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Track Of  The Day Schröttersburg Schröttersburg, the long-running Post-Industrial / Psychedelic / Post-punk four-piece band from Płock, Poland, founded in 2008, has rolled out the first single “Kremator,” taken from the forthcoming 7th album, “Ignis,” due out on August 28, 2026, co-released by Zoharum, D.I.Y Koło Records, Bat-Cave Productions, Hidden Beauty Records & Esion Records. “Ignis” comes…

Video Of The Day   Heartracer Named after a tachycardia diagnosis, Heartracer, the Richmond, Virginia-based alternative rock / synth-pop outfit, formed in 2012, made of brothers and founder members Chris Cosby (keyboards/lead vocals), and Chip Cosby (guitar/vocals), with the addition of Wes Tatum (Bass, Keyboards, Vocals), has unveiled the  Official Music Video created by the Sunroom, for the…

Track Of The Day  BLACK CAB Black Cab, the veteran Melbourne-based electronic-rock band formed in 2004, comprised of singer/programmer Andrew Coates and guitarist/keyboardist James Lee, with Wes Holland on drums, drops the new single, a first taste of a new body of work, “Strange Attractions.” A both surreal and trippy, analogue-synth-laden fantasy about the thrill of danger that comes with…

WL//WH Premiere  LG GALLEON   For more than a decade, LG Galleon has been the guiding voice behind Dead Leaf Echo, the Brooklyn art-rock collective whose reverb-drenched blend of shoegaze, dream pop, and post-punk earned them comparisons to Spiritualized, The Cure, and Cocteau Twins, drew in collaborators like 4AD producer John Fryer and designer Vaughan Oliver, and saw them repeatedly tour the…

Video Of The Day  ANDROMEDA   Andromeda, the Brazilian Darkwave duo formed in 2018, comprised of Obi (music) and Jackie (lyrics, vocals), unveils a DIY Official Video for “Céu / Sky”, taken from their recently released 5-track EP “Hipnose.” A distinctive collection of ghostly, haunting, subtly slow-evolving songs of gothic-tinged elegance, balancing light and shade, devotion and loss, through an…

Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – AUGUST 2026 – #31-26 Special #mindyourmind compilation on @eardrumbuzzradio eardrumbuzz.net in association with @WL//WH , a shoegaze and dreampop compilation in support of @mindcharity , all proceeds will go to the charity. We have pay-what-you-like downloads, vinyl and t-shirts. DOWNLOADS AND CDS: Shore Dive Bandcamp  // VINYL:…

Track Of The Day  BRIGHT ISLANDS Originally the solo project of the Merseyside singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Simms, Liverpool-based indie pop group Bright Islands have expanded into a full five-piece band. The first fruit from their first self-recorded and mixed studio session, with Todd Tobias on mastering duty, is the new single “Paper Boats”, written by guitarist Liam…

Video Of The Day   TORTURETWINN Torturetwinn, the existential music alter ego of Virginia-based independent multi-instrumentalist and producer Andrew Devin Georgieff, unveils an Official Music Video, filmed on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, by himself (editor, videographer) and Juan Diego Barreto (videographer), for “Walk”, the second single since last March’s sophomore album, “Feeler.” The…

WL//WH Track Of The Day RESPUESTA AUSENTE After last April’s clanging, droning, and driving first introduction, “Lujuria,” Respuesta Ausente, the newcomer Post-punk duo from San José, Costa Rica, drops their second single, “Miseria,” which slinks into a minimalistic, colder and more atmospheric approach to the dark fringes of 80s UK post-punk/wave, seamlessly cloaked in oppressive lingering…

WL//WH Track Of The Day Japanese Heart Software Following last year’s unexpectedly crunchy garage-y “Nice one”, recalling the best The Raveonettes, Japanese Heart Software, the “bedroom dream pop” brainchild, a label that seems too narrow for her, of the  Melbourne-based songwriter Nat Chippy, heralds the upcoming second album, hopefully scheduled for the start of October, with the first…

Video Of The Day  KIRA AVALON Formerly known as “Rioux Désolés”, Kira Avalon is the new Electro-Clash /Dark Wave stage name of the DIY musician and composer Domenico Cipolla, from Abruzzo, Italy, fresh from dropping an Official DIY Music Video for “Gone”, the first single from the anticipated debut album. A stripped-down, visceral, genuine take on the ’80s UK dark post-punk, “Gone” sparks off…

WL//WH Track Of The Day SOFT GLASS Soft Glass is a darkwave/synthwave project founded by K.M North, built from the collision of underground punk ethos and a lifelong obsession with the shadows of 1980s post-punk. Soft Glass has just dropped the new single “Death At The Discotheque” featuring Faith Graves on vocals, an electrifying mix of dance-ripe moody Darkwave and spooky RetroWave synth…

Fragments Vol. 8 // 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 (here 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…

Video Of The Day   NEW AGE HEALERS New Age Healers, the Shoegaze / Psychedelic Rock Collective from Seattle, Washington, made of Owen Murphy (vocals, guitar), Jeramy Koepping (guitar, bass, VI, treatments, drum programming), Allen Murray (bass, vocals), Farkhad Saidmuratov (keys), and Adam LeVasseur (drums), build anticipation for the August 19th release of the album “Blowing Smoke Through the…