RIP Rebekah Del Rio

I found out while i was in New Orleans last week that the lovely Rebekah Del Rio passed away at the age of 57.  Her pairings with David Lynch singing "Llorando" (Roy Orbison's "Crying" in Spanish) in "Mulholland Drive" and her track "No Stars" performed in "Twin Peaks: The Return" broke into a part of my psyche and have remained there ever since.  Spellbinding.  Listen to the latter below.  RIP Rebekah Del Rio.

Powerplant

Next week, UK lo-fi post-punk band Powerplant are set to release their new "Heat" EP.  Take a listen to the lethargic and practically oozing "Quiet Heat" below and pre-order the download here or the cassette here from Arcane Dynamics.

Daily Jam - This Town

Vacation's over.  Back in Austin.  Here's a number from the Go-Go's.  Listen to "This Town" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - The New U.S.

Here's a cool song from New York post punk/new wave band Polyrock from their 1981 sophomore effort "Changing Hearts."  Listen to "The New U.S." below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

Here's some beautiful and eerie classical piece by Camille Saint-Saens performed by the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra for the soundtrack to "Days of Heaven."  I'm pretty sure i first heard it on "Ren & Stimpy."  Listen to "Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)" below, our Daily Jam.

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Daily Jam - Somebody Loves Me

I discovered the folk sounds of Melanie when sifting through my dad's record collection when i was in high school.  Thanks dad!  I think the quiet lament of "Somebody Loves Me" might be my favorite.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Range Life

I finally get to see Pavement live in September.  Hooray me!  Here they are with "Range Life," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Charlie Don't Surf

Wedged in between "London Calling" and "Combat Rock," i don't thing The Clash's 1980 album "Sandinista!" really gets the attention it should.  Remedying that just a little bit today with the reggae indebted "Charlie Don't Surf," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - A Taste of Honey

And now for "A Taste of Honey" from Martin Denny and moogs.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - My World Fell Down

Let's dig on the '60s psych pop sounds of Sagittarius today.  Listen to "My World Fell Down" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - The Black Widow Spider

Lee Hazlewood was one of those artists and producers whose particular sound you can hear in everything he had his fingers in.  For instance, here's a country and western tune from Sanford Clark released on Hazlewood's LHI Records, and his sound is unmistakable.  Listen to "The Black Widow Spider" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Gone Against the Tide

If all has gone according to plan, i'm on vacation right now somewhere in these United States.  Here's some indie rock from The Deathray Davies for wherever i may be.  Listen to "Gone Against the Tide" below, our Daily Jam.

Whitelands

Here's a dreamy, summery new track from UK shoegaze band Whitelands.  Listen to "Heat of the Summer" below and get the flexi-disc or download here from Sonic Cathedral.

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Daily Jam - California Demise 3

It's Friday.  Let's listen to something from one of my all time favorites.  Here's The Oliva Tremor Control with "California Demise 3," our Daily Jam.

Almost An Island

Here's some beautiful ambient music to hopefully help wind down your Thursday to.  Almost An Island is the collaborative project of producer Kenneth James Gibson and husband-wife duo James and Cyntha Bernard.  Their debut self-titled album is out in July.  Listen to the soothing, dreamy sounds of "Wide Open (In Two Parts)" below and pre-order the LP here from Past Inside the Present.

Daily Jam - So Good to Have You Home Again

It's Juneteenth, so here's a some rare soul from The Mystiques.  Listen to the wonderful "So Good to Have Your Home Again" below, our Daily Jam.

Winter & Horse Jumper of Love

Here's another new track from the now New York based artist Winter's upcoming album "Adult Romantix."  "Misery" pairs her with Boston band Horse Jumper of Love for some very '90s sounding alt-rock.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from Winspear.

Daily Jam - Gloria

Some days there's just too damn much going on.  I need a vacation.  In the meantime, here's some '60s garage rock from The Shadows of Knight.  Listen to "Gloria" below, our Daily Jam.

Tony Jay

Here's some excellent lo-fi, dreamy, and Velvet Underground-inspired fuzz from San Francisco artist Tony Jay.  "Faithless" was originally released earlier this year as a tour only cassette in Japan.  But now we can all listen in.  Hooray!  Check out the album opening "Lose a Day" below and download the album here.

Just Mustard

I caught Irish post punk band Just Mustard a couple of years back at SXSW, and they were great...one of those bands i sought out to see a second time that week.  Anyhoo, they're back today with new single "Pollyanna."  It's nice and noisy.  Listen below and download it here from Partisan Records.

Daily Jam - Fuck the World

Getting a little rowdy on a Tuesday morning with Norwegian "death-punk" from Turbonegro.  From 2003's "Scandinavian Leather," listen to "Fuck the World" below, our Daily Jam.

Black Lips

After dropping a couple of excellent singles already this year, the long-running Atlanta garage rock band Black Lips are set to release new album "Season of the Peach" in September.  Listen to the '60s pop aping "Tippy Tongue" below and pre-order the LP here from Fire Records.

Daily Jam - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)

Here's some girl group wall-of-sound vibes to start your week to.  Listen to The Crystals' excellent, if not a little problematic, "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" below, our Daily Jam.

A Shrine to Failure

Here's some poppy darkwave from the perfectly goth named German duo A Shrine to Failure.  Listen to "The Clock that Never Turns" below and download the band's new "Undone" album here.

Daily Jam - Damaged Goods

Happy Father's Day everyone.  Here's some Gang of Four.  Listen to "Damaged Goods" below, our Daily Jam.

Ben LaMar Gay

The good folks over at International Anthem just released the latest album from Ben LaMar Gay, and "Yowzers" is a wonderful mix of jazz and soul...basically the kind of thing you come to expect from Ben LaMar Gay.  Dig on the soulful title track below and get the LP here.

Daily Jam - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

While certainly funny, in a lot of ways the SNL "Cowbell Sketch" kind of ruined Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."  And that's really a shame, but it's an all-timer of a track.  So we're taking it back.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Nightshift

Glasgow post punk band Nightshift just dropped two new tracks today that you can download here and donate to Children Not Numbers, a non-profit group on the ground providing aid to children in Gaza.  Check out "Dice" and Firefly" below and be sure to donate here.

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Daily Jam - Shake Your Blood

In 2004, Dave Grohl got to record an album where he played drums for all of his heavy metal heroes called Probot.  It must have been pretty rad in that studio.  Here he is with Motorhead legend, the late, great Lemmy Kilmister on "Shake Your Blood," our Daily Jam.

The New Eves

UK four-piece The New Eves are set to release their debut full-length LP, "The New Eve Is Rising," in August on Transgressive Records.  The group's musical style is a cello-laden mix of no wave punk, avant garde rock, and English folk, weird and wonderful stuff.  Check out new tune "Cow Song" below and pre-order the record here.

Daily Jam - Hell

Houston electronic and darkwave artist Twisted Wires only released a handful of tracks throughout the '10s, most notably for Johnny Jewel's Italians Do It Better label.  But my favorite appeared on Texas electronic mix compilation from 2010.  Listen to the brooding and mysterious "Hell" below, our Daily Jam.

RIP Brian Wilson

Absolutely devastated by the news that Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson passed away today.  When i was a kid the first three cassettes i ever bought were a collection of James Bond theme songs, a pop compilation called "Rock '85," and a greatest hits tape by The Beach Boys.  Wilson's music has been a part of my life for as far back as i can remember, and "God Only Knows" might just be the best pop song ever recorded.  Here's a quote from Bob Dylan about Wilson:

He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.

Damn right.  I'm going to have to listen to some surf vibrations this evening, but i may as well begin with the aforementioned "God Only Knows."  RIP Brian Wilson.

Editrix

July brings us jerky and frenetic new music from Massachusetts band Editrix with the upcoming "The Big E."  Experimental noise for everyone!  Hooray!  Check out the title track below and pre-order the LP here from Joyful Noise Recordings.

Joseph Allred

Boston guitarist Joseph Allred has been making music for a number of years now, releasing over 20 albums in that time, and somehow, it all feels like it was leading to the upcoming new album "Old Time Fantasias" which drops this Friday.  The album feels huge (even at just 7 tracks), incorporating elements of folk, country, blues, ragtime, pop, ambient soundscapes, and so much more to create a kind of cinematic instrumental Americana, a soundtrack to life.  Check out the wonderful and swaying "Moon Dance" below and order the new LP here from Scissor Tail Records.

Waving Blue

Italian alt-rock band Waving Blue dropped their new "City Sparks / Jackie" single a few days ago, and the download includes a particularly fuzzy version of the A-side.  Dig on the dreamy shoegazey hum of "City Sparks (Slowgaze Version)" below and download the whole thing here from the band.

Daily Jam - Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)

I distinctly remember the first time i heard Type O Negative, a friend letting me listen to it on his Walkman on a school bus in 10th grade.  At 15 years old, i had never heard anything like it, and honestly 31 years later, have still not.  Doom and gloom has never sounded slower, heavier, or more beautiful.  Here's a track from band's 1993 album "Bloody Kisses" for what is looking to be an overcast and rainy day here in Central Texas.  Listen to "Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)" below, our Daily Jam.

RIP Sly Stone

I saw the terrible news last night that we lost the legendary Sly Stone yesterday.  The man was a visionary and a marvel.  Here's one of my favorite Sly & The Family Stone tracks to celebrate his life and times.  Listen to "I Want to Take You Higher" below.  RIP Sly Stone.

The Sorcerers

Here's some funky and very cool new cosmic jazz from UK band The Sorcerers.  Dig on the far out groove of "Ancestral Machines" below and pre-order the upcoming "Other Worlds and Habitats" LP here from ATA Records.

Daily Jam - Falling from Grace

Much like how some of the best shoegaze out there comes from Japan or Korea, a lot of the best darkwave synth pop comes to us via France.  Here's Minuit Machine side project Hante. with "Falling from Grace" to prove the point.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Sophia Stel

It's getting really poppy around here today, so here's a club ready number from Vancouver artist Sophia Stel to close your eyes and dance to.  Listen to "Everyone Falls Asleep in Their Own Time" below and download it here from Pack Records.

Daily Jam - Until Death (Us Do Part)

Feeling like some industrial techno and darkwave this morning while i do a little data entry for work.  Belgium group Front 242 should serve nicely.  Check out "Until Death (Us Do Part)" below, our Daily Jam.

Ethel Cain

I have to admit that i was late to the Ethel Cain train, but this year's "Perverts" album got me hooked, that album's sprawling mix of ambient, drone, field recordings, goth, and more putting me in very specific kind of headspace.  It ruled.  Anyhoo, the artist has another album coming out this year with August's "Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You."  Our first taste is new tune "Nettles," and its mellow Americana and folk sound signals something far more accessible than "Perverts."  Check the track out below and look for the album in August from Daughters of Cain.

Daily Jam - Stuck in Here

Here's a mellow and brooding number from Filter's 1995 debut that i just realized is 30 years old now, and holy moly am i getting old.  Listen to "Stuck in Here" below, our Daily Jam.

Sven Wunder

Here's a lovely and cinematic new track from Swedish artist Sven Wunder, who continues to crank out lovely and cinematic music on the regular.  The usual flourishes of funk, psych, soul, and world pop make the upcoming "Daybreak" LP the perfect recording for all you library heads out there.  Dig on the title track below and pre-order the LP here from Piano Piano Records.

Daily Jam - Aurora

Australian electro-pop group Midnight Juggernauts' 2007 debut full-length "Dystopia" is probably one of my favorite albums of the '00s.  And it's never gotten a vinyl release.  I wish someone would remedy that.  Here's the album's spacey closing track "Aurora."  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

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Yndling

Norwegian synth and dreampop artist Yndling compiles all of her excellent singles from this year onto new EP "(I'm in the Palm of Your Hand)."  It's making me kick myself again for not prioritizing seeing her during SXSW.  Check out new tune "Even If It's a Lie (I Don't Mind)" below and download the EP here from Spirit Goth Records.