untitled (halo)

LA;s untitled (halo) is one of those band names i've seen bouncing around at SXSW before that i make a note to check out, but for whatever reason, just never seem to catch.  I'll have to remedy that if they make it back as i'm really digging the throwback '90s alt-rock/pop/electronic hybrid thing they've got going for them on their just released debut full-length, self-titled album.  Check out "Aimee Lou Wood Freestyle" below and get the record here from Dirty Hit. 

Daily Jam - Dare to Be Stupid

Back in September, we took the boys to go see Weird Al live at the Moody Center in Austin.  I've seen him a few times before, but this was the first for my kids.  And it was kind of amazing just how many aging Gen X and Millennial parents were there with their children in tow.  We're all trying to bond.  Anyway, "Dare to Be Stupid" is probably one of my favorites of the artist because it sounds more like Devo than Devo sounds like Devo.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

DEAFCULT

Brisbane's shoegaze-tinged noise rock band DEAFCULT have a new album heading our way later this month with the forthcoming "Collapsing Empires."  Pre-order it here from Hobbledehoy and listen first taste "Daily Rothko" below.

TVAM x Sharon Van Etten

UK darkwave synth and  dreampop act TVAM are teaming with American indie rock artist Sharon Van Etten for new anthemic single "Every Building Casts a Shadow."  Check it out below and pre-order the 7" here from the band, which is also set to have Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan remix on the B-side.

Floating

February brings us new music from Swedish band Floating.  The group's mix of prog, doom, and death metal plays like a cinematic score to clouds darkening over some countryside vista.  Check out "Wet Grass" below and pre-order the upcoming "Firewatching" LP here from Transcending Obscurity Records.

Nina & The Fireflies

Old school goth vibes abound on "She's My Witch (VDCR Version)" from UK group Nina & The Fireflies.  Dig on the track below and pre-order the forthcoming "All That Bluster" LP here from WRWTFWW Records.

Daily Jam - As Serious as Your Life

Here's a little hybrid of post rock and electronic from British musician, producer, and DJ Kieran Miles David Hebden, also known as Four Tet.  From 2003's excellent "Rounds" LP, listen to "As Serious as Your Life" below, our Daily Jam.

The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream

The wonderfully dreamy and excellently named Taiwanese shoegaze band The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream just released their debut full-length album with "Far Motor Luminescence."  Check out the deliriously hazy album opening track "Heaven" below and download the whole thing here from the band.

Daily Jam - Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)

I think that the early-mid '90s version of The Flaming Lips is my favorite.  The trifecta of "Hit to Death in the Future Head" (the last record to feature Mercury Rev front man Jonathan Donahue) through "Transmission of the Satellite Heart" and "Clouds Taste Metallic" (featuring guitarist Ronald Jones) just hits all the right buttons for me in a way the rest of the band's output never quite does (even on records i think are phenomenal).  So, let's start our week out with "Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Want to Live Forever)," our Daily Jam.

Black Taffy

Dallas ambient electronic musician and producer Black Taffy released probably my favorite album from last year with the eerie and surreal "Out Moon."  "Consensual Silence" is his new, but not really, album.  Consisting of material recorded from 2010 through 2014, the songs were originally supposed to be the artist's debut, but he shelved it.  I'm sure he had his reasons, just like he does now for finally bestowing it upon our ears over a decade later.  Check out the dreamy album opening "As Light Bows" below and get the cassette here.