Daily Jam - The Grand Duel (Parta Prima)

Luis Bacalov was an Argentine/Italian film score composer, a peer of Morricone and more, who scored several films during his tenure.  In the early '70s, he provided the soundtrack for the spaghetti western "The Grand Duel," though i know the music (and probably you too) from its used in "Kill Bill."  Anyway, it's wonderful.  Check out "The Grand Duel (Parta Prima)" below, our Daily Jam.

Friday Horror Trailer - City of the Living Dead

Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows

And now for some psychedelic doom, or doom psych if you prefer, from Melbourne, Australia's Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows.  There is something in the water down under that's made for an absolutely killer psych rock scene down there over the past decade, and i hope it never stops.  Check out the face melting "Rat Poisoning" below and pre-order the band's "The Magnetic Ridge" album here.

Daily Jam - Liar

Man, i had forgotten how much i love Rollins Band's "Liar" until heard it for the first time in a long time the other afternoon.  It's also kind of funny to think back to how much airtime the video used to get on MTV.  Good times.  Anyway, check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Charles

Today is going to be a pain in the ass.  I can feel it.  But that's my problem, not yours, so let's all just sit back and enjoy the dreampop stylings of LA artist Charles.  There are little pieces of chillwave, vaporwave, and probably some other types of wave in her lo-fi bedroom pop sound, making for some soothing, retro-kitsch music to float around to for a while.  Check out "Remember Blushing" below and get the "Let's Start a Family Tonight" LP here from Babe City Records.

Kataan

Kataan is a new project from Nicholas Thornberry (Vattnet Viskar) and Brett Boland (Astronoid).  The band fuses death metal and black metal into a sonic assault that's simultaneously brutal and soaring, a sound i can find to be really cathartic at times.  Check out "Abyss" below and get the self-titled EP here from Prosthetic Records.

Clint Mansell - In the Earth OST

Last night i watched Ben Wheatley's new film "In the Earth," a slow-burning, psychedelic folk horror movie for an emerging post-pandemic world.  It was great and probably one that will garner a couple of re-watches down the road this year.  The music is the film is solid too, and actually plays a narrative role through parts of it.  Clint Mansell, as usual, is up to the task.  Check out "Parnag Fegg" below, and download the whole soundtrack here from Invada.

Daily Jam - New World

Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" is one of those movies that i don't think i ever want to see again, good, well-made, and powerful, but just too hard to take in a second time.  He's good at making movies like that.  Anyway, the film starred Björk, and she made a companion album for it, "Selmasongs."  I come back to that one a lot.  Here's the symphonic "New World," our Daily Jam.

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement

Let's keep things quite and contemplative this morning with the latest release from Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, the dark ambient project of Dominick Fernow (Prurient).  "Flying Fish Ambience" sounds like meditating in a synthetic wilderness, attempting to become one with...something.  Check out the title track below and order the album here from Hospital Productions.

Daily Jam - Ocean (Burn the Highways)

Vibing on a little minimalist, acoustic, soul-searching headphone music this morning.  Check out "Ocean (Burn the Highways)" by Lazarus, our Daily Jam.