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THE CREEPHAMMER

January 21, 2012 – 22:11
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Episode 122. mp3. Released January 21, 2012.


Ugh. This isn’t music. It’s like the same thing over and over again. And then all this.. what is that sound! This is all vaguely unsettling. But. Uhh hurting my ears. That incessant… banging! It’s annoying. Can you turn it off? I can’t even tell what that guy is saying, it’s so distorted and cut up. Is it important? Is this what you call dubstep? Ok that’s a bit funky. But there’s no way I can last more than 1 minute of any song. You should just get the itunes samples and mix those together. It would be over sooner. Dzh! Dzsh! Dzsh! How are you even supposed to dance to this? I feel like I’m on drugs. Hrm. That’s a little better. Oh no. Oh no. Could you at least turn it down? That sounds a lot like Blade Runner but worse. What! Trance music? Huh. Well, at least the last 3.5 songs are almost tolerable. Please just do some straight up indie rock next time.

  • Shackleton / Mountains Of Ashes / Three EPs LP (2009)
  • Legion Of Two / It Really Takes Time / The Mu School (2009)
  • Perc / London, We Have You Surrounded / Wicker & Steel (2011)
  • Lucy / Eon / Wordplay For Working Bees (2011)
  • Joy Orbison / BRKLN CLLN (2009)
  • Vex’d / Lion V.I.P. / Degenerate (2005)
  • Altered Natives / Body Gal / Tenement Yard (2010)
  • Actress / Hazyville / Hazyville (2008)
  • Blawan / Getting Me Down / Getting Me Down (2011)
  • Instra:mental / When I Dip / Thomp/When I Dip (2011)
  • Azari & III / Manhooker / Azari & III (2011)
  • Kuedo / Flight Path / Severant (2011)
  • Salva / Icey / Complex Housing (2011)
  • Araabmuzik / Streetz Tonight / Electronic Dream (2011)
  • LV & Joshua Idehen / Primary Colours (Extended Remix) / Northern Line (2011)
  • Machine Drum / Come1 / Room(s) (2011)
  • Sepalcure / Pencil Pimp / Sepalcure (2011)
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FOLK IS NOT A DIRTY WORD.

March 6, 2009 – 1:41
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Episode 109. mp3. cue. Released March 6, 2009.

So maybe ‘world’ music would be more descriptive, but what comparably lame puns could be made with that? … I rest my case. And anyway, why would the traditional music of British and Americans be called folk and that of Nicaraguans be called worldbeat? That’s not exactly fair. That may all be beside the point, though, because while all the music this episode is infused with the musical traditions of cultures all around the world, it’s not necessarily the traditional sort of stuff. Some of it with the modern production and arrangement. Call it worldly folk. And give it a listen, because there are some real gems here.

A. R. Rahman / Mausam & Escape / Slumdog Millionaire OST (2008) / India
Les Negresses Vertes / Face à la mer (Massive Attack Remix) / 10 Remixes (1993) / France

Lô Borges / Não Se Apague Esta Noite / Lô Borges (1972) / Brazil
Jorge Ben / O Plebeu / África Brasil (1976) / Brazil
Femi Kuti / Tension Grip Africa / Day by Day (2008) / Nigeria
Umalali / Anaha Ya (Here I Am) / The Garifuna Womens Project (2008) / Belize

Tinariwen / Matadjem yinmixan / Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2006) / Mali
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara / Yo Lay Lay / Soul Science (2007) / The Gambia
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) / Get It Up (feat. M.I.A.) / ‘The Very Best’ Mixtape (2008) / Malawi

Taraf de Haidouks / Carolina / Band of Gypsies (2001) / Romania
Astor Piazzolla / Michelangelo / Tango: Zero Hour (1986) / Argentina
Crucible / Three Maidens / Love & Money (2008) / UK

Lúnasa / The Miller of Drohan / Otherworld (1999) / Ireland
Yat-Kha / Oy Adym (My Gray Horse) / Aldyn Dashka (2000) / Tuva (Russia)

Oumou Sangare / Saa Magni (Death Is Terrible) / Oumou (2004) / Mali
Mari Boine / Gula Gula / Gula Gula (1989) / Sámi (Norway)

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a closet for the citrus drums (mix cd edit)

February 11, 2009 – 19:21
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The first 2 episodes of the year condensed to fit on one mix cd; presented in mp3 with a cue file to help you burn it. Yay! And apologies to the songs that didn’t make the cut. I may make this a tradition if I can actually get around to making at least 2 new episodes…

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100 songs from 2008!

January 24, 2009 – 19:07

I started this tradition last year, though someone else started it first a couple years ago and continues it. It’s a neat way to sum up a year of music: 100 great songs by 100 different artists. If you’re a regular listener you’ve probably already heard almost all of them but this is a chance to own their souls as it is in torrent form. So go grab it grab it.

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THE CITRUS ADVANTAGE.

January 17, 2009 – 17:04
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Episode 108. mp3. cue. Released January 17, 2009.

Continuing right where we left off, 80s tinged synthpop gives way to strangely catchy psychedelic folkpop, and it all caps off with an opulent synthesizer soundtrack finish.

Cut Copy / Lights And Music / In Ghost Colours (2008)
The Source / You Got The Love (feat. Candi Staton) / You Got The Love (1996)

Luomo / Have You Ever (feat. Cassy) / Convivial (2008)
Thomas Brinkmann / It’s Just / When Horses Die (2008)
Knife / Heartbeats / Deep Cuts (2004)

Of Montreal / Rapture Rapes The Muses / Satanic Panic In The Attic (2004)
Shugo Tokumaru / Parachute / Exit (2008)
Fredrik / Alinas Place / Na Na Ni (2008)
Lykke Li / Breaking It Up / Youth Novels (2008)
Animal Collective / Bluish / Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)

Vangelis / Blush Response / Blade Runner (1982)
Lindstrøm / Where You Go I Go Too (Part 2) (Edit by Prins Thomas) / Where You Go I Go Too (2008)

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STICK IT OUT THE CLOSET FOR THE DRUMS.

January 1, 2009 – 16:10
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Episode 107. mp3. cue. Released January 01, 2009.

The first episode of 2009 and the first episode featuring brand new fractionized length! Content-wise wes is tying up some loose ends of 2008. And you know when the last episode is all dancing and electronics that you’re soon due for some REAL pounding drums and some scratchy guitars and bellowed vocals. So today it gets down pretty gritty at first but it does mellow out to the middle and eventually even betrays faint whiffs of synth-pop, chamber-pop and doo-wop.

Fuck Buttons / Sweet Love for Planet Earth / Street Horrrsing (2008)
Grails / Predestination Blues / Doomsdayer’s Holiday (2008)
Snowman / We Are The Plague / The Horse, The Rat And The Swan (2008)
Holy Fuck / Royal Gregory / LP (2007)

Fucked Up / Son the Father / The Chemistry of Common Life (2008)
Love Is All / New Beginnings / A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (2008)
Thomas Function / Snake In The Grass / Thomas Function (2008)

The Gaslight Anthem / Great Expectations / The ’59 Sound (2008)
The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don’t Haunt This Place / Hometowns (2008)

Okkervil River / Lost Coastlines / The Stand-Ins (2008)
The Week That Was / The Airport Line / The Week That Was (2008)
Department Of Eagles / No One Does It Like You / In Ear Park (2008)
Brian Eno & David Byrne / Strange Overtones / Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008)

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a slight change of pace

December 24, 2008 – 22:40

As a gift for all of y’all my glorious listeners, this Christmas Eve I am officially announcing that I’m gonna cease with the 2 hour radio showpisodes, because i don’t think anyone really wants to spend that much time listening to the same thing. As of Jan 1st, or whenever the first new episode is released, it’s gonna be 1 hour episodes. The main benefit to this is that I’ll be able to release shows much more quickly (we all know that’s been an issue lately) and that you’ll be able to listen through them more easily (the average human attention span is down to what like 2 seconds these days is it?). The drawback (and probably I’m the only person who will notice or care) is that it’ll be a little harder to fit everything in and also to cover as much ground with as much epic flow.. but to counteract that I’ll probably try and have one show start up where the last left off.

Just, you know, so you know.

Questions? Comments? Snide remarks?

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2-BIT SUNSHINE AND 256 BITS OF SNOW.

December 19, 2008 – 20:35
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Episode 106. mp3. cue. Released December 19, 2008

So a new computer and the semi-annual end of term procrastinator-punishment-derby may have contributed to this most unprecedented of podcast interims. But fuck that. Cause now it’s up! This guy is my sham summer within this dullest of seasons… you will find blissed out psychedelia, hard-hitting dub grooves, hip hop chills and flows, club beats (not as dangerous as it sounds), and quirky catchy experimental chamber pop. All for the price of 2 hours in the background of whatever vastly important business you’re involved with on the internet/your ipod today.

Brian Eno + David Byrne / Mountain Of Needles / My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981)
Disco Inferno / Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go / D.I. Go Pop (1994)
Koushik / Be With / Out My Window (2008)
Caribou / Pelican Narrows / The Milk Of Human Kindness (2005)

Diplo / Summer’s Gonna Hurt You / Florida (2004)
Air France / Collapsing At Your Doorstep / No Way Down (2008)

Quest, Team Shadetek / Mirage, Brooklyn Anthem / Uproot (2008)
The Bug / Poison Dart (feat. Warrior Queen) / London Zoo (2008)
Ghislain Poirier / No More Blood feat. Zulu / No Ground Under (2007)
Tanya Stephens / Put It On You / Rebelution (2006)
Lady Saw / Chat To Mi Back / Walk Out (2007)

Santogold / Anne / Santogold (2008)
Rihanna / Don’t Stop the Music / Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) / Wena / ‘The Very Best’ Mixtape (2008)
Outkast / Return of the “G” / Aquemini (1998)

Binary Star / Honest Expression / Masters Of The Universe (2000)
One Be Lo / Axis / s.o.n.o.g.r.a.m. (2005)
Zion I / One / Mind over Matter (2000)
Atmosphere / You / When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)
k-the-i??? / Before The Session / Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (2008)

The Chap / Fun and Interesting / Mega Breakfast (2008)
Sparks / (Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country / Hello Young Lovers (2006)
Pop Levi / Blue Honey / The Return To Form Black Magick Party (2007)
Max Tundra / Will Get Fooled Again / Parallax Error Beheads You (2008)

Amadou & Mariam / Sabali / Welcome To Mali (2008)
Parov Stelar / Fleur De Lille / The Flame Of Fame (2008)
Noze / Albert / How To Dance (2006)

ESG / Dance / Come Away With ESG (1983)

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The Last Leaf Left

November 2, 2008 – 0:29
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For one reason or another Autumn is the season that resonates most for many people. Leaves go from smooth green to crinkled red husks. Coats and mitts must be dug out from closets as breaths begin to show. Lives must be dug up and moved as students are forced out of their summer solitude, leave home for school, or are thrown kicking and screaming into the real world when the first September without school comes to call. To me there has always been a great sense of nostalgia with the season, and an explicit longing for nothing in particular. To that end The Last Leaf Left is not a raucous affair. It’s been cut down from a shortlist of 150 tracks and filled with sparse, often plaintive songs, layered with hushed acoustic strums and dry, chilled textures. It might make you want to put on a sweater and buckle down for snow, but there’s still a hint of the warmth of freshly decomposing leaves and those last warm rays of golden sun to balance out the cold.

So uhhh. Check it out. See if I was successful in bottling up a bit of the latter days of fall. mp3 / cue

1. Azeda Booth – Big Fists
2. Beach House – Tokyo Witch
3. Marissa Nadler – Thinking of You
4. Angels of Light – Evangeline
5. Akron/Family – Before And Again
6. Mirah – Cold Cold Water
7. Bon Iver – Flume
8. Phosphorescent – Endless
9. James Blackshaw – Past Has Not Passed
10. A Silver Mt. Zion – The Triumph Of Our Tired Eyes
11. Sunset Rubdown – Us Ones in Between
12. Devendra Banhart – Heard somebody say
13. The Walkmen – Red Moon
14. Paavoharju – Musta Katu
15. Espers – Meadow
16. Augie March – Sunset Studies
17. Radiohead – Reckoner
18. The National – The Geese of Beverly Road
19. Shearwater – Rooks
20. The Elected – Greetings In Braille

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THE WORD SENT INSTEAD.

October 29, 2008 – 13:53
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Episode 105. mp3. cue. Released October 29, 2008

Starts sparse and wisftul with acoustic and electronic turns, then it hip hops, then it gets down and dirty out in the countryside and town. I would say this episode can generally be described as gritty but still captures a wide array of different sounds. I would also say that it’s a pretty killer selection of tunes and you’d do well to be listening in! … Please?

The Neighbourhood Council / Liver and Tan / Set Pieces EP (2008)
Sparklehorse / Maxine / Gold Day EP (2001)
Azeda Booth / Big Fists / In Flesh Tones (2008)
Bark Psychosis / Rose / Codename: Dustsucker (2004)

Boards of Canada / In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country / In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (2000)
Air / La Femme d’Argent / Moon Safari (1998)
Gang Gang Dance / House Jam / Saint Dymphna (2008)

Erykah Badu / The Healer / New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Outkast / Ms. Jackson / Stankonia (2000)
Elzhi / Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5’9″) / The Preface (2008)
Count Bass D / Seven Years (feat. Dionne Farris) / Dwight Spitz (2002)

Saul Williams / Tao of Now / Amethyst Rock Star (2001)
Barry Adamson / The Beaten Side Of Town / Back To The Cat (2008)
Alejandro Escovedo / Nuns Song / Real Animal (2008)
John Vanderslice / White Dove / Emerald City (2007)

Augie March / Tulip / Sunset Studies (2000)
Tindersticks / Here (Donkey’s Version) / Working For The Man (2004)
Love / Alone Again Or / Forever Changes (1968)
Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron And Fred Squire / You Swan Go On / Lost Wisdom (2008)
The Black Keys / Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be / Attack & Release (2008)

The Drones / Nail It Down / Havilah (2008)
The Kills / No Wow / No Wow (2005)
This Heat / The Fall of Saigon / Made Available (1997)
Deerhunter / Nothing Ever Happened / Microcastle (2008)

The Walkmen / I Lost You / You & Me (2008)

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Devils with Drum Machines II

October 26, 2008 – 19:39
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There is no originality in the world.
3 years ago I made a mix CD based on a radio playlist. I was never totally satisfied with it, and always intended to remake it. Eventually I decided there was enough material to just stretch it out to a full-on sequel. So here it is!

This is a dark, grimy, evil, frightening, loud, intense collection of songs. Best served with satanic rituals, vampire raves, maniac yells, grisly deaths, and that which man was never meant to know. It also has some beats of the musical variety, so feel free to see if you maybe can’t get your partially severed arm to twitch along in the groove.

If you haven’t had your Halloween party yet, you know what to do! Get the mp3, get the cue file (tells your music player where the track breaks are) and get evil.

1. Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating
2. Tomas Andersson – The Other Day
3. Justice – Stress
4. Various – The World Is Gone
5. The Bug – Murder We (feat. Ricky Ranking)
6. Paula Nazca – Surface
7. Motiivi Tuntematon – Mankind Failed
8. MIA – So I Felt
9. Peace Division – Blacklight Sleaze (Radio Slave Vocal Mix)
10. Kode9 & The Space Ape – Victims
11. Burial – Ghost Hardware
12. Alex Smoke – Brian’s Lung
13. Edan – Torture Chamber (feat. Percee-P)
14. El-P – Deep Space 9mm
15. Plump DJs – Scram
16. Clint Mansell – We Got The Gun
17. Sage Francis – Clickety Clack
18. TV on the Radio – DLZ
19. Ulrich Schnauss – Medusa

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