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Silk Here's some noisy new shoegaze from UK band Silk.  Their new "Auralux" EP is due in May.  Listen to the swirling, churning "Clementine" belo...

New shoegaze from Silk...

An Old Sad Ghost Dungeon synth is one of those niche genres that will always kind of be an enigma to me.  Don't get me wrong, the pairing of medieval imagery...

Gloomy new dungeon synth from An Old Sad Ghost...

R. Missing Here's a new track from New York dreampop artist R. Missing.  Listen to moody "Thisworldly" below and download it here from ethe artist. Th...

Moody new dreampop from R. Missing...

Congratulations Yesterday, Paige and i took the day off from work and went to a free SXSW day party at local queer friendly bar and venue Cheer Up Charlies ...

Fun, bouncy, electro-rock from Congratulations...

Sassy 009 Typically during SXSW i see a lot of garage and indie rock bands.  I'm hoping to catch some different genres over the next couple of days, l...

Electronic pop from Sassy 009...

Friday Horror Trailer - The Boxer's Omen

The Boxer's Omen, this week's horror trailer...

Daily Jam - Faraway It's been a busy day and i need a break.  Here's a great track from Supergrass's third LP.  Listen to "Faraway" below, our Daily Jam.

Supergrass with our Daily Jam...

Fucked Up June brings us the release of the second part of Fucked Up's "Grass Can Moves Stones" with "Year of the Monkey."  Combined with last year's ...

Massive new music from Fucked Up...

Bullseye New York band Bullseye make an excellent mix of lo-fi alt-rock and power pop.  It's wonderful.  They're upcoming, self-titled EP sounds like...

A wonderful mix of lo-fi alt-rock and power pop from Bullseye...

Sprints Punchy Irish punk band Sprints dropped a new track last week, the frenetic and twitchy "Trickle Down."  Check it out below and download it h...

Twitchy new track from Sprints...

Bloodsports Here's a track from another band i think i'll check out this week, Brooklyn's Bloodsports.  "Rosary," taken from last year's "Anything Can B...

Spacey, grungey alt-rock from Bloodsports...

Good Flying Birds One of the bands i plan on catching during the next few days at SXSW is Indianapolis group Good Flying Birds.  They've got a jangle pop/coll...

Jangle pop/college rock from Good Flying Birds...

Daily Jam - The Lonely One Gonna head out and see some music here in about an hour.  Time to prime myself with a little music from Portland, Oregon proto-grunge band t...

The Wipers with our Daily Jam...

Fever Ray I have not had a chance to see Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" yet, but i have heard some of the soundtrack, and it's pretty damn cool, fea...

New music from Fever Ray...

Iceage Denmark punks Iceage dropped a new track today with the kinda polished and poppy indie rock gem "Star."  Gotta assume a new album is in the ...

New track from Iceage...

Mute Swan Last week saw the release of new album "Skin Slip" from Tucson, Arizona shoegaze-tinged alt-rock band Mute Swan.  Check out the pop and swir...

New music from Mute Swan...

Night Ritualz San Antonio's Night Ritualz makes darkwave inspired post punk and death rock.  New album "Time Is a Thief" dropped last month on Metropolis ...

Spanish darkwave from San Antonio's Night Ritualz...

TV Buddha As per usual with this year's SXSW, garage rock bands abound.  And that's just perfect for fan of psych and reverb drenched nuggets like mys...

Reverb-drenched, lo-fi garage rock from TV Buddha...

Badger Hunt Here's some very lo-fi and kind of twangy garage rock from New York based duo Badger Hunt.  The band dropped their "Full Moon in My Pocket" ...

Lo-fi, fuzzy, and twangy garage rock from Badger Hunt...

Joudy I've been gradually compiling a small list of artists i'd like to check out over the next few days during SXSW, and even with this year's co...

Noisy garage rock from Joudy...

Daily Jam - Lonely Richard I've spent the last few months going through my admittedly massive music collection (vinyl, CD"s, cassettes, MP3's, and so on) to purge some...

Amen Dunes with our Daily Jam...

Spell Here's some really fun stuff from Vancouver band Spell and their upcoming new album "Wretched Heart."  The record is a mix of horror synths,...

Old school heavy metal, gothic rock, and horror synths from Spell...

Casket Cassette I don't think i'm going to be able to do much at SXSW this year, but i'm still researching the bands and artists attending, looking for thin...

Darkwave dreampop from Casket Cassette...

SUSS New York trio SUSS are back in May with a new album of cosmic, ambient Americana, sweeping soundscapes for the plains with the upcoming "Cou...

Sweeping new ambient Americana from SUSS...

Pulp I mentioned the new "Help(2)" compilation a little while back when posting about the Damon Albarn/Grian Chatten/Kae Tempest collaboration in...

New track from Pulp...

Bonner Kramer + Thurston Moore Longtime New York journeyman musician and composer Bonner Kramer is pairing with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore for upcoming new album "The Ca...

A mix of psych, improv jazz, and noise rock from Bonner Kramer + Thurston Moore...

Ak'chamel, The Givers of Illness Let's get weird and spooky with some new, positively tribal music from Ak'chamel, The Givers of Illness and upcoming album "Spiritually Unem...

Weird, dark, and ancient droney folk from Ak'chamel, The Givers of Illness...

Daily Jam - Ten-Day Interval It looks like it's going to be raining on and off all day today.  Some instrumental post-rock from Tortoise feels like an appropriate soundt...

Tortoise with our Daily Jam...

Null Device Madison's Null Device just dropped new single "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye," an industrial-tinged little piece of electro-pop, equally dark ...

New electro-pop from Null Device...

Seefeel Keeping with some ambient-tinged sounds with some new music from UK band Seefeel.  New album "Sol.Hz" is due in early May on Warp.  Pre-orde...

Swirling electronics from Seefeel...