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Fragments Vol. 7 // Summer LP Roundup This column, titled “Fragments,” has been running for three years and is only available for two months each year (July and August). I created it to recommend albums that I haven’t had the chance to review throughout the year (on WL//WH), as well as to highlight some artists who have frequently appeared on my radio show. I tend to remember the ones I like and…

WL//WH Review   BLEKA DÖDENS MINUT Pulling its name from Rob Reiner’s and William Goldman’s 1987 movie “The Princess Bride”, whose debut self-titled EP’s conceptual narrative is inspired by, the Stockholm/Umeå based five piece Bleka Dödens Minut is a new jangle rock collective featuring notable members from relatable Swedish underground outfits such as PoPo, Bleak Streak, Sekunderna, and Nära…

Video Of The Day  IAMNOONE   We are not prone to feature the same band in a short span of time, but the Italian ‘Occult Wave’ duo, Iamnoone, made of Philippe Marlat (vocals, baritone guitar and synth) and Stephan Seth (bass, backing vocals and synth), never disappoints, and the recent collaboration with the Athenian eclectic dance electronic producer and labelmate Kay-Chi on synths and…

Track Of The Day   STILL YEARS    Albuquerque, New Mexico-based synth-heavy post-punksters return after a five-year hiatus with a 5-track EP “There Are Dreams I Can’t Sleep Off,” whose proceeds will be donated to the Prairieland Defendants. Formerly known as Loss of Breath, the band delivers a vibrant and earnest evocative array of encompassing chilly glowing synths, bleak bass meanderings and a…

Video Of The Day THE WORLD IS AGAINST YOU  The World Is Against You (TWIAY), the now full-fledged Wellington, NZ-based genre-bending alternative rock five-piece collective, started in 2024 by multi-instrumentalist Thomas Waddington with the fresh addition of Stefan Jenkins, Rhys Hicks, David Hurnen, and Ezra Beckett, unveils the video by Reef Bridges for the latest single, “Skyrim III”, part of…

New Music FUNSOVER Berlin, Germany-based newcomer alternative rock four-piece Funsover, made up of Enrico Baldarelli, Otso Latva-Somppi, Pilar Sarchione, and Andrew Ward, drops an Official Music Video, written and directed by Sofia Koivusaari and Otso Latva-Somppi himself, for the debut single “Needles”, a song about searching for the elusive needle in a haystack. Dubbed by the band “grange…

Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – JUNE 2026 – #26-26   Episode 143 this week on Shoredive Records Transmissions feat. divecollate / beatastic666 / pamrisourie / wearecanaries / thecolourflies / thetapwaters / vanishingmuffins / ultrasaturatedd / youwithnolieswish and more… DOWNLOADS AND CDS: Shore Dive Bandcamp  // VINYL: Elasticstage.Com Tune in: ♦ First Saturday of the…

WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – JULY 2026 – #26-26 It’s the 9th consecutive season for Mike D (longtime editor of the WL//WH team) on-air, with Wave After Wave radio program this year relocated to the internet station DarkwaveRadio.Net Every Tuesday, Live at 22.00 (EET) / 21.00 (CET) PICKS OF THE WEEK: photo by Chris Friel

WL//WH Video Of The Day  MY RAINING STARS The French Guitar Pop auteur Thierry Haliniak, under the My Raining Stars moniker, unveils his third and final single “Wherever” from the upcoming fourth album, “Toy Club,” due on July 10th via  Too Good To Be True (EU) and Shelflife (US), paired with the music video curated by fellow artist  Maud Anyways. The French musician E-grand, Haliniak’s longtime…

WL//WH Track/Video Of The Day  LOVEJOY Refined guitar pop music tunesmith right from his inception between the late 90s and early 00s, Richard Preece, under his Lovejoy nom de plume, together with a bunch of noteworthy Sarah Records-affiliated collaborators, released a treasured string of 7” singles, EPs and albums, mainly through the indie pop specialist imprint Matinee Recordings. The indie…

Video Of The Day GLORIA BEFANA Gloria Befana, the Toulouse, France-based synth-post-punk one-girl band led by Laura Zanti (of the post-punk trio Fotomatic), invokes her Italian blood with a dark, industrial-tinged cover version of the iconic 1968 Italian classic  “La Bambola”, written by Franco Migliacci, Bruno Zambrini and Ruggero Cini, originally performed by the still active, Venice-born…

WL//WH Track Of The Day  Ancient Channels Meanjin/Brisbane based Dreamy Post Punk unit Ancient Channels, comprising of Talia Bond (drums), Cameron Martin (bass), Lloyd Martin (guitars), Bec Martin (vox, guitars), and Kelly Hanlon (vox, guitars, synths), roll out their third single, “Hex Beat,” from the forthcoming sophomore album “Static Spirit”, due later in the year via False Peaks…

Video Of The Day SOMETHING OBSCURA Something Obscura, the Lima, Peru-based Dark-Gaze project of musician and composer Nonn Loop, unveils the symbolic DIY Official Music Video for “Delirio”, a moonlit song from last February’s twelve-track album “Way to Fall,” which explores the loneliness that occurs in the middle of the night through a lens of fear and uncertainty. In “Delirio”, Something…

WL//WH Track Of The Day  BUTTERFLY EXPLOSION After a 15 year hiatus, Butterfly Explosion, the sonic brainchild of Dublin-native guitarist/vocalist Gazz Carr, formed in 2005, returns with the single, “Swallowed by Stars.” Close-knit with the renowned Irish post-rockers God Is An Astronaut, as well as affiliated with their label Revive Records, the band made waves through impressive live…