Playlist for July 24, 2010

The Early Graves album is fast becoming one of my favourite releases this year. It pushes hardcore right to edge of beautiful noise.

 

Loscil - Endless Fall – Dub For Cascadia
High Places – High Places vs. Mankind – When It Comes
Autechre – Move Of Ten – pce.freeze 2.8i
To Rococo Rot - Speculation – Fridays
Mr. Something Something – Deep Sleep – Deep Sleep
Nadja/Ovo – Life & Death Of A Wasp – Put Some Sugar In My Cup Please
Early Graves – Goner – May Day
Black Tusk – Taste The Sun – Red Eyes, Black Skies
Mitochondrion – Archaeon – Eternal Contempt Of Man
Child Abuse – Cut & Run – Opportunity Zone
Damages – Scars 7″ – A Failing Cell
Sleepy Sun – Fever – Wild Machines

Playlist for July 17, 2010

Thou have a new album out on Southern Lord and are a pretty amazing doom band from Baton Rouge, Louisanna.

Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come – Summer Holidays vs. Punk Routine
Thou - Tyrant – Fucking Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean
Fucked Up – No Epiphany – No Age Remix
Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome – Heterodox Conformists
Early Graves – Goner – Give Up
Obscura – Retribution (Re-Issue) – Hate Anthem
Bison B.C. – Dark Ages – Fear Cave
Child Abuse – Cut & Run – Froze Toes
Acid Tiger – S/T – The Claw
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph – Paul’s Tomb
Handsome Furs – Face Control – Talking Hotel Ararat Blues
Human Skab – Thunder Hips & Saddle Bags – Screamin’ Demon
To Rococo Rot – Speculation – Ship
Oval – Oh – Grrr

Playlist for July 3, 2010

The Child Molestors – Killed By Death 2 – Don’t Worry Kyoto… (Yoko One/John Lennon Cover)
Brutal Truth – Goodbye Cruel World – Kill Trend Suicide
Man Is The Bastard – Sum Of The Men – I Can Sense Your Cheese
Thou – We Pass Like Night, From Land To Land – Abandoned
Early Graves – Goner – Bastard Tears
Child Abuse – Cut & Run – Hold This
Acid Tiger – S/T – Like Thunder
Fuck The Facts – Unnamed EP – Time Is A Dictator/Le Tete Hors De  L’eau /Doghead
Damages – Scars 7″ – Gears
Aggrolites – S/T – Funky Fire/Mr. Misery
Katchafire – Say What You’re Thinking – J Dubb
Black Seeds – Solid Ground – Make A Move Dub
Wolf Parade – Expo 85 – Yulia

Playlist for June 26, 2010

I received one of those great phone calls during this show by a listener who couldn’t believe that the Aidan Baker (who also plays in the drone-doom duo Nadja) piece I played at the start of the show was ‘just one note!’

Technically, I think it’s just one chord.

Aidan Baker – Split LP – Disturbances Part I & II
Thou – Tyrant – Tyrant
Child Abuse – Cut & Run – Financial Burdon
Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome – I Destroy
Nu Sensae – TV, Death & The Devil – Total Drift
Cathedral – The Guessing Game – The Running Man
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph – A Flower In Glove
Chet – Chelsea Silver… – An Abiding Love Despite Adversarial Vice

Playlist for June 5, 2010

This week I featured an epic track by the ultra-weird/brilliant Finnish black metal band (or as they call themselves, Farmer Brown Metal)  Lugubrum, I need to do a full special on these guys. They’ve opened up for Sunn0))) and toured recently with the equally original BM outfit Urfaust. Thank Satan these bands are keeping BM weird just like old-school Abruptum!

Fall – Your Future, Our Clutter – Mexico Wax Solvent
Lugubrum – De Ware Hond – De Ware Hond-Ghent
Acid Tiger – S/T – Death Wave
Sleepy Sun – Fever – Wild Machines
Nu Sensae – TV, Death & The Devil – Passing The Word
Andre Williams – That’s All I Need – There Ain’t No Such Thing As Good Dope
Bettye LaVette – Interpretations – Salt Of The Earth
Jack Rose with D. Charles Speer & The Helix – Ragged & Right – In The Pines
Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards - Die By The Drop
Cancer Bats – III: Bears… – Fake Gold
Child Abuse – Cut & Run – Bebe
Glenn Branca – The Ascension: The Sequel – Lost Chords

Playlist for May 29, 2010

Black Keys - Chulohoma – Meet Me In The City
Glenn Branca – The Ascension: The Sequel - Lesson Number 3 (Tribute to Steve Reich)
Super Mambo 9 – Afro-Rock Volume 1 – Soul Sweeper
Black Keys – Brothers - The Only One
J Dilla – Timeless – Angel feat. Dwele
Betty LaVette – Interpretations Of The British Rock Songbook – Isn’t It A Pity
Willie Nelson – Country Music – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Sleepy Sun – Fever – Sandstorm Woman
Howl - Full Of Hell – The Day Of Rest
Ellen Allien – Dust – Should We Go Home
Child Abuse – Cut & Run – Frozen Toes
Rotten Sound – Napalm – Missing Link
Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome – Timely Death Of Billy Mays

Playlist for May 22, 2010

Virulence – If this Isn’t A Dream – Kindergarden
Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome – Two Black Helicopters
Flipper – Public Image Flipper Limited – Sex Bomb
Fall – Your Future, Our Clutter – Y.F.O.C./Slippy Floor
Harvey Milk – My Love Is Higher… – A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
Wold – Working Together For Our Privacy – Lovey Dovey
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph – Styled By Dr. Roberts
Nu-Sensae – TV, Death & The Devil – Skull Mecca
Small Black – S/T EP – Bad Lover
Holy Fuck – Latin – P.I.G.S.
Kohoutek – Losslessloss – Side B (untitled)

Playlist for May 8, 2010

Japandroids- Art Czars 7″ – Racer X (Big Black Cover)
Shearing Pinx – Iseult 7″ – Speaker
Black Keys – Tighten Up Single – Howlin’ For You
Fuck The Facts – Unnamed EP 7″ - Loss Upon Loss/Wake
Damages – Scars 7″ – Gears
Cursed – The Last Session 7″ – Reparations
Black Breath – Heavy Breathing – Eat The Witch
Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome – Killmanjaro Dreamin
Cancer Bats - III: Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones – Snake Mountain
Acid Tiger – S/T – Big Beat
Lair Of The Minotaur – Evil Power – Goatstorm
High On Fire – Snakes For The Divine – How Dark We Pray
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks – I Hate Summer
Slam Dunk – Slam Dunk 7″ – Only Fun
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph – Odetta’s War
Holy Fuck – Latin – Latin America
High Places – High Places Vs. Mankind – Canada

Playlist for April 4, 2010

Johnny Cash – American IV – Ain’t No Grace (Gonna Hold My Body Down)
Willie Nelson – Country Music – Pistol Packin’ Mama
Jack Rose – Luck In The Valley – Everyone Ought To Pray Sometime
Bison BC – Dark Ages – Stressed Elephant
Liars – Sisterworld – Drip
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis – Endless Endings
Double Dagger – Masks – Imitation Is The Most Boring Form of Flattery
Brutal Truth – Goodbye Cruel World - Boredoms Cover #2/Media Blitz
Damages – Scars – A Failing Cell
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb – A Flower In A Glove
Twin Crytals – S/T – Spell On You
Cancer Bats – III: Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones – Black Metal Bicycle
Slam Dunk – Slam Dunk 7″ – Feral Child
Sleepy Sun – Open Eyes EP – The Chain (Live At ATP May 2009)
The Abominable Iron Sloth – The Id Will Overcome – Hereodox Nonconformists

Playlist for April 17, 2010

The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis – Farewell, Mona Lisa
Liars – Sisterworld – Proud Evolution
Bison BC – Dark Ages – Melody, This Is For You
Double Dagger – Masks – Sleeping With The TV On
Damages – Scars 7″ – Gears
Slam Dunk - Slam Dunk 7″ – Bear Cub
Wooden Shjips – Vol. 2 – Vampire Blues (Neil Young Cover)
Awesome Color – Massa Hypnos – Oaxaca
Lullabye Arkestra – Heart Like A Wheel – Fog Machine FHS
Rooney & The Minglers – The Electric Quartet – 2 Minus 3 Equals Negative Fun
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band – Between Me And The Sky – Calling
Plastic Crimewave Sound – No Wonderland – Shake Your Dying Cowboy Mind
Shearing Pinx – Iseult 7″ – Speaker
Shearing Pinx – Iseult 7″ – Sl’axes
High On Fire – Snakes For The Divine – Bastard Samurai