YĪN YĪN

Get your butts moving with the latest single from Dutch psych band YĪN YĪN.  "Spirit Adapter" is a wonderful funky mix of Middle Eastern psych, disco, funk, Southeast Asian world music, and more more more.  Dig on the track below and download it here from Glitterbeat Records.

Kit Sebastian

Here's an excellent new track from London-based duo Kit Sebastian that finds the band in their usual mix of world pop, Turkish psych, and French Ye-Ye music.  Listen to "Certain Things You Can't Explain (I'll Just Let Myself Go)" below and download the single here from Brainfeeder.

SML

Experimental quintet SML dropped on the scene last year with their excellent "Small Medium Large" LP, a weirdo mix of jazz, post punk, no wave, dub, and more.  The band continues that trajectory with the upcoming new "How You Been" LP out in November.  Check out the frenetic "Taking Out the Trash" below and pre-order the record here from International Anthem.

Geckøs

Geckøs is the collaborative project of noted indie artists M. Ward, Giant Sand member Howe Gelb, and Irish multi-instrumentalist McKowski.  The project was born from a chance encounter at a mutual friend's wedding that blossomed into a wonderful and cinematic mix of indie folk and Spanish music.  Get the self-titled LP here from Org Music and listen to the beautiful, album opening "Wedding Waltz" below.

Guard Dog

Here's some crunchy, grungey punk from Bay Area band Guard Dog that feels ready made for bong rips and skate ramps.  Dig on "Rampage" below and download the self-titled EP here.

Daily Jam - I'll Give You Something to Cry About

Holy shit, it's almost October already.  So before we transition into spooky jams for the next 31 days, here's a bruiser from Big Business.  Listen to "I'll Give You Something to Cry About" below, our Daily Jam.

Bird of Peace Orchestra

Bird of Peace Orchestra began as a kind of house band at a club in the UK.  Their new self-titled album are mostly one-take recordings and in-room practice sessions, unedited and presented as is.  And their kind of spectacular.  Listen to the dreamy, ethereal "Ties" below, a track that feels like watching the night sky alone and lost in the woods, and get the cassette here.

Softcult

Dreamy shoegaze band Softcult have a new album, "When a Flower Doesn't Grow," heading our way early next year, and they've seen fit to drop the propulsive single "16/25" for our listening pleasure.  Check it out below, download it here, and pre-order the LP here from Easy Life Records.

Brian Ellis Covers Metallica

Over the weekend, experimental funk fusion artist Brian Ellis dropped a pretty cool and weird cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters."  Check it out below.

Bitchin Bajas

Chicago experimental band Bitchin Bajas are back with new album "Inland See."  The band fuses psychedelia, new age, and ambient textures on the transcendental album closer "Graut," one of those tracks to center yourself to.  Check it out below and get the LP here from Drag City.

Tame Impala

Tame Impala's transformation from psych rock project to pop behemoth over the last 15 years has been quite something to behold.  And it continues on the upcoming new album "Deadbeat" next month.  Check out new single "Dracula" below and look for the LP in couple of weeks on Columbia.

Daily Jam - Finished Symphony (Soundtrack Edit)

Here's a pretty track from UK electronic collective Hybrid.  I first heard "Finished Symphony (Soundtrack Edit)" on one of those Ministry of Sound electronic mixes that used to come out back in the day and really dug the cinematic nature of the whole thing.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

pôt-pot

Irish/Portuguese band pôt-pot make a fuzzy and grooving mix of psych and krautrock, droning and spacey harmonies and reverb playing us into the sun.  It rules.  Check out "Sextape" below and get the "Warsaw 480km" LP here from Felte.

Daily Jam - Borderline

Here's The Flaming Lips, with a little help from fellow Oklahomans Stardeath and White Dwarfs, covering Madonna.  Listen to "Borderline" below, our Daily Jam.

GHOST COP Remixed by Houses of Heaven

New York darkwave duo GHOST COP get the remix treatment from Oakland band Houses of Heaven for their 2023 track "A Shot in the Dark."  Wear your blackest clothes, check it out below, and download it here.

Daily Jam - With or Without You

I've never been super big on U2.  But i've always liked "With or Without You."  Let's listen below, our Daily Jam.

Eyvind Kang

I've still got a lot of work to do this afternoon, so gonna crack my fingers, get to work, and listen to some minimalist, experimental neo-classical world music from American composer and multi-instrumentalist Eyvind Kang.  Specializing in the viola, the artist has played with everyone from Mr. Bungle to Blonde Redhead.  New album "Riparian" is out next month.  Pre-order it here from Kou Records and listen to "Riparian A" below.

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Daily Jam - Mini T.V.'s

Here's a cool and warbly indie track released by Canadian artist Chad VanGaalen during the height of the indie boom.  Almost 20 years on, it's still a great track.  Listen to "Mini T.V.'s" below, our Daily Jam.

Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo

In musical pairings i wasn't expecting to hear today, Oklahoma City noise rock/black metal/screamo band Chat Pile have teamed up with Amarillo folk and country artist Hayden Pedigo for the upcoming new album "In the Earth Again."  New tune "Radioactive Dreams" finds the artists exercising a more atmospheric sound of eerie, foreboding doom.  It's very cool.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from The Flenser.

Danny Brown

Detroit rapper Danny Brown has been at it for a long while now, and has new album "Stardust" heading our way in November.  The title track is weird and frenetic and full on glitchy electro hip-hop.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from Warp.

Daily Jam - Mr. Freedom Man

Here's some weird, underground private press rock n' roll from the early '80s.  Chance Martin's "Mr. Freedom Man" sounds like a song out of time.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Castle Rat

Last week, Brooklyn band Castle Rat released their latest album of Medieval stoner metal anthems for all of us crazy guys and gals out here.  It's a niche sound, but a fucking killer one.  Dig on penultimate track "Sun Song" below and get "The Bestiary" here from Blues Funeral.

Daily Jam - The Big Hush

Here's some gothy, moody synths from UK post punk band Shriekback from their 1985 album "Oil and Gold."  Listen to the dark and slinky "The Big Hush" below, our Daily Jam.

Pyncher

Here's some new post punk from Manchester band Pyncher, and i have to admit, they totally had me with "post punk from Manchester."  Check out "Get Along" below and order the upcoming "Every Town Needs a Stranger" LP here from Crackedankles.

Daily Jam - Polish Girl

Seems like it's been a while since we last heard from Neon Indian.  Maybe that will change before long.  For the time being though, here's a fun cut from the artist's sophomore album.  Listen to "Polish Girl" below, our Daily Jam.

Nation of Language

Brooklyn synth pop band Nation of Language dropped their new "Dance Called Memory" LP last week, and i am really digging on the single "I'm not Ready for the Change."  It's hitting all those dreamy, dancey, bubblegum buttons in my brain.  Check it out below and get the record here from Sub Pop.

Daily Jam - Walkin' with Jesus

When i was a sophomore in college, i lived next door to a guy who was a super fan of Spacemen 3 and all of the offshoot projects of its members (like Spiritualized, etc.).  I was drinking a whiskey with him one night and he showed me his collection which included every release you could think of from the artists in all formats and editions, bootlegs and more.  It was pretty damn impressive.  I've been a super fan of many a band or artist in my day but have never come close to approaching as complete a collection as my neighbor had.  So hats off brother.  Speaking of Spacemen 3, here they are with "Walkin' with Jesus," our Daily Jam.

Odonis Odonis

Noisy Toronto post punk bad Odonis Odonis are back with their upcoming self-titled album in November.  Dig on the goth-tinged anthem "Hijacked" below and pre-order the LP here from Royal Mountain Records.

Goths for Palestine

Earlier this month, the second volume of "Goths for Palestine" was released, featuring another 31 tracks curated by Suzi Sabotage from goth-tinged artists all over the world.  The project benefits Anera, an organization that's been working to aid the people of Palestine since 1968.  It's a good cause, and both volumes of music are worth your time and money.  Get them here and listen to A Place to Bury Strangers' noisy contribution "Does It Grow in the Garden" below.

Life in Mono

Here's some dark, brooding, moody music from Bristol's Life in Mono.  The band takes elements of goth rock, trip-hop, alt-rock, and ambient and creates an atmospheric, cinematic, noirish vibe.  Check out "In the Cold Dusk" below and download the new "If I Could Wake" EP here from the band.

Daily Jam - Guantanamera

There are a half dozen little boys over at my house right now because my wife and i are suckers...idiots...fools.  So much noise.  So much chaos.  Let the tranquil, easy listening sounds of The Sandpipers take us away.  Here's their 1966 cover of "Guantanamera," our Daily Jam.

Ciśnienie

I cannot help but love when a band throws a slew of different genres together into a veritable stew, and not only makes it work, but makes it sound like the absolute coolest fucking thing you've heard.  And so we have experimental Polish band Ciśnienie and their fusion of jazz, post punk, and post rock.  Check out the epic, ominous, and excellently titled "My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when i could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell" below and get the "[angry noises]" EP here.

Daily Jam - Oceans and Continents

Years before becoming a part of the cultural lexicon with the "Miami Vice" theme, electronic composer Jan Hammer was making far out synth weirdness for the proverbial masses.  Here's a track from his 1975 concept album "The First Seven Days."  Listen to "Oceans and Continents" below, our Daily Jam.

An Ocean of Embers

Get into that hazy headspace with some new dreampop/shoegaze from French band An Ocean of Embers.  The band's new "Quartz" EP is out now.  Get it here from Shore Dive Records and listen to "Heterochromy" below.

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Daily Jam - We Choose Faces

Here's a little mid-'00s post punk from Austin band I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness.  Listen to "We Choose Faces" below, our Daily Jam.

Grass

Grass was a very short lived '00s psych folk supergroup of sorts, featuring members of Espers, Vetiver, and Brightblack Morning Light.  They recorded some tracks in 2006 that never saw the light of day...until now.  Almost two decades later, and the band's self-titled debut is ready for the masses this fall from Spiritual Pajamas.  Take a trip back to the indie-aughts with "Summer in the Wasteland" below and pre-order the LP here.

Daily Jam - I Am a Scientist

Here's a classic from Guided By Voices for your Thursday work day.  Listen to "I Am a Scientist" below, our Daily Jam.

Woods

Here's a lovely new track from Woods.  Listen to "Goodnight" below and download "Goodnight b/w It Ain't Easy" here from Woodsist.

AVTT/PTTN (The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton)

Of all the collaborative music projects out there, i never in a million years would have paired indie folk country band The Avett Brothers with Mike Patton of all people.  Well, it happened, and the end product is the upcoming self-titled record from AVTT/PTTN.  First taste "Eternal Love" sounds much more in the wheelhouse of The Avett Brothers, but Patton's voice and presence make things feel a little off-kilter and strange.  I really want to hear what the rest of this thing sounds like.  Anyway, check out "Eternal Love" below and pre-order the album here from Ipecac.

Daily Jam - El Picador

Dig on a little mariachi-flavored, spaghetti western-tinged music from Calexico.  Check out "El Picador" below, our Daily Jam.

Gorillaz & Sparks

Gorillaz has announced new album "The Mountain" for release in March of next year.  The Damon Albarn/Jamie Hewlett project has been chugging along for almost 25 years now, and the upcoming album features guest appearances from IDLES, Johnny Marr, Yasiin Bey, and more, as well as posthumous appearances from Mark E. Smith, Bobby Womack, Tony Allen and more.  And to top it all off, first single "The Happy Dictator" features an assist from none other than Sparks.  Check that excellent track out below and pre-order the record here.

Daily Jam - Danny Says

Here's a track from the Ramones' Phil Spector produced "End of the Century" LP.  It seems the recording of the album was kind of a nightmare for the band since Spector was a certified crazy person, but it's one of my favs from them.  Listen to "Danny Says" below, our Daily Jam.

The Telephone Numbers

San Francisco band The Telephone Numbers make a lovely mix of jangle pop, psych pop, and college radio rock, little throwback indie earworms for young and old.  The group's new album "Scarecrow II" is out next month.  Pre-order it here from Slumberland Records and listen to "Battle of Blythe Road" below.

The Cosmic Tones Research Trio

Here's some pretty wonderful new spiritual jazz from The Cosmic Tones Research Trio.  "Spirit of Truth" feels as equally indebted to new age and classical compositions as it does to jazz music, and i can already tell i'm going to be coming back to this one all day.  Check it out below and pre-order the band's upcoming new, self-titled album here from Mississippi Records.

Daily Jam - Fooled Around and Fell in Love

My boys are getting older now and finding their own music that they're into, but when they were little, James Gunn and "The Guardians of the Galaxy" had a large hand in dictating their tastes, my boys getting into a bunch of '70s songs that came out before i was even born.  To be fair though, i got into some of them too, like Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love."  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Malibu

French electronic artist Malibu is at it again with a new track of ethereal and meditative ambient tones.  Check out the positively transcendent "So Sweet & Willing" below and download it here from YEAR0001.

Daily Jam - Sei Note In Logica - Parte I

It's Sunday.  Just prepping for some errands, NFL football, and listening to some experimental, electronic, minimalist neo-classical music from Italian composer Roberto Cacciapaglia.  As one does.  Listen to "Sei Note In Logica - Parte I" below, our Daily Jam.

Stone Anthem

Here's some very pretty and tranquil music from the UK's Stone Anthem.  "On the Waves of Neptune" is a woozy mix of ethereal ambience, new age, and shoegaze.  Check it out below and get the "Where Trees Go to Die" LP here from Castles in Space.  Good night everybody.