Daily Jam - Any Way that You Want Me

It's my youngest son's birthday today.  He's 10.  This life just goes so damn fast.  Anyway, he has no idea who they are, but i'm listening to some Spiritualized this morning before work since they're one of those bands that puts me in my happy place.  Here they are covering "Any Way that You Want Me," a track written by Chip Taylor and first recorded by Tina Mason.  The song has since been covered by a ton of different groups, most notably The Troggs in 1966.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.  And happy birthday Robbie!

Daily Jam - Let It Flow

Time goes by, but i always come back to the noisy, psychedelic, gospel, and space rock sounds of Spiritualized.  Here's a cut from their 2nd album "Pure Phase."  Listen to "Let It Flow" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Home of the Brave

Over a quarter century later, and Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating in Space" is still one of my favorite albums of all time.  Here's a track from it for your Saturday.  Listen to "Home of the Brave" below, our Daily Jam.

Spiritualized

Good news everyone!  It looks like we're getting a new album from Spiritualized in February.  The first taste from the long running psych and space rock legends is "Always Together with You," a song we got a demo version of way back in 2014 on "The Space Project" album released on Record Store Day that year.  At any rate, demo or studio, the song is uplifting and wonderful.  Check it out below and pre-order "Everything Was Beautiful" here from Fat Possum.

Daily Jam - Stop Your Crying

Mental note: Listen to more Spiritualized.  That goes for all of you.  Here's "Stop Your Crying," our Daily Jam.

Badwan/Coxon

Faris Badwan of The Horrors and John Coxon of Spiritualized have teamed together for a project they're dubbing Badwan/Coxon.  It's simple and it works.  On the duo's first single, they pour psychedelia, post punk, noise rock, and space rock into a cauldron and stir it into a mind-melting mix.  Check out the acid trip of "Boiling Point" below and pre-order the "Boiling Point/Promised Land" 12" here from Tough Love.

Daily Jam - Broken Heart

I was really wanting to play the alternate mix version of Spiritualized's "Broken Heart" today.  It's a shorter version, but just as wrecking, including a wailing, anguished harmonica at the end.  But i couldn't find it anywhere to embed.  So we're just going to listen to the beautiful and moving original version from '97's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space."  It was the first song i ever heard by Spiritualized, and it made me an instant fan.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Sonic Advent Calendar: Day 17 - Silent Night / Lord, Can You Hear Me

Today, let's listen to The Flaming Lips melancholy version of Christmas staple, "Silent Night."  This version is particularly wonderful as the band kind of turns it into a medley, using Spiritualized's "Lord, Can You Hear Me" to play the song out.  Listen below.

Spiritualized - I'm Your Man

Ladies and gentlemen, we've got a new album from Spiritualized headed our way in September.  Jason Pierce's long running gospel-psych-pop project has been a staple on my stereo for over two decades now, and i'll always welcome new music with open arms.  Pre-order the "And Nothing Hurt" LP here from Fat Possum, and watch the video for the gorgeous and breezy "I'm Your Man" below.

New Spiritualized

Spiritualized has a new song available called "Always Forgetting with You (The Bridge Song)," recorded under the name Mississippi Space Program for a pretty bitchin' upcoming Record Store Day release.  The song comes from "Space Project," a compilation of 7" records dedicated to different bodies of the galaxy and using actual space field recordings from the Voyager space probes.  Awesome stuff.  Listen below and look for it from Lefse on April 19th.