ATTENTION... MON AMI... Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven | Released: 2000 Kranky | Produced: Daryl Smith | Genre: Sweeping post-rock soundscapes, punctuated by found footage vox pops | IT TAKES MINUTE DETAIL... There is so much to talk about here: The cinematic, brutal beauty of this album's … Continue reading 29. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
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WHY DO WE TELL OURSELVES HORROR STORIES? Pocahaunted - Passage | Released: 2010 Troubleman Unlimited | Produced: Bobb Bruno | Genre: Affected ritualistic chanting in a Brooklyn bedroom | 1. Palm 2. Salt 3. Dusk 4. Veil [Ed: no Spotify link for this one] WITCH HOUSE AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT US? 2010 was … Continue reading 20. Pocahaunted – Passage
OLYMPIANS... Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport | Released: 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties | Produced: Andrew Weatherall | Genre: Paul Oakenfold accidentally stumbling into a metal gig while having an extremely bad trip | WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT... OK, yes: the band are called Fuck Buttons. Is that genius, or a really misguided move? It probably depends … Continue reading 14. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
NO GIRLS ALOUD... Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls | Released: 2007 Too Pure Records | Produced: Jessica Ruffins & Bill Skibbe | Genre: Psychedelic post-krautrock reveries sung on an East Berlin football stand | TEARING DOWN THE WALLS, THE WALLS, THE WALLS, THE WALLS... There's a school of thought that says you're supposed to … Continue reading 11. No Shouts, No Calls – Electrelane
THE BEAUTY IN OUR DIFFERENCES... Kamasi Washington - Harmony Of Difference | Released: 2017 Young Turks | Produced: Kamasi Washington | Genre: Sweeping harmonic jazz for the soul | It's all a matter of perspective... A Thundercat thumb resonating against fretboard. Gently cast adrift, lured by a woozy siren's call, fluttering upward like a leaf … Continue reading 9. Kamasi Washington – Harmony Of Difference
TRUE BLUE, FOR YOU... Badlands - Dirty Beaches | Released: 2010 Zoo Music | Produced: Alex Zhang Hungtai | Genre: Reverb-drenched Lynchian doo-wop from a dystopian parallel universe | The Lord knows best that I don't give a damn about anyone / But you. Here's something a little off the beaten track for you. A … Continue reading 4. Dirty Beaches – Badlands