Album Of The Day: White Heaven, "Next to Nothing." Their 1994 record -treated here to a gorgeous reissue-finds the Japanese group channelling The Doors.

New & Notable: The latest compilation of experimental electronic and ambient music from the Ukrainian club night turned record label.

New & Notable: The Portland instrumental band filter traditional surf through the lens of exotica, Latin percussion, Memphis soul, and a hint of Motown.

Album Of The Day: Monolord, "Neverending." Thirteen years in, Monolord are still finding ways to change up their doomy formula.

Ambient Albums from Non-Ambient Artists. Rock, metal, indie, dance, and folk artists have all experimented with the structureless sound of ambient.

New & Notable: South London-based singer-producer Semi Precious delivers quietly intimate music to convey matters of the heart.

New & Notable: Buckle up! A wild ride through cacophonous noise, FRAN TX spikes moments of chaos with moments of color.

New & Notable: Delirious and engaging new rap from Radicule, dreamlike production topped with razor-edged rhymes.

Album Of The Day: feeble little horse, "bitknot." The Pittsburgh band trade Dinosaur Jr.-style distortion for sweet, radio-ready pop.

Genius of Dub: Mad Professor’s Guide to Ariwa Sounds. The renegade reflects on 45 years of eclectic, explosive reggae and dub.

New & Notable: An abrasive, agonizingly beautiful indie rock stunner studded with elements of doom, drone, and shoegaze.

New & Notable: The Oxford indie stalwarts contrast wistful dream pop melodies with anthemic, stomping alternative rock on their most ambitious effort yet.

New & Notable: Backed by a live string section, the saxophonist and composer translates dualistic themes into tender, dynamic instrumentals.

New & Notable: Serene ambient pastorals recorded straight to tape; a dreamy commingling of simple synths and airy marimbas.

New & Notable: UK jangle-pop band level up their trippy production and driving arrangements on album number four, adding brass and mellotron to the mix.

Album Of The Day: aja monet, "the color of rain.” The blues poet forges a pan-genre framework as multidimensional as the concepts powering her poetic flow.

How Karen Borca Brought the Bassoon Into Free Jazz. The musician carved out a unique place in avant-garde music over five decades of boundary-pushing performance.

Chances are, there's a Sonny Rollins album you haven't heard. This morning, I'm listening to This Is What I Do (Milestone, 2000) for the first time. Clifton Anderson on trombone, Stephen Scott on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Jack DeJohnette or Perry Wilson on drums. Pretty good!

All right, here we go. In today's BA newsletter, I offer... The Obligatory Miles Davis Centennial Essay. Enjoy! burningambulance.substack.com/p/is-100-yea...

100 years of Miles Davis 🎉🎊

We are loosing 'jazz standards' every year 🕊 youtu.be/vLRhL0-2P8c

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

Just people jamming in the moment youtu.be/kiWSWxEJP9c

The Breathless Energy of Mexican Rave. The diversity of sounds commands attention, pummeling the senses with heavy, driving kicks and eerie synths, while also rewarding closer inspection through intricate rhythms and disparate instrumentation.

The Whole Bloody History of Vampiric Black Metal. Whether tinny or lush, melancholic or violent, devoted to second-wave orthodoxies or dedicated to pushing the genre forward, vampirically obsessed bands remain a crucial part of black metal.

New & Notable: On her brilliant new LP, celebrated guitarist Marisa Anderson explores folk music from around the world.

New & Notable: Visible Cloaks return with a striking new record that centers texture and mood.

New & Notable: The debut album from Berlin-based duo Mug drifts between no-wave, shoe-gaze, rock, and ambient.

New & Notable: Ambient music that hovers like clouds on an overcast day, the latest from Kiri Ra! creates minimalist soundscape that unfold slowly.

King Gizzard & the Lizzo Wizard

Album Of The Day: Ital Tek, "Mind Abandon." Alan Myson embraces imperfection on his most introspective, human-sounding music to date.

Essential Releases, May 22, 2026. What the Bandcamp Daily editors and contributors are listening to right now. Experimental club music, funk, and more.

New & Notable: The Texas artist weaves together featherlight strands of ambient, electronic, and folk to make shimmery electropop.

New & Notable: The multi-generational psychedelic powerhouse from rural Thailand present their first record made in a studio.

New & Notable: The internationally acclaimed collective of cellists share a profound meditation centered on the music of minimalist composer Arvo Pärt.

How you guys are enjoying that Pegging?

New & Notable: A dense, percussive, and future-facing work connecting Mauritius, Peru and the wider creole imagination through rhythm.

New & Notable: The quirky electronic pop duo express the small tragedies of everyday life in song or spoken word.

"metal" not as in the genre but metallic objects

Album Of The Day: Takkak Takkak, "Abu." The collision of gabber, gamelan, and metal becomes something strangely transcendent on Takkak Takkak's second album.

New & Notable: Songs by Nirvana, Klaus Doldinger, Grace Jones, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, and more get the space-age jazz treatment on this LP.

Lea Bertucci and Norbert Rodenkirchen Reanimate Early Music. The duo used samples of prehistoric and medieval flutes to build an immersive new work rooted in imagination and sound.

Cool Band Alert! Soul-funk perfection with a dash of Afropunk attitude. Check it out on Substack.

New & Notable: Florian König and Simon Popp stalk the outer edges on their latest as 9ms, fusing electronic and organic elements in these throbbing songs.

Talking about "PUNK", this is still better than the Megastain cover. youtu.be/rbNlaNYWa68

Album Of The Day: SUSS, "Counting Sunsets." The ambient country stalwarts tighten up their songwriting while simultaneously expanding their horizons.

New & Notable: Laid-back jazz from Brooklyn artist Jerk, as airy and lazy as a summer afternoon.

Press Start: A Guide to WRWTFWW, Switzerland’s Maverick Indie Label. The label's offerings include video game soundtracks to experimental ambient, bespoke pressings, and more.

New & notable: French instrumentalists channel everything from Beastie Boys to Italian films; cinematic mood music that stays with you post-credits.