Slift

French heavy psych rock trio Slift are back in June with a new album of stoned riffs and spacey fuzz to melt your mind, body, and soul.  Check out "A Storm of Wings" below and pre-order the "Fantasia" LP here from Sub Pop.

Mod Lang

It's power pop time!  Here's a wonderfully catchy track from Detroit band Mod Land from last month's "Borrowed Time" LP.  Listen to "What I Can't Have" below and snag a copy of the album here from Just Add Water Records.

Man Man

Man, it's been a long time since i've thought about Man Man.  But here we are.  Way back in 2020, the LA based artist recorded "So It Goes" for the video game "Cyberpunk 2077" under the moniker Fingers & The Outlaws.  And now, it finally gets a proper and official release from Sub Pop.  Listen to the dusty, country punk folk track below and download it here.

Hawksmoor

Hawksmoor is the experimental project of Bristol based artist James McKeown, releasing a whole slew of material over the last 10 years.  Material which i'm only finding out about now.  And that's unfortunate because it's positively wonderful, a mix of experimental electronics, ambient music, new age, krautrock, kosmische psychedelia, and so on.  New album "Am I Conscious Now?" plays like a meditation tape wired directly into your inner psyche...soothing...caressing.  Check out the dreamy, peaceful "Ti Kallisti" below and download the album here (the vinyl is already sold out).

Daily Jam - Eva

"Wings" by the dreampop band HAERTS is probably one of my favorite songs of the last 20 years.  Here's another track of theirs for your Tuesday afternoon.  Listen to the dreamy, sweeping, wistful "Eva" below, our Daily Jam.

Hollie Kenniff

Here's some beautiful, dreamy, and ethereal ambient music from Hollie Kenniff and her just released "For Those Who Stay."  Listen to the gorgeous and airy "Dayrise" below and download the album here from Nettwerk.

HEALTH Remixed by Zetra

Pretty much since the very start of their music careers, the guys from LA electro-noise band HEALTH have been keen on collaborations, either by releasing music with a slew of other artists or offering up their work for remix and reinterpretation.  The new "R-TYPE III" EP finds them doing the latter.  Check out Zetra's excellent and gothy "Unloved (Zetra Rmx)" below and download the whole thing here from Loma Vista.

Daily Jam - Got Glint?

Very sleepy today.  Gonna try to kickstart myself with a track from The Chemical Brothers.  Listen to "Got Glint?" below, our Daily Jam.

The Twilight Sad

Alright everybody, it's time to transport ourselves back to the '00s, the heyday of indie rock, music blogs, and festivals.  Scotland's The Twilight Sad was there.  And they're here now again with new album "It's the Long Goodbye."  Check out the anthemic "Attempt a Crash Landing - Theme" below, rediscover that youthful angst and vigor, and grab the LP here from Rock Action Records.

Goodbye

Here's a cool mix of dreampop, bedroom rock, and psych-tinged alt-rock from UK band Goodbye.  They just dropped their excellent new "These Things Take Time" EP a few days ago.  Download it here and listen to "Take Time" below.

The Hanging Stars

London's The Hanging Stars have a classic jangle pop thing going on for them, interspersed with some additional elements of Americana and psych pop.  Good stuff.  Check out the sing-songy, bubblegummy "The Glasshouse" below and pre-order the band's upcoming new album "Just a Day" here from Loose.

Fruit Bats

The Fruit Bats have been making lovely, pastoral indie folk rock for the last couple of decades now, and every new release is always a treat.  June brings us new album "The Landfill" featuring the Americana, alt-country-tinged title track.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from Merge.

Elephant Stone

Here's a little psych pop crunch from Montreal band Elephant Stone.  Dig on the garage rock chugger "Everything Evil" below and pre-order the band's upcoming "ASHA" LP here.

Daily Jam - Nights of Automatic Women

It's been a long day spent cleaning the house.  Time to unwind with some experimental electronic music from Tangerine Dream member Edgar Froese.  Listen to the proggy "Nights of Automatic Women" below, our Daily Jam.

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.

Friday Horror Trailer - The Pack

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.