Alabaster DePlume

Experimental jazz composer and saxophonist Alabaster DePlume just released new EP "Cremisan: Prologue to a Blade."  The first two tracks were recorded in Bethlehem at The Wonder Cabinet, an experimental arts, music, and architecture space, collaborating with local artists and musicians.  The result is beautiful, aching, and somber.  Check out "Honeycomb" below and download the EP here from International Anthem.

October Horror Trailer - Mortuary

Daily Jam (October Edition) - To Walk the Night

While it's always a good time to listen to Samhain, it just feels more right when it's October.  Listen to "To Walk the Night" below, our Daily Jam.

October Horror Trailer - The Great Alligator

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Be My Druidess

It's simply not Halloween, or Autumn for that matter, without some Type O Negative.  Here they are with the Gothic sensuality of "Be My Druidess."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Te Huhu

New Zealand band Te Huhu describe themselves as "a drowsy blend of psychedelic stoner shoegaze blues country folk rock."  And listening to "On Holiday," their latest single that dropped back in August, i'd say that sounds about right.  Check the track out below and download it here.

Friday Horror Trailer - Amityville 3-D

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Willow's Song

It's been a spell, and i think it's probably time i give "The Wicker Man" a rewatch.  Put that on the to-do list.  In the meantime, here's some music from the film.  Listen to Paul Giovanni's "Willow's Song" below, our Daily Jam.

The Black Dog

Here's some meditative new music from Sheffield experimental electronic band The Black Dog.  The massive new album "Sleep Deprivation" is out next month.  Pre-order it here and listen to the soothing ambient tones of "Sleep Deprivation 05:The Slow Cancellation of the Future" below.

October Horror Trailer - Don't Go in the House

Daily Jam (October Edition) - She's My Witch

I've been fighting a cold the last few days, and it has really slowed me down.  There was a lot i was planning on getting done this week, and practically none of it has happened.  Anyway, that's one of the reasons i'm posting so late.  So here's a good one, the old school rockabilly-tinged "She's My Witch" from Kip Tyler.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

The Cure - A Fragile Thing

Here's another new track from the upcoming new album from The Cure, "Songs of a Lost World."  Listen to "A Fragile Thing" below and order the record here.

October Horror Trailer - Don't Go Near the Park

 

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Witches Hat

Here's some witchy psych folk from Scottish folk group The Incredible String Band to hopefully close out the work week.  Listen to "Witches Hat" below, our Daily Jam.

Blue Heron

From the desert and mountains of Albuquerque, New Mexico comes the heavy, doom-laden sounds of Blue Heron.  The band's new album ,"Everything Fades," is full of stoner riffs, grungey vocals, and droning desert rock tones.  Dig on "Swansong" below and get the LP here from Blues Funeral Recordings.

October Horror Trailer - Contamination

 

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Black Mass

Here's some creepy jazz and psych-tinged music from Les Baxter's score to "The Dunwich Horror."  Lovecraftian vibes abound.  Listen to "Black Mass" below, our Daily Jam.

Scions

Canadian orchestral folk collective make a sprawling, electronic and drone-tinged kind of folk music that can feel like it's originating from the center of the earth somewhere.  Check out the weird and shaky "The Mountain" below, a track that feels like it's heralding something big to come.  And pre-order the group's upcoming "To Cry Out in the Wilderness" here from Idee Fixe Records.

October Horror Trailer - Coherence

Daily Jam - Spellbound

There's nothing quite like some Siouxsie & The Banshees during the countdown to Halloween.  Let those Goth vibes flow.  Here they are with "Spellbound," our Daily Jam.

Robert Stillman

UK experimental jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman is set to release a collection of live tracks recorded during his opening stint supporting The Smile on tour.  Pre-order the "Something About Living" LP here from Orindal Records and check out the otherworldly title track below.

October Horror Trailer - Hauntedween

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Killing Game

Skinny Puppy will forever feel like an Autumn band to me, their industrial/electronic tones so perfectly suited for the Halloween season.  Here's one from 1992's "Last Rights."  Listen to "Killing Game" below, our Daily Jam.

Whisper Hiss

Portland band Whisper Hiss just dropped a split 12" with Glasgow artist Dancer, two sides of female-led post punk to shake and groove to.  Check out "Movable Objects" below and get the record here from HHBTM Records.

October Horror Trailer - Saw VI

Daily Jam (October Edition) - The Lords Theme

Here's a short but creepy and unnerving one from John 5 and Griffin Boice from the soundtrack to Rob Zombie's "The Lords of Salem."  Check out "The Lords Theme" below, our Daily Jam.

Glass Beams

In a couple of hours, i'll be heading out to the ACL music festival with my wife, today's attendance being an anniversary gift i got for her so she can see Chappell Roan.  Probably because i'm older, but the festival just doesn't have the allure it did for me 15 years ago.  Anyway positivity is the name of the game, and i can always find something to listen to, like Melbourne's Glass Beams.  The band dropped their new album "Mahal" back in March, but the mix of Eastern tones, funk, psych, and library sounds should hit the ears just right on what's looking to be a hot and sunny day in Austin.  Check out the title track from the album below and get the record here from Ninja Tune.

October Horror Trailer - The Beast Within

 

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Shock Waves Suite

While the movie is unfortunately not that great, i remember being a combination of fascinated and terrified by the VHS cover art to "Shock Waves" when i was a little kid, catching glimpses of the tape at the small, mom and pop rental place we used to go to in days before Blockbuster put everyone out of business.  And Richard Einhorn's droning, electronic score is pretty damn effective.  Check out the "Shock Waves Suite" below, our Daily Jam.

Sugar Horse

Bristol band Sugar Horse dropped their new album "The Grand Scheme of Things" yesterday, a lovely mesh of noise, doom, shoegaze, and post metal...along with the band's usual penchant for excellent song titles.  Check out the moody title track below and get the LP here from Pelagic Records.

October Horror Trailer - Phobia

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Witch's Love Song

Earlier this year, i kind of just stumbled across this fascinating oddity from 1971 at a record store, Barbara, The Gray Witch's self-titled and sole release.  The album is a mix of spoken word, drone, folk, chants, and rituals, tests to determine whether you are witch or warlock, and notes on the Occult.  Tis the season.  Check out the said folk and drone of "Witch's Love Song" below, our Daily Jam.

Inner Magic

Here's some new music from the remnants of Chromatics.  Inner Magic is the project of former Chromatics members Adam Miller and Nat Walker, along with Mikal Oor, and they make exactly the kind of dreamy pop jams you would expect, hazy, synth-laden, late night tunes to drift away to.  Check out "Discovery" below and download the "Discovery" EP, featuring an instrumental and drumless version of the track here.

October Horror Trailer - Below

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Seance

That particular kind of 1960's garage rock that really leaned into the macabre, be it via spooky subject material or outright Halloween novelty kitsch just hits the spot for me, especially this time of year.  Someday, i'm going to have to hunt all these 7" singles down.  Here's one for your Friday.  Listen to Ohio band The Ebb-Tides and "Seance" below, our Daily Jam.

Ela Minus

New York electronic artist Ela Minus is set to release new album "DIA" in January.  Check out new pop-leaning tune "Broken" below and pre-order the record here from Domino.

October Horror Trailer - Night of Fear

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Screaming Skull

Skeletons!  Skulls!  Bones!  Here's the great New York garage rock band The Fleshtones with some skeletal-themed mayhem for your Thursday.  Listen to "Screaming Skull" below, our Daily Jam.

Kompromat

Here's some pulsing new music from France-based darkwave synth duo Kompromat.  Dig on the ominous synth hum and tones of "Le Brigand et le Prince" below and download it here from the band.

October Horror Trailer - Forbidden World

AKA "Mutant."

Daily Jam (October Edition) - A Ritual Killing

Here's some moody, doom-laden, blackened metal from Illinois band I Shalt Become to get those October spirits moving.  Listen to "A Ritual Killing" from the band's 2009 album "The Pendle Witch Trials" below, our Daily Jam.

Maria Somerville

It's been over five years since Irish artist Maria Somerville released her excellent "All My People" LP, and i'd say a whole lot has happened since then.  But now she's back with new, floaty track "Projections."  Here's hoping a new album is imminent.  Check the track out below and download it here from 4AD (as appropriate a landing spot for this artist as i could think of).

October Horror Trailer - Salem's Lot

 

Daily Jam (October Edition) - The Beginning

At last spooky season is upon us, and i've got the jams to go along with it.  Up today is part of Wojciech Kilar's score to Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula."  Check out the very gothic "The Beginning" below, our Daily Jam.