Friday, May 27, 2011

PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 26th, 2011

This week's episode brought us new music from one of the forefathers himself, Peter Murphy, whose new album, "Ninth," will see release on June 7th in the US. For those in Nashville, there will be a CD Release Party for that at the +SALVATION+ Goth Prom this Sunday night. CD and Poster giveaways will happen, and Ichabod will be one of the DJs for the night.

Also new this week was the music of Portland's Disemballerina, who have a curious name, for sure, but also a very interesting sound that mixes gothic chamber music with acoustic guitar work that reveals a metal background. They've generated quite a buzz recently.

Reaching further into the indie music world's recent tendency towards darker, more goth-friendly music, Austra gave us their new single, "Beat and the Pulse." It's also been talked about quite a bit in recent months, with it's very electronic roots, topped with darker, more ethereal, female vocals.

Australia's Moon debuted this week as well, with a taste of their brand of cold, slow-moving black metal. The show closed with a spotlight on the experimental doombience of Wolvserpent, who make their way to Nashville tonight, at Little Hamilton.


Otherwise, here's the podcast version of this week's episode:


[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Air date: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

Disemballerina - Thieves' Oil
Cyril Ornadel - (untitled) [from "The Flesh and Blood Show" (soundtrack)]
Cocteau Twins - Otterley
Dr. Kevorkian & the Suicide Machine - Gotham
Unto Ashes - Tortured By Rose Thorns
Peter Murphy - The Prince & Old Lady Shade
A Murder of Angels - To Find the Lost Peace
Remain In Silence - Lonesome Hours
Killing Joke - The Wait
Tragic Black - Faith In Decay
The Frozen Autumn - Dusk Is Like A Dagger
Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter - The Sunrise [from "The Last Man on Earth" (soundtrack)]
Austra - Beat and the Pulse (Extended Version)
Dave Gahan - Saw Something
Untoten - Herz der Finsternis
The Awakening - Nothing Like the Rain
Band of Pain - Sacred Flesh [from "Sacred Flesh" (soundtrack)]
Mesh - Self Healing Lie
Clan of Xymox - There's No Tomorrow
PTI - Icons
Halo Skycrash - Mortal Forecast [from "A Cage Went In A Search Of Bird"]
Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces [from "There Will Be Blood" (soundtrack)]
Moon - Monastery
My Dying Bride - My Body, A Funeral
Mirror of Deception - Ship of Fools
Wormtongue - Year of the Cicada
Electric Wizard - Raptus
Wolvserpent - Serpent (exc.)

KEY:
^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation



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Monday, May 23, 2011

PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 19th, 2011

The May 19th episode was the first to take place in the new Summer 2011 time slot: 10pm (central) on Thursday nights. So, look for the show two hours earlier than normal from now until the Fall, and feast your eyes on the brand new flyer:

 

Feel free to spread the flyer around, wherever you see fit.
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A lot of great new music emerged on this week's show:

First, the original line-up of Bella Morte (Andy Deane and Gopal Metro) have been working behind the scenes on a new post-punk/post-goth project called Brighter Fires. If you've ever wondered what might have been if the two had continued to work together as Bella Morte, Brighter Fires answers that question, and then some, with excellent results. Their first single ("From the Sky") from the forthcoming album was featured on the show this week, and it is currently available as a free download on their Bandcamp site (linked below). Check it out.

Also new to the show this week were entries from the post-punk/indie-goth side, from the UK's Esben & the Witch and Italy's Christine Plays Viola, who together started to push this week's episode into a theme of witchcraft that continued to crop up throughout -- especially towards the end of the program. I can never resist the emergence of a good theme, as you know, and this is also reflected in the new flyer.

Germany's Ghostfog gave us a new industrial landscape, mixed with some post-punk guitar lines and metallic vocals, while Nashville's own funeral-doom band Loss finally gave the world a taste of their long-awaited full-length, "despond," which sees its official release this Month on Profound Lore Records, Canada.


Otherwise, here's the podcast version of this week's episode:


[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Air date: Thursday, May 19th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]


Esben & the Witch - Marching Song
Jeff Grace - The View Upstairs [from "The House of the Devil" (soundtrack)]
Christine Plays Viola - Witch of Silence
Asylum Party - The Desert
Velvet Acid Christ - Faithless
Zola Jesus - Poor Animal
Bella Morte - Silver Crosses
Thomas Newman - They're Coming [from "The Lost Boys" (complete soundtrack)]
Brighter Fires - From the Sky
Calabrese - The Young Princes of Darkness
Samhain - Let the Day Begin
Killing Joke - Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove
Joy Division - I Remember Nothing
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - All Good Things Are Eleven
Solemn Novena - Silver
Light Asylum - Dark Allies
X-Fusion - Stroke by Stroke
HexRx - Hate
Ghostfog - Hear Them Whisper
Megaptera - Kingdom of Death
Loss - Open Veins to a Curtain Closed  [N]
Pallbearer - Devoid of Redemption
Electric Wizard - Black Magic Rituals & Perversions: Frisson Des Vampires/Zora
Akercocke - A Skin for Dancing In ("The Witches" version by Ichabod)
Sunn O)) - Alice
Naglfar - Of Gorgons Spawned Through Witchcraft   


KEY:
^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation



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Friday, May 13, 2011

PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 12th, 2011

This week, a new entry arrived from Skinny Puppy founder, and cult-film-star-of-late, OhGr, whose latest solo work is entitled "Undeveloped." We also heard from Zombi, whose Italian-Horror-inspired roots have lately given way to something a bit more electronic in nature, while still retaining a bit of that reminiscent flavor.

Speaking of horror fandom, Nashville area listeners may be interested to know that this weekend is the annual Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival. The guest of honor this year is Malcolm McDowell, who will join a long list of horror-related guests. He will also be appearing tonight at the Belcourt Theatre to introduce a special screening of Rob Zombie's "Halloween" reboot.

I started out this week's show with something older from Swans, who will finally make their way to Nashville this September. To see their full list of tour dates (so far), and find out if you'll be lucky enough to catch them in your town, click here.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of this week's episode:


[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Air date: Thursday, May 12th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

Swans - Real Love
Clan of Xymox - Theme I
Lycia - Colder
ROME - Der Zeitsturm/A Burden of Flowers    Nera
Pretentious, Moi? - Faith and Reason Part Company
Play Dead - This Side of Heaven
Fliehende Stürme - Stahl
Children on Stun - Sidelined
At the Funeral of My Violet Rabbit - Untitled [from "In the Dark Room Vol. 1"]
Portishead - Hunter
Ladytron - Soft Power
Suspiria - The Frozen Ones
Ego Likeness - The Queen of All Things Taken
Cruel Black Dove - Forgotten Place
Angelo Badalamenti - Puppet Walk ["A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (soundtrack)]
ohGr - Crash
Mesh - If We Stay Here
Front Line Assembly - Angriff
Filament 38 - Ethereal
Seraphim Shock - Upon a Time
Zombi - Time of Troubles
Swallow the Sun - Through Her Silvery Body
Nachtmystium - Every Last Drop
Skitliv - Skandinavisk Misantropi
The Ruins of Beverast - Theriak,  Baal, Theriak
Worship - All I Ever Knew Lie Dead
Tenhornedbeast - Oppression Sacrament
Troll - Til Helvete Med Alt


KEY:
^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation



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Monday, May 9, 2011

PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Posting this episode was delayed for a few days by a server error, but the podcast is now available for download (below).

This episode brought new music from the German dark-punk act Fliehende Stürme, Atlanta, Georgia-based industrial band Die Sektor, fresh Swedish industrial from Necro Facility, and new neo-classical avant-doom from Wolvserpent, who will be playing Nashville on May 27th @ Little Hamilton. Details on that are available here. They will be on tour around the country as well, so check out their website (linked below) for the full list of shows.

A fair number of oddities and songs from the vault were included in this show, as well, along with a stack of your requests. Feel free to post any requests you may have here, or on the wall of the Facebook page.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of the show:


[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Air date: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

The Legendary Pink Dots - God and Machines
Judith - La Bella
Caithness - Apostasie: From Mother's Hands
The Prophetess - The Lover's Knot
Requiem in White - Centuries
Entertainment - Confusion of Senses
New Model Army - Heroes
Fliehende Stürme - Sterne
Lubos Fiser - In Flames [from "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" (soundtrack)]
Sex Gang Children - Sebastiane
Malign - Online
The Cure - Just One Kiss  ^RQ^
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (live)  ^RQ^
Gary Numan - Ancients  ^RQ^
Johan Söderqvist - The Slaughter [from "Let The Right One In" (soundtrack)]
Die Sektor - In His Mercy, All Will Perish
Necro Facility - Cuts
Deathline Intl. - Destroy
And One - Strafbomber
Punto Omega - Punto Omega
Hocico - Where Angels Don't Sing
Nightmare Lodge - Blind Miniatures
Kampfar - Ildstemmer
Nokturnal Mortum - Kuyaviya
Woe - Quietly, Undramatically
Mournful Congregation - Weeping
Wolvserpent - Wolv


KEY:
^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation



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