Thursday, March 26, 2009

Episode #101 - Day of Reckoning

1. Song: Ostriches & Chirping , Artist: Elliott Smith , Album: From a Basement On the Hill (Anti)
2. Song: Revolutions , Artist: Stephen Philips , Album: The Air Up There (Dark Winter)
3. Song: Bleak is My Favourite Cliché , Artist: Richard Chartier & CoH , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Cover of Soft Cell.

4. Song: A Silhouette In Splinters , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)

  • An interesting side journey into dark ambient territory, ala Lustmord, from Leviathan's usual Black Metal.

5. Song: Third Party , Artist: Tussle , Album: Cream Cuts (Smalltown Supersound)
6. Song: Didn't It Rain , Artist: Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice , Album: Gipsy Freedom (5 Rue Christine)
7. Song: Triste, Pt. 2 [Edit] , Artist: Oren Ambarchi , Album: Triste (Southern Lord)
8. Song: Trailer 3 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #101 2009-3-21

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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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Monday, August 13, 2007

Episode #29 - Dementia

1. Song: Chrome Panthers , Artist: Ex Models , Album: Chrome Panthers (Troubleman Unlimited)
2. Song: Vow of Silence , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: Part Two: Endless Not (Mute)
3. Song: 7-Methoxy-β-Carboline:(Telepathine) , Artist: Coil , Album: Time Machines (Eskaton)
4. Song: Invisible City , Artist: Tussle , Album: Telescope Mind (Smalltown Supersound)
5. Song: Decomposition , Artist: K.K. Null , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
6. Song: - , Artist: Hair Police , Album: Drawn Dead (Hanson)
  • 2nd track off the album.

7. Song: Winter Vacation , Artist: John Wiese , Album: From the Lips of Lepers (Chocolate Monk)

  • CD-R compilation also featuring the likes of Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes), Ashtray Navigations, Skaters, Justin Meyers (Devillock/Panther Skull), Dylan Nyoukis, and more.

8. Song: I'm Insane , Artist: Sonic Youth , Album: Bad Moon Rising (DGC)
9. Song: Chemical Wedding , Artist: Double Leopards , Album: A Hole is True (Troubleman Unlimited)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #29 2007-8-11

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Monday, May 14, 2007

Episode #16 - In Space No One Can Hear You Scream

1. Song: The Triumph of the Lazer Viking , Artist: An Albatross , Album: We Are the Lazer Viking (Ace Fu)
2. Song: Denki No Numa (Frog Voice Mix) , Artist: Ulver , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
3. Song: Cloud Melodie II , Artist: Tussle , Album: Telescope Mind (Smalltown Supersound)
4. Song: A Paranoid Home Companion (Intermission) , Artist: Cerberus Shoal , Album: Chaiming the Knoblessone (North East Indie)
  • Just a strange, strange track.

5. Song: Unity Concepts , Artist: Mouse on Mars , Album: Idiology (Thrill Jockey)

  • Can't wait for the Von Südenfed collab with Mark E. Smith. Tromatic Reflexxions comes out May 21st on Domino.

6. Song: Postludium , Artist: Gorgoroth , Album: Under the Sign of Hell (Century Media)
7. Song: Radiator , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 (Sire)
8. Song: Ghosts , Artist: Japan , Album: Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground (Rhino)
9. Song: Gd_Chck , Artist: Error , Album: Unknown

  • Copped this song off of last.fm. If anybody knows what album it's on, let me know.

10. Song: Fitter Happier , Artist: Radiohead , Album: OK Computer (Capitol)
11. Song: Fegefeuer , Artist: Peter Frohmader , Album: Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich
12. Song: Worse , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Grist (Cock Rock Disco)
13. Song: Drowning in Brown , Artist: Vincent Gallo , Album: Buffalo 66 (Will)
14. Song: Gay Priest (Pt. 1) , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
15. Song: Pleased With Being Alive , Artist: Christoph de Babalon , Album: Love Under Will (Fischkopf Hamburg)
16. Song: Flight of the Wounded Locust , Artist: The Locust , Album: Flight of the Wounded Locust (Gold Standard Laboratories)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #16 2007-5-12

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Episode #10 - Is There Anybody Out There?

1. Song: Black Sabbath , Artist: Black Sabbath , Album: Black Sabbath (Warner Bros.)
2. Song: Like Herod , Artist: Mogwai , Album: Young Team (Jetset)
3. Song: Dust , Artist: Silver Apples , Album: Silver Apples (Kapp)
4. Song: Remember (Walking In the Sand) , Artist: The Shangri-Las , Album: The Best of the Girl Groups, Vol. 1 (Rhino)
  • Shangri-Las member Mary Weiss has recently released her debut solo album more than forty years after The Shangri-Las' run of hits came to an end.

5. Song: Lyre , Artist: Tussle , Album: Telescope Mind (Smalltown Supersound)
6. Song: Vendetta Assassin , Artist: Dødheimsgard , Album: Supervillain Assassin (Moonfog)

  • The name of Norwegian black/avant-garde/industrial/experimental metal group Dødheimsgard, or DHG, roughly translates to "Mansion of Death" or "Realm of the Dead".

7. Song: AOTKTPA , Artist: The Locust , Album: New Erections (Anti)
8. Song: Title Music From a Clockwork Orange , Artist: Wendy Carlos , Album: A Clockwork Orange (Warner Bros.)
9. Song: Echoes , Artist: Pink Floyd , Album: Meddle (Capitol)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #10 2007-3-31

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Monday, February 19, 2007

Episode #4 - Aftermath

1. Song: Singin' In the Rain , Artist: Gene Kelly , Album: A Clockwork Orange (Warner Brothers)
2. Song: Untitled , Artist: Cornelius , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
  • Double album compilation of remixes of material from Merzbow's 2002 album Amlux. Also features tracks from Negativland, Mouse on Mars, DJ Spooky, Alec Empire (of Atari Teenage Riot), Kawabata Makoto (of Acid Mothers Temple), John Wiese, K.K. Null, and others.

3. Song: Raggsokk , Artist: Svarte Grenier , Album: Raggsokk (Type)

  • Norwegian artist also known as Erik K. Skodvin, one half of the duo Deaf Center.

4. Song: *#.. , Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan , Album: Calculating Infinity (Hydra Head)
5. Song: Electric Love Cunt , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
6. Song: No More Air , Artist: Carlos Giffoni , Album: Arrogance (No Fun Productions)

  • Giffoni curates New York's annual No Fun Fest, usually held at The Hook. This year's lineup, scheduled for May 17-20, includes Hair Police, Merzbow, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), The Rita, Keiji Haino, Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes), and Giffoni himself. He's also the guitarist for Monotract, and does electronics for noise supergroup Death Unit, which also features Chris Corsano, Trevor Tremaine (of Hair Police), and Brian Sullivan (Mouthus). Catch some footage from 2006's 'Fest by buying the double disc DVD over at Load Records.

7. Song: Weekend Sex Change , Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan , Album: Calculating Infinity (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Outdoorsman/Indestructible , Artist: Prurient , Album: Pleasure Ground (Load)
9. Song: Cloud Melodie , Artist: Tussle , Album: Telescope Mind (Smalltown Supersound)
10. Song: The Dead Flag Blues: The Dead Flag Blues - (Intro)/Slow Moving Trains/ The Cowboy.../Outro , Artist: Godspeed You Black Emperor! , Album: F#A#∞ (Kranky)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #4 2007-2-17

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