Anna Von Hausswolff - Evocation

October and November are bringing us all kinds of new and fantastic music to meditate or gyrate to, and one of the big ones on my radar is the upcoming "Miraculous" LP from Swedish singer/songwriter/organist Anna Von Hausswolff.  The album is shaping up to be a grand and gothic masterpiece.  Watch the video for "Evocation" below and get the record from City Slang.

Psychic Blood

Still working on a natural high from my Longhorns' victory yesterday, so much so, that i don't even care that my Saints are basically a burning garbage barge sinking into the Mississippi River.  So, let's listen to some hazy, noisy, possibly drug-fueled guitar treatment from Massachusetts band Psychic Blood.  "Blur World" hails from the band's new album "Alien" and is a swirly, swoony wonder, sun-drenched, reverby garage rock to blast away your ears to.  Listen below and get the record from Wharf Cat.

Stronghorns!

It's an awesome day today!  Hook 'Em Horns!  OU Sucks!

Jesu / Sun Kil Moon

So, Mark Kozelek is an asshole.  There's really no denying that.  But he's still a talented dude, and he's got a collaborative album in the works with Jesu's Justin K. Broadrick due in January on Caldo Verde/Rough Trade.  I'm expecting it to knock my socks off.  Anyway, a first taste has surfaced, the interestingly and totally Kozelek-sounding titled song "America's Most Wanted Mark Kozelek and John Dillinger."  It sounds like a more atmospheric Sun Kil Moon, but i'm game for that.  Listen to the track here.

Minuit Machine

Late last year, right around Halloween, i came across a wonderful, gothy darkwave album from French duo Minuit Machine...and lo and behold they're back again this year just in time for Halloween with another record of pulsing synths and dark pop grooves.  Listen to "Everlasting" below and get "Violent Rains" here from No Emb Blanc Records.

Tender Age

Good old-fashioned noisy, swirly shoegaze rock will always put a smile on my face.  Here's a beautiful, reverb-drenched gem from Portland band Tender Age called "Get High."  Indeed.  Listen below and grab the 7" from SINIS Records.

Pill

It's good to know that the grit and grime and screech of No Wave is still alive.  Brooklyn's Pill have a new single coming out on Mexican Summer, and it's a steaming hot mess.  It's also perfect, cacophonous ear candy.  And, as per usual, i fucking love me some sax.  Listen to "Hot Glue" below.

Tortoise - Gesceap

Holy cow!  There's a new album from Tortoise on the horizon!  The post rock band will be releasing its first album since 2009 in January on Thrill Jockey.  What a great slice of news today.  In the meanwhile, listen to "Gesceap" below and pre-order "The Catastrophist" here.

Eartheater

When i first came across the name Eartheater, i instantly assumed it would be a heavy, doom-laden metal act.  Boy was i wrong.  Instead, the Brooklyn based project from Alexandra Drewchin is warped pop, sometimes sounding like what Druids would create if given electronic instruments to play with.  Listen to "Wetware" from the upcoming "R.I.P. Chrysalis" LP below, and get the album later this month from Hausu Mountain.

Army of Darkness

Austin's a little crazy right now, as Fantastic Fest winds down, and ACL Fest gears up, and the 2nd annual Mondo-Con gets ready to melt our faces again.  I'm going to attempt to cram in as much as possible, on top of a seemingly endless amount of unpacking to do in our new house.  Man, my head hurts.

Anyway, one of the must-retrieves for me this weekend at Mondo-Con is the bitchin (look at that cover art above) reissue of Joe LoDuca's "Army of Darkness" score.  I have been a huge fan of all things "Evil Dead" and Ash for so long that i'd be lying to myself if i didn't at least acknowledge that it had a little bit of influence on my son's name.  So, i need this.  Listen to "Building the Deathcoaster" below and check out Mondo-Con here.