Wolves in the Throne Room

October brings us new music from the boundary pushing Olympia black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room, which is always welcome news around these parts.  Check out the atmospheric and ominous "Ghosts Among the Obelisks" below and pre-order the "Estuary" LP here from Relapse.

Silk Fence

Silk Fence is the New York based, experimental instrumental trio of Arian Shafiee (Guerilla Toss), Booker Stardrum (SML), and Justin Frye (PC Worship).  Together, they pull from jazz, post rock, ambient, neo-classical, psychedelia, and more to craft sprawling soundscapes of soothing textures and propulsive grooves.  Check out "(A)RT" below and pre-order the band's upcoming self-titled LP here from Sophomore Lounge.

Daily Jam - You're Gonna Cut Me Loose

Here's a little raucous garage rock from Austin's Hundred Visions to plow you through your Thursday.  Dig on "You're Gonna Cut Me Loose" below, our Daily Jam.

White Ring

Witch house was a very niche genre of electronic music about 16-17 years ago.  It's not as prevalent as it used to be, as far as it ever was, but it also never really went away.  Hell, there's always a big internet to-do anytime Salem releases something.  Anyhoo, noted Florida witch house band White Ring have a new album heading our way next month.  Pre-order the forthcoming "FATE" LP here from the duo, check the ghostly image of the twin towers on the album cover art above, and listen to "Eyes 4 U" below.

Daily Jam - Fire

Work is still a bear for me right now, and while my travel is wrapped up, i've got a veritable mountain of data entry and accounting research in front of me.  Best to listen to new age relaxation music while i dive into it.  Listen to "Fire" below, from Christopher Pidgeon's 1981 album "Life Forces" below, our Daily Jam.

Why Bother?

Iowa band Why Bother? have a very cool synth/psych/garage rock/post-punk fusion thing going on for them, and i am here for it.  New album "Beyond Step One" dropped earlier this month, and it's a total banger with weird, surreal, spoken word pieces strewn throughout.  I don't think anything else sounds quite like it.  Grab it here from Feel It Records and listen to "Come Undone" below.

YAANG

Here's a new post punk banger from Manchester band YAANG.  Listen to "Horsepower is God" below and download it here.

Yoo Doo Right

Montreal cosmic explorers Yoo Doo Right are back with a new album of interstellar-psychedelia to shake our eardrums and expand our minds.  Check out new tune "Doldrums, Doldrums, Eviler than the Devil" below and pre-order the upcoming "Build and Rest by the Shepherd's Light" LP here from Mothland.

Daily Jam - Ta Det Lugnt

I remember how blown away i was the first time i heard Swedish psych rock band Dungen over 20 years ago.  Truth be told, listening to 2004's "Ta Det Lugnt," i'm still blown away.  Just an amazing piece of work.  Listen along with me, will you?  Here's the title track, our Daily Jam.

Fujiya & Miyagi

Time to get those hips shaking and those toes tapping with some new music from UK outfit Fujiya & Miyagi and their grooving mix of krautrock, disco, post punk, and electro-pop.  Listen to "Lowest Common Denominator" below and pre-order the forthcoming "New Shiny Object" LP here from the band.

Soft Vein

Dig on some new synth pop from California based artist Soft Vein.  The upcoming "All We've Known of Heaven" LP is out next month on Artoffact Records.  Pre-order it here and listen to "Another Summer" below.

Daily Jam - Ascension to Virginity

Here's some groovy psych pop from Dave Grusin taken from the soundtrack to '60s flick "Candy."  Listen to "Ascension to Virginity" below, our Daily Jam.

Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra and Amanda Werne

Jazz, psychedelia, and world music collide on the new collaborative self-titled EP from Stockholm's Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra and fellow Swede Amanda Werne.  Dig on the far out sounds of "Urhavet" below and pre-order the 10" here from We Jazz Records.

Polypores

Here's some new ambient music from UK artist Polypores.  "A Hole in the Air" is tranquil and a little trippy, and sounds like something it would be nice to gradually awake to.  Check it out below and get the "Wildlife" cassette here from Aural Canyon.

Daily Jam - Train of Consequences

I used to get the opening riff to Megadeth's "Train of Consequences" stuck in my head all the time.  And in my best Ralph Wiggum voice: "i like how it sounds like a train."  Anyhoo, check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Kraus

Not to be confused with the Dallas based alt-rock band of the same name, New Zealand artist Kraus makes experimental, psych-tinged electronica.  New album "Water Music" feels tailor made for some kind of educational film.  Check out "Princess from the Moon" below and pre-order the cassette here.

buttechno & Triš

I wasn't expecting to writing about an artist called buttechno today, but here we are.  The German electronic artist and producer makes a very chill mix of trip-hop, ethereal electronica, and dub that feels like the whole world is just fading away.  New album "The Spirit" is a collaboration with Ukrainian artist Triš, and plays like some surreal dream.  Listen to "20 Flutes" below and get the album here.

Setting

Here's a trippy, sprawling new track from North Carolina post rock band Setting.  "Your Destiny Distresses Me" is a mix of spacey drone, barely there electronic hum, and improvisational jazz vibes for watching the sun go out.  Check it out below and download it here from the band.

Daily Jam - Space Mantra

It's time to get transcendental with some rhythmic noise from post rock/space rock band F/i.  Dig on the sounds of "Space Mantra" below, our Daily Jam.

THROTH

Here's some noisy new music from noisy UK band THROTH.  Check out the sludgy "Woody" below and pay what you want for the new "Parading in the Wake of Sad Relations" EP download here from the band.

Friday Horror Trailer - The Wolf Man

Daily Jam - The Inferno

Here's some cool psychedelic garage rock for your Friday afternoon.  Listen to "The Inferno" by The Inferno below, our Daily Jam.

Feeling Small

I caught Austin indie artist Feeling Small a couple years ago at a small SXSW show, and he just dropped a melancholy new piano ballad for our listening pleasure.  "Bruise" is a soft lament, the kind of introspective piece to listen to at sunset.  Check it out below and download it here from the artist.

The Operator Sound INC.

Are you ready for some weird space-age lounge vibes from The Operator Sound INC.?  Of course you are.  Dig into the groovy, far out sound of "Space Age Switchboard (Please Hold)" below and pre-order the upcoming "Esoteric Audio for Spaceage Witchcraft" LP here from Library of the Occult.

Daily Jam - Tell Me You're Mine

Here's a little early '80s private press throwback choral jazz pop from a band called The Ghostriders.  Seriously, this song kind of sounds like it could have come out in the '40s.  Listen to "Tell Me You're Mine" below, our Daily Jam.

Art d'Ecco

Canadian troubadour Art d'Ecco has a new record heading our way in October.  Check out the crunchy, post-punk jam "The Death of Indie" below and pre-order the forthcoming "Scheele's Green" LP here from Paper Bag Records.

Daily Jam - Prigioniero

Here's some dramatic, psych-tinged pop rock from the early '70s from Italian artist Miro.  Dig on "Prigioniero" below, our Daily Jam.

DIIV

Here's a new one from indie darlings DIIV.  I remember seeing these guys way, way back in 2012 when they were just a bunch of kids.  Anyway, check out "The Fountain" below and pre-order the band's upcoming new album "ZIRP!" here from Fantasy Records.

zzzahara

LA band zzzahara's "Distant Lands" LP dropped a couple of months back, and listening to it now, it's a nice, hazy, and warbly bit of bedroom dreampop and alt-rock, perfect for summer afternoons.  Listen to "She Doesn't Want Me to Exist" below and grab the album here from Lex Records.

Daily Jam - All Over the World

I feel like most Pixies fans tend to gravitate towards either "Surfer Rosa" or "Doolittle."  And i get that.  They're two excellent albums.  But for me, it's all about "Bossanova," because it has songs like "All Over the World" on it.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

The Body & Cel Genesis

November brings us new chaos from heavy Portland duo The Body, this time around paired with Oakland experimental and industrial-tinged electronic act Cel Genesis.  Check out the sparse, ominous, and still noisy "Candy Crush" below and pre-order the "Whole Wide World" LP here from Thrill Jockey.

The Bug + Friday Night Plans

Last month, UK electronic musician and producer The Bug started the "Ladybug" series via his PRESSURE record label, an ongoing string of collaborations with different artists.  The second in the series features trippy beats and broken, dreamy grooves with Japanese artist Friday Night Plans.  Check out "Miss U" below and download it, along with a number of different mixes, here.

Mondoriviera

For years LA based record label Not Not Fun has been the place to go for weird and warbled sounds, dubby, underwater psychedelia, new age, and pop for the masses.  And they're still killing it.  The latest comes from Italian artist Mondoriviera and his new "La Laguna Dei Bei Sogni" cassette.  Dig on the hazy, lo-fi mutant pop of "Fikisan" below and grab the album here.

Daily Jam - I've Been Waiting for You

Good afternoon everyone.  Here's some Neil Young.  Listen to "I've Been Waiting for You," our Daily Jam.

Allison Lorenzen

Here's a beautiful new ambient-inspired track from Denver based artist Allison Lorenzen.  "Healing Vibrations II" serves as an excellent accompaniment to the artist's "Deploy the Stars Upon thy Chest" from earlier this summer.  Gorgeous, soothing, and melancholic, it's music that speaks to the soul.  Check it out below and download it here.

Honey Radar

We always have room for some new Honey Radar around these parts, and so we have "Let's Talk About Swimming," the band's new 10" EP.  GBV vibes abound, which is always a good thing.  Check out the short and sweet "Fencing" below and grab the record here from the band.

Marissa Nadler and Milky Burgess

Here's a new track from Marissa Nadler, a collaboration with Milky Burgess, of an old time pop song by The Little Dippers and Billy Walker, later popularized by Pete Drake.  Listen to "Forever" below and download it here.

The Drin

The excellent Cincinnati band The Drin dropped a great new single back in May with the release of "The Pigs of Silver Linings," and they follow that up with the announcement of their upcoming and epic new album "I Lost My Way for Centuries."  First taste "Haven't Live It Yet" takes the band's lo-fi post punk sound and infuses it with a kind of dubby and chugging, krautrock-tinged psychedelic flair.  Really, really cool stuff.  This one just jumped to the top of my anticipated fall releases.  Dig on the track below and pre-order the LP here from Feel It Records.

Daily Jam - Darkness

I am having a much needed lazy weekend full of laying around, movies, and reading.  And some jams from King Khan & The Shrines.  Here they are with "Darkness," our Daily Jam.

Almost an Island

I've had a ridiculously long couple of weeks filled with 4am wakeup times and 13-hour work days.  Needless to say, i'm pooped.  So let's sit back and relax with some gentle, dreamy, ambient-tinged sounds from Almost an Island.  Snag the "Few Words Are Enough" EP cassette here from Past Inside the Present and listen to the gorgeous and transcendent title track below.

Daily Jam - 君の愛に背を向けて

I have been exploring a ton of Japanese music over the last couple of months: film scores, jazz, psych, city pop, and on and on.  And i've gotta say i'm loving it, kind of similar to when i discovered all those Italian film score composers and library session musicians a decade or so back.  Anyhoo, here's a jazzy piece of music from composer Yuji Ohno taken from the film "Proof of the Wild," or "Never Give Up" as it's known in other regions.  Listen to the smooth and sultry "君の愛に背を向けて," translated as "Turning My Back on Your Love," below, our Daily Jam.

TV Buddha

Spunky, lo-fi Chicago band TV Buddha have a new album of quirky indie rock heading our way in October with the forthcoming "Hallelujah Anyway" LP.  Listen to "Oh Master, Let Me Walk with Thee" below and pre-order the record here from Ever/Never.

Friday Horror Trailer - The Suckling

 

Daily Jam - The Rain Song

Ladies and gentlemen...Led Zeppelin.  Listen to "The Rain Song" below, our Daily Jam.

Purity Ring

Canadian duo Purity Ring have been doing the indie electronic pop thing for a while now, and they just dropped new track "Bitter Rhymes" last week.  It's a moody affair.  Check it out below and download it from the band here.

Stumbleine

Here's some new electro-tinged dreampop from UK act Stumbleine.  Grab the "Head Over Heals" EP here from the band and listen to the title track below.

Daily Jam - Blown Away

I miss '90s claymation music videos.  They seem so time specific now.  Here's one from Dallas alt-rock band Tripping Daisy.  Check out "Blown Away" below, our Daily Jam.

Some Became Hollow Tubes

Here's some droney, experimental, psych-tinged noise and post rock from Canadian duo Some Became Hollow Tubes (guitarist Eric Quach of Hypnodrone Ensemble and drummer Aidan Girt of Godspeed You! Black Emperor).  Listen to the practically oozing "Frozen ICE" below and get the band's "Seed Weed Freed Breed Lead Deed Greed" LP here.

Helen

Grouper's Liz Harris released an album with her side project band Helen way, way back in 2015, and October finally brings us that band's sophomore effort.  Check out excellent, fuzzy new tune "Dead Shark II" below and pre-order the "Linda's Head" LP here from Kranky.

Daily Jam - Missing Link

Always a good time for some Curve.  Here's a cut from their 1993 album "Cuckoo."  Listen to "Missing Link" below, our Daily Jam.