The Melvins & Napalm Death

A collaborative album by The Melvins and Napalm Death makes so much damn sense, there's a part of me that just assumes it's happened before.  But i think the upcoming "Savage Imperial Death March" is the first.  And it sounds exactly like we need it to.  Listen to the pummeling "Tossing Coins into the Fountain of Fuck" below and pre-order the LP here from Ipecac.

Anna Calvi & Iggy Pop

UK artist Anna Calvi is set to release a string of new EP's over the next year exploring identity as a metamorphosis, shaped and reshaped through the experience of falling in love.  The whole thing was inspired by becoming a parent and features a great array of guest artists contributing, like Laurie Anderson and Perfume Genius.  Check out the Iggy Pop assisted "God's Lonely Man" below and pre-order the "Is This All There Is?" EP here from Domino.

Daily Jam - The Crying Game

Like a lot of people my age, my cultural entry point for English pop star Dave Berry's "The Crying Game," was Neil Jordan's 1992 film of the same name, Boy George's cover for the film, and all the parody references that followed.  It wasn't until i was an adult that i went back and listened to that original version of the tune.  It's a good one.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Ekko Astral

I saw Washington D.C. punk band Ekko Astral a couple of years ago at SXSW and really dug the group's queer punk and political aesthetic.  They push that political notion into absurd and surreal places on upcoming new album "The Beltway Is Burning."  Check out this description of the record:

Recorded immediately after the 2024 U.S. General Election, Ekko Astral’s second album the beltway is burning was always intended as a real-time historical document in the form of a dark comedy. Each song plays out like a vignette, with Ekko Astral beckoning listeners into their fictionalized version of The Beltway (the area within I-495), in which Adam Sandler is a god-president and the DMV has become a demilitarized zone, a wasteland run by butt rockers and Soundcloud rappers.

On the surrealist lead single “lil xan goes to washington,” the titular character travels to D.C. to lobby for addiction assistance legislation before succumbing to the cartoonish horror that is K Street (where all major lobbying firms are based), ultimately becoming a sellout himself.

Works for me.  Listen to the aforementioned "Lil Xan Goes to Washington" below and pre-order the LP here from Topshelf Records.

Daily Jam - Love

I don't know how to describe my feelings for Lana Del Rey.  There is just something about the artist that, for lack of a better turn of phrase, rubs me the wrong way.  I don't know what it is, especially when every now and then i find myself completely enraptured by a track of hers.  Maybe it's a love/hate kind of thing, but that doesn't really feel right either.  At any rate, when Lana song gets to me, it gets to me hard.  Here's "Love," our Daily Jam.

Lip Critic

Aw shit, it looks like we've got some new music from New York's Lip Critic on the horizon with this May's new album "Theft World."  For the uninitiated, the band makes a hyper, frenetic mix of noise rock, hip-hop, hardcore punk, and electronic weirdness.  Definitely worth checking out live if you get a chance.  Dig on new track "Legs in a Snare" below and pre-order the LP here from Partisan Records.

Daily Jam - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

My job is trying to kill me.  Anyway, here's some Elton John.  Listen to "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore," our Daily Jam.

Holy Fuck

It's been a spell since i last thought about Canadian electronic and experimental band Holy Fuck.  But lo and behold, they have a new album heading our way in March with the upcoming "Event Beat."  Dig on new jam "Elevate" below and pre-order the LP here from the band.

Chat Pile

Oklahoma hardcore punk/black metal/screamo band hybrid dropped a new 7" on Friday that i missed out on whilst working all weekend.  The A-side is a beast and the B-side is a cover of an old Nirvana song.  Check out both "Masks" and the "Sifting" cover below and download them here from Sub Pop (the vinyl is already sold out).

Daily Jam - I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart

Eels make good music for the blues.  Not that i have the blues or anything right now.  I think i'm just really, really tired.  Listen to "I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart" below, our Daily Jam.