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

• New Jersey-based Ambient /Shoegaze /Dream Pop duo of Travis Trevisan and Christina Hernandez, Slow Salvation “The Ghost of Last Christmas” single [Velvet Blue Music]

A spellbinding ethereal Christmas single from the Dream Pop duo, this coming from someone mostly annoyed by the sort, which glides through mesmerizing chiming trails of trembling reverb-filled guitar shimmers, underlaid by shuffling drums, bringing gifts of heartfelt memories through fluffy ghostlike vocals of dreamy joy, breathing “Take me home.”

• Madrid, Spain retrowave /dreampop /shoegaze foursome Novel Driver “Cliff Diving” single
  

A fine combination of introspective dreampop nostalgia and swirling shoegaze wistfulness. As a relationship hangs on the edge of a cliff, the song drifts across urgent blurred fuzzed-out churns of reverb-drenched guitar distortion with cresting ringing ripples and agonizing piercing leads, against layers of angsty melancholic vocals, preparing for the fall amid cherished, hard-to-forget memories.

• UK lo-fi /ambient /folk-pop woodland meditations from members of Firestations, The Leaf Library and Marlody, Mirrored Daughters “City Song” from upcoming debut s/t album [Fika Recordings]

“Lo-fi folk-pop and explorative woodland meditations from members of Firestations, The Leaf Library and Marlody.” The pleasantly endearing early foretaste from next February 2025 debut LP, unfurls on serene sparkling acoustic fingerpicking, stirred by soft percussions, round bass pulses, warm tonal cello inlays, and melancholic string flourishes, to frame heartfelt wide-eyed vocals, with the warmth and comfort of a nostalgic surrounding amid the encroaching menace of city sounds.

• Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer Sarah Assbring, aka El Perro Del Mar “Between You and Me Nothing (Organ)” from “Big Anonymous for Organ” EP (organ versions recorded with longtime collaborator Jacob Haage in a church on Gotland) [City Slang]
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /drone /found sounds /electronics /folk pop singer-songwriter and visual artist Thomas Meluch, aka Benoît Pioulard “A Heart Mirrored” from the commemorative LP collection “My Heart, My Beloved” by awakened souls, Benoît Pioulard, zakè [Zakè Drone Recordings]
• English–Canadian folk /orchestral pop singer-songwriter John Southworth “Burning of the Notre​-​Dame” (single)
  
• Belfast, Northern Ireland via Bristol, UK  ambient /psych /indie rock quartet Otherish “Pyramids of Tir Chonaill” from the fourth album “When I Was You”
  
• Tokyo/San Francisco ambient psychedelic collaboration between Japanese ’90s indie pop sextet led by Masato Saito (Pervenche), and Bay Area musician and composer Michael Ramos (Cindy, Flowertown, April Magazines), The Moment of Nightfall and Tony Jay “Cutting Marble From A Mountain” from the cassette/10″ EP “Winter Dream” [KiliKiliVilla]
• Wiltshire-based, UK Americana /dreamy indie pop project of Anglo/New Zealandish husband-wife duo Karl and Kat Mann, aka Shapes Like People “Ocean Blue (SLP Version)” (written by Carl Mann, Kylie Minogue & Steve Anderson in 1999)
  
• Philadelphia, PA dream pop /psych-folk trio Pine Barons “Patsy” from the acoustic live album “ELEKTRACOUSTIC I”
  
• Leeds, UK indie /noise pop band Tulpa “Feels like I’m stuck in a locked groove and I can’t get out” single
  
• Berlin-based indie rock singer-songwriter Katharina Kollmann, aka Nichtseattle “Vielleicht wird’s nie wieder so sch​ö​n” (Gerhard Sch​ö​ne Tribut, 1986) tribute to the ’80s DDR singer-songwriter Gerhard Sch​ö​ne
  
• Melbourne indie jangle pop foursome (members of Chook Race, Dippers, Ill Globo, and Permits), The Sprouts “Sometimes” track 1 from the upcoming early 2025 new tape ”One Room to Another” [Tenth Court]
• Northumberland, UK kraut /psych /garage project started in 1985 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist G.W.Lang, aka St James Infirmary “Fingertips from the cassette album “All Will Be Well” [Cruel Nature Records]
• Auckland, New Zealand psychedelic rock n roll project of A. Evans, aka Black Sand – “The Ocean” from the forthcoming album “The Sound Inside”
  
• Athens, Georgia psychedelic pop band formed in the late ’80s, The Olivia Tremor Control “Garden of Light” single, first music since 2011 [Elephant 6 Recording Co.]
• Seattle, WA psych-pop /indie rock band formed in 1984, Green Pajamas “Janine” off the 40th year rarities compilation “Just To This (Forty Summers of Lust, Love, Heartbreak and Madness)” 2xLP [Green Monkey Records]
• Dunedin, New Zealand seminal indie guitar rock band led by singer, songwriter and main motivator, Martin Phillipps, formed in 1980, The Chills “If This World Was Made For Me” from the dedicated reimagining of Phillipps’ earlier unreleased songs “Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs” 2xLP [Fire Records]
• Pennsylvania indie rock /chamber folk-rock trio led by Don and Karen Peris, aka The Innocence Mission “The Camera Divides the Coast of Maine” from the 13th studio album, “Midwinter Swimmers” [Bella Union]
• San Diego, CA bedroom /jangle /twee /indie pop duo Sugar World – “(You Broke My Heart) On Christmas Eve” [Sunday Records]
• London-based folk /neo-acoustic /indie pop band, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize “It’s Not Happening” from “Self Reflection (Volume #3)” EP
  
• Wales, UK jangle /folk /indie pop singer-songwriter Julian Pitt, aka Armstrong “Maddison” from 4-track EP “Paper Cups”
  
• Australian indie folk /rock singer-songwriter (founding member of Aussie bands Macguffins and Barefoot), Rowan Smith “Emotional Week” single
  
• Leicester, UK indie guitar pop side project of Shopfires‘ Neil Hill, NEUCLOUDS “Here Come The Headlines” single
  
• Michigan-based, London-native twee /C86 /indie-pop solo project THE PHOTOCOPIES “Swan Song (I Don’t Need You Anymore)” from “Radio Activity, Volume 1” EP (part of a radio session recorded for the ‘Cobwebs & Strange show’ on Bombshell Radio on November 25th, 2024)
  
• Norwegian/German indie jangle pop quartet 150 Tissues “Summerdreams” single [Bureau Platiruma!!!]
• UK existential soft /dream /indie pop singer-songwriter Kevin Wright (AKA Mr. Wright, Always, The Dreamers, The Party and The Guests, etc.), aka Hotel Artesia “Seagulls” from the first album “Everywhere Alone” [Honey Muffins Records]
• Gympie, Australia indie folk singer-songwriter (ex-member of 90s indie rock band The Simpletons), Darren Hanlon “Good Vibrations” single
  
• Wivenhoe, UK DIY lo-fi jangle guitar pop alias of Martin Newell (aka The Brotherhood of Lizards, The Stray Trolleys), aka The Cleaners From Venus – “Shoeless On Sand” from “Winter” EP
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK lo-fi post-punk /jangle /indie pop DIY songwriter-musician Daniel McGee, aka Zenxith “Just Like Wendy Craig” from the 13th album “Thursday” (feat. Yvonne Allen on backing vocals) [Salt Mine Records]
• Brighton, UK based schrammelig post-punk /indie-pop band of Beth Arzy, Shaun Charman, Kerry Boettcher and Hannes Müller, aka Jetstream Pony “Captain Palisade” ltd. 2-track 7″ single [Spinout Nuggets]
• Collingswood, NJ-based noise pop /shoegaze /indie band led by Jamie Blanchard, The Starlit Hues “Oblivion CD Demerrr” from the album “Oh there was this?”
  
• Tashkent, Uzbekistan shoegaze /indie rock singer-songwriter Władek Sheen “Н​а​м не н​у​ж​н​ы д​р​у​з​ь​я (Alternative Version)” single
  
• Milwaukee-based lo-fi /shoegaze /indie rock DIY multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Tommy Oeffling “We’re on the b​-​team (feat. Colin Conway, Social Cig, Luke Tinsley, & Jack Watson)” from the album “Waste of Water”
  
• Boston, UK-based twee /jangly /indie-pop duo of Liam James Marsh (Kid Chameleon) and Alice Kat, fine. “Enough Now” single from a forthcoming EP
  
• Manchester, UK indie-pop band led by Hannah, HANN “Shade to the Sunshine” from the album “Forever in a Glance”
  
• Sheffield, UK jangle /dream wave /cream pop 3-piece Pale Blue Eyes “Pieces of You” single
  
• Glasgow, UK alternative pop /indie rock duo of twins Rachael & Paul Swinton, aka Cloth “Polaroid” single [Rock Action Records]
• Glasgow, UK bedroom pop /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop band, pedalo “Never You” from the debut EP “Migration”
  
• Philadelphia-based sedative-wave /smooth-fi project, Work Drugs “Guilty Feat” from “Dream on” EP
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden indie rock /dream pop band Beverly Kills “Marigold” single [Welfare Sounds & Records]
• Glasgow-based indie pop duo (ex-Golden Grrrls), SACRED//PAWS “Another day” single [Rock Action Records]
• Umeå, Sweden grunge /shoegaze /dreampop band Haermape “Hollow holidays” title track of the album “Hollow holidays”
  
• South-West London-based alt /indie rock trio Slaney Bay “Break My Heart (For Fun)” single
  
• Bologna, Italy alternative /Britpop /shoegaze band Newglads “Melody’s Fall” single
  
• France-based dream pop /shoegaze collaborative music project started by British musician Andrew Rose in 1984, Callière “Sunflower Girl” from the CD album “Float”
  
• Los Angeles dreampop /shoegaze music project by Rj Mares, aka Vein Blue “Let’s Do It Again” from “Wait For Me” EP
  
• Brisbane based shoegaze /dreampop band SGO “Moving Around” from the sophomore album “One More Year” [4000 Records]
• Austin, TX shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop quartet No Desire “In The Dark” single
  
• Fremantle, Western Australia shoegaze /noise pop four-piece, Paint “Earwig” from the “EP “Gift Shop”
  
• Quetzaltenango, Guatemala post-rock /shoegaze trio Failing Exploration “Heretic (ft. Allwax)” 3rd Palestine fundraising single off of Failing Exploration’s upcoming debut album “St. Nick’s Gates”
  
• Bath, UK dream rock /shoegaze project of Jenn Zed, aka ZED POINT “Jubjub” single
  
• Bergen, Norway five-piece indie rock /shoegaze band The Essential Ether “Feed Into Your Lover” from the debut album “Ten Indie Essentials”
  
• Los Angeles-based 3-piece shoegaze /indie rock /dream pop unit, untitled (halo) “Emo is good” from the EP “Headbanger”
  
• Chisinau, Moldova shoegaze /dream pop act Cotton Voltage “At The Time” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia dream pop /shoegaze band Quasimün “Bloom” first single from the upcoming debut album.
  
• Salt Lake City, Utah alt-rock /shoegaze four-piece Bad Charm “Shorty” single
  
• Brazilian shoegaze /indie rock band from São João del Rei, Churrus “Limelight” off the new album “Sustainable” [midsummer madness]
• US Shoegaze /Dream Pop /Indie Rock /Alternative rock project of Neil Burkdoll (Whimsical, Loveblind, Dirty Dead) and Craig Douglas (Neonach, Omega Vague), Bright Like Stars “On the Other Side” off the debut LP “Reflections”
  
• Wisconsin emo-shoegaze band All Done Bye Bye “You Won!” debut single
  
• Glasgow‘s Britpop /grunge /shoegaze duo of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Zoe Young and drummer Tammy Dyson, aka Saint Sappho “Fall Into The Lie” single [Optimo Music Rocks]
• Mexico City post-metal /post-rock /shoegaze /black-gaze one-man band, Dotzd “Viento” from the EP “Empero”
  
• Occitanie, France psychedelic /shoegaze /indie rock one-man band by Hugo Carmouze, aka Opinion “Microrange” from the 12th LP “Troisi​​​è​​​me Opinion” via Flippin’ Freaks, Howlin’ Banana, Les Disques du Paradis & Nothing Is Mine
  
• Bordeaux, French garage /psych /indie pop duo Jaromil Sabor & Pr​ê​cheur Loup “G​.​I​.​P.” from the s/t EP 10″ [Hidden Bay Records / Permanent Freak / Aloha Records / Safe in the Rain Records]
• Parisian folk /noise pop /psychedelic rock musician and composer Pierre Lecarpentier “Cosmic Trip” single
  
• Athens, Georgia psychedelic pop band formed in the late ’80s, The Olivia Tremor Control “The Same Place” single, first new music since 2011 [Elephant 6 Recording Co.]
• Oakland-based ambient /cinematic /world /dream-pop /psychedelic pop musician and producer Mike Walti aka Organi “Padre Cicero” from the second LP “Babylonia” featuring Yea-Ming Chen (of Yea-Ming & The Rumors) on vocals [Alien Transistor]
• Los Angeles ambient /avant jazz /psychedelic collective led by Ray Monde and Kris Chau, aka Monde Ufo “Samba 9” from upcoming LP “Flamingo Tower” [Fire Records]
• Athens, GA psychedelic folk rock band started by Ranjan Avasthi and partner Sofie Lute, The Rishis “Coloring” single from the next year album [Primordial Void]
• Sydney, Australia four-piece garage psychedelic rock band Magic Machine “Pieces Of My Brain” from the 2-track single “Pieces Of My Brain / Darling”
  
• Medway, UK early 1976-77 garage punk group of Steven John Hamper, aka (Wild) Billy Childish (Pop Rivets, Milkshakes, Mighty Caesars, Headcoats and more), The CTMF (The Chatham Forts) “For Your Love” from The Yardbirds cover EP “For Your Love” 7″ vinyl [Spinout Nuggets]
• New York psych /rock’n’roll band The Men “Pony” from The Men’s upcoming album “Buyer Beware” [Fuzz Club Records]
• North Carolina psych-folk /indie rock /alt-pop duo of Jason P. Woodbury & Zachary Toporek, aka JPW & Dad Weed “Everybody’s Talking (Again)” off the upcoming first album “Amassed Like a Rat King” [Fort Lowell Records]
• Valencia, Spain-based Melbourne‘s power pop /rock’n’roll /garage rock ‘one woman one man band’ Thee Cha Cha Chas “Let’s Take A Ride” from the debut LP Temple Of Mirth” [FOLC RECORDS]
• Paris, France r&b /dreampop band Soap “Wurwah” single
  
• Melbourne dream pop /indie rock singer-songwriter Stella Bridie “6 Foot Drop” from the EP “Speaking Terms”
  
• Vancouver, Canadian surf /psych-pop /indie rock artist Echo Frame “Baby’s Feeling Down” off “Luci” EP [Nice Guys]
• British beloved ambient /electronic /pop trio Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley, and Pete Wiggs, aka Saint Etienne “Half Light” off the upcoming twelfth studio album, “The Night” [Heavenly Recordings]