Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Here's a sprawling new track from LA-based electronic artist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.  "I Miss the Way You Swim" channels soothing new age music, a soundtrack to meditation, yoga, or just staring into space.  Check it out below and download it here from Nettwerk.

Xiu Xiu

Long running experimental band Xiu Xiu have been making interesting music for years and years now, and in the mix of all that have been numerous cover versions of songs that the band really make their own.  January sees the release of new album "Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1," a collection of covers from the band spanning everyone from The Talking Heads to The Runaways.  Check out their absolutely gutting version of Daniel Johnston's "Some Things Last a Long Time" below and pre-order the LP here from Polyvinyl Records.

Daily Jam - See It? See It?

Here's some barely there lo-fi, experimental indie folk from Minneapolis band Fog.  Listen to "See It? See It?" below, our Daily Jam.

Marine Eyes

I don't want to jinx it, but it's kind of quiet morning today.  And a quiet morning deserves some appropriately tranquil music.  LA artist Marine Eyes just released her new album "Morning Will Come" last week, and it should do nicely.  Listen to the ethereal ambience of "Moonflower" below and download the album here.

Daily Jam - Hopelessly Devoted to You

Growing up with an older sister in the '80s meant that Olivia Newton-John and the soundtrack to "Grease" were unavoidable.  They're some of the first songs i remember listening to outside of what my parents would have been playing.  Here's a sappy love song from it.  Listen to "Hopelessly Devoted to You" below, our Daily Jam.

IDLES Remixed

Over the summer, Bristol post punk band IDLES released the soundtrack to Darren Aronofsky's "Caught Stealing."  Today, the group dropped some remixes from said soundtrack featuring mixes from artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs member Nick Zinner and experimental noise makers Lip Critic.  Check out Interpol's mix of "Rabbit Run" below and download everything here from Partisan Records.

Daily Jam - Possum Kingdom

Were you a teenager in Texas in the mid '90s?  Chances are you or your friend had a copy of the Toadies' "Rubberneck."  The DFW band was a seminal part of my adolescence, their kinda creepy odes to obsession and death delivered with that evangelical twang setting them apart from the rest of that decade's alt-rock acts.  They even got national play with their single "Possum Kingdom," which is either about stalking and killing a girl or being a vampire.  It works either way.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

The Notwist

Long running German indie band The Notwist are set to release their new album in March.  Check out the poppy and frenetic "X-Ray" below and pre-order the upcoming "News from Planet Zombie" here from Morr Music.

Melody's Echo Chamber

Friday brings us new music from Melody's Echo Chamber.  The artist's fourth album, "Unclouded," comes with psychedelic pop aplenty, and album opener "The House that Doesn't Exist" channels the sounds of French pop to delightful effect.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from Domino.

Daily Jam - Play with Me

I heard Extreme's "Play with Me" the other day and had no idea it was an Extreme song.  To me, it had always been that song from the Mall scene in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure."  It's kind of silly, but it's fun.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.