Saturday, May 23, 2009

Episode #109 - Shallow Grave

1. Song: Big Church [Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
  • New album from Sunn O))), featuring contributions from Eyvind Kang, Dylan Carson (Earth), Oren Ambarchi, Julian Priester, Stuart Dempster, Attila Csihar (Tormentor, Mayhem, Burial Chamber Trio, Aborym, Plasma Pool), and on this track, a Viennese women's choir led by Persian vocalist Jessika Kenney.

2. Song: Satya Sai Sweeeetback Plays "Oxblood Boots" , Artist: Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice , Album: The Flood (Troubleman Unlimited)
3. Song: Impermanence , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Austere (Monorail Trespassing)

  • Pedestrian Deposit's latest effort, a bit of musique concrete with touches of violin and cello, is even quieter that Fatale, with only occassional bursts of noise until twenty-minute closer "You Didn't Break Me" hits.

4. Song: In Misericordia , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)
5. Song: Trailer 4 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #109 2009-5-23

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Episode #106 - Panic Sets In

1. Song: Paura Nella Citta Dei Morti Viventi , Artist: Panicsville , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
2. Song: Perception Is the Only Reality , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The Third Mind Movements (Industrial)
3. Song: Absence , Artist: Dälek , Album: Absence (Ipecac)
4. Song: Beatae Immortalitatis , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)
5. Song: It Comes In Whispers, Pt. 2 , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)
6. Song: Old Dominion , Artist: Tombs , Album: Winter Hours (Relapse)
7. Song: Black Woods , Artist: Mono , Album: Gone: A Collection of EP's 2000-2007 (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #106 2009-5-2

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Episode #104 - Blackened Earth

1. Song: Incoming , Artist: Aqui , Album: The First Trip Out (Ace Fu)
2. Song: Heart and Soul , Artist: BJ Nilsen , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Cover of Joy Division.

3. Song: In Deo Salutari Meo , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)
4. Song: And by Our Own Hand Did Every Last Bird Lie Silent in Their Puddles, the Air Barren of Song as the Clouds Drifted Away. For Killing Their Greatest Enemy, the Locusts Noisily Thanked Us and Turned Their Jaws Toward Our Crops, Swallowing Our Greed Whole. , Artist: Red Sparowes , Album: Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (Neurot)
5. Song: S.W.O.L. , Artist: Leviathan , Album: The Speed of Darkness (Viva Hate)
6. Song: 18 , Artist: Moby , Album: 18 (V2)
7. Song: Snow , Artist: Kevin Drumm , Album: Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions)
8. Song: Pure As Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm) , Artist: Mono , Album: Hymn to the Immortal Wind (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #104 2009-4-11

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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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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Episode #88 - Radiation Leak

1. Song: Bad Things , Artist: Jace Everett , Album: Jace Everett (Epic)
  • You might recognize this song as the opening theme for HBO series True Blood.

2. Song: Ecstasy Symphony / Transparent Radiation (Flashback) , Artist: Spacemen 3 , Album: Perfect Prescription (Taang)
3. Song: Ut Nos Vivicaret , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)

  • "In bocca al lupo", or "in the wolf's mouth" in English, is a traditional Italian phrase wishing someone luck in attempting a difficult undertaking or in the face of dire circumstances.

4. Song: Sex Ads , Artist: Cold Cave , Album: Painted Nails (Hospital Productions)

  • Another project of Wes Eisold (ex-Some Girls , Give Up the Ghost, XO Skeletons, and currently of Ye Olde Maids). Synth with the distortion turned way up, from the three-song Painted Nails 7". Cold Cave is also on the lineup for next year's No Fun Fest in Brooklyn, New York (May 15-17), along with the likes of Merzbow, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Black Pus (Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt), Rafael Toral with C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) and Trevor Tremaine (Hair Police), Bastard Noise, Thrones, Pedestrian Deposit, and Carlos Giffoni, among others.

5. Song: Finale , Artist: Horseback , Album: Impale Golden Horn (Burly Time)
6. Song: Cherry , Artist: Shit and Shine , Album: Cherry (Riot Season)
7. Song: Pazazu, Pt. 2 , Artist: Pentemple , Album: O))) Presents... (Southern Lord)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #88 2008-12-20

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