Main Era

Boston band Main Era somehow manage to melt together every alternative rock subgenre from the last 40 years into one on their latest release, "IV of Wands."  It's all there: grunge, shoegaze, post punk, post rock, slowcore, emo, screamo, math rock, etc., etc., etc.  I believe i just found what i'll be jamming for the rest of the day.  Check out "Double Dragon" below and snag a copy of the album on cassette or CD here from Disposable America.

Shapes Like People

UK husband and wife duo Shapes Like People are set to release a new album of shoegaze and jangle-tinged dreampop with the upcoming "Under the Rainbow."  The record has an old school college radio vibe to it that gives me all the warm fuzzies.  Listen to "Find Me There" below and pre-order the LP here from the band.

Daily Jam - Roland

Interpol's debut album "Turn on the Bright Lights" is one of those records that always astounds me as to how old it currently is.  Like right now, it came out almost 24 years ago.  Holy shit!  Anyway, i still think it's an outstanding album start to finish.  Here's a track from it.  Listen to "Roland" below, our Daily Jam.

SPC ECO

SPC ECO, the prolific and dreamy, shoegaze and industrial-tinged electro-pop project of Curve's Dean Garcia and daughter Rose Berlin, just dropped new album "Broken" for our listening pleasure.  Listen to "Be Your Favourite" below an download the whole thing here.

Daily Jam - Heaven

It's freezing weather here in Central Texas for the next 48 hours or so, so i'm at home, bundled up, drinking coffee, watching college basketball, and pretty much doing a million other things to briefly distract myself from the state of things.  Here's some music by The Psychedelic Furs to further the distraction.  Listen to "Heaven" below, our Daily Jam.

TVAM

Here's some cool new music from Manchester band TVAM.  "Powder Blue" feels like a breezy mix of darkwave synth pop, shoegaze, and industrial alt-rock with some hints of gothic death rock.  Good stuff.  Listen to the track below and pre-order the band's upcoming "Ruins" LP here from Invada.

Friday Horror Trailer - Event Horizon

Daily Jam - Mr. November

It's probably not a popular opinion, by i think, that for the most part, the music of indie rock darlings The National is unbearably boring.  That being said, they do have a couple of tracks that manage to get me to change my mind.  Here's one of those non-boring ones.  Listen to "Mr. November" below, our Daily Jam.

Gregory Uhlmann

LA composer and multi-instrumentalist Gregory Uhlmann is set to drop new album "Extra Stars" in March, an experimental jazz opus.  Check out the Alabaster DePlume assisted "Lucia" below and pre-order the LP here from International Anthem.

Daily Jam - Elevation

Here's a great track from Television's classic "Marquee Moon" for your Thursday.  Listen to "Elevation" below, our Daily Jam.

Magic Castles

Yesterday i posted some great and angry new hardcore punk out of Minneapolis.  Today, i'm posting something a little more sweeping and dreamy for those days when the nazis are finally all gone.  Check out "Abandoned Mansions" from psych pop band Magic Castles below and pre-order their upcoming new album "Realized" here from Fuzz Club Records.

Daily Jam - The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)

I've probably said it before, but i'm not really that big on Smashing Pumpkins and never have been.  There's also something about Billy Corgan that makes me want to punch him the face...continuously.  That being said, there are still plenty of songs by the band that i have an affinity for.  One of those is an excellent B-side from the "Mellon Collie" era, the practically oozing "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right."  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Giallo

There's a lot of horrible shit going on in Minneapolis and the surrounding area right now.  It's only right that some appropriately pissed off music is coming out of the city as well.  Check out the latest from hardcore punk band Giallo from their upcoming new album "Tenebrarum."  Listen to "Sleepwalking" below and pre-order the record here from the Convulse Records.

Daily Jam - Letom Redrum

French electronic duo Principles of Geometry's debut album finally got a vinyl release late last year.  Here's hoping their sophomore effort "Lazare" gets the same.  Here's a very Carpenter-esque track from that second record.  Listen to "Letom Redrum" below, our Daily Jam.

Sparkler

San Diego band Sparkler traverse those sounds of shoegaze-tinged alt-rock we all know and love.  The band's new album "Glidewinder" hits the proverbial streets in April.  Pre-order the LP here from A La Carte Records and listen to "Postal" below.

Daily Jam - A Whiter Shade of Pale

When you woke up this morning, did you want to listen to a cheesy, Italo-disco cover of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" featuring synth work from Georgio Moroder?  Of course you did.  Here's Moroder and Munich Machine with our Daily Jam.

The Cataract Pools

The sources from which i learn about or hear new music are vast and varied, and one of them is from this cat on Bluesky who seems to sniff out great shoegaze like some kind of reverb sensitive bloodhound.  And so i'm spending a few minutes of my Sunday listening to the dreamy, ethereal sounds of St. Petersburg, Florida artist The Cataract Pools and the lush new track "Mirror of Truth."  Wonderful stuff.  Check it out below and download it here from the artist.

The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream

The wonderful and excellent named Taiwanese shoegaze band The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream just dropped a gorgeous new track yesterday with "散步."  The song, whose title translates to "Stroll," sounds like a mix between My Bloody Valentine and something like This Mortal Coil, the combination of layered, reverbed guitars and dreamy synths playing together like symphonic heaven to the ears.  Dig on the track below and download it here from the band.

Daily Jam - #3

In this humble blogger's opinion, there may not be a better Sunday morning album than Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works Volume II," with the untitled track "#3" in particular giving my mind, body, an soul a certain feeling of Zen.  Listen to the track below, our Daily Jam.

Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick

Continuing my ambient, neo-classical mood this afternoon with some beautiful new music from harpist Mary Lattimore and vocalist Julianna Barwick.  The duo's new album "Tragic Magic" dropped yesterday.  Listen to the dreamy and tranquil, album closing "Melted Moon" below and order the LP here from InFine.

Daily Jam - A Rainbow in Curved Air

Here's a little Terry Riley for your Saturday.  Listen to the sprawling, minimalist, ambient "A Rainbow in Curved Air" below, our Daily Jam.

DAVID BORING

Noisy, industrial-tinged Hong Kong band DAVID BORING dropped new album "Liminal Beings and Their Echoes" earlier this week, and it's noisy, industrial-tinged blast.  Check out "Machine#4" below and grab the LP here from Damnably.

Friday Horror Trailer - Spirits of the Dead

Daily Jam - I.D.

I have had an extraordinarily busy week, and come 6PM when i finally clock out for the weekend, i'm probably going to collapse.  In the meantime, here's a song by Kasabian.  Listen to "I.D." below, our Daily Jam.

trauma ray

Fort Worth band trauma ray brings the noise with their upcoming new EP "Carnival," a shoegaze-tinged grunge record for the flannel set.  Check out the chugging "Hannibal" below and pre-order the EP here from Dais Records.

BE/HOLD

Last year, Brooklyn electronic artist BE/HOLD released the excellent "Where They Landed," a faux soundtrack for a pretend movie about aliens landing the Appalachians.  It seems the artist also recorded an actual soundtrack for something called "Voidstream."  Read about that project here, listen to horror synths of "Neither" below, and download the "Voidstream" soundtrack here from the artist.

GLOK/Timothy Clerkin Remixed by bdrmm

In 2024, Ride's Andy Bell released "Alliance," via his electronic side project alias GLOK, a collaborative effort with Timothy Clerkin.  Next month sees the release of a companion remix record.  Check out shoegaze band bdrmm's mix of "AmigA" below and pre-order the "Alliance Remixed" LP here from Bytes.

Daily Jam - Home Sweet Home

Some days it's hard to write this blog.  There's just too much awful shit going on out there to feel anything good about writing an inconsequential music blog.  But then i think that one of the reasons i compulsively post stuff here is the same reason i listen to music the way i do...to escape the harsh realities of life for just a brief moment or two.  So i'll keep posting even as skies continue to darken, hoping for that silver lining to eventually break through the storm clouds.  Here's some escapism, for me at least as the track takes me back to being a kid, from Motley Crue.  Listen to "Home Sweet Home" below, our Daily Jam.

And in the event i haven't said it enough: Fuck ICE!

Daniel Land

UK artist Daniel Land gives us some "queer-themed shoegaze" with his upcoming new 7" single "Pearl Daddy."  The A-side is a swirling, floaty, melancholy dream.  Check it out below and pre-order the record here from the artist.

Daily Jam - Souls Island

Here's some wonderful music Lee Hazlewood made for director Torbjorn Axelman's 1975 TV movie "A House Safe for Tigers," in which the two philosophize about their lives.  Listen to the cinematic "Souls Island" below, our Daily Jam.

Sunn O)))

Moving from the dreamy to the dreary with some new music from Seattle based drone metal duo Sunn O))).  The band's new self-titled album is out in April on Sub Pop.  Pre-order it here and listen to the dark and churning "Glory Black" below.

Deary

After the last couple of years filled with wonderful singles and EP's, London dreampop/shoegaze band Deary are set to drop their debut full-length album "Birding" in April for our collective listening pleasure.  Check out airy new single "Seabird" below and pre-order the LP here from Bella Union.

Daily Jam - A Question of Lust

Given time, i always come back around to Depeche Mode.  Here they are with "A Question of Lust," our Daily Jam.

SECA

Time to work out those industrial dance muscles with some new music from Brooklyn duo SECA.  Their goth-tinged and pulsing new single "Tomber dans les bras d'une Machine" has that kind of rave in an abandoned factory energy.  Check it out below and download it here.

Daily Jam - Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW

Here's a track from my favorite Wire album.  Listen to "Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW" below, our Daily Jam.

Moderator

Greek artist Moderator trades in the sounds of trip-hop, electronic, and more on upcoming new album "Silent Cinema."  True to the title, the LP carries a cinematic aesthetic that can be heard in all its noir-ish glory on album opener "Dark Art."  Check it out below and pre-order the album here from Melting Records.

Daily Jam - Child I Will Hurt You

Here's a pretty and sad little song from Crystal Castles that i've always liked.  Listen to "Child I Will Hurt You" below, our Daily Jam.

Sault

It's never too long before we get new music from the ever-prolific UK producer Sault.  Yesterday saw the release of the project's 14th album since 2019 with "Chapter 1."  Dig on the soul and groove of album opener "God, Protect Me from My Enemies" below and order the LP here from Forever Living Originals.

peaer

It's been a few years since we last got a new album from Brooklyn indie rock band peaer.  That all changes next week with the upcoming release of new album "Doppelganger."  Check out new tune "Bad News" below and pre-order here from the band.

Daily Jam - Sons of the Silent Age

10 years gone.  The only celebrity death to ever make me cry.  Listen to David Bowie today.  Here he is with "Sons of the Silent Age," our Daily Jam.

Father John Misty

Here's some new music from Father John Misty.  Listen to "The Old Law" below and download it here from Sub Pop.

Friday Horror Trailer - Resurrection

Daily Jam - Time Is on My Side

I've been in Texas most of my life, but i'm originally from New Orleans, and so, like all good New Orleans-born peeps, i love me some Irma Thomas.  Here's the soul singer with "Time Is on My Side," our Daily Jam.

Lala Lala

Lala Lala is the indie pop project of Lillie West.  The now LA-based artist has a new album heading our way next month with the upcoming "Heaven 2."  Check out the catchy, mellow, and blissful "Even Mountains Erode" below and pre-order the LP here from the ever dependable Sub Pop.

Daily Jam - Time Bomb

I really, really have to be in the right kind of mood to listen to ska, or ska-tinged punk, or ska-tinged anything for that matter.  But i can dig on it every once in a blue moon.  I guess today is that day because here's some ska-tinged punk from Rancid.  Listen to "Time Bomb" below, our Daily Jam.

Pullman

Pullman was a collaborative post rock/slowcore band featuring members of Tortoise and Codeine among others.  Did i say was?  Because i meant is.  The band is set to release their first new material in 25 years at the end of the week with their new album "III."  Check out the breezy, meditative and yearning sounds of "Weightless" below and get the LP here from Western Vinyl.

Daily Jam - Time Trap

Last year, i finally got to see Built To Spill play live.  They were great, but not perfect.  Not perfect because they didn't play "Time Trap" from 1999's "Keep It Like a Secret."  Maybe next time.  In the meantime, let's listen below, our Daily Jam.

Mandy, Indiana

Here's another track from the upcoming Mandy, Indiana album "URGH."  The Manchester band bring the propulsive beats on "Cursive."  Listen below and pre-order the LP here from Sacred Bones.

Slut Intent

Bang your heads with me to some raucous hardcore punk from from Minneapolis band Slut Intent.  The ladies dropped new album "Slutworld" on January 1st, and it's a loud and aggressive burst of energy.  Check out album opening "Peppa Pig" below and download the album here.

Daily Jam - Re:Percussions

Here's some cool, under-the-radar, instrumental trip-hop from the early '00s to help you all find your groove this afternoon.  Dig on "Re:Percussions" by Hint below, our Daily Jam.