Episode #62 - The Day the Whole World Went Away

1. Song: Dont' Touch Dead Animals , Artist: Kayo Dot , Album: Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda (Holy Roar)
2. Song: Lake of Roaches , Artist: Wolf Eyes , Album: Human Animal (Sub Pop)
3. Song: Track 4 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)
4. Song: The Killing Spree , Artist: Chromatics , Album: Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)
5. Song: Mr. Sandman , Artist: The Four Aces , Album: The Four Aces: Greatest Hits (MCA)
6. Song: Cool People , Artist: Kites , Album: Hallucination Guillotine/Final Worship (Load)
7. Song: Outh9X , Artist: Autechre , Album: Quaristice (Warp)
8. Song: Late Night , Artist: Belong , Album: Colorloss Record (St. Ives)

• Limited four-track 12"/digitial-only EP of covers from New Orleans ambient/shoegaze/post-rock duo Belong, who added their own vocals. Not that it matters, though, because they're buried too far down in the mix to be recognizable. Case in point: "Late Night", a cover of Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd). The other three cuts follow a similar late '60s UK vibe: "Beeside" (Tintern Abbey), "Girl from New York" (Billy Nicholls), and "My Clown" (July).

9. Song: Ossification , Artist: Nadja , Album: Bodycage (Profound Lore)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #62 2008-3-29

Episode #58 - Possessed By Demons

1. Song: Hallucination Guillotine , Artist: Kites , Album: Hallucination Guillotine/Final Worship (Load)
2. Song: Memory Leak , Artist: Nadja , Album: Truth Becomes Death (Alien8)
3. Song: Funerals Drenched In Apathy , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Defective Epitaph (Hydra Head)
4. Song: Larks On a String , Artist: Cursillistas , Album: Wasp Stings the Last Bitter Flavor (Digitalis Industries)
5. Song: Basilica , Artist: Rameses III , Album: Basilica (Important)
6. Song: Tick of the Clock , Artist: Chromatics , Album: Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #58 2008-3-1

Episode #57 - The Hitcher

1. Song: The Telephone Call , Artist: Chromatics , Album: Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)
2. Song: Chapels , Artist: Genghis Tron , Album: Dead Mountain Mouth (Crucial Blast)
3. Song: Clinodactyl , Artist: Nadja , Album: Bodycage (Profound Lore)
4. Song: Middle Ages Return , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Suicide In Dark Serenity (Bestial Onslaught)
5. Song: (Intermission) , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)
6. Song: Part 5 , Artist: Ocrilim , Album: Annwn (Hydra Head)

• Seven-part solo album from avant-garde metal guitarist Mick Barr (Octis, Orthrelm, Crom Tech, Flying Luttenbachers, Quix*o*tic, Or Rathol Nok) and his drum machine that friggin' shreds. If you're looking for other recent material that's just as good, check out Octis: Iohargh Wended and his collab with Zach Hill (Hella), Shred Earthship.

7. Song: Trespass , Artist: Kites , Album: Hallucination Guillotine / Final Worship (Load)
8. Song: Sovereign , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Sovereign (Neurot)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #57 2008-2-23

Episode #52 - Drums of War

1. Song: Trace Essential , Artist: Jon Mueller , Album: Metals (Table of the Elements)

• Three long tracks of tribal drumming and impending doom from Jon Mueller (Pele, Telecognac, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Raccoons). The name of the albums says it all. Love the buildup and silences between drum hits on the opening track, and the fade into nothingness at the end. Perfect for the end of the world.

2. Song: Tomorrow Is So Far Away , Artist: Chromatics , Album: Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)
3. Song: Whereweleftoff (Fortune Cookie Rmx by Atom) , Artist: Kid 606 , Album: PS I Dub Ya E.P. (Force Lab)
4. Song: After Nature , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)
5. Song: Protect Me You , Artist: Sonic Youth , Album: Confusion Is Sex (SST)
6. Song: You Thought I Was Dead , Artist: Videohippos , Album: Unbeast the Leash (Monitor)
7. Song: Meditations In B Part V & VI , Artist: Old Man Gloom , Album: Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Hate Rock Trio , Artist: HTRK , Album: Nostalgia (Fire)
9. Song: Cold , Artist: The Cure , Album: Pornography (Elektra)
10. Song: Cleanse , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Enemy of the Sun (Alternative Tentacles)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #52 2008-1-19