Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch

Dutch composer Jozef Van Wissem and New York filmmaker/artist/musician Jim Jarmusch are at again with upcoming new album "Bocca di Lupo and Mouth of the Wolf," a double album of sorts.  Dig on new track "Never Like You Said," a fuzzy guitar driven dirge with additional vocals from Courtney Barnett that sounds like New York cool (think Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground or something like that), and pre-order the album here from Sacred Bones.

Jim Jarmusch & Anika

Writer/director/musician Jim Jarmusch has a new movie heading our way in December with "Father Mother Sister Brother."  For the film's soundtrack, the artist teamed with Berlin-based post punk artist Anika.  Check out the tranquil, ambient Americana vibes of "Jetlag" from the score below and pre-order the LP here from Sacred Bones.

SQÜRL

SQÜRL was first formed Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan back in 2009 to score Jarmusch's "The Limits of Control."  After that, the duo just kept on making music.  And now, new album "Silver Haze" is on the horizon with a release in May.  Check out the moody, kind of apocalyptic "Berlin '87" below and pre-order the album here from Sacred Bones.

Daily Jam (October Edition) - The Taste of Blood

For the next few days, all of my posts will be coming at you from the past.  That is to say, i'm at the beach or driving there, hoping it's not washed away, and wrote this last Thursday.  Anyway, given what the news cycle is these days, i'm sure something exciting or abysmal happened, and this post, as well as the next few, will probably be way out of place.  So without further ado, here's "The Taste of Blood" by Jozef Van Wissem and Sqürl from the excellent soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's excellent film "Only Lovers Left Alive," our Daily Jam.

Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch

Experimental lute player (one of the funnest combinations of words ever) Jozef Van Wissem has paired with filmmaker/musician Jim Jarmusch for the upcoming album, "An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil."  Eerie, oozing, minimalist drone, the album sounds like the beginning of a ritual or the end of the world depending on your mood.  Listen to "Concerning the White Horse" below and pre-order the record here from Sacred Bones.

SQÜRL remixed by Anton Newcombe

Jim Jarmusch's music project SQÜRL is releasing their new record, "EP #260" later this month on Sacred Bones, but in the meantime, Brian Jonestown Massacre maniac Anton Newcombe has tackled remixing the band's "Gates of Ishtar."  Newcombe's version crawls and oozes at nine and a half minutes long, sounding like some dark and menacing harbinger of encroaching doom.  Add Tess Parks' beautiful vocals to the mix and you get something all at once haunting and transcendent.  Listen below.

SQÜRL

SQÜRL is the droney, experimental rock project of acclaimed film director Jim Jarmusch.  The group's new "EP #260" is out in July on Sacred Bones.  Listen to the ominous creeping and crawling of "The Dark Rift" below.

Jozef Van Wissem and Zola Jesus

Experimental artist and lutenist Jozef Van Wissem has a new album out, and it's a haunting piece of gothic Americana.  I first heard the man's work a couple of year's ago on his excellent soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive" (a great film too by the way), and his eerie, yet familiar work continues here.  Featuring Zola Jesus on vocals, "Ruins" is a beautiful piece of dark folk and could very easily soundtrack your more dour moments, your uneasy introspection.  Listen below and get "When Shall This Bright Day Begin" here digitally now, or get the LP later in March on Consouling Sounds.

Only Lovers Left Alive

When i first heard about the upcoming vampire film "Only Lovers Left Alive," i didn't think much of it.  But then i heard that Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton were the leads, and my interest was piqued.  Then i heard that Jim Jarmusch was directing, and i was generally excited.  Then i heard the creeping, menacing, sinister and sexy soundtrack by Jozef Van Wissem and SQURL, and now i'm a full fledged fan...even though i haven't even seen the film yet.  Get the record from All Tomorrow's Parties and listen to "The Taste of Blood" below.