Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes

LA experimental jazz artists Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes just released their latest collaborative album "Unrelated," an airy, dreamy record of ambient new age and jazz.  Dig on the cinematic and lo-fi vibes of album opener "Rapworld" below and get the LP here from the duo.

Fr. Dionysios Tabakis

Fr. Dionysios Tabakis is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, serving at the Church of Panagitsa in Nafplio, the Nativity of the Theotokos.  He also wails on his electric guitar at home.  The result is a beautiful and mystic mix of psychedelia, drone, folk, devotional, and byzantine spirituality.  It kind of fucking rules, pardon my French.  Check out "Ἠλεκτρικαὶ Ὑμνωδίαι – Α΄ Ἑωθινὸν μὲ ἠλεκτρικὴν κιθάραν ἄνευ τάστων (perdesiz)" below and download the excellently titled "Paradise Metal" album here from Heat Crimes (the cassette is sold out).

Fauna

Here's some cool-as-shit new music from Swedish psych rock band Fauna.  The band's sound is grooving, danceable mix of Anatolian rock, Eastern psychedelia, and worldbeat.  Check out the fantastic "Dunans Torka" below and get the new "Taiga Trans" LP here from Glitterbeat Records.

Daily Jam - Strange Days

These days, i am well into my reevaluation of The Doors.  As a teen, i was, like a lot of other people, way way too reverential of the '60s LA band.  And then later, to counter that, i probably was too fast to completely write them off.  Hence the reevaluation.  Here's the title track from the group's sophomore album, a song i almost swapped with alternative metal band Prong's mid-'90s cover instead.  Listen to "Strange Days" below, our Daily Jam.

Curses

Over the last five years, Berlin based artist Luca Venezia, AKA Curses, has been releasing compilations of different music that shaped his life and art, dubbed "Next Wave Acid Punx."  The albums highlight all manner of electro-industrial-techno-madness.  The latest edition, "Trois," is due in June.  Check out the artist's own contribution to the series, "Crown of Ruin (Extended Mix)," below, and get all three volumes here from Eskimo Recordings.

The Haunted Youth

I wanted to catch Belgium's The Haunted Youth last month in Austin during SXSW, but it was not to be.  I had a lot less time to get out there than i usually do, and the festival's schedule was all wonky from years past.  Anyway, new album "Boys Cry Too" is out in couple of weeks.  Check out the wistful, shoegazey "Emo Song" below and pre-order the LP here from Play It Again Sam.

Sugar Horse

Here's some new music from the often uncategorizable Bristol band Sugar Horse.  The band's wild and cacophonous mix of black metal, alt-rock, noise, and prog rock can make the head spin in the best ways.  New album "Not a Sound in Heaven" is out now.  Get it here from Fat Dracula Records and listen to the doom-laden album closer "You Can't Say Dallas Doesn't Love You" below.

Daily Jam - Another Rainy Night (Without You)

Queensrÿche's "Empire" will forever transport me back to the 6th grade.  It, along with a handful of other records from that era, both good and bad, basically serve as a goddamn time machine going straight back to 11-year old me.  Here's a tack from it.  Listen to "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" below, our Daily Jam.

Rauncher

Things get weird and noisy on "Designer Ghosts II," the latest track from Athens, Georgia industrial duo Rauncher.  Check out the ominous tune below and pre-order the band's upcoming, self-titled album here from Primordial Void.

FACS

Chicago post punk band FACS just dropped a great new moody track on their split 7" tour single with Australian punk band Chimers.  Listen to "Parallel Lives" below and get the record here from 12XU.