
  
• Seattle indie rock /post-punk /shoegaze band Wasting “Reflection Game” single
  
• Los Angeles-based neo-psychedelic /shoegaze collective Tombstones In Their Eyes “I See You Looking Out My Door” from “Under Dark Skies” LP [Shore Dive Records (UK/EU) / Little Cloud Records (US)]
• US/UK indie rock band/project founded in 2007 by Jack Sobel and John Kolbeck (formerly of The Messengers), Black Swan Lane “Promise” from “The Messenger” LP
  
• Vancouver, BC drone /neo-psychedelic /shoegaze quartet REVOLUTION ABOVE DISORDER “The Vicious”
  
• Perth, Australia kraut /punk /psychedelic rock duo MOONGRACE “Butterball Blues” single from the forthcoming EP
  
• London, UK DIY psych /punk pioneers led by Jowe Head featuring David Callahan (Wolfhounds / Moonshake), Crazy World Of Arthur Brown‘s Lucie Rejchrtova, Lee McFadden (Alternative TV), Chloe Herington (of Chrome Hoof), Jeff Bloom (Television Personalities), and Luke Haines (Baader Meinhof, The Auteurs), Swell Maps “Johnny Seven” from the upcoming new studio LP “C21” [Tiny Global Productions]
• Helsinki, Finland bubblegum /rock’n’roll /garage power pop duo Soda Pops “Your Life (Destroyed)” from the debut EP “Sweet Nothing”
   
• Boston, MA Merseybeat /jangle /garage punk band Muck & The Mires “Tripping Out On Love” 7″ single [Rogue Records]
• Madison, Wisconsin DIY indie pop punk one lady solo project Heather the Jerk “Anxiety” from “Very Motorcycle E.P.” 7″
  
• Miami, FL psych /surf /rock’n’roll /fuzzy garage-rock trio Jacuzzi Boys “Feelin’ Fine” from the fifth LP “Too Cold to Tango” (first full-length since 2016)
  
• Lawrence, Kansas wave /garage rock band The Shebangs “Lucky” single from the forthcoming 2026 new album
  
• Portland, OR rock /country soul band The Delines “Dilaudid Diane” from the upcoming LP  “The Set Up” [Decor Records]
• Boston, MA, Americana /indie rock /folk singer-songwriter and musician (Chappaquiddick Skyline, The New Mendicants, Scud Mountain Boys, Pernice Brothers), Joe Pernice “Save Me” (Aimee Mann cover)
  Seattle-based, California-born veteran indie folk singer-songwriter Robert Deeble “The Forest from the Tree” from the upcoming LP “The Space Between Us”, a collaboration with producer Ric Hordinski (Over the Rhine)
  
• London folk singer-songwriter Freda D’Souza “I’ve missed the rain” single