untitled (halo)

As much as i tried, i just couldn't get my schedule to line up with LA band untitled (halo) during SXSW.  The band plays a kind of subdued alt-rock, veering towards dreampop or shoegaze or slowcore, but never quite getting there.  Nice and moody stuff.  Check out new tune "doomcomplex" below and download it here.

Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

Here's some great news.  We've got a new EP out today from UK electronic artist Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan.  The artist's sound lays somewhere between educational film music, planetarium new age wonder, and motorik electronica.  You know, the good stuff.  Check out "All Mod Cons" below and grab the "Overspill Estates" 12" here from Castles in Space.

Death and Vanilla

The wonderful Swedish psych pop band Death and Vanilla are readying new album "Whistle and I'll Come to You" for release in May.  Check out the haunting and dreamy album-opening instrumental "Intro" below and pre-order the LP here from Fire Records.

Resavoir & Matt Gold

Chicago based artists Resavoir and Matt Gold provide the easy jazz sounds on "Canopy" from their upcoming new album "Horizon."  Pour yourself a drink, hang out in the shade, and watch the sun set behind the trees.  Dig on the track below and pre-order the LP here from International Anthem.

Maston

LA-based artist Maston is back with a couple of new tunes, including the jazzy, loungey library track "Foreign Affairs."  The song plays like a breeze.  Check it out below and download it, along with B-side "Liaison" here.

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Daily Jam - Yellow Cadillac

Moist Fist was a short lived '90s Austin supergroup of sorts featuring members from Ed Hall and Glass Eye who made a weird, avant garde style of punk rock.  Here's a track from their sole release.  Listen to "Yellow Cadillac" below, our Daily Jam.

Pulp

There have been rumblings and rumors for the last several weeks, but now it's official.  We're getting new music from Pulp in June, their first now album in 24 years.  I'm always down for more Jarvis and Co.  Check out new song "Spike Island" below and pre-order the "More" LP here from Rough Trade.

Daily Jam - Ain't Gotta Choose

Dig on the '90s garage rock sounds of short-lived Austin band The Satans.  The group injects some noisy surf and rockabilly into "Ain't Gotta Choose."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Goat & Graveyard

I have yet to see it on any official Record Store Day list for the US, but evidently Swedish psych rock band Goat and fellow Swedish hard rock band Graveyard have teamed together for a one-off collaborative 7" single on the UK release list from Rocket Recordings.  Here's hoping some of those managed to trickle across the pond before the Trump Tariffs went into effect.  Cross your fingers and look for the "A Ship of Fools / Light as a Feather" 7" on Saturday.  In the meantime, check out the classic psych rock of the B-side "Light as a Feather" below.

Battle Elf

Things get weird and noisy as Detroit trio Battle Elf push into the dark and cosmic aural ether on upcoming new album "10."  A face and mind-melting mix of jazz, psychedelia, and krautrock, the band's sound feels like the beginning or end of a long, strange trip.  Check out "Behind the Wilderness" below and pre-order the album here (download) or here (vinyl) from Birdman Records.

Daily Jam - Similar Sideways Glance

Here's some '00s Austin indie rock for a Wednesday morning.  Listen to Attack Formation and "Similar Sideways Glance" below, our Daily Jam.

Stereolab

Holy moly, we've got new music from Stereolab heading our way next month, their first new album in 15 years.  Hooray!  Dig on the kosmische psych pop sounds of "Aerial Troubles" below and pre-order the "Instant Holograms on Metal Film" LP here from Warp.

Wu Lyf

Wu Lyf was a short-lived noisy indie rock band from Manchester who broke up right after the release of their 2011 full-length debut "Go Tell Fire to the Mountain."  Over the last decade plus, front man Ellery James Roberts has made music with LUH (Lost Under Heaven) who broke up earlier this year.  And now we've got a new Wu Lyf track, so i guess we're all still even.  It's great.  Check out "A New Life Is Coming" below and download it here from the band.

Fat Dog Remixed

Right before the end of last year, 2024 fave Fat Dog released their excellent little earworm "Peace Song" which to some degree has been stuck in my head ever since.  Yesterday they dropped a remix.  Dig on "Peace Song (A Riot in Sydenham Bus Depot)(TowerBlock1 Mix)" below and order the soon to be released 12" single here from Domino.

Daily Jam - Halo

A few weeks ago, i finished reading "A Curious Mix of People: The Underground Scene of '90s Austin" by Greg Beets and Richard Whymark.  The book is all about the punk and indie rock scene of Austin during the '90s through interviews with musicians, club owners, promoters, zine publishers, record store employees, local journos, and more.  Being that i arrived in Austin during the second half of this scene, it was quite wonderful to read up on artists and venues i discovered then along with a whole lot i had forgotten about.  A real nostalgia bomb for Central Texas Gen-Xers.  Since i finished the book, i've been revisiting and rediscovering many of there artists mentioned and interviewed therein.  And i'm going to be posting several of them over the next few days/weeks.  One of those bands is 7% Solution, a psych-tinged alt-rock group that lasted through the end of the decade.  Here's a track from one of their earlier 7" releases.  Listen to "Halo" below, our Daily Jam.

Highspire

I have amassed quite a large music collection over the last 40 years, starting with cassettes in the '80s as a kid, and then on to CD's as a teenager, and vinyl when i started college in the late '90s.  It can get out of hand, so every so often i have to part ways with some of it, a purge to make space or put a little jingle in my pocket.  There's no real method to picking what does or does not make the cut, but every now and then i end up re-purchasing something i never should have let go.  Enter Pennsylvanian shoegaze band Highspire.  I'm not sure when i sold off the band's 2003 "Your Everything" CD, but long enough ago to have completely forgotten about them.  Until now.  Until i find they've got a new EP out with next month's "Gloria."  Thinking i'm going to have to re-add "Your Everything" back to the collection, maybe the 2021 vinyl reissue.  Anyway, it's good to have them back.  Listen to "Gloria" below and order the 7" here from Shelflife Records.

Pink Breath of Heaven

Here's some dreamy, shimmering pop from San Francisco band Pink Breath of Heaven from upcoming new album "Colors Make a Sound."  Shoegazey alt-rock with psychedelic flourishes that plays like sugary sweet syrup to the ears.  Listen to "Blue Is the Morning" below and pre-order the LP here from the band on Little Cloud Records.

Daily Jam - No Dice

For the last three weeks, i have had to coach my son's flag football team of 5th, 6th, and 7th graders.  It's...difficult.  Here's Beirut with "No Dice," our Daily Jam.

Friend of a Friend

Here's some new indie rock / avant-pop from Chicago duo Friend of a Friend.  The band's upcoming new album "Desire!" is out later this month.  Pre-order it here from Earth Libraries and listen to the strange and wobbly "Moonlight" below.

Daily Jam - Mothersun

It is unseasonably cold in Central Texas today and gray and gloomy.  So here's some appropriately gray and gloomy music from Japanese lo-fi synth pop duo Diastereomer.  From their 1989 sole 7" release, listen to "Mothersun" below, our Daily Jam.

French Film

Austin post punk band French Film is one of the bands i meant to catch last month during SXSW but just didn't happen.  Bummer for me.  Anyhoo, the band are readying new album "Yours" for release on Austin record label The Nothing Song Records.  Pre-order the cassette here and listen to the excellent "Crude Charm" below.

Klaus Morlock

Back on my bullshit again with some new faux soundtrack music from Klaus Morlock.  "Fireside Spells" plays like the psychedelic score to some unearthed Eurosleaze B-movie full of witches, satanists, and lots and lots of sex.  Check out "Run Hide Die" below and get the LP here from the excellent Library of The Occult.

FINAL

Justin K Broadrick (Jesu, Godflesh, et al) just dropped some new ambient music under his FINAL moniker.  Download "Giving Up, One Day at a Time" here from Avalanche Recordings and listen to the sprawling, woozy title track below.

Daily Jam - Gone

Here's a gorgeous track from M83's 2003 sophomore album "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts."  Listen to the breathtaking "Gone" below, our Daily Jam.

Aesop Rock

Guys, times are scary right now.  There is a plethora of nightmares out there that we all need to deal with.  But i want you to give yourself a four-minute break and listen to the new Aesop Rock track.  It's not going to fix anything, but we all need to take our brief moments of pleasure when we can.  Check out "Checkers" below and pre-order the upcoming "Black Hole Superette" album here from Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Panchiko

Panchiko is a UK band that was originally around back in the late '90s and early '00s and called it quits for the better part of two decades before the younger generation discovered them via social media and revived them, a la Duster.  The band has now been making music again for the last couple years, and their new album "Ginkgo" just dropped today.  The whole thing is quite good, a poppy mix of different alt-rock sounds and moods, and one of the highlights is "Shandy in the Graveyard," which features a verse by New York rapper Billy Woods.  Check it out below and order the LP here.

L'Eclair

Swiss electronic synth pop outfit L'Eclair make their Innovative Leisure debut with upcoming new album "Cloud Drifter" this summer.  Dig on the beats and synths of "ODESSOS" featuring Phoebe Coco and A Ghost Column below and pre-order the LP here.

Fotoform

Seattle's Fotoform make lush and hazy shoegaze pop, melancholy daydream nuggets for cloudy days.  The band's new album "Grief Is a Garden (Forever in Bloom)" drops later this month.  Pre-order it here and listen to the lovely and ethereal "Grief Is a Garden" below.

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Daily Jam - Icare

A month ago, i took the day off from work for my birthday and went on a record store crawl around Austin, hitting up half a dozen different stores around town.  One of the records i came home with was a 7" from French psych-tinged pop rock band Labyrinthe.  Check out the very cool, organ-laden B-side "Icare" below, our Daily Jam.  Long live physical media!

Death in Vegas

It's been a long time since i've paid any attention to UK electronic artist Death in Vegas.  It was probably back in the late '90s with the weird music video for "Dirt."  Anyhoo, i'm really digging the couple of new tracks released on upcoming album "Death Mask."  Check out the pulsing and ominous "While My Machines Gently Weep" below and pre-order the LP here from Drone.

Daily Jam - Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken

Here's some lovely, wall-of-sound girl group throwback indie pop from Scottish group Camera Obscura.  It's been a long day, and will continue to be so for a while, so we deserve something sweet.  Listen to "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" below, our Daily Jam.

Semi Trucks

Turn things up with the energetic jangle pop of LA's Semi Trucks.  The band have that old school college rock radio sound down tight, all distorted guitars and sunny hummable melodies.  Check out "Lou and Edie" below and pre-order the upcoming "Georgia Overdrive" LP here from Post Present Medium.

April Magazine

San Francisco artist April Magazine provides the lo-fi and ethereal hiss and hum for us this gloomy Wednesday morning in Central Texas.  "As You Turn" is a dreamy little nugget of bedroom fuzz.  Check it out below and get the new "Falling Window" EP here from the artist.

Daily Jam - Dramamine

I was able to score an original pressing of Modest Mouse's 1996 album "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About" the other day, so hooray me.  Here's the opening track, and i believe the first Modest Mouse song i ever heard.  Listen to "Dramamine" below, our Daily Jam.

Dan Meyer

Agriculture's Dan Meyer goes solo with new album "Kneeling," a collection of dusty, fuzzy, grungy indie rock tunes.  Listen to "Omen" below and download the album here from The Flenser.

Daily Jam - A Season in Hell

Here's a pretty and cinematic ambient track from Moby.  Listen to "A Season in Hell" below, our Daily Jam.

Magic Sword

Boise, Idaho electronic trio Magic Sword make fantasy-themed synth wave music readymade for epic conquests and video games...basically the exact kind of music i would expect an electronic trio called Magic Sword to create.  Check out new tune "Dead Serious" below and download it here.

Daily Jam - Rocket

I think my three favorite cassettes when i was in 4th grade were LL Cool J's "Walking with a Panther," Weird Al Yankovic's "Even Worse," and Def Leppard's "Hysteria."  The '80s were a wild time man.  Here's a track from the latter to start your week.  Listen to "Rocket" below, our Daily Jam.

she's green

I missed this track when it dropped back in February, but remedying that now.  Minneapolis shoegaze band she's green channel their inner Cocteau Twins for new single "Graze," a lush and dreamy track to float away to.  Check it out below and download it here.

Daily Jam - I Was Made for Lovin' You

Because i love you, here's an Italo-disco cover of Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by some '80s Eurotrash band called The Nasty Boys.  It's our Daily Jam!  Enjoy below.

Postcards

Here's some great new shoegaze from Beirut band Postcards.  New album "Ripe" is out now.  Get it here from Ruptured Records and listen to the hazy, fuzzy, dreamy "Colorblind" below.

Daily Jam - Love Street

Like a whole lot of people before me, i went through a pretty big Doors phase when i was in high school and college before turning and finding them insufferable.  I think i'm back to appreciating them again.  Here's a favorite that got a lot of play in my dorm room freshman year.  Listen to "Love Street" below, our Daily Jam.

Lazy Legs

Here's some new music from Portland grungey alt-rock band Lazy Legs, their first since 2019.  "Daydream" finds the band dabbling in a mix of slowcore and spacey grunge.  Check the track out below and pre-order the upcoming "Tower" cassette here from the band.

Velvet

And now for some loud and heavy shoegaze from New York's Velvet.  Check out the band's new single "Winter" below and download it here.

Steve Queralt

Ride's Steve Queralt is releasing his debut solo album "Swallow" in June on Sonic Cathedral.  As with most Sonic Cathedral releases, it's selling out fast.  You can still pre-order the LP here if you opt in to get the t-shirt bundle.  While you debate that, listen to the gorgeous new single "Lonely Town," featuring Lush's Emma Anderson below.

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Daily Jam - Apocalypse Dream

While i certainly dig the psychedelic synth pop disco that Australia's Tame Impala have put out the last decade, i kind of miss their more rock-oriented psych pop.  Here's one of my favorites.  Listen to "Apocalypse Dream" below, our Daily Jam.

Yaang

Yaang are a post punk band from Manchester whose music is kind of hard to pin down.  Moody motorik beats give way to anthemic new wave synths give way to hard rock guitar riffs and so on.  It's all kind of intoxicating.  Check out "Comfort" below and grab the band's new "No" EP here from Crackedankles.