Daily Jam (October Edition) - Lipstick to Void

Here's an eerie, droning selection from Mica Levi's otherworldly score to Jonathan Glazer's 2013 film "Under the Skin."  Seriously, this music can haunt your dreams.  Check out "Lipstick to Void" below, our Daily Jam.

Dééfait

I was hopping around Bandcamp last night sampling things and came across the new self-titled album from French band Dééfait, a moody and swirling mix of post punk and noise rock.  It's the kind of thing i could see myself becoming a complete and utter devotee of if i caught them at like SXSW or something.  Very cool shit.  Check out "Folâtre, Fissure, Crie!" below and get the LP here from lci d'ailleurs.

Liz Harris

Fresh off of the release of her fuzzy dreampop band Helen's new album, Liz Harris of Grouper fame just announced new album "Music for Two Films About Water."  The aptly titled new record consists of two sprawling experimental tracks that served as soundtrack material for Tanja Englebert's "We Exhale" and Takashi Makino's "Constellation," each of which is a meditation on water.  Listen to the sparse by gorgeous "Untitled (from Constellation)" below and pre-order the LP here from Kranky.

Damon Locks & D-Composed

Here's a very cool new collaboration between Chicago based visual and performance artist and musician Damon Locks and the black chamber music collective D-Composed.  "Dawning" features the latter's unique string compositions paired with the former's beats and manipulated, improvisational spoken word pieces.  It's kind of a trip.  Check out "We Stay Beginning" below and pre-order the LP here from International Anthem.

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Heresy Part I

Experimental artist Lustmord brings on the dark ambient end times with his 1990 album "Heresy," a cold and ominous opus that sounds like the bowels of the earth opening and swallowing everything to hell.  Perfect vibes for the season.  Check out "Heresy Part I" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam (October Edition) - One Step Beyond

Is it really October without some music from the Fantomas album "The Director's Cut?"  I think not.  Here's their take on "One Step Beyond."  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

The Olivia Tremor Control

It's going to be bittersweet for sure, with the passing of Bill Doss in 2012 and Will Cullen Hart in 2024, but The Olivia Tremor Control's final album, "The Same Place," is heading our way at month's end.  The writing and recording began a long while back, and the remaining band members saw fit to complete the project.  I love them.  Anyway, listen to "Advice from the Oceans" below and pre-order the download here or the vinyl here from Elephant 6.

they are gutting a body of water

Philly shoegaze band they are gutting a body of water are prepping an absolutely massive mixtape with their upcoming new release "Kool Faith / Loosies II," a 29-track collection featuring guest appearances from a slew of other indie artists like Hotline TNT, Cashier, Total Wife, and more.  Check out "Charger Spec," their collab with Horse Jumper of Love below and pre-order the double-LP here from ATO.

Anna Butterss

Back in 2024, LA artist Anna Butterss released her experimental jazz fusion LP, "Might Vertebrate."  Here's a track she just dropped that didn't make the cut.  But maybe it should have.  Listen to the excellent "Ninths" below and download it here from International Anthem.

Deer Park & Valeria Litvakov

Here's a cool and weird new collaborative track from Deer Park and Valeria Litvakov.  Dig on the lo-fi bedroom alt-rock of "The Neverhood" below and download it here, along with the duo's other new track "Better than Mine" here from Deleted.

Thorn Wych

Here's some strange and haunting experimental folk from UK artist Thorn Wych.  The music on "Aesthesis" sounds ancient, like the musical accompaniment to some exotic ritual, passed down through the ages, old myths and foreign customs.  Check out the warped and yearning strings of "Longing Song" below and get the LP here from Tompkins Square.

Winter at Sea

Here is some epic and sprawling new post rock from UK band Winter at Sea.  "Hearts" is a cinematic suite comprised of five different pieces that plays like a closed fist shaking defiantly at the universe.  Check it out below and get the cassette here from A Cheery Wave Records.

Daily Jam - Marble House

Pretty crazy to think that The Knife's "Silent Shout" turned 20 years old earlier this year.  Just another one of those things to make me feel ancient.  Here's the Swedish electronic duo with "Marble House," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - The Heavenly Music Corporation (excerpt)

Taking a little bit of a mental health day today.  Also, Ash brought home some sort of middle school plague last week that's been working its way through the household.  So, i'm going to try and get some writing done today, and some reading, and maybe watch a movie too.  But first, here's an excerpt from Fripp & Eno's "The Heavenly Music Corporation."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Kali Malone

Here's some new experimental music from Swedish composer, organist, and synthesizer enthusiast Kali Malone.  Melt with the ambient drone of "Heavy with Fruit" below and pre-order the forthcoming "Burning Song" LP here from Ideologic Organ.

Nowhere Flower

Here's some weird and lo-fi drone folk from Portland, Oregon's Nowhere Flower.  "Behind Glass" is a psych-tinged bedroom pop experiment gone horribly right.  Check it out below and pre-order next week's "Peace Channel" LP here from Soft Abuse.

Mountain Movers

New Haven psych rock band Mountain Movers are dropping a new EP of instrumentals next month with "Knifethrowers."  Listen to the trippy, album-opening "Killing Frost" below and pre-order the record here.

Deerhoof

You can always count on Deerhoof to bring the weird and wonderful sounds into everything they do.  New album "Divine Schism" is due next month.  Pre-order the download here from the band and listen to the strange and sprawling "Sun Like It Hot" below.

Sun Araw

LA artist Cameron Stallones has been making weird music as Sun Araw for a long time now.  And October brings us a new EP.  Check out the hazy and otherworldly "Proper" below, pre-order the "Rapid Response" EP here from Drag City, and remember kids, as i'm fond of pointing out, Sun Araw is war anus backwards.

White Hills

It's about time for me to go get some lunch, but first, why don't we all trip along for few minutes with some cosmic psychedelia and drone rock from New York band White Hills.  New album "Collect Consciousness" is out next month.  Grab it here and listen to the sprawling, oozing "Phase Two" below.