Episode #23 - Dead Alive

1. Song: Catasstasteatrophy , Artist: White Mice , Album: BLasssTPhlEgMEICE (Load)
2. Song: Untitled , Artist: 16 Bitch Pile Up , Album: Bury Me Deep (Troniks)

• First off, love the cover art - a throwback to '70s slasher flicks ("The beaches were covered in blood......and so were the bitches!"). This plays like a murkier version of Nurse With Wound's Homotopy to Marie, but with a little more variety in the sense that it's not as cohesive. There's tons of stuff just lurking below the surface, which gives me the feeling that this is one of those albums where you discover something else on each listen. This is the second track ("The Dead Boy Would Not Go Away"(?)), eighteen minutes of somewhat soothing drone.

3. Song: The Death Mask , Artist: JM Ginsberg , Album: Everyday Is Halloween (Self-Released)

• Creepy children's voices at the end of this track remind me of Tales from the Crypt.

4. Song: Don't Worry Baby , Artist: The Beach Boys , Album: Endless Summer (Capitol)
5. Song: 13465 , Artist: Alec Empire , Album: Generation Star Wars (Mille Plateaux)
6. Song: Washer , Artist: Slint , Album: Spiderland (Touch & Go)
7. Song: Morningside , Artist: Husere Grav , Album: Everyday Is Halloween (Self-Released)
8. Song: Revolution 9 , Artist: The Beatles , Album: The Beatles (Capitol)
9. Song: A Kiss To Build a Dream On , Artist: Louis Armstrong , Album: A Kiss To Build a Dream On (Delta)

• Added by request.

10. Song: Untitled , Artist: 16 Bitch Pile Up , Album: Bury Me Deep (Troniks)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #23 2007-6-30

Episode #19 - The End of Everything

1. Song: The Lodge , Artist: Agalloch , Album: The Mantle (The End)
2. Song: Everything's Going On , Artist: Dead Meadow , Album: Shivering King and Others (Matador)
3. Song: Emission of the Signal , Artist: Isis , Album: Sawblade (Tortuga Recordings)

• CD-R EP made specifically for Isis' tour with Neurosis and Candiria; limited to 200 copies. Also features covers of Godflesh's "Streetcleaner" and Black Sabbath's "Hand of Doom".

4. Song: Vultures , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Rmx or Die (Kriss)
5. Song; Wouldn't It Be Nice , Artist: The Beach Boys , Album: Pet Sounds (Capitol)
6. Song: Folded Space: Mapping Unexploded Ordinance , Artist: Combatwoundedveteran , Album: Duck Down for the Torso (No Idea)
7. Song: I Hate This Dumpster , Artist: Amps for Christ , Album: Every Eleven Seconds (5 Rue Christine)
8. Song: Lesser Animal , Artist: Pig Destroyer , Album: Phantom Limb (Relapse)

• New Pig Destroyer album on Relapse. Not as great as Terrifyer or Prowler In the Yard, but stills kicks nonetheless. This track, along with opener "Rotten Yellow" are two of the better tracks.

9. Song: Pure II , Artist: Godflesh , Album: Pure (Earache)

• Added due to a listener recommendation.

10. Song: In Every Dream Home a Heartache , Artist: Roxy Music , Album: Wonderland: Music From the Motion Picture (Epic/Sony)

• Pretty interesting lyrics to this one - love the line "Your skin is like vinyl/The perfect companion". Oh yeah, and the song's about a blow-up doll ("Inflatable doll/My role is to serve you/Can't throw you away now/Immortal and life size/My breath is inside you/I'll dress you up daily/And keep you till death sighs").

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #19 2007-6-2