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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…

Video Of The Day BREATH PLAY Started in 2020, Breath Play is the North Texas-based Synth-Driven Dark Wave moniker of Alex Yanez, who drops a DIY video for “Serpent”, his  second single since last September’s 8-track debut album “Lust & Desire.” Steady punchy drum patterns relentlessly march and pound, along with subdued droning low ends, underneath a hypnotic buzzing swirl of wailing synth loops…

New Music  CHLORINE (CL2) One of the hotly tipped bands from the seemingly vibrant underground rock scene from the magical ruins of Borneo region, also bluemoongirl, and surfvampires come to mind, with a full album under their belt in 2021, Chlorine, the Brunei-based five piece atmospheric Shoegaze unit returns with a double single, “The Light Behind Your Eyes / Bystander,” paired with an…

Track Of The Day  LOW MONROE   Following the early 2025 release of the dark and twisted “Deviant Hotline“, Naarm/Melbourne’s gothic noir post-punk artist Low Monroe emerges from the shadows with the new single “Desire Limbs,” preserving aplenty and evolving his signature dark imagery, the brooding performance, the theatrical and cinematic gripping storytelling. Started in 2022 as a solo project…

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JUNE 2026 #25-26 PICKS OF THE WEEK:

WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – JUNE 2026 – #25-26 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:  

Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips – JUNE 2026 – #25-26 Episode 142 this week on Shoredive Records Transmissions feat. s_i_l_k_b_a_n_d / endlesss.endlesss.endlesss / lies.theband / naxmusica / jaus.noise / dhaturaband / ihatetiredeyes / marrymemarieband / marinayozora / dandeliongraves.music / dirtyspangles DOWNLOADS AND CDS: Shore Dive Bandcamp  // VINYL:…

Video Of The Day DORIAN’S STEAMING SHADOW Formed in 2022 in Białystok, Dorian’s Steaming Shadow is a Polish Post Punk / Gothic quartet made of Kamil Sołowianowicz (vocals, lyrics), Marcin Gliński (bass, backing vocals), Kuba Totczyk (guitar), and Filip Poliński (drums). Following their 2024 debut full length, “Frozen Nightmares,” the band deliver a sneak peek into the forthcoming sophomore…

Track Of The Day  MODEL LIVING   After a couple of EPs straddling years 2023 and 2024, Model Living, a Chicago-based post-punk quartet, returns with the new single “Head of Talent.” The four-piece, formed in spring 2023, comprises vocalist Geoff Daniels, guitarist Jay Martinez, bassist Matt Ciani, and drummer Nico Ciani, is known for its angular songwriting and urgent yet poetic lyricism. Sharp,…