Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Episode #98 - Descent into Madness

1. Song: Cape Fear , Artist: Fantômas , Album: The Director's Cut (Ipecac)
  • Sixteen tracks of creatively reimagined film soundtracks from Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, Lovage) and company, which is about what you'd expect. Covers of Henry Mancini and Ennio Morricone [naturally] occur more than once, among reinterpreations of themes to The Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and others. Also, Faith No More has reunited for a European tour.

2. Song: I , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Apollo)
3. Song: Triste, Pt. 2 , Artist: Oren Ambarchi , Album: Triste (Southern Lord)
4. Song: Eisstockschiessen , Artist: David Schweigart , Album: Moreover Mödling (12rec)
5. Song: Sherbert Head , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
6. Song: Glass Ceiling , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
7. Song: Little Horn , Artist: The Goslings , Album: Occasion (Not Not Fun)
8. Song: The Natural Man , Artist: Grails , Album: Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence)
9. Song: Personal Effects , Artist: Tussle , Album: Cream Cuts (Smalltown Supersound)
10. Song: So No Goodbyes , Artist: Xela , Album: Tangled Wool (City Centre Offices)
11. Song: You May Emerge from This More Dead Than Alive , Artist: Hammock , Album: Kenotic (Self-Released)
12. If You Only Knew What the Lost Soliders Did to Me , Artist: A. Armada , Album: Anam Cara (Hello Sir)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #98 2009-2-28

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Episode #97 - Bad Moon Rising

1. Song: Bad Moon Rising , Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival , Album: Chronicle (Ace)
2. Song: A Bee Following Every Ghost , Artist: Crow Feathers , Album: Everyday Is Halloween (Self-Released)
3. Song: Up In the Air , Artist: Emeralds , Album: What Happened (No Fun Productions)
4. Song: Sheets Two , Artist: Mountains , Album: Choral (Thrill Jockey)
5. Song: The Colour of Three , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
6. Song: Brohm Bramin , Artist: The Goslings , Album: Occasion (Not Not Fun)
7. Song: Shy Cop , Artist: The Parisian Night Suit , Album: Everyday Is Halloween (Self-Released)
8. Song: Churpa Champumado , Artist: Inca Ore , Album: Split (Acuarela)
9. Song: X-Contaminations , Artist: Grails , Album: Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence)
10. Song: More Fur , Artist: Wavves , Album: Wavvves (De Stijl)
11. Song: Schottkey 7th Path , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Apollo)
12. Song: Farewell Fire , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
13. Song: Dogs , Artist: Beware of Safety , Album: Dogs (Mylene Sheath)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #97 2009-2-21

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Episode #96 - We All Get It In the End

1. Song: Parsley Halo , Artist: The Goslings , Album: Occasion (Not Not Fun)
2. Song: Glide , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
3. Song: Residue , Artist: Philip Jeck , Album: Sand (Touch)
4. Song: Merzwaltz , Artist: Atom , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
5. Song: Phantom On a Pedestal , Artist: Tim Hecker & Aidan Baker , Album: Fantasma Parastasie (Alien8)
6. Song: Hedphelym , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Apollo)
7. Song: Winter Light , Artist: Hammock , Album: Kenotic (Self-Released)
8. Song: We All Get It In the End , Artist: Kevin Drumm , Album: Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #96 2009-2-14

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Episode #20 - Mushroom Cloud

1. Song: Sysyphus: Part I , Artist: Pink Floyd , Album: Ummagumma (Capitol)
  • Double live album from 1969. First disc features live cuts from Piper At the Gates of Dawn, such as a double-length version of "Astronomy Domine", as well as tracks that are also featured on the Live At Pompeii DVD, while the second disc showcases some of Pink Floyd's stranger numbers ("Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In a Cave and Grooving With a Pict" comes directly to mind).

2. Song: Akuma No Kuma , Artist: Sunn O))) & Boris , Album: Altar (Southern Lord)
3. Song: 5-Methoxy-N, N-Dimethyl:(5-Me0-DMT) , Artist: Coil , Album: Time Machines (Eskaton)
4. Song: 20[1] , Artist: Alec Empire , Album: Low On Ice (The Iceland Sessions) (Mille Plateaux)
5. Song: Zeros and Ones (Aphex Twin Reconstruction) , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: 26 Mixes for Cash (Warp)
6. Song: Blood Red and True, Pt. 3 , Artist: Leviathan , Album: Tentacles of Whorror (Moribund)
7. Song: Nocturnal Poisoning , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Nocturnal Poisoning (Blood Fire Death)
8. Song: Window Skeleton , Artist: King Wheat , Album: Everyday is Halloween (Self-Released)

  • Compilation curated and presented by Nursing Home.

9. Song: - , Artist: Pig Destroyer , Album: Phantom Limb (Relapse)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #20 2007-6-9

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Monday, May 14, 2007

Episode #16 - In Space No One Can Hear You Scream

1. Song: The Triumph of the Lazer Viking , Artist: An Albatross , Album: We Are the Lazer Viking (Ace Fu)
2. Song: Denki No Numa (Frog Voice Mix) , Artist: Ulver , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
3. Song: Cloud Melodie II , Artist: Tussle , Album: Telescope Mind (Smalltown Supersound)
4. Song: A Paranoid Home Companion (Intermission) , Artist: Cerberus Shoal , Album: Chaiming the Knoblessone (North East Indie)
  • Just a strange, strange track.

5. Song: Unity Concepts , Artist: Mouse on Mars , Album: Idiology (Thrill Jockey)

  • Can't wait for the Von Südenfed collab with Mark E. Smith. Tromatic Reflexxions comes out May 21st on Domino.

6. Song: Postludium , Artist: Gorgoroth , Album: Under the Sign of Hell (Century Media)
7. Song: Radiator , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 (Sire)
8. Song: Ghosts , Artist: Japan , Album: Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground (Rhino)
9. Song: Gd_Chck , Artist: Error , Album: Unknown

  • Copped this song off of last.fm. If anybody knows what album it's on, let me know.

10. Song: Fitter Happier , Artist: Radiohead , Album: OK Computer (Capitol)
11. Song: Fegefeuer , Artist: Peter Frohmader , Album: Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich
12. Song: Worse , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Grist (Cock Rock Disco)
13. Song: Drowning in Brown , Artist: Vincent Gallo , Album: Buffalo 66 (Will)
14. Song: Gay Priest (Pt. 1) , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
15. Song: Pleased With Being Alive , Artist: Christoph de Babalon , Album: Love Under Will (Fischkopf Hamburg)
16. Song: Flight of the Wounded Locust , Artist: The Locust , Album: Flight of the Wounded Locust (Gold Standard Laboratories)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #16 2007-5-12

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

Episode #11 - Escape

1. Song: Etna , Artist: Sunn O))) & Boris , Album: Altar (Southern Lord)
  • Vinyl version of this comes with an extra track, "Her Lips Were Wet With Venom [Satan Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas], not to mention a 16-page color booklet and liner notes from Kim Thayil (Soundgarden).

2. Song: Jesse , Artist: Scott Walker, Album: The Drift (4AD)

  • This is really scary stuff, a combination of baroque pop and what Roy Orbison would sound like if he were from the 7th level of Hell. Totally different stuff from his early career and his material on The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou soundtrack. Can't wait for the documentary chronicling his career, 30th Century Man (which is currently only screening in the U.K.), to hit stateside at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Features a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Drift, as well as interviews with Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), David Bowie, Sting, and more.

3. Song: Analogue Skillet , Artist: Jackie-O-Motherfucker , Album: Fig. 5 (Road Cone)
4. Song: Gekihatsu , Artist: Never Presence Forever , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
5. Song: With CB , Artist: Zipperspy , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
6. Song: Hungry Homeless Handjob , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope (Relapse)
7. Song: Time As Surrogate Religion , Artist: Buried Inside , Album: Chronoclast: Selected Essays on Times Reckoning and Auto-Cannibalism (Relapse)
8. Song: Sunshine the Werewolf , Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan , Album: Miss Machine (Relapse)
9. Song: That's Not Blood , Artist: Hair Police , Album: Blow Out Your Blood (Freedom From)
10. Song: Cupid Shot Me , Artist: Noxagt , Album: Turning It Down Since 2001 (Load)
11. Song: I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper , Artist: Erika Eigen , Album: A Clockwork Orange (Warner Bros.)
12. Song: Super 16 , Artist: Neu! , Album: Neu! 2 (Astralwerks)

  • Shortened version of this is available on the Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack.

13. Song: At the Heart of It All (Created by Aphex Twin) , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: 26 Mixes for Cash (Warp)
14. Song: Pyramid of Skulls , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Subliminal Genocide (Hydra Head)
15. Song: Amphibia Salientia , Artist: Hrvatski , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
16. Song: Folded Space - Lead Poisoning & Distortion , Artist: Combatwoundedveteran , Album: I Know a Girl Who Develops Crime Scene Photos (No Idea)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #11 2007-4-7

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