Thursday, May 17, 2012

PODCAST: May 17th, 2012

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This episode is absolutely loaded with new (dark) entries that have been stacking up over the last month. There were so many new things to play, in fact, that some of them will have to wait until the next episode, on May 31st.

My favorite Horror Rock band, Calabrese, is set to release a brand new album this summer, and they've given us one taste so far, in the form of the track "Dead Don't Rise." As expected, it's extremely catchy, and I can't wait to hear the rest of the new material. The new CD, Dayglo Necros, will be out on July 1st, but you can pre-order it now (and get some free extras) right here.

Brooklyn nu-wave/darkwave band Night Vision also makes their debut on this episode, with a track from their equally catchy new self-titled EP. Their sound is soaked in classic '80s new wave, '90s goth, and just a dash of more modern electronic influence. You can grab their EP for free, right here, for a limited time only.

For those hungry for some new, traditional UK Goth Rock, look no further than Terminal Gods, whose upbeat approach is its own infection. Their new single is entitled "Electric Eyes," and you can listen to more from them right here.

Returning to the show this time is the Belgian band Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, with another great song from their masterful foray into darkwave/goth, Weltuntergangsstimmung. Also coming back on board for this episode is Gary Numan, who recently gave away a remix from his latest album, Dead Son Rising. You can hear it on this episode, then grab it for free here.

Speaking of free downloads, there are several more featured on this episode, including Dead Can Dance's fifth installment in their free, live EP series, Live Happenings. Grab the new one here. In the dark ambient/neo-folk/dark metal vein, Heathen Harvest is offering their Walpurgisnacht 2012 compilation for free right here (from which you'll hear New Risen Throne and Svartsinn on this episode), and Crucial Blast is offering their Heresies 2012 compilation (from which you'll hear Luasa Raelon and Funerary Call on this show) as a free download right here. Go get some new sounds!

The industrial segment of the show features a new Velvet Acid Christ track. While not taken from the forthcoming album ("Maldire," coming in September), this new song is a cover of The Legendary Pink Dots' "Even Now," which certainly pleases my ears. It's available on the new Dependence 2012 compilation (more info here), and there's a video for it here. Also, for the terror-ebm-lovers, Metropolis has just released The Suicide Sessions 1, which re-issues and expands Suicide Commando's first full-length album, 1994's Critical Stage.

In the dark metal portion of this episode, you'll get a taste of the new Moonspell album, Alpha Noir (also out in a double-disc version, Alpha Noir/Omega White), a song from the new Les Discrets album, Ariettes Oubliées…, and a debut from the Ukrainian band Raventale, who evoke a late '90s atmospheric, dark/black metal sound.

In case all of the above isn't enough, this show also features enough current and classic dark music, news, and trivia to finish at just over two and a half hours.


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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Show date: Thursday, May 17th, 2012


Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]


Brighter Fires - Wasteland  [Brighter Fires, 2011]
Luasa Raelon - Messenger  ["Heresies 2012"]
Dead Can Dance - Salem's Lot  [Live Happenings, Part V, 2012]
Entertainment - Distance [SOMA: A Disaro Mixed Tape, 2011]
Ulterior - Catherine  [Wild In Wildlife, 2011]
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Liquid Grey  [Liquid Grey, 2011]
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - This Today  [Talk About the Weather, 1985]
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - The Shadows Are You  [Weltuntergangsstimmung, 2012]
New Risen Throne - Lands Filled with Silence and Grief  ["Heathen Harvest: Walpurgisnacht 2012"]
Calabrese - Dead Don't Rise  [Dayglo Necros, 2012]
Terminal Gods - Electric Eyes  [Electric Eyes, 2012]
Cold Dance - Petrified  [Medusa, 1985]
Blacklist - Poison For Tomorrow  [Midnight of the Century, 2009]
UK Decay - Dorian (edit)  [For Madmen Only, 1981]
The New Creatures - Clownhead  ["The Black Bible",1998]
The Legendary Pink Dots - When I'm With You  [A Perfect Mystery, 2000]
Svartsinn - And Time Will Erase  ["Heathen Harvest: Walpurgisnacht 2012"]
Velvet Acid Christ - Even Now  ["Dependence 2012"]
Night Vision - Welcome Home  [Night Vision, 2012]
Gary Numan - Dead Sun Rising  [(online release), 2012]
Cryogen Second [N] - Anthem for the Great Self Destruct  [Anthem for the Great Self Destruct, 2011]
God Module - Remember  [Seance, 2011]
Suicide Commando - Sheer Horror (1994) [The Suicide Sessions 1, 2012]
Funerary Call - Transference from the Void  ["Heresies 2012"]
Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées I: Je Devine À Travers Un Murmure...  [Ariettes Oubliées…, 2012]
The Atlas Moth - Horse Thieves  [An Ache for the Distance, 2011]
Moonspell - Em Nome Do Medo  [Alpha Noir/Omega White, 2012]
Cradle of Filth - Malice Through the Looking Glass  [Dusk and Her Embrace, 1996]
Raventale - Twilight, The Vernal Dusk  [Bringer of Heartsore, 2011]
Elliot Goldenthal - Procession/Coronation [Titus (soundtrack), 2000]
Burial Hex - A Kiss to Birth the Rotted Sun  [Cult Collection, 2010]


KEY:
[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt

^RQ^ = requested
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Friday, May 4, 2012

PODCAST: May 4th, 2012 [30th Anniversary Tribute to the Cure's "Pornography"]

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On May 4th, 1982, The Cure released what many consider to be their ultimate masterpiece, Pornography. From end to end, it was a suffocatingly dark piece to consume, loaded with intentionally difficult sounds, and lyrics that acted as brushstrokes in a confused and reluctant mural of existentialist horror.

Even for a band that was already playing what would later be labeled as goth and darkwave, their new direction arrived as a headfirst dive into unlit waters -- or, more to the point, the taking-at-once of every step between what they had been, and the extremes they could only endure for long enough to record what their own meltdown would sound like. It was the album that nearly destroyed them, but, in time, it was also the album that made them absolutely legendary.




For me, Pornography is the greatest album ever made. It's not something one can listen to every day. In fact, it doesn't play well with daylight at all. It's potent and relentless in its atmosphere -- but, when the mood is right, there is nothing like the transformation it brings. I dare say it helped to create a generation of goths. It certainly changed me.

In honor of Pornography's 30th anniversary, this entire episode serves as a tribute to the album's creation, its influence, and its undeniable longevity. As I'm sure that everyone is able to hear the original album on their own (if not, listen to it here), I have avoided playing more than one of the original album tracks, and instead filled this episode with live versions, demos, rarities, trivia, hand-picked covers by varied acts, and excerpts of Pornography-centered interviews with Robert Smith himself.




As a bonus, I've included some great Pornography-era videos and images in this post. Just scroll down past the playlist to check them out.


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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
  Show recorded on: Thursday, May 3rd, 2012


Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]


Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - One Hundred Years [Pornography (Original vinyl pressing), 1982]
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 1988)
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The Cure - Demise (Rhino Studio Instrumental Demo 12/81)  [Pornography (Deluxe)]
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Nosferatu - 100 Years  [100 Tears: A Tribute to the Cure, 1997]
Turn Pale - A Short Term Effect  [Shameless Kiss of Vanity III, 2008]
A.F.I. - The Hanging Garden  [A Fire Inside EP, 1998]
ZOOid - Siamese Twins  [ZOOid, 2012]
Velvet Acid Christ - The Figurehead  [Wound (single), 2006]
Strange Boutique - A Strange Day  [The Kindest Words, 1994]
Amnistia - Cold  [Blackguard, 2008]
Wreckage - Pornography [100 Tears: A Tribute to the Cure, 1997]
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The Cure - Airlock (exc. 1)  [Pornography (Deluxe Reissue) 2005]
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The Cure - One Hundred Years (live) [Trilogy, 2002]
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - A Short Term Effect (live, June 11 1982, Brussels)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 1988)
The Cure - The Hanging Garden (live)  [Concert, 1984)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - Siamese Twins (John Peel Session Dec. 21 1981 - Airdate Jan. 4 1982)
The Cure - The Figurehead (live)  [Paris, 1992]
The Cure - A Strange Day (live, 2000, The Roxy, Atlanta, GA)
The Cure - Cold (live 1982 - Olympia, Paris, France)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - Pornography (live May 7 1982, Nijmagen)
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The Cure - Temptation (Rhino Studio Instrumental Demo 12/81) [Pornography (Deluxe)]
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The Cure - The Figurehead (live Nov. 26 1981, Odeon Edinburgh Scotland)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - The Hanging Garden [Rhino Studio Demo, 12/81]
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - All Mine (live, Hammersmith Odeon, May 1982)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - Temptation Two (aka LGTB) [Robert Smith studio demo 7/82]
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The Cure - Airlock (exc. 2)  [Pornography (Deluxe Reissue) 2005]
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Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)



KEY:
(exc.) = excerpt
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The Cure: "Siamese Twins" w/ the Royal Ballet (1983)