Surf and turf

Jayomi, described as "Seattle’s friendliest indie surf rock quartet," recently released their debut record. The video here is for the track "Tropical Wasteland."

Meet your 'Match'

The new EP via Squid — a UK-based five piece — is due next Friday (it has been out via digital platforms for the past two months). The audio track here is for "Match Bet."

'Sway' of life

The latest LP via Rotterdam's The Sweet Release of Death came out a few weeks back. The above audio clip for "Sway" provides a taste for what to expect.

The big heat

Tropical sounds for a fall day. This is an audio clip for the recently released "Hawaiian Noir" by Aporia, a Berlin-based band originally from New Zealand.

Back in 'Blackout'

The Damned released Final Damnation in 1989 ... an album that included "Wait for the Blackout." The video here is from a live show in 2017 in the UK.

And The Damned is the opening act tomorrow at the Garden (!!!) for the Misfits.

Put this in 'Heavy Heavy' rotation

Here's "Heavy Heavy," a track from the local indie rock quartet Pom Pom Squad ... something from their "Ow" EP that's out now.

You can see them with Miss June Monday night out at Rough Trade.

'Domino' effect

Corridor, the Montreal-based Francophone band, has a new record (their third overall) coming out on Sub Pop on Oct. 18. The track above is "Domino." The band is at Union Pool on Oct. 24.

I want to believe

Pixies tickets went on sale today (and quickly sold out) for a Dec. 9 show over at Webster Hall.

Here's a live clip of the band from 1991 playing their — obviously — best-song ever. OK, I like this song too and this one.

Slowdiiv

Brooklyn's DIIV are back on Oct. 4 with their first album since 2016.

The video here is for the single titled "Blankenship."

Wicked Leaks

Here are The Waikiki Leaks, an Italian band (circa 2019) playing Hawaiian music.

Great 'Pains'

The Brooklyn-based Tempers have a new album, titled Private Life, coming out on Oct. 25. The video here is for the first single, "Capital Pains."

Orquesta Manoeuvres

A summer send-off with "Unpretentious Beauty" by the Japanese-based Clive Tanaka y su Orquesta.

The "Orquesta" has a new record out now called Pre​-​Sunrise Authority.

A matter of TR/ST

Here's "Iris," synth pop courtesy of TR/ST (aka Robert Alfons and FKA Trust) ... the track is on the Destroyer 2 album that's out in November. (Destroyer 1 was released in April.)

A 'Heartworm' of gold

Today sees the release of the 22nd (!!!!!) Oh Sees record, a 73-minute, two-record opus called Face Stabber. The video here is for "Heartworm," one of the punkier tracks on the record.

See them live out at the Warsaw in October. They're a great live band.

It's all gone somewhere beyond

In memory of David Berman — the singer-songwriter behind Silver Jews and, more recently, Purple Mountains — who died this week. He was 52. A cause of death has not been revealed. His death was ruled a suicide, according to published reports.

The top video is "Darkness and Cold" from the recently released new album by Purple Mountains. The clip below is for "Random Rules" with the Silver Jews from 1998...



East Village-based writer Sarah Larson penned this tribute to the singer-songwriter titled "David Berman Made Us Feel Less Alone."

For your ears only

Iggy Pop this week released the first single off of his forthcoming record Free, out Sept. 6. The audio track here is for "James Bond," which NME described as: "something between the trashy horror-rock of The Cramps, the restraint of Talking Heads, the naivety of Modern Lovers and the clattering fun of a bog-standard garage rock band who’d be called something like The Paisley Ghouls and would have released one single before splitting up in 1968."

Automatic for the people

The Los Angeles-based trio Automatic has a new record out in September. This audio clip is for the track "Too Much Money." Inspired by Suicide, Kleenex and Neu.

The big 'Sick'

Vivian Girls have announced their first record in eight years (and their third overall). An LP titled Memory is due in September. Ahead of that, the trio just released this audio track for a song called "Sick."

'Gold' standard

Here's the French dream-pop band Marble Arch with "Gold" from their spring release "Children of the Slump."

Breaking away

Jay Som — aka Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Melina Duterte — has her second record, Anak Ko, coming out on Aug. 23. The video here is for the recently released single "Superbike."