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This episode begins with a slightly belated birthday wish for (the man, the myth, the legend) Robert Smith of The Cure, who celebrated his 55th earlier this week. In honor of that, you'll hear a pair of rarities (one live and one obscure) on the way in. Closely following that, the neo-folk fans who rarely get enough of that style here will revel in fresh sounds from New York's Blood and Sun, taken from their new album White Storms Fall.
Those lucky enough to find themselves in Chicago this weekend will be able to attend Convergence 20: First & Last & Always, celebrating 20 years(!) of the annual alt.gothic festival. This year's line-up includes The March Violets and the first-ever US show by UK-Goth-saviours Pretentious, Moi? -- both of whom you'll hear in this episode, in honor of the fact that I'd love to be there in person. But alas...
For the modern post-punk fans, you'll have several reasons to rejoice. First up is the Australian/German combo Ascetic:, who makes their debut here with a song from their Self-Initiation album. Next up is Florida's Astari Night, with a song from their new Stereo Waltz album, followed by Washington's Criminal Code, with an already popular dance track (here in Nashville, at least) from their No Device album.
We'll also dig a bit deeper in to the latest from Ottawa's goth-punk hybrid, Aube, from their 2013 Demo; Turkey's excellent darkwave/goth mixture, She Past Away, from their Belirdi Gece album; and the post-gothic/synth work of Seeming, from their new album, Madness & Extinction.
Now, the reason for my month away from podcasting comes into play during the dark metal set, which is comprised entirely of doom this time. I will be on tour with Loss for the better part of May, as we cross Europe for the first time in our career. In honor of that, the last portion of the show begins with the latest from our tour-mates, German doom-legends Worship, then leads into a set of bands we'll be playing shows with, including new material from three great French acts: Ataraxie, Funeralium, and Monarch!.
All of that, plus: Fresh atmosphere from London's Double Echo and Brian Tyler's soundtrack to the "Sleepy Hollow" television series (how could I resist?); The undying and explicitly 'saxual' new-wave-result of seeing "The Lost Boys" again on the big screen (with an introduction by Corey Feldman himself, no less); Selections from the vault of underrated songs; and more...
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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)
"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Show date: Friday, April 25th, 2014
Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]
The Cure - Cloudberry [Lost Wishes, 1994]
The Legendary Pink Dots - Death of a King [A Perfect Mystery, 2000]
Blood and Sun - Keen [White Storms Fall, 2013]
Faith and the Muse - Cernunnos/The Hand of Man [Annwynn, Beneath the Waves, 1996]
Gestalt - Deuxième Ombre [Le Sommeil Du Singe, 1987]
The March Violets - Essence [Walk Into the Sun, 1984]
Pretentious, Moi? - Astrid [Pretentious, Moi?, 2010]
Double Echo - Metropolis [Phantomime, 2013]
Ascetic: - We're Not All Dead [Self-Initiation, 2013]
Mephisto Walz - Eternal Deep ["Kaliffornian Deathrock" (comp.) 2006]
Astari Night - Astrid [Stereo Waltz, 2014]
Aube - De Guerre Lasse [demo, 2013]
Criminal Code - Mocking Shadows [No Device, 2013]
Funeral Parade - Eyes of Madmen [Funeral Parade, 2010]
She Past Away - Belirdi Gece - Musallat (The Night Emerged - Haunt) [Belirdi Gece, 2013]
Thomas Newman - The Old Resort/Drinking Blood/Falling Home/Headlights ["The Lost Boys" (soundtrack) 1987]
Mummy Calls - Beauty Has Her Way [Mummy Calls, 1986]
Naked Eyes - Could Be [Burning Bridges, 1983]
Seeming - The Eyes of Extinction [Madness and Extinction, 2014]
IAMX - Sorrow [The Unified Field, 2013]
Mesh - Self-Healing Lie [The Point at Which It Falls Apart, 1999]
Velvet Acid Christ - Killing a Stranger [The Art of Breaking Apart, 2009]
Brian Tyler - Sleepy Hollow Theme ["Sleepy Hollow" (soundtrack) 2013]
Worship - Terranean Wake I: Tide Of Terminus [Terranean Wake, 2012]
Aldebaran - Beasts at the Throne [Dwellers in Twilight, 2007]
Ataraxie - Procession of the Insane Ones [L'Être Et La Nausée, 2013]
Abysmal Grief - Lords of the Funerals [Feretri, 2013]
Monarch! - Transylvanian Incantations [Omens, 2012]
Funeralium - Deceived Idealism [Deceived Idealism, 2013]
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