Sunday, March 15, 2009

Episode #100 - Into the Abyss

1. Song: Introit , Artist: Leviathan, Album: The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Moribund)
2. Song: Aerosol , Artist: Sonic Youth , Album: Sensational Fix (Walther Konig)
  • Double 7" of previously unreleased tracks by each member that accompanies the book with the same name.

3. Song: The Flames Beyond the Cold Mountain , Artist: Mono , Album: You Are There (Temporary Residence)
4. Song: Vacuum , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
5. Song: Toy Bell , Artist: Paul Duncan , Album: Be Careful What You Call Home (Hometapes)
6. Song: Flug Der Todessonde Omega , Artist: Applicator 120 , Album: Moreover Mödling (12rec)
7. Song: The Harvest Floor , Artist: Cattle Decapitation , Album: The Harvest Floor (Metal Blade)
8. Song: Lucifer , Artist: Robert Henke , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)

  • Cover of Alan Parsons.

9. Song: A Faint Thought , Artist: Stephen Philips , Album: The Air Up There (Dark Winter)
10. Song: Tears from the Compound Eye , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
11. Song: Night of the Hunter (Remix) , Artist: Fantômas , Album: The Director's Cut (Ipecac)
12. Song: The Idiot Sun , Artist: Leviathan , Album: The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Moribund)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #100 2009-3-14

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Episode #99 - Eternal Damnation

1. Song: The Godfather (Theme) , Artist: Fantômas , Album: The Director's Cut (Ipecac)
2. Song: My Sharona , Artist: Susan Stenger , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Twenty-song, limited edition 10 x 7" boxed set of electronic artists covering classic hits spanning the '70s to the '90s. Aside from Susan Stenger's take on The Knack, also features Fennesz (A-Ha, "Hunting High and Low"), Matmos (Bow Wow Wow, "C30, C60, C90, Go!"), Carter Tutti (Pink Floyd, "Lucifer Sam"), Jason Forrest (10cc, "Damn Love", J.G. Thirlwell (The Normal, "Warm Leatherette"), and others.

3. Song: As a Tale Told by the Leaves and Whispered by the Wind , Artist: Sapthuran , Album: Leviathan / Sapthuran (Southern Lord/Battle Kommand)
4. Song: R.I.P. KISN , Artist: U.S. Girls , Album: Introducing... (Siltbreeze)
5. Song: Break Cycles , Artist: Alexandr Vatagin , Album: Moreover Mödling (12rec)
6. Song: Saffron Revolution , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
7. Song: Fold , Artist: Richard Skelton , Album: Marking Time (Phantom Sound & Vision)
8. Song: Rainbow Everywhere , Artist: Wavves , Album: Wavvves (De Stijl)
9. Song: Trailer 5 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #99 2009-3-7

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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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Friday, February 6, 2009

Episode #95 - Turning Man Against His Brother, Until Man Exists No More

1. Song: Doomsdayer's Holiday , Artist: Grails , Album: Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence)
2. Song: Perfume for Winter , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
3. Song: Vista Maria , Artist: Inca Ore , Album: Split (Acuarela)
  • Split with Grouper.

4. Song: Tunnel of Love , Artist: Svarte Grenier , Album: Kappe (Type)

  • There's a bunch interesting stuff coming out of the UK's Type Records lately, including this album, the new offering from Svarte Grenier, plus Xela's In Bocca Al Lupo, Koen Holtkamp's Field Rituals, and Grouper's Dragging A Dead Deer Up a Hill, which has been widely praised, although I have a hard time getting into it myself.

5. Song: Melodica , Artist: Mountains , Album: Choral (Thrill Jockey)
6. Song: Durance Vile , Artist: Ocean , Album: Ocean / Conifer (Important)

  • Split with Conifer.

7. Song: Disintegration , Artist: Converge , Album: Disintegrated: A Cure Tribute Compilation (Too Damn Hype)

  • Like the album name implies, a compilation of Cure covers from the hardcore/metal community. In addition to this cut, features tracks from Cave In ("Plainsong"), Chimaira ("Fascination Street"), Bad Luck Thirteen Riot Extravaganza ("Pictures of You"), and others.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #95 2009-2-7

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Episode #94 - I Don't Want to Hurt You, I Just Want to Bash Your Brains In

1. Song: Nu Metal , Artist: Beware of Safety , Album: Dogs (Mylene Sheath)
2. Song: Cannon , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
3. Song: First Light , Artist: Converge , Album: You Fail Me (Epitaph)
4. Song: Black Sea , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
5. Song: U.S. Girls , Artist: National Anthem , Album: Introducing... (Siltbreeze)
6. Song: Lejonet & Kulan , Artist: Dungen , Album: Ta Det Lungt (Kemado)
7. Song: Always Someone , Artist: Cold Cave , Album: Painted Nails (Hospital Productions)
8. Song: Twisted Nerve , Artist: Bernard Hermann , Album: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack (Maverick)
9. Song: You Fail Me , Artist: Converge , Album: You Fail Me (Epitaph)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #94 2009-1-31

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Episode #93 - Black Sea

1. Song: Af Døde , Artist: Nortt , Album: Galgenfrist (Avantgarde)
2. Song: Grey Scale , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
3. Song: Bacchus , Artist: Lithops , Album: Ye Viols! (Thrill Jockey)
4. Song: Nine Paths , Artist: Wold , Album: Stratification (Profound Lore)
5. Song: Cymatics , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
6. Song: Disengaged , Artist: Grouper , Album: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type)
7. Song: Why Are We Not Perfect? , Artist: Jesu , Album: Jesu/Eluvium (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Beacon Hill (Performed By Sharon Isbin) , Artist: Howard Shore , Album: The Departed (Warner Sunset)
9. Song: In Her Shadow , Artist: Converge , Album: You Fail Me (Epitaph)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #93 2009-1-24

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