Episode #64 - Into the Void

1. Song: Intro , Artist: Xasthur , Album: The Funeral of Being (Blood Fire Death)
2. Song: Pat Garrett , Artist: Magik Markers , Album: Boss (Ecstatic Peace)
3. Song: Human Animal , Artist: Wolf Eyes , Album: Human Animal (Sub Pop)

4. Song: Metal Machine Music, Part III , Artist: Lou Reed , Album: Metal Machine Music (Buddha)
5. Song: Army of Me , Artist: Liars , Album: Stereogum Presents... Enjoyed: A Tribute To Björk's Post (Stereogum)

• Following in the footsteps of prior Stereogum-curated tribute albums (see Drive XV: A Tribute to R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People and OKX: A Tribute to Radiohead's OK Computer) comes this track-by-track cover of Björk's Post, which, along with Liars, features contributions from Dirty Projectors ("Hyperballad"), Xiu Xiu ("Isobel"), Atlas Sound ("Headphones"), No Age ("It's Oh So Quiet (Alternate Take)"), and others. This one starts off with the sound of a shotgun loading before sickeningly lurching along at half speed, all distorted and compressed to hell, with Angus Andrews' croon floating over the top. Brings to mind the stuff from the 2004 EP There's Always Room On the Broom and the split with Oneida.

6. Song: The Beat Dies , Artist: The Raveonettes , Album: Lust, Lust, Lust (Vice)
7. Song: The Work In Question is Unbeknowst to Most , Artist: Drekka Conducts the Mt. Gigantic Drone Orchestra , Album: Songs for the End of the World (Silber)

• Limited run (100!), O.O.P. compilation album of ambient drones, spooky folk, glitch noise and minimalist guitar tones that can now be found on archive.org. Also features Remora, The Land of Nod, Jessica Bailiff, Max Soren, Rivulets, Rollerball, and more, with cover art taken from a bunch of WWII photos snapped by the compiler's great uncle.

8. Song: Track 5 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)
9. Song: Eloper , Artist: Scott Tuma , Album: Not for Nobody (Digitalis Industries)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #64 2008-4-12

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 #53 - Ends of the Earth

1. Song: The Universe Is Designed to Break Your Heart , Artist: Burning Star Core , Album: Blood Lightning 2007 (No Fun Productions)
2. Song: Your Beauty Is a Carwreck, I Do Concur , Artist: As the Sun Sets , Album: 8949 (Trash Art!)
3. Song: Round Trip Ticket On a One Way Express , Artist: Noggin , Album: Inspected by Nekrase (Endsound)
4. Song: Kehaar , Artist: Valet , Album: Naked Acid (Kranky)
5. Song: You Injured Me , Artist: HTRK , Album: Nostalgia (Fire)
6. Song: Night Bus , Artist: Burial , Album: Burial (Hyperdub)
7. Song: Track 3 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)
8. Song: At All Ends , Artist: Yellow Swans , Album: At All Ends (Load)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #53 2008-1-26

Episode #51 - None More Black

1. Song: Mantis , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: The Poacher Diaries (Relapse)
2. Song: Sonata McGrath , Artist: Cave In , Album: Creative Eclipses (Hydra Head)
3. Song: Black On Black and So Much Class , Artist: As the Sun Sets , Album: 8949 (Trash Art!)

• Pre-Daughters grindcore band from Providence, Rhode Island, with a bit rawer sound than Daughters. Aside from the singer, bassist, and drummer (who went on to form Daughters), other one-time members ended up in bands Bury Your Dead , She Rides (formerly known as Playgirl), and fellow Rhode Islanders (Pawtucket, to be exact) Suffering Bastard.

4. Song: Flood , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Sovereign (Neurot)

• EP that was Neurosis' first release on their own label, and produced by Steve Albini to boot.

5. Song: The Lewdness and Frenzy of Surrender , Artist: Tusk , Album: The Resisting Dreamer (Hydra Head)
6. Song: Seeing You Off the Edges , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)
7. Song: Don't Dream It , Artist: Jesu , Album: Pale Sketches (Avalanche)
8. Song: Track 1 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)
9. Song: PS I Love You (Autobahn Rmx by Rechenzentrum) , Artist: Kid 606 , Album: PS I Dub Ya E.P. (Force Lab)
10. Song: Dog Shelter , Artist: Burial , Album: Untrue (Hyperdub)
11. Song: When Acting As a Particle , Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan , Album: Ire Works (Wea/Relapse)
12. Song: Maaneskyggens Slave , Artist: Gorgoroth , Album: Pentagram (Century Media)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #51 2008-1-12

Episode #50 - Death Ray

1. Song: Pentascam Constellation , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: The Poacher Diaries (Relapse)

• Split album with Converge.

2. Song: Track 2 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)

• Five-track (all untitled) album of minimalist ambient noise from the Dark Winter net label.

3. Song: Spirale Malax , Artist: Lard Free , Album: III / Spirale Malax (Spalax)

• Progressive French band from the '70s Lard Free (terrible band name) serves up this jazz/krautrock mess, along with the four-part "Synthetic Seasons" on their third album.

4. Song: Wash It All Away , Artist: Jesu , Album: Pale Sketches (Avalanche)

• Collection of unreleased Jesu tracks from 2000-2007 released on Jesu's own label.

5. Song: Scarlet , Artist: Unearthly Trance , Album: The Trident (Relapse)
6. Song: The Last Seed , Artist: Sightings , Album: Arrived In Gold (Load)
7. Song: Sonata Brodsky , Artist: Cave In , Album: Creative Eclipses (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Bound to the Wheel , Artist: Long Live Death , Album: Secret Eye Sampler 2005 (Secret Eye)
9. Song: Headhunter , Artist: High On Fire , Album: Death Is This Communion (Relapse)
10. Song: Mandied (Self Reborn) , Artist: Old Man Gloom , Album: Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #50 2008-1-5