Track of the week: Low Island from Oxford, UK with "Spit it out". One of those songs that just stick to you. 100% consensus this week. Rarely happens. Thumping hollow bass, perfect hooks, quirky detours on the 120MPH race to the end. Don't miss youtu.be/usnB1nLWufY #indie #uk

Track of TW: Soon, she said from France with "Stay". Few years old, but still stunning, classic shoegaze. Jangly, ethereal and shimmering. Guitar walls you wish would go on forever. Doesn’t get much better than this. Still out there? youtu.be/fy9gEXNE6Tc #shoegaze #indie #France

ToTW 1: Sun Shines Cold from the Scottish Borders with "A Feeling Unknown". Brilliant slow and considered classic shoegaze. Jangly guitars, ethereal vocals and guitar walls that makes your head melt (+don't miss ToTW 2). youtu.be/QdgawR0w1XM #indie #shoegaze

ToTW 2: Sun Shines Cold Maps remix of "A Feeling Unknown". James takes a great song and makes it even greater, ethereal, dreamy and outer space-like, reaching new heights. Wish I was a musician so I could send my songs to him to process youtu.be/Smnam24pftw #indie #shoegaze

Pick o' the week: OneSentenceSuperviso from Switzerland with "Worth The While". Jangly guitars, Donat’s ethereal vocals, double drums and a soul thumping bass. My neck hair stands up, tears in my eyes, they’re that good. Brilliant. youtu.be/_C1i2cP_uMw #indie #shoegaze #Switzerland

Pick o' the week: The Discussion from LA, US with "Get To You". Retro, darkwave, synth, ethereal vocals. The perfect beat for a Berlin club gig or a drive with no destination on endless roads through the Californian desert. youtu.be/K-zcCXpBu3M #postpunk #synthpop Artoffact Records

PoTW: Copperplate from Georgia, US "Intermediate". The net is full of speculation that this is an AI band because there’s no info and it’s too perfect. Links lead to pages that can’t be found. 3 albums released 2024. If it is AI it’s really good AI. youtu.be/QVmU34KDOHo

PoTW: New Candys from Italy with "Factice". In anticipation of the imminent new album. Fuzzy, jangly guitars, ethereal vocals, and a very stylish video. Reminds me of early Verve, sound-wise and aesthetically. Faultless and brilliant. youtu.be/RtIvd8dFbsE #indie Fuzz Club

ToTW: Fotoform (Seattle, US) "This City Is Over". Post-punk/shoegaze amalgamation with heavy 80/90’s vibes. Jangly ethereal guitars, thumping bass, space-synth and dreamy vocals. Have had it in my head for weeks. Brill.youtu.be/sG1YJx8bcr0 #indie #80s #90s #Postpunk #shoegaze

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ToTW: Holy Holy from Australia with "Island". Floats into your brain and stays there. Many similarities with NZ-Danish indie, and we're not far off! Short hiatus due to moving. To Sweden! youtu.be/tZwDfLxcDSg Concord Music Publishing ANZ Wonderlick #indie

ToTW: sunsick daisy from Australia with "Yonder, Young Wonder". Southern hemisphere shoegaze at its best, slow and considered, with all the AU shoegaze trademarks you need and want. So good and very pretty. youtu.be/nG1WDaGnPhw

ToTW2: Echoberyl from France with "Morgana". It's the Echoberyl that we love, but rougher and tougher. Harder. Always inventing and improving and this works so well. Brilliant. youtu.be/CoIC9KQZGIc #darkwave #synthwave

ToTW: YEAHRS from Berlin, Germany with "Out of Space". Jangly, alarming guitar wall heaven, ethereal vocals, late 90s head noddin' bliss. "Post shoegaze"? Album out June 20th. yeahrs.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-s… #shoegaze #indie #Germany

ToTw: Hazy Waters from London UK with Deep Waters. Ethereal vocals with a boxed-in beat build to a sinister deep murky roaring furnace, turning and twisting to a short-lived beautiful jangly guitar heaven. Curve for the 2020s? So good, so pretty.youtu.be/cz_MLwDT3AE #indie #UK

One of the best songs ever written. "Breathless" by Adorable. It goes so deep into your soul, touching at what it feels to be totally and completely in love. The heair on my neck stands up every time I hear it. It is that good. youtu.be/mvXtN1tjZEk?fe… Pete Fij #indie

ToTw: Hotline TNT with "The Scene". Bringing back the best of late 90s guitar-walled indie. It’s too short for it’s own good, but so so sweet. We need a fish-eye lens video dammit! :D youtu.be/9Rg5pJvLuJA #indie #shoegaze Captain Shoegaze

ToTw: R. Missing "Let in the Night Outside". Deep industrial darkwave. Bareboned, stripped, oppressive. Filling it with a thumping bass, a hard cold synth and ethereal vocals. Clean and beautiful at the same time. Making it all so very pretty.#DarkWave youtu.be/HXSRUOx82Gc

ToTw: Jahrund from Germany with "The Loony Bin". What the hell. Stuff this good does not just appear from nowhere. Ok, they’re pretty new so I guess there’s that but still. Grim, grimy, darkwave, synth. Check out their other videos, brilliant. #darkwave youtu.be/_7pTIr6iU8U

Track o' the week: Glaring with "Bat Cats". Old school classic shoegaze. Jangly, ethereal, dreamy, smooth and mind altering. So beautiful your brain gets lost listening to them. It all ends way too soon, but what’s there is pure brilliance. youtu.be/iEyFP-mSPiw #shoegaze