Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER #49 – 22
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Sydney, Australia lo-fi /noise /dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece TRILLION “Soft” first single from the 2023 debut LP “So Soon Now”
The Sidney-based squadron, tumultuously weaponized with three guitars, blends 70s tinged Pop harmonies with a classic fuzzed-out shoegaze wall-of-sound, to give us a tease of next year’s anticipated debut LP with a dreamy, fuzzy and chaotic tide of thick guitar distortion that ebb and flow, interspersed by rippling piercing strains, with enveloping woozy and ecstatic groovy intensity, to blast angsty call and response of vocal longings into reverb charged surges of electric intoxicating skies.
- Wilmington, North Carolina Dream Pop /Jangle Rock /Shoegaze band Lauds “Somehow” the second single from their 2023 debut album ‘Imitation Life’ via Fort Lowell Records
Second preview from next year’s debut LP for North Carolina‘s 5-piece weaves nostalgic introspective dreamy haze pitched with billowy jangly 6-string chimes, through a skittery scrum of obsessively winding and shimmering guitar melodies laced with wistful glistening strains, underpinned by sinuous limber basslines and shaky drums, to shudder with mercurial radiance over bittersweet romantic vocals, longing in loving memories amid sparkling angsty auras of starlit muses.
- K based experimental /dream pop /alt-pop collective FIRESTATIONS “Swim Under The Winter” single on Lost Map Records’ PostMap Club
Whimsical space-pop flyers conjure a prescription for surviving tough times, casting retro-futuristic sheens over an eclectic fusion of organic and synthetic flairs, that vibrate gently through steady heart-throbbing drum beats, shimmery guitar chords, warbling spacey synth curls, and tinkling keys, whilst an array of vocals layer breathless anxiety, high celestial whims, and hypnotic chants into a mercurial underwater prism of endless dreams.
- Australian ambient /drone /experimental artist, vocalist and musician based in Paris (half of the dream-pop band Heligoland), Karen Vogt “cloud forty” from “Little Pink Fluffy Clouds D” 4th and final chapter of four improvised LP’s series
- Melbourne-based ambient /jazz /post-rock instrumental project led by artist Harry Tinney, AKA Wastelands “Shield” from the album “Oracles”
- London-based ambient /experimental /drone /ethereal /electronic pop/ classical musician & choreographer Bianca Scout “This City Had A Wall” from the upcoming third LP “The Heart of The Anchoress” on First Terrace Records
- Melbourne based ethereal /folk /slowcore /dream pop duo Nausicaa “Night Vision” debut single
- Aberdeenshire avant-folk experimentalist Fiona Soe Paing “Maggie Machlin” from the sophomore LP “Sand, Silt, Flint”
- Washington State ethereal /dream pop /folk singer-songwriter duo Dream Date “Cold, Cold Wind” from the album “Life Ornamental”
- New York based 60s rock /psych-folk singer-songwriter (formerly with Mutual Benefit) Eva Louise Goodman AKA Nighttime “Curtain is Closing” from the 2023 album “Keeper is the Heart” on Ba Da Bing Records
- Oslo, Norway based Indie Noise Pop outfit The Age of Colored Lizards “Snow Song” single on Sotron Records
- Manchester, UK ambient /electronic /post-rock one-man project, Apta “Days Like These” (Low Tribute) charity single
- UK ambient /shoegaze /dream pop /indie rock solo project of former Cocteau Twins‘ bassist and Bella Union founder, Simon Raymonde “Seventh Day” from the 2xLP collection “Solo Works 96 – 98” on Bella Union
- Norfolk County, Ontario ambient /folk /shoegaze /indie rock musician Andrew McLeod AKA Sunnsetter “Float in Circles” single on Paper Bag Records
- Paris/Caen, France jangle /indie pop trio part of the Entre.soi collective (members of Beach Youth, Indus and Médaille), Vestes “michéle” from the debut 6-track EP “Prestissimo” CD on In Silico Records
- Swedish four-piece jangle indie pop band from Linköping, The Slow Summits “Then Again” from “Budge / Then Again” 7″ single and 2nd installment of the Too Good To Be True label‘s 2022/23 Singles Club
- Brooklyn, NY based lo-fi dream-pop solo project of Josh Hwang, CASTLEBEAT ”Wish” on Spirit Goth Records
- Vancouver’s lo-fi folk /soft rock /indie pop project of Beshele Caron (FKA I Make Earthquakes), Rooms “What the world” from the album “Don’t Be Yourself”
- Bamberg, Germany dream pop /post-punk /shoegaze band LUCY “Unfreeze” from “Lucy” EP tape via Nasse Records
- Osaka, Japan indie pop /indie rock band LADY FLASH “Darkweb” from the 2023 album どこにもいけないドア on Testcard Records
- London, UK folk /neo-acoustic /indie pop band fronted by singer-songwriter Charlie Darling, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize “Under The Mistletoe ’22” from the album “Merry Christmas, Darling” a collection of revisited back-catalog Christmas songs
- Letchworth Garden City, UK bedroom C86 /indie pop outfit The Chickpea Darlings “Merry Christmas, Elizabeth” charity Christmas single
- Metz, France post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze 5-piece Holy Hour “Floating Into You” single on BIRTHDIY
- London-based Welsh post-punk /folk /jangle rock 4-piece (featuring former members of Joanna Gruesome), The Tubs “Dead Meat” title track off 2023 full-length debut “Dead Meat” on Trouble In Mind Records
- Belfast, Northern Ireland bedroom /indie jangle-pop project of former Cruising and Girls Names, Neil Brogan “christmas (with a small c)” from “Christmas” EP
- San Francisco’s lo-fi /punk /dream pop /jangle indie pop 4-piece Galore “Jackpot” from upcoming EP “Blush” via Paisley Shirt Records (San Francisco) and Safe Suburban Home (UK).
- Oakland, CA indie pop /twee /power pop 4-piece Blues Lawyer “Chance Encounters” from upcoming 2023 LP “All Good Time” on Dark Entries Records
- Guadalajara, Mexican shoegaze /dream pop /post-punk solo project DAWN HAZE “Echoes” single
- Quezon City, Philippines alt indie rock /indie pop band The Geeks “Somewhere Here” single from the third LP “Sitcom Theme Songs” via Lilystars Records
- Auckland, NZ fuzz pop /indie rock 4-piece of Frances Carter, Jess Morgan (deepState), Ary Jansen and James Sullivan (Jim Nothing), AKA Wellness “Beach” debut single
- Edinburgh, UK bedroom indie pop songwriting duo No Windows “Eggshells” from “Fish Boy” EP on Something
- London, UK noir-pop /trip-hop /dream pop duo of Dean Garcia (formerly of Curve) & Rose Berlin, SPC ECO “Get Useless” [Dec Single 2022 Series]
- Welsh 3-piece indie synth pop electronica band from Swansea, NEW WOLVES “Lifeforms” single
- Malmö, Sweden electronic /dream pop solo project of songwriter-producer David Alexander aka SUMMER HEART ”A Million Times (revisited)” via Icons Creating Evil Art
- UK indie /dance /synthpop act Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators “Overstayer (Just A Simulator)” from V/A “Signals, Wires & Amplifiers 3” CD (3rd and final installment of the “Signals, Wires & Amplifiers” compilation series) on Next Phase : Normal Records
- Los Angeles based indie /psych-pop solo project Das Kope – “Pacific Coast Highway” (Single)
- Melbourne, Australia shoegaze /dream pop /indie-pop duo Grazer “One Another” single
- L.A. based indie /dream pop duo DRAUVE “Big Cry” new single
- Phoenix, AZ indie rock /dream pop trio Sweet Season “Breathe” single
- Palmdale, Ca jangle /indie rock 5-piece band Onira “Tree-lined Streets” (Demo)
- Denver, CO indie /dream pop outfit KISSING PARTY “December 14th” from the new EP “Vagaries”
- Portland, OR based psych /dream pop project of former Modern Rivals member and multi-instrumentalist, Alex Schiff, AKA Blue Canopy “Bright Spot” single on Grind Select
- Los Angeles based ambient /trip-hop /electronic /dream pop solo project Chasms “Ache” from upcoming LP “Glimpse of Heaven” on Felte
- Columbus, Oh ambient /dream pop /shoegaze instrumental solo project from former Waterbox guitar player, Bryan Murphy, AKA SingingGum “Silver” from V/A “Star Sailors: A ShoeGaze & DreamPop Compilation Vol. 1”
- Nashville, TN kraut /noise /shoegaze band Total Wife “heatwave I” from the cassette EP “heatwave”
- Tokyo, Japan post-rock /indie rock /shoegaze 4-piece BUTOHES “Pluto” new single
- Edinburgh, UK shoegaze /indie rock band Hendrix Knight “When the Curtain Falls” single
- Atlanta, Georgia dream pop /shoegaze solo project SLO MOON “OTW” off the Star Sailors Compilation album
- Johannesburg, South Africa bedroom pop /ambient /shoegaze /jangle /dream pop solo project Sweet Sore “Hours” from the new LP “Morii”
- French bedroom pop /gothgaze /shoegaze /dream pop 5-piece from Paris, Pam Risourié “You Are The Sound” from V/A “McVie” compilation dedicated to Christine McVie on Aldora Britain Records
- York, UK shoegaze /indie rock 4-piece Heavy Bloom “Phoebe” from the debut single “Once Again / Phoebe”
- Los Angeles based dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze outfit SWANHOPPERS “Tongue-tied” from the EP “Mud”
- Late ’80s/early ’90s Minneapolis, Minnesota Shoegaze /Indie Rock band 27 Various – “Turn On And On” from V/A “Southeast of Saturn, Vol. 2″ compilation (a collection of music from Midwest’s indie-rock/shoegaze/dream pop scene of the ‘90s) vinyl 12” on Third Man Records
- New York shoegaze /indie rock band led by Danny Evans, 13 Necklace “In the middle” from the upcoming LP “13N” on Candlepin Records
- Los Angeles-based grunge /psych /dreamgaze trio XO “Breathe” single
- Moscow, Russia dream-pop /indie rock /shoegaze 4-piece TELETAPE “Калейдоскоп” from the second LP “Не быть современным”
- San Francisco based indie rock /psych /dream pop /shoegaze project Cold Morning Colors “So Far” single
- Dayton, Ohio based noise rock /shoegaze /dream pop trio Bomb Bunny “Pornhat” from cassette EP “BOMB BUNNY” on Blind Rage Records
- Brighton UK based electronic /funk /shoegaze solo project of Nicolas Pierre Wardell (AKA Nico Beatastic) AKA Tears On Demand “Cloud Seeding” from the CD EP “Klimat” via his own Shore Dive Records
- Baltimore, Maryland emo /noise /grunge /shoegaze band Dosser “Dark Air” from upcoming LP “Violent Picture / Violent Sound” on Really Rad Records
- Melbourne based indie rock /post-punk project of songwriter James Spencer Harrison, AKA Fleeting Persuasion “Etched” single
- Budapest, Hungary shoegaze /post-punk /dream rock band Choke City ‘Body Language’ from the debut album ‘P L E A S U R E S‘ on CORBATA RECORDS
- Los Angeles‘ shoegaze /psych-rock 5-piece Tombstones In Their Eyes “Heart” single from the forthcoming album “Sea of Sorrow” on Kitten Robot Records.
- French space /psychedelic rock band from Toulouse, SLIFT ”Unseen” 2-track for Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 7
- Dublin new wave /power-pop /psych-pop three-piece Soft on Crime “Splendid Life” from the upcoming album “New Suite”
- Reno, NV new wave /post-punk /indie rock project Uppendix “If You’re Leaving, Believe in The Door” from the cassette album “Bliss is Solipsis” on Discontinuous Innovation Inc.
- Toulouse, France Indie Rock /Garage Pop / Post-punk band Cloud Factory “Downtown” from the second EP “Highs & Lows”
- Southern California’s psych-pop / beat /garage rock 5-piece The Violet Mindfield “Evil Eye” from the 7″ EP “Evil Eye” on Rogue Records
- Kent, UK freakbeat /garage /mod-psych trio, The Embrooks “Black-Hatted Lady” from upcoming “Black-Hatted Lady b/w In The Sky” 7″ single
- Stockholm, Sweden noise indie rock 4-piece (members of Dead Vibrations, Twin Pigs, Tiger Bell, Mary’s Kids and Boris and The Jeltsins), DULL “Bad” from the upcoming debut album “Dive Deep Down” on Startracks
- Northern Ireland post-hardcore /indie-rock band from Derry, Jetplane Landing “This Is Not Revolution Rock” from the album “Zero For Conduct” on Big Scary Monsters
- Belgrade, Serbia psych /shoegaze /alternative rock band Tantrum “Gori” from the debut “Tantrum” EP
- Vancouver, BC Indie Rock /Rock & Roll 4-piece BUDDIE “Northern Skies” from “Transplant” EP on Crafted Sounds
- Auckland, NZ new indie rock trio fronted by Kane Strang, Office Dog “Tightropes” from “In the Red / Tightropes” debut single
- Lo-fi /bedroom pop /sadcore /indie rock /drone /post-folk experimental recording project of Danish songwriter Jacob Faurholt, aka CRYSTAL SHIPSSS “Snow Covered Field” from the new cassette album “Sanctuary” on ur audio visual
- Chicago-based slowcore /indie folk musician (1/3 of Zelienople), Matt Christensen “Isolated & Free” from “10 Times” EP
