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.