Stuck

Chicago band Stuck bring the post punk noise on upcoming new album "Optimizer," out this Friday.  Check out the raucous anthem "Sicko" below and grab the LP here from Exploding in Sound Records.

Bricknasty

One of the artists that i meant to check out during SXSW is Dublin's experimental R&B, hip-hop, and neo-soul artist Bricknasty.  Typically during the fest i try to see some stuff outside of my normal wheelhouse, but it was not to be this year with this particular artist.  The timing just never worked.  Anyway, digging into his "Blacks Law" album from last October, and it's a weird, sometimes glitchy, sometimes smooth and soulful affair.  Check out a combination of all of that on "Bombs" below and download the album here from FAMM.

Horse Lords

Quirky Baltimore band Horse Lords are back in June with a new album of their weird, angular, and frenetic mix of math rock, post punk, and experimental sounds.  Check out new track "Brain of the Firm" below and pre-order the upcoming "Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!" LP here from RVNG Intl.

Model/Actriz

Brooklyn's experimental industrial and electro-punk band Model/Actriz dropped a surprise EP a few days ago for our listening pleasure.  Listen to the twitchy "Glassman" below and download the "Swan Songs" EP here from True Panther.  And, if you get a chance to catch the band live, do so.  They are a great live act.

Laurel Halo

LA experimental electronic artist Laurel Halo is providing the score to visual artist Julian Charriere's new film "Midnight Zone."  The movie follows the path of a Fresnel lighthouse lens descending through the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean.  For the score, Halo creates a fittingly sparse and abyssal drone, like falling in slow motion into the unknown.  Check out the album opening "Sunlight Zone" below and grab the LP here from Awe.

Daily Jam - Nem Érdekel, Amit Mondsz

Looking back on it, that Andy Votel curated "Prog Is Not a Four Letter Word" compilation is probably one of my favorite CD's i've ever purchased.  It opened me up to so much killer music from all over the world, like Hungarian prog band Illes.  Check out "Nem Érdekel, Amit Mondsz" belowk, our Daily Jam, and groove on that opening beat and riff.

sadplanet

Here's a beautiful and melancholy new shoegaze jam from London's sadplanet.  Listen to "Do You?" below and download it here from the band.

Noir Boy George

I can often be a total sucker for French pop, and French artist Noir Boy George brings the pop with the upcoming "POLYTOXICOMANE DE TOI" EP, throwing in elements of electronic pop, no wave punk, and more to quirky, delirious delight.  Check out "Injecte-moi" below and pre-order the record here from Pan European Recordings.

Tacoma Park

Here's a new track from North Carolina based experimental duo Tacoma Park.  I hear a lot of different things on "Untied," a mix of ambient country music, Americana, new age, krautrock, and a little bit of kosmische psychedelia.  It's cool and floaty.  Check it out below and pre-order the band's upcoming "Baltimore" LP here from Centripetal Force.

Lice

Lice is the hip-hop duo of Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman, and they just dropped new album "Miami Lice: Season 4" earlier this month.  We stan Aesop Rock around these parts, so any project he's involved with or pops up on gets ample play here.  Dig on "Burnt Mauve" below and download the album here or pick up the vinyl here from Rhymesayers.