Mo Dotti

It's almost October, and it's still blindingly sunny and hot as shit here in the greater Austin area, so let's blend in with the haze with some LA shoegaze from Mo Dotti.  The band's new album "Opaque" is out now.  Get it here and listen to the album opening "Pale Blue Afternoon" below.

Daily Jam - Suicide Is Painless

Here's a weird one to start your week to before we go into full Halloween mode tomorrow.  Dig on this experimental and noisy cover of "Suicide Is Painless" from Hepa-Titus, Void Manes, and Mike Patton, a strange and kind of creepy take on the track originally penned by Johnny Mandel (music) and Michael Altman (lyrics) for the Robert Altman's 1970 film "M.A.S.H."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Khana Bierbood

And now here's a new tune from Thai psych rock band Khana Bierbood, their first new music in over five years.  Check out "Fi Rak Senae-ha" below and pre-order the upcoming "Monolam" LP here from Guruguru Brain.

Daily Jam - War in Peace

Here's a track from Alexander "Skip" Spence's freaky 1969 psych folk record "Oar" to start closing out our Sunday to.  Listen to "War in Peace" below, our Daily Jam.

Joyer

New York indie rock band Joyer released their excellent "Night Songs" LP back in April, and are now following that up with new EP "I See Forward and Back."  Slowcore vibes abound.  Check out "Glluu" below and pre-order the EP here from Hit the North Records.

Daily Jam - The Desperate Things You Made Me Do

It's a long time coming, but i'm finally getting to see The Magnetic Fields perform next month in Austin.  To celebrate a month early, here they are with "The Desperate Things You Made Me Do," our Daily Jam.

Troller Covers The Smashing Pumpkins

I'll let you all get to your weekend in a minute, but first, here's Austin darkwave trio Troller covering The Smashing Pumpkins.  Listen to "Today" below and download it here, along with new tune "At the Primordial Bottom of Everything" here from Relapse.

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Daily Jam - Surfin

I kind of miss those early chillwave sounds from late '00s.  But i guess it was just a really particular vibe and sound for a particular time period.  Anyway, i still dig it.  So here's Memory Cassette with "Surfin," our Daily Jam.

The Cure - Alone

The Cure dropped a new single today called "Alone."  And it's fucking great.  They also announced new record "Songs of a Lost World" out on November 1st.  Check out the new tune below and pre-order the record here.

Zetra

UK duo Zetra have been churning out their particular mix of darkwave synth pop, goth, industrial metal, and alt-rock for the better part of a decade now, and they just dropped their new self-titled album earlier this month.  Check out the album-opening "Suffer Eternally" below and download the new album here from Nuclear Blast.

raudiver

Houston, Texas serves up the gothy darkwave synth pop jams with "Leave Before Dark," the new album from the Space City duo raudiver.  Dark, sleek, sexy, and pulsing, this is the perfect music for night time in Autumn.  Check out the album opening "Leave" below and get the LP here from Geodesic Records.

Fin del Mundo

And now for some shoegaze from Buenos Aires.  Fin del Mundo make dreamy Spanish shoegaze jams, and on "Vivimos Lejos," they add some sing-songy girl vocals into the mix to delightful effect.  Check it out below and pre-order the upcoming "Hicimos Crecer un Bosque" LP here from Spinda Records.

Daily Jam - Stars

Here's some old music from the Brian Jonestown Massacre for your Thursday.  Check out "Stars" below, our Daily Jam.

Wussy Duo

Cincinnati band Wussy record and perform as a full band as well as a stripped down duo at times consisting of principle songwriters Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker and called coincidentally enough Wussy Duo.  In November the band(s) have several releases lined up, one of which is the duo's upcoming "Cellar Door" EP, featuring more of a lo-fi sound than the full lineup.  Elements of old school alt-rock, shoegaze, punk, and more make up the sound.  Check out "Cellar Door" below and pre-order the 7" here from the band.

Deathtrippers

Here's some cool new music from Leeds band Deathtrippers.  "Higher (Celestial Mix)" sounds like a goth-tinged mix of death rock and dreamy shoegaze.  Check it out below and pre-order the upcoming "Higher" EP here from the band.

Daily Jam - Wild Horses

Maybe one of the best cover versions of a song ever recorded, here's The Sundays doing their rendition of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Cold Court

Before i get myself back to work, here's a sonic burst of No Wave-tinged post punk from Philly band Cold Court.  Check out "Twin" below and grab the 12" single here from Boiled Records.

LEAVS

And now for some noisy, reverbed haze from Spanish band LEAVS.  New album "Natura Universal" is out now with some vinyl coming next month.  Get it here from the band and listen to "To Be Here, To Stay Here" below.

Three Quarter Skies

Here's some new music from UK alt-rock artist Three Quarter Skies.  Bits of shoegaze.  Bits of space rock.  Bits of noise.  You know?  The good stuff.  Check out "Leave a Light On" below and grab the "Fade In" LP here from Sonic Cathedral.

Daily Jam - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

I heard Dramarama's "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)" on the radio the other day and was reminded how awesome of a song it is.  So, here it is again.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Death By Gong

Keeping with the excellent band name them of the last post, here's some new music from Berlin alt-rock band Death By Gong.  New album "Descalator" has a kind of mid-late '90s space rock thing going on, ala Failure and other bands like that.  Check out "Everything Is Given" below and get the record here from CRAZYSANE RECORDS.

Acid Rooster

Here's a new one from the impeccably named German outfit Acid Rooster.  "Chandelier Arp" is equal parts psychedelia, krautrock, and all around space rock, the kind of stuff that could soundtrack a visit to the planetarium or just getting high as fuck in your bedroom.  Check the track out below and pre-order the band's new "Hall of Mirrors" LP here via Little Cloud Records.

Daily Jam - Les Uns Et Les Autres

In the early '80s, French composer Pierre Barouh found himself in Japan working with a slew of that country's jazz and session musicians.  The result was "Le Pollen," an album that mixed element of French pop, Chanson, jazz, synth pop, and more.  It's kind of an oddity, but also one of my favorite musical discoveries this year.  Check out "Les Uns Et Les Autres" from the record below, our Daily Jam.

Motorpsycho

Here's some new psych-tinged alt-rock sounds from the excellently named Norwegian band Motorpsycho.  The band's new album "Neigh!!" is out now.  Get it here and listen to the album opening "Psycholab" below.

Daily Jam - The Gulag Orkestar

During the indie boom of the '00s, one of my favorite was the worldly sound of Zach Condon's project Beirut.  And that first album still hits hard.  Listen to "The Gulag Orkestar" below, our Daily Jam.

GLOK/Timothy Clerkin

GLOK is the electronic alter ego of Ride's Andy Bell, and together with producer Timothy Clerkin, bring us new album "Alliance."  Check out the cool electronic tones of "Empyrean" below and pre-order the album here from Bytes.

Cassie Ramone

Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls fame just dropped her new solo effort "Sweetheart" yesterday.  The title track is a wonderfully fuzzy blend of psychedelia, pop, and alt-rock, and has a kind of timeless feel that's going to have me humming it to myself for the foreseeable future.  Check it out below and order the LP here from the artist.

Clinic Stars

Every now and then i just need some music to float away to, music to disintegrate to, that lovely, airy, dreamy ethereal stuff.  And Detroit duo Clinic Stars provide it.  The band's new album "Only Hinting" is full of whirlpool layers of guitars and textures that float in the haze, featherweight sonic daydreams for the masses.  Dig on the title track below and get the LP here from Kranky.

delving

Stoner/doom metal band Elder's front man Nick DiSalvo also makes music with his side project delving.  On new album "All Paths Diverge," the artist crafts sprawling and epic soundscapes mixing elements of prog and psych to glorious effect.  Check out "Omnipresence" below and grab the new LP here from Blues Funeral Recordings.

Juniore

And now for a fun mix of '60s pop, surf rock, psychedelia, and French pop from Paris trio Juniore.  The band's new album "Trois Deux Un" is full of throwback grooves and is out now.  Get it from the band here and listen to the album opening "Le Silence" below.

Daily Jam - The Bombing

There are several ways that i find new music listen to.  Things like Bandcamp, or YouTube, or music blogs are the most prevalent now, but every once in awhile, i pick up some new tunes based on what the clerks at the record store are listening to.  I always think of that scene in "High Fidelity" where John Cusack's Rob bets Jack Black's Barry and Todd Louiso's Dick that he can move a copy of The Beta Band's "The 3 EP's" by playing "Dry the Rain" in the store.  And he does.  It makes me wonder if similar wagers aren't being made on what i will or will not dig.  Which brings us to "Children of Fire," the 1974 avant-garde jazz album from Hannibal Marvin Peterson and The Sunrise Orchestra.  They got me.  Here's a track from the record for your Saturday.  Listen to "The Bombing" below, our Daily Jam.

White Shape

Digging around on Bandcamp last night, and i came across the mellow, synthy, airy dreampop of Rockford, Illinois band White Shape.  The band's new album "Through the Lupine" is out next month on Little Cloud Records in the US and Up In Her Room Records on the other side of the pond.  Pre-order it here from the band and listen to the sublime "Knives Down" below.

Friday Horror Trailer - Gorgo

Daily Jam - Spirit Ditch

Sparklehorse is one of those bands that i was aware of and liked well enough back in the '90s, but that i didn't truly appreciate until after Mark Linkous died.  Shame, shame, shame on me, because their entire output is really quite something.  Here's a track from their 1995 debut.  Listen to "Spirit Ditch" below, our Daily Jam.

Fawn

Somehow, i missed the debut full-length release from Fawn, the duo of Glass Candy's Ida No and former Chromatics member Nat Walker, last October(!!!!).  Apparently the album, "Flamboyant NonViolent" dropped without any kind of announcement, or at least none that i saw, and then got memory-holed by the Internet.  Only for me to find out about it 11 months later now that it's getting a vinyl release.  And man, it's got all those Glass Candy/Chromatics vibes i've been missing.  Check out the dreamy disco glitter of "Scars on Everything" below and get the record here from the band.

Daily Jam - Hallelujah (Club Mix)

That any member of Manchester's Happy Mondays is still alive, Shaun Ryder in particular, is a real miracle.  Copious amounts of drugs and alcohol flowed through their veins on a regular basis, the likes of which would certainly kill us mere mortals.  So Hallelujah!  Here they are with the club mix of "Hallelujah," our Daily Jam.

Mogwai

Good news everyone!  Scottish post rock mainstays Mogwai dropped a new song yesterday.  Listen to "God Gets You Back" below and download it here from Temporary Residence.

Daily Jam - The Drifter

Here's some peppy, funky jazz from American vibraphonist and marimba player Dave Pike.  Listen to "The Drifter" below, our Daily Jam.

Gong Gong Gong

Hong Kong experimental, psych and krautrock-tinged duo Gong Gong Gong have been making music for a few years now.  I remember seeing them several years ago at a SXSW day party held at a crawfish boil on Austin's east side (mid-gentrification).  They were pretty damn cool then, and they're pretty damn cool now.  And they have a new album coming our way later this month.  Check out the groove-laden "Escaping Encirclements" below and pre-order the "Mongkok Duel" LP here from the band.

Daily Jam - Tobacco Spit

Earlier this year, alt and roots rock band Bare Jr. had their 1998 album "Boo-Tay" reissued for the first time on vinyl on Record Store Day.  I had memory-holed that record until seeing the great album art above, and it all came flooding back.  Weird.  Anyway, here's Bobby Bare Jr. and the band with "Tobacco Spit," our Daily Jam.

Men I Trust

Here's a new dreamy and warbled soft rock track from Montreal band Men I Trust.  Check out "Husk" below and download it here.

Daily Jam - Close to Me

Back in March, my wife won tickets for us to see Sunny Day Real Estate perform "Diary" in its entirety.  It was awesome.  And opening for them was fellow '90s emo band The Get Up Kids...a band i had not thought about since their heyday in said '90s.  Here they are covering The Cure.  Listen to "Close to Me" below, our Daily Jam.

Jim Nothing

Here's some jangly garage pop from New Zealand's Jim Nothing to cure those Sunday blues.  New album "Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn" is out next month.  Pre-order the LP here from Meritorio Records and listen to the excellent pop nugget "Wildflowers" below.

Daily Jam - If They Left Us Alone Now

It's hot as hell here in Central Texas today.  And we've been doing housework all Sunday long.  And i'm tired and i don't want to do anything anymore.  So here some's '60s psych rock from Wool to hopefully help me unwind and cool down.  Listen to "If They Left Us Alone Now" below, our Daily Jam.

Gnome

It feels like a good Saturday for stoner riffs and noisy psych vibes.  And so we have the doom and grunge-tinged sounds of Belgium's Gnome and new album "Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome" to propel us ever forward into the sonic wilderness.  Dig on the crunchy and crushing bombast of "The Ogre" below and download the album here from Polderrecords.  With an album cover like that though, this sucker really needs the vinyl treatment.  Someone get on that ASAP.

Daily Jam - Ictus

I was 12 years old when the Seattle grunge scene exploded in the early '90s, and it was a huge part in shaping my music taste both then and now.  I still love that scene and that era.  And one of the more nationally underappreciated acts of the time was Tad.  When talking to folks from the Pacific Northwest, i've been led to believe that it was actually Tad who were the hometown heroes of the time, more so than the Nirvanas and Pearl Jams of the world.  That's wild, but also kinda tracks with the vibe of that city.  So let's listen to some Tad.  Here's "Ictus," our Daily Jam.

Deary

UK shoegaze duo Deary have a new EP coming our way in November.  Naturally, the vinyl pre-order is already sold out.  Anyhoo, listen to the dreamy "The Drift" below and pre-order the "Aurelia" EP download or CD here from Sonic Cathedral.

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Daily Jam - Table for Glasses

Still busy as hell at work, but got some awesome wings for lunch with a bunch of co-workers, so everything's going to be alright.  Here's Jimmy Eat World with "Table for Glasses," our Daily Jam.