White Flowers

UK band White Flowers have a new album heading our way in May.  Check out the delightfully catchy dreampop jam "Thinking of You" below and pre-order the "Dreams for Somebody Else" LP here from State51.

Rafael Anton Irisarri

"Points of Inaccessibility" is the latest from ambient composer Rafael Anton Irisarri.  The album originally came together as a performance art piece with visuals from Dutch media artist Jaco Schilp put on in the Netherlands at Uncloud Studio, a space located inside a former forensic psychiatric prison.  Check out the cold soundscape of "Signals from a Distant Afterglow" below and get the LP here from the artist.

Alabaster DePlume

Recorded during the middle of his tour last year with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Tcheser Holmes, saxophonist and composer Alabaster DePlume is dropping new EP "Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue" this spring, an epilogue of sorts to last year's "A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole."  Check out the wonderful new song "It's Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)" below and pre-order the download here from International Anthem.  Also, be on the lookout for a limited vinyl pressing in April on Record Store Day.

Greg Weeks

Pennsylvania based psych artist Greg Weeks (Espers) dropped his latest solo effort, "If the Sun Dies," last month, bits of folk and Americana splashed in acid.  Check out the title track below and grab the LP here.

Touch Girl Apple Blossom

And now for a little jangle pop from Austin's Touch Girl Apple Blossom.  The band's new album "Graceful" is due in May.  Pre-order it here from Perennialdeath and listen to the sunshiny pop of "The Springtime Reminds Me Of..." below.

Daily Jam - In Your Veins

I've been sick the last few days, and it turns out i have covid.  Boooooo!  The wife has it too, but somehow the kids are both negative.  It's going to be a trial keeping it that way.  Masking at home and limited interactions for the foreseeable future.  For the moment though, while they're a way, here's some music from Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives.  Listen to "In Your Veins" below, our Daily Jam.

Failure

We truly do live in an awful timeline, but one thing that it does have going for it is that '90s alt-rock band Failure are back together and releasing new music on the regular.  And today we get the word that new album "Location Lost" will be hitting our ears in April.  Check out new track "The Air's on Fire" below and pre-order the download here from the band or the vinyl here from Hello Merch.

Natural Magic

Here's a mellow mix of psychedelia, krautrock, and space rock from Portland, Oregon duo Natural Magic.  "Don't Look Back" feels like coming down, or maybe like something's just about to take off.  Pretty groovy stuff to listen to whilst light-headed from the flu.  Check the track out below and get the new "II" LP here from Optimo Music.

Nashpaints

Dublin artist Finn Carraher McDonald makes music as Nashpaints and just dropped the gorgeous new album "Everything Good Is Called Molly."  The record is a collection of dreamy, out-of-time, spectral pop, lullabies for daydreams and hazy memories.  Check out the absolutely lovely "23" below and grab the album here from MirrorWorld.

Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest

Way back in 1995, War Child UK put together the "Help" benefit album to raised funds to care for children in war zones.  It's awful that we still need to do this, but the charity is at again with the upcoming "Help(2)" out next month via Beggars Banquet.  The lineup on this thing is astounding: Beth Gibbons, Depeche Mode, Pulp, etc.  But today, check out "Flags" from Damon Albarn, Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten, and Kae Tempest.  Listen below and pre-order the album here.  All proceeds go to War Child UK.