Paling

Metal and noise rock collide on "Galore," the new album from Paling.  Get lost in the cacophonous sludge and reverb of the title track below and download the album here from Zeitgeister.

Penelope Trappes Remixed by Julia Holter

Last year, dark experimental electronic artist Penelope Trappes released the excellent "A Requiem" LP.  This year, that some album gets the remix treatment from a slew of fantastic artists like Midwife and Saint Etienne.  Check out the eerie and dreamy rework of "Thou Art Mortal" by Julia Holter below and pre-order the upcoming "OPVS NOVUM: A Requiem Reworked" here from One Little Independent Records.

Meejah & HIRAKI

Meejah is a Danish experimental post rock band.  HIRAKI is a Danish experimental noise rock and synth punk band.  The two just recently collaborated on the new "Interwoven" EP combining elements of their preferred genres into a weird and wild sonic stew.  Check out "Preserve/Manifest" below and get the 12" here from Pelagic Records.

Daily Jam - Popol Vuh 1

Find just a little bit of peace with some beautiful drone from Flying Saucer Attack today.  Listen to the sprawling "Popul Vuh 1" below, our Daily Jam.

Bovine

I'll leave you today with the old school country sounds of Austin's Bovine.  The band's brand of "y'allternative" folk is perfect for honkytonks and community barn dances, Americana for the masses.  Check out their latest single, "How Many Ways Can I Love You" below and download it here.

Ryan Pollie

Here's some new music from LA artist Ryan Pollie, who also sometimes records as Los Angeles Police Department.  "Manitoba" is a lo-fi, dubby affair, tripped out and warbled sounds for a day in the sun.  Check out "Hudson Plains" below and download the album here.

Dead Can Dance

Here's a new track from Dead Can Dance.  Check out "Our Day Will Come" below and download it here.  50% of all proceeds go to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians).

Pye Corner Audio

UK electronic artist and synthesizer enthusiast Pye Corner Audio has a new album heading our way, this time around with Ride's Andy Bell thrown in the mix.  Check out the dreamy, spacey synth pop of "Cycle" below and pre-order the upcoming "More Songs About the Sun" here from Sonic Cathedral.

White Canyon & The 5th Dimension

Brazilian band White Canyon & The 5th Dimension bring the psychedelic flurry on upcoming new album "IV."  The record features a mind-melting mix of drone, garage rock, and psychedelic freakouts.  Dig on "Alumia - Part II" below and pre-order the LP here.

Yea-Ming and The Rumours

Now here's some of that good throwback, lo-fi, psych and folk-tinged pop from the greater Bay Area that i've come to love and expect over the years, this time around from Oakland's Yea-Ming and The Rumours.  New album "Residue" is out in June on Dandy Boy Records.  Pre-order it here and listen to "Paper Doll" below.

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Daily Jam - Here Comes the Sky

Here's a cool track from Crocodiles debut 2009 album "Summer of Hate" that i've always liked that plays like a kind of lo-fi, fuzzy waltz.  Listen to "Here Comes the Sky" below, our Daily Jam.

Adam O'Farrill

Still finding myself in a jazz groove this morning, so here's some wonderful new music from New York trumpeter and composer Adam O'Farrill.  Listen to the melancholy, and damn near lamentful, "Bibo No Aozora" below and get the "Elephant" LP here from Out of Your Head Records.

This melody is going to be in my head all day.

Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov

Here's a very cool collaboration between Japanese artist Tomo Katsurada and Estonian composer Misha Panfilov.  The upcoming "Eternal Almost" is a flowing, grooving mix of jazz, psychedelic rock, funk, folk, and world sounds.  Check out the excellent and cinematic "Mostra" below and pre-order the LP here from Future Days Radio.

Flea

I am not all that big on the Red Hot Chili Peppers (maybe a song or two here and there), but i have always recognized that Flea is one hell of an accomplished musician, be it the bass or the trumpet.  And he's finally giving us a solo jazz outing with the release of "Honora" tomorrow.  Check out the Thom Yorke assisted "Traffic Lights" below and order the LP here from Nonesuch Records.

Tyshawn Sorey

I can feel my mood shift all over the place this morning, and i'm having a hard time finding the right kind of sounds to capture it.  For now, we're going to go with some avant garde improvisational jazz from New York composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey.  The artist's new album "Members...Don't!" is out in May on Pi Recordings.  Listen to the excellent album opener "Abstrusions" below and pre-order the album here.

Sunwell

Here's some dark and gloomy doomgaze from Sunwell to blacken the skies for you this Thursday morning.  The band's new album "I'm Looking at the Light" is out now.  Get it here from the always stellar French label Stellar Frequencies and listen to the abyssal and beautiful "Carry Us" below.

Worm School

I will admit that when i saw the band name Worm School earlier this week, my expectation of what they would sound like was in a completely different realm than what i got.  The Manchester band makes airy dreampop and shoegaze that feels like floating on a cloud.  New tune "Cradle" was recorded by Deary's Ben Easton and mastered by Slowdive's Simon Scott, so it's got quite the pedigree.  Check it out below and download it here from Crafting Room Recordings.

Daily Jam - The Fairest of the Seasons

I really do love Nico.  Here's a track from her solo debut, co-written by Jackson Browne.  Listen to "The Fairest of the Seasons" below, our Daily Jam.

Stuck

Chicago band Stuck bring the post punk noise on upcoming new album "Optimizer," out this Friday.  Check out the raucous anthem "Sicko" below and grab the LP here from Exploding in Sound Records.

Bricknasty

One of the artists that i meant to check out during SXSW is Dublin's experimental R&B, hip-hop, and neo-soul artist Bricknasty.  Typically during the fest i try to see some stuff outside of my normal wheelhouse, but it was not to be this year with this particular artist.  The timing just never worked.  Anyway, digging into his "Blacks Law" album from last October, and it's a weird, sometimes glitchy, sometimes smooth and soulful affair.  Check out a combination of all of that on "Bombs" below and download the album here from FAMM.

Horse Lords

Quirky Baltimore band Horse Lords are back in June with a new album of their weird, angular, and frenetic mix of math rock, post punk, and experimental sounds.  Check out new track "Brain of the Firm" below and pre-order the upcoming "Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!" LP here from RVNG Intl.

Model/Actriz

Brooklyn's experimental industrial and electro-punk band Model/Actriz dropped a surprise EP a few days ago for our listening pleasure.  Listen to the twitchy "Glassman" below and download the "Swan Songs" EP here from True Panther.  And, if you get a chance to catch the band live, do so.  They are a great live act.

Laurel Halo

LA experimental electronic artist Laurel Halo is providing the score to visual artist Julian Charriere's new film "Midnight Zone."  The movie follows the path of a Fresnel lighthouse lens descending through the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean.  For the score, Halo creates a fittingly sparse and abyssal drone, like falling in slow motion into the unknown.  Check out the album opening "Sunlight Zone" below and grab the LP here from Awe.

Daily Jam - Nem Érdekel, Amit Mondsz

Looking back on it, that Andy Votel curated "Prog Is Not a Four Letter Word" compilation is probably one of my favorite CD's i've ever purchased.  It opened me up to so much killer music from all over the world, like Hungarian prog band Illes.  Check out "Nem Érdekel, Amit Mondsz" belowk, our Daily Jam, and groove on that opening beat and riff.

sadplanet

Here's a beautiful and melancholy new shoegaze jam from London's sadplanet.  Listen to "Do You?" below and download it here from the band.

Noir Boy George

I can often be a total sucker for French pop, and French artist Noir Boy George brings the pop with the upcoming "POLYTOXICOMANE DE TOI" EP, throwing in elements of electronic pop, no wave punk, and more to quirky, delirious delight.  Check out "Injecte-moi" below and pre-order the record here from Pan European Recordings.

Tacoma Park

Here's a new track from North Carolina based experimental duo Tacoma Park.  I hear a lot of different things on "Untied," a mix of ambient country music, Americana, new age, krautrock, and a little bit of kosmische psychedelia.  It's cool and floaty.  Check it out below and pre-order the band's upcoming "Baltimore" LP here from Centripetal Force.

Lice

Lice is the hip-hop duo of Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman, and they just dropped new album "Miami Lice: Season 4" earlier this month.  We stan Aesop Rock around these parts, so any project he's involved with or pops up on gets ample play here.  Dig on "Burnt Mauve" below and download the album here or pick up the vinyl here from Rhymesayers.

Léonie Pernet

Here's some dreamy, cinematic, kinda tribal new electro-pop from French artist Léonie Pernet.  Check out "Contre Terre" below and download the single, along with an instrumental version, here from InFine.

Some Velvet Sidewalk

This June brings about the triumphant return of '90s indie rock band Some Velvet Sidewalk.  "Critters Encore" is the first new material from the band since 1997.  Check out the noisy, brooding, old school "Don't Fuck with Your Luck" below and pre-order the LP here from Perennialdeath.

Daily Jam - Motivation

One of my high school favorites, Dallas's Tripping Daisy, are set to hit Austin in May, performing 1995's "I Am an Elastic Firecracker" in full.  I think i may have to attend.  I've seen The Polyphonic Spree a ton of times, but i never caught the core when they were Daisy back in the day.  Check out "Motivation" below, our Daily Jam.

Damien Jurado

Long time indie rock artist Damien Jurado has had a prolific streak for pretty much his entire career.  It's difficult for me to keep track of it all, especially since he has a penchant for going back to older material and re-recording variant versions of it all.  So i never know if something is brand new or just a new take on old material.  Whichever the just released "All Are Welcome In: A Return to Maraqopa" is, it's wonderful.  Listen to the airy, soothing, album opening "Everyone a Star (Redux)" below and download the album here.

Office Dog

From Auckland, New Zealand comes the classic indie and alternative rock sounds of Office Dog.  The band dropped new track "Front Row Seat" a few days ago via Flying Nun Records.  Check it out below and download it here.

Mythical Motors

Here's a perfect mix of lo-fi alt-rock, jangle, and power pop from Chattanooga, Tennessee's Mythical Motors.  Check out the short and sweet "Dismantled Man Tells You" below and pre-order the band's upcoming "Tremolo on the Punch Line" LP here.

Daily Jam - Melted Rope

I've been digging on LA band Wand for over a decade now, a slew of excellent releases over these last 10+ years, but i always find myself going back to my entry point, 2015's "Golem" LP.  A mix of garage rock, psychedelia, and stoner rock, it's a total treat.  Check out the spacey "Melted Rope" below, our Daily Jam.

Mystery Groop

Mystery Groop is a psychedelic super group featuring members of Hooveriii, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Groop, and Mystery Egg, basically a collision of sonic freaks from LA and Austin.  Their "Glorify the Bomb" EP is out next month.  Pre-order the cassette (while it lasts) here from Greenway Records and listen to the noisy, brain-melting "Fists" below.

Swapmeet

Here's some new indie/alt-rock from Australian band Swapmeet, who apparently made a big splash here in Austin last week during SXSW.  Check out new tune "I Know!" below and download it here from Winspear.

Daily Jam - Cruel to Be Kind

Ladies and gentlemen...Spacehog!  Listen to "Cruel to Be Kind" below, our Daily Jam.

ÖLÜM

Here's a new banger from LA band ÖLÜM.  The group makes trippy Turkish psych and Anatolian rock, but you know, here in the states.  Groove on new tune "Kara Dünya" below and download it here from the band.

The Lemon Twigs

The Lemon Twigs are back with their throwback, sing-song psych pop in May.  Listen to the sweet and lovely "I Just Can't Get Over Losing You" below and pre-order the upcoming "Look for Your Mind!" LP here from Captured Tracks.

Simon Hanes

Several years ago at SXSW, i caught New York band Tredici Bacci, a wild and eclectic band that played psych and pop to craft a kind of avant garde faux soundtrack to a series of '60 Italian films that never existed.  It was truly unique stuff.  Well, now front man Simon Hanes is set to release his new solo effort "Gargantua" next week, and it sounds like nothing else as well, like an experimental opera made for art school devils and demonic theater kids.  Check out "Hekla 1970" below and pre-order the album here from Pyroclastic Records.

The MerKaBa Brotherhood

And now for some spacey and experimental devotional jazz from The MerKaBa Brotherhood.  The group's self-titled album is out in May on Mississippi Records.  Pre-order the LP here and listen to the clang and bells of "Galgalim" below.

Daily Jam - Dedicated to the One I Love

Just got back from a Renaissance Festival and am now settling in for some college basketball.  But first, some music from The Mamas & The Papas.  Listen to "Dedicated to the One I Love" below, our Daily Jam.

Lorelle Meets the Obsolete

Mexico's Lorelle Meets the Obsolete are releasing their new "Corporeal" EP in May, a companion piece to last year's "Corporal" LP.  Check out new the dark and brooding new tune "Progreso" below and pre-order the record here from Sonic Cathedral.

Ed O'Brien

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien is set to release his new solo album "Blue Morpho" in May.  I'm beginning to think that he's quietly been the coolest member of that band all along now.  Check out the lush and beautiful, string-laden title track below and pre-order the LP here from Transgressive.

Hannah Sandoz

Here's some strange and ghostly lo-fi folk from Chicago artist Hannah Sandoz taken from last year's "MF / HS" split EP with Mirror Fish.  Float away in the eerie and ethereal hiss of "All of God" below and get the cassette here from Snart Snart Records.

Pons

One of the bands i was fortunate enough to see earlier this wee was Brooklyn duo Pons, who i have to say brought a shitload of energy to a 1PM set.  The band make a mix of no wave punk and noise rock and last September's frenetic "Heavens to Peter" cassette is definitely worth a listen.  Check out "Boy's Surface" below and snag the tape here from the band.

Adult DVD

SXSW '26 has come and gone now, and i'm still playing catch up a few more bands i wish i had been able to catch, like the electro-punk noise of Leeds band Adult DVD.  Check out "Real Tee Lee" below and download it here from Fat Possum.

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