Episode #26 - The Day the Sun Went Out

1. Song: Intro , Artist: Nachtmystium , Album: Demise (Autopsy Kitchen)
2. Song: Double Dare , Artist: Bauhaus , Album: 1979-83 Vol. 1 (Beggars Banquet)

• Excellent comp of Bauhaus' hits from the aforementioned period, featuring "Stigmata Martyr" (a track later covered by San Diego hardcore group Angel Hair, which is played in Episode #18), "Bela Lugosi's Dead", "In the Flat Field", and "The Passion of Lovers", among others.

3. Song: Careful With That Axe, Eugene , Artist: Pink Floyd , Album: Ummagumma (Capitol)
4. Song: Ice On Water , Artist: Urdog , Album: Garden of Bones (Secret Eye)

• Now defunct Providence psych band. Drummer and vocalist Erin Rosenthal recently contributed vocals to some of Kites' newest album Peace Trials.

5. Song: Black Ships In Their Harbours , Artist: Current 93 , Album: Black Ships Ate the Sky (Durtro)

• Features guest vocals from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Marc Almond (Soft Cell), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), Clodagh Simonds, and Shirley Collins (a figure in the early-'60s folk revival in Britain).

6. Song: Bog , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: Everyday Is Halloween (Self-Released)
7. Song: Inmost Light , Artist: Double Leopards , Album: A Hole Is True (Troubleman Unlimited)
8. Song: Untitled , Artist: 16 Bitch Pile Up , Album: Bury Me Deep (Troniks)
9. Song: Dead Planet , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
10. Song: Forgotten Depths of Nowhere , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Nocturnal Poisoning (Blood Fire Death)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #26 2007-7-21

Episode #15 - They Only Come Out at Night

1. Song: Dark Night , Artist: The Blasters , Album: From Dusk Till Dawn (Sony)
2. Song: Loose , Artist: Boris , Album: Dronevil: Final (Inoxia)
3. Song: Bela Lugosi's Dead , Artist: Bauhaus , Album: Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (Rhino)

• Four-disc boxed set on the excellent Rhino label. Also includes tracks by Dinosaur Jr., Throbbing Gristle, R.E.M., Depeche Mode, Ministry, Bad Brains, Jane's Addiction, Cocteau Twins, Butthole Surfers, Dead Kennedys, Mission of Burma, New Order, Black Flag, and many more.

4. Song: If You're a Wizard, Then Why Do You Wear Glasses? , Artist: Liars , Album: They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (Mute)
5. Song: Greasy Spoon , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: Part Two: Endless Not (Mute)

• First album from Throbbing Gristle in over 20 years. The new album is a mixed affair, akin more to 20 Jazz Funk Greats than any of the Report albums. Most noticeable are the clean production values and Genesis P-Orridge's attempts to actually sing, where he falls flat most of the time, except on "Lyre Liar". All in all, kind of so-so; I'm just glad it's not an absolute stinkbomb, although the cover art is terrible. Tracks like this one, along with the opener "Vow of Silence", are great though.

6. Song: Lynch , Artist: Dälek , Album: Abandoned Language (Ipecac)
7. Song: Danse Macabre , Artist: Celtic Frost , Album: Morbid Tales (Metal Blade)
8. Song: The Crossing , Artist: Amps for Christ , Album: Every Eleven Seconds (5 Rue Christine) 9: Song: Lily, Henry, and The Willow Trees , Artist: Marissa Nadler , Album: The Saga of Mayflower May (Eclipse)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #15 2007-5-5