Sinopsis
Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.
Episodios
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XHM #327 - "Astronavigatrix" (2016 August 29)
30/08/2016Time for the queen of the galaxy as we profile the soundtrack to 1968's scifi romp Barbarella. Along with some influences from the film, there's a look at the forthcoming Victory Square Block Party, presented in part by CITR. 1. Radio Spot 2 (Barbarella OST, 1968) Dynovoice/Stateside 2. Project Pablo & Wolfey: Duatang (Jervis Pump Station 12", 2016) Church 3. Brian Protheroe: Fly Now (Pinball, 1974) Chyrsalis 4. Swim Team: Freedom/Constraint (Freedom/Constraint, 2015) self-released 5. Milk: Standards (Late Bloomer EP, 2016) self-released 6. David Holmes: I Love Art...Really! (Selections From Ocean's Twelve OST promo, 2005) Warner Bros 7. Jody Glenham: Forever the Affair (Dreamer EP, 2014) self-released 8. So Loki: Lil Ma [remix] (Supermanic mixtape, 2016) self-released 9. Money Mark: Use Your Head/Use a Sua Cabeca (Red Hot + Rio, 1996) Verve 10. Kaytranada: Glowed Up [w.Anderson.Paak] (99.9%, 2016) XL 11. Sixto Rodriguez: Jane S Piddy (Cold Fact, 1970) Sussex 12. Peter Bjorn & John: Sitar Folks (Writer's Blo
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XHM #326 - "Monsters are for coffee & contemplation" (2016 August 22)
23/08/2016The Department of Energy would like a word with you in private. Netflix's first season of Stranger Things truly struck a nerve this summer with 1980's nostalgia, so we'll profile Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein's synth-heavy score from the series, along with other sinister sounds from the show. Get your waffles ready. 1. Wooden Wives: Gone with the Wind (Workers! Strike Down These Enemies of Victory, 2015) Sharktooth 2. Cavern of Anti-Matter: Void Beat (Void Beats/Invocation Trex, 2016) Duophonic 3. Black Mountain: Florian Saucer Attack (IV, 2016) Jagjaguwar 4. Flying Saucer Attack: Make Me Dream (Flying Saucer Attack, 1994) FSA/VHF 5. Pye Corner Audio: Bulk Erase (The Black Mist EP, 2014) Front And Follow 6. Amy Casper: Gave You My All (Down by the River EP, 2016) self-released 7. Helena Deland: Baby (Drawing Room, 2016) self-released 8. Ned Milligan: Cotillon Cross (Continental Burns, 2016) Florabelle 9. Dada Centauri: 2C (II, 2013) Unit Structure Sound Recordings 10. Actors: Crosses (Bury me single, 2016) self
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XHM #325 - "Pleasantries and hot panda milk" (2016 August 15)
16/08/2016Hop aboard the X-1 as we profile JG Thirlwell, some of his work from Foetus along with his score to the Cartoon Network series The Venture Brothers, including music off the recently released 2nd volume. Go Team Venture! 1. Grimes: Medieval Warfare (Suicide Squad OST, 2016) Atlantic/Warner Bros 2. Loner: Crab Park (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound 3. Eli Muro: Orphan's Son [w.Meghan Eliza] (Dreamtime Hunter EP, 2014) Jellyfish 4. Akanak: Catch (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound 5. Walls: Urals (Urals, 2015) Ecstatic 6. Spurz: Ornate Reflex (2015) Symbols 7. Kuhrye-oo: Air Days [w.Evy Jane] (2014) Uno 8. Paulo J Ferreira Lopes: Eventualidade (Feeze, 2013) Atrito-Afeito 9. VIRE: One After the Other (SURRENDER_EP, 2015) self-released 10. Gold Panda: Brazil (Half of Where You Live, 2013) Ghostly International 11. Ninos du Brasil: Legios de Cupins (Novos Misterios, 2014) Hospital 12. Spliff Jacksun: Emerald Formations (Antiquarianism, 2014) self-released 13. Strongbad & C
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XHM #324 - "Please call him Mister Marshall" (2016 August 08)
09/08/2016A weirder episode than usual as we pay tribute to creator/director Garry Marshall (1934-2016), focusing on his sitcoms from the 1970s: Happy Days and one of its spinoffs, Laverne & Shirley. 1. Jim Haas: Theme from Happy Days (Happy Days OST, 1975) ABC 2. Memoryhouse: Knife in the Water (Soft Hate, 2016) Beko/self-released 3. Project Pablo: Beaubien Dream (Beaubien Dream, 2016) SOBO 4. Zomby x Burial: Sweetz (Sweetz 10", 2016) Hyperdub 5. Le Roi Crocodile: Summer with You (JPN 2006, 2015) self-released 6. Lewis: Summer's Moon (L'Amour, 2014) Light in the Attic 7. Bibio: A Mineral Love (A Mineral Love, 2016) Warp 8. Quilt: Hissing My Plea (Plaza, 2016) Mexican Summer 9. Gerhard Heinz: Cheaters Theme [from "Die Sage des Todes/Bloody Moon"] (Classic Soundtrack Series: Vol 1 & 2, 1981) JMP 10. She-Devils: Come (She-Devils EP, 2015) self-released 11. Esther Grey: Buttermilk (Buttermilk 7", 2013) Label Fantastic/Little Room Labs 12. Anatole: Nova (LA/Tu es Des Notres, 2016) Pantoum/La Palette 13. Renny Wilson: Fasc
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XHM #323 - "Rise above the raw sewage" (2016 August 01)
02/08/2016With the Rio Olympics starting in a few days, it's time for a biannual tradition with Brazilian music, profiling Luis Bonfa & Antonio Carlos Jobim's groundbreaking score to the 1959 film Black Orpheus. 1. Funk 'n Lata & Ivo Meirelles: Sambadrone (Red Hot & Rio, 1996) Antilles/Verve 2. Tor: Let Me Down (Drum Therapy, 2012) Loci 3. Tim Hecker: Violet Monumental I (Love Streams, 2016) 4AD/Paper Bag 4. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra: Einojuhani Rautavaara's Symphony No 7, Movement II - Molto Allegro [conductor: Leif Segerstam] (Angel of Light, 1996) Ondine 5. Sarah Neufeld: From Our Animal (The Ridge, 2016) Constellation 6. Kaytranada: Despite the Weather (99.9%, 2016) XL 7. Brazilian Money: Can't Make Up Your Mind (Brazilian Money, 2014) Psychic Handshake 8. The Silver Skeleton Band: Silver Samba (Snake Highs, 2013) self-released 9. Tamba Trio: Tamba (Tamba Trio, 1962) Philips/Fontana 10. Julie Doiron: Can't Make It No More (So Many Days, 2012) Aporia 11. Tough Age: Summer Samba (Tough Age plays Cub's Hot Dog
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XHM #322 - "Ensconced in glamour" (2016 July 25)
26/07/2016This episode is to be played at maximum volume. With Pride Week in effect, we got our act together and stitched together a long-overdue profile on Todd Hayne's 1998 glam rock ode Velvet Goldmine, a little late to honour David Bowie but this is for the fans. We also look at the life of Alan Vega (1938-2016) as we don feather boas. 1. Prince: Controversy [single version] (Controversy, 1981) Warner Bros 2. Jeremy Greenspan & Borys: But Wait There's More (But Wait There's More single, 2016) Jiaolong 3. Alan Vega: Speedway (Alan Vega, 1980) PVC/ZE/Celluloid 4. VVV: Red Lights Down (Endless, 1998) Blast First 5. Sunn O))) & Pan Sonic: Che (Che 10", 2009) Blast First Petite 6. Primal Scream: Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne (Diamonds Fur Coat Champagne 10", 2008) Blast First Petite 7. Lydia Lunch: Frankie Teardrop (Frankie Teardrop 10", 2008) Blast First Petite 8. Waxlimbs: Trains (World Makers, 2013) self-released 9. Bruce Springsteen: State Trooper (Nebraska, 1982) Columbia 10. Devon Welsh: Me and Alan Vega (2016) s
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XHM #321 - "Augmented restraint" (2016 July 18)
19/07/2016Mondkopf and Karsten Fundal scored the Welsh/Danish 2015 film Bridgend, so we'll have a moody electronic/orchestral profile. Otherwise, Vancouver band Kubla Khan swung by the station and made their live radio debut with songs off their new self-titled EP. 1. Tom Anthony: Theme from 3-2-1 Contact [2nd version] (3-2-1 Contact, 1983) Children's Television Workshop 2. Kim Fowley: The Trip (The Trip single, 1965) Corby 3. Angel Rada: Basheeba (Venezuela 70, 2016) Soul Jazz 4. Kubla Khan: Dreamer [live] (Exploding Head Movies session, 2016) CITR 5. Kubla Khan: Four Leaf Clover [live] (Exploding Head Movies session, 2016) CITR 6. Kubla Khan: Sometimes [live] (Exploding Head Movies session, 2016) CITR 7. Kubla Khan: Victoria [live] (Exploding Head Movies session, 2016) CITR 8. Kubla Khan: Acid Reflex [live] (Exploding Head Movies session, 2016) CITR 9. Kubla Khan: The Square [live] (Exploding Head Movies session, 2016) CITR 10. Suicide: Rocket USA (Suicide, 1977) Red Star/Basement 11. Kubla Khan - Interview ** Backg
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XHM #320 - "Follow the royal rainbow" (2016 July 11)
12/07/2016For the benefit of several listeners, we go into some of the music from the first 2 games from the Katamari video game series. gak's back from vacation and is partially aware of all the things that need to be rolled up on earth. 1. Electric Youth: Final Girl (Innerworld [deluxe edition], 2014) Secretly Canadian/Last Gang 2. Lnrdcroy: Freedom for Antboy II (UNTHANK008 10", 2015) Unthank 3. Kaytranada: Breakdance Lesson No.1 (99.9%, 201 6) XL 4. Bernardino Femminielli: Plaisirs Américains (Plaisirs Américains, 2016) self-released 5. Majeure: Teleforce (Timespan, 2009) Temporary Residence 6. Aphex Twin: Cirklon3 [Kolkhoznaya mix] (Cheetah EP, 2016) Warp 7. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Thousand Knives (Thousand Knives, 1978) Better Days 8. Paddy Kingsland: Fourth Dimension [for BBC Radio 4] (Fourth Dimension, 1973) BBC 9. Giorgio Moroder: 74 is the New 24 (Déjà Vu, 2015) RCA 10. Burial: Rival Dealer (Rival Dealer, 2013) Hyperdub 11. Mika Vainio: Voisin Olla Vanha Mies Huoltamon Pihassa (Mannerlaatta OST, 2016) Ideal 12
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XHM #319 - "Control option command" (2016 July 04)
05/07/2016A pre-recorded episode tied to Daniel Pemberton's score to the Danny Boyle's biopic about the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. 1. Teen Girl Scientist Monthly: Summer Skin (Modern Dances, 2013) self-released 2. Project Pablo: Closer (Beaubien Dream, 2016) SOBO 3. Jolin Ras: Something About You (2015) self-released 4. Shaunic: Mo $ (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound 5. Pearson Sound: Crank Call (Pearson Sound, 2015) Hessle Audio 6. People Tanning: I Don't Want to Be a Nuisance (On the Internet, 2014) self-released 7. Kinetic Ideals: In a Second (A Personal View EP, 1983) Mannequin 8. Jaga Jazzist: Bananfleur Overalt (One Armed Bandit, 2010) Ninja Tune 9. Yumi Zouma: Dodi (II EP, 2015) Cascine 10. Hot Chip: Re-Harmonize (Why Make Sense? [deluxe], 2015) Domino 11. The Wizards: Hank's Horn (Loser Surf Death, 2013) Sound & Silence Collective 12. The Wizards: Lunar Landing (Loser Surf Death, 2013) Sound & Silence Collective 13. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Customized [sax tape] (Soft Polished S
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XHM #318 - "Faith in chaos theory" (2016 June 27)
28/06/2016We turn our clocks back to 1998 as we go electronic before diving into Clint Mansell's first score for Darren Aronfsky's 1998 debut Pi. These are the numbers in a certain order: 1. Montag: Set Adrift on a Memory of You (Des Cassettes et un Walkman Jaune, 2009) self-released 2. Paulo J Ferreira Lopes: Norte (Feeze, 2013) Atrito-Afeito THREE POINT Odonis Odonis: Nervous (Post Plague, 2016) Telephone Explosion 4. Doomsquad: Pyramids on Mars (Total Time, 2016) Bella Union 5. Unfollow: Half Blu (Blue Twenty-One, 2016) Blue Tapes & X-Ray Records 6. JFM: Waiting for Legba ('Bo, 2016) A Person Disguised as People 7. LAL: Stand in My Way (Find Safety, 2016) Coax 8. Dalhous: The Essential Wander (Run for the Shadows EP, 2016) Lapsus 9. Caribou: Leave House (Swim, 2010) Merge/City Slang 10. Project Pablo: Royal Plus (Beaubien Dream, 2016) SOBO 11. Perfume Advert: Mirror Shield (Big Gete Star, 2016) 1080p 12. Kafka: Burr (Dnepr_Vancouver 1.0, 2015) Reclaim Your City 13. Heartbeats: Sour Keys (Forever Violet EP, 2016)
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XHM #317 - "Fuel-injected juice-inside machine" (2016 June 20)
21/06/2016For your summer solstice needs (or winter for you antipodeans), we enter the wastelands to listen to music from Mad Max, The Road Warrior & Beyond Thunderdome. Your Ayatollahs of Rock and Rollas: 1. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Brenda (Orange, 1994) Matador 2. Marie Davidson: Kidnap You in the Desert (Un Autre Voyage, 2015) Holodeck 3. Jessy Lanza: VV Violence (Oh No, 2016) Hyperdub 4. The Besnard Lakes: Pressure of Our Plans (A Coliseum Complex Museum, 2016) Outside Music 5. Savant: Stationary Dance (Artificial Dance, 2015) RVNG Intl. 6. Melkbelly: Bathroom at the Beach (BATB 7", 2015) Automatic Recordings 7. Jemina Pearl: I Hate People [w.Iggy Pop] (Break It Up, 2009) Ecstatic Peace! 8. Gimmer Nicholson: Hermetic Waltz (Christopher Idylls, 1968) Lucky Seven/Light in the Attic 9. Bill Wilson: Pay Day Give Away (Ever Changing Minstrel, 1973) Columbia/Tompkins Square 10. David Wiffen: Never Make a Dollar that Way (David Wiffen, 1971) Fantasy 11. Brian John McBrearty: Second Story Tune (Things I Recall,
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XHM #316 - "Granite poems" (2016 June 13)
14/06/2016Nicolas Jaar's alternative soundtrack to the 1969 Armenian film The Colour of Pomegranates anchors this goofy little episode, ranging from the recently rejigged Levitation Vancouver festival, a wide array of French songs and other weirdness for a very loose experience. 1. Bobby Curtola: Fortune Teller (Mr. Personality, 1962) Tartan 2. Omega: Kérgeskezű Favágok/Callous-handed Woodcutters (10 000 Lépés, 1969) Qualiton 3. Dada Plan: Helpless (The Madness Hides, 2015) Kingfisher Bluez 4. Thee Oh Sees: Devil Again (Garage Swim, 2013) Williams Street 5. Tycho: Awake (Awake, 2014) Ghostly International 6. Hinds: San Diego (Leave Me Alone, 2016) Mom & Pop 7. Flying Lotus: Descent into Madness [w.Thundercat] (You're Dead!, 2014) Warp 8. Holy Fuck: Latin America (Latin, 2010) Young Turks 9. Kaytranada: Lite Spots (99.9%, 2016) HW&W/XL 10. Le Roi Crocodile: Montreal (2015) self-released 11. Para Palabras: Roll with Me [version 2] (2014) self-released 12. Paupière: Elle et Lui (Jeunes Instants EP, 2016) Lisbon Lux 13. E
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XHM #315 - "Asteroids taunt me" (2016 June 06)
07/06/2016May was originally going to be primarily video game month but news cycles happened so this straggler of a profile on the weird game Flywrench will tackle a selection of the vital Los Angeles underground bass scene. 1. The Avalanches: Frankie Sinatra [w.Danny Brown & MF Doom, extended mix] (Wildflower, 2016) Modular/Astralwerks/XL/EMI 2. Olin: People Fix (From Iceland 12", 2016) Giegling 3. Project Pablo: Follow It Up [Dandana mix] (I Want to Believe 12", 2015) 1080p 4. AT/NU: Shift (Psi Grove, 2014) 1080p 5. Isao Tomita: Peer Gynt, Suite #2 - Solveig's Song (Kosmos, 1978) RCA 6. Lnrdcroy: Donny on the River (UNTHANK008 10", 2015) Firecracker 7. Michael Red: Moving (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound 8. Jolin Ras: Seabreeze (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound 9. Reindeer: Smoke (2016) self-released 10. KING: Supernatural [extended mix] (We Are KING, 2016) King Creative 11. The Klinik: Moving Hands [Helena Hauff remix] (So Low Remixes, 2016) The Vinyl Factory 12. Shy On
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XHM #314 - "Perry Mason's Hawaiian shirt collection" (2016 May 30)
31/05/2016Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet play Vancouver for the first time in decades this week, so we play tribute to the instrumental trio with music from The Kids in the Hall, along with rarities, covers and other odd material. 1. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Unwatchable (Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook, 2016) Yep Roc 2. The Cure: Lovesong (Disintegration, 1989) Elektra 3. David Julyan: Colorado Springs (The Prestige OST, 2006) Hollywood 4. Merle Haggard & The Strangers: Colorado (The Roots of My Raising, 1976) Capitol 5. Johnny Paycheck: Colorado Kool-Aid (Take This Job and Shove It, 1977) Epic 6. Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett: Mile High Swinger [version B] (Synthesizer & Percussion, 1974) Themes International Music 7. Dressy Bessy: 57 Disco (Kingsized, 2016) Yep Roc 8. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club: Sour Patch Kids (The Bloudy Tenant Truth & Peace, 2004) Alternative Tentacles 9. Carter Burwell: Now Denver is Lonesome For Her Heroes (Howl OST, 2010) Lakeshore 10. Warren Zevon: Things to D
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XHM #313 - "Music is our vital apparatus" (2016 May 23)
24/05/2016From the relaxation vault to the enrichment centre, for Victoria Day, we have music from the Portal video game series direct from the Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory. Hold your Weighted Companion Cube tightly as you listen. This is a triumph. 1. Savages: TIWYG (Adore Life, 2016) Matador 2. Teen Daze: Another Night (A World Away EP, 2015) Plancha 3. Breakbot: Shades of Black (By Your Side, 2012) Ed Banger 4. Yeasayer: Henrietta (Fragrant World, 2012) Secretly Canadian 5. Padded Cell: Signal Failure [GTA version] (Night Must Fall, 2008) DC Recordings 6. Mac DeMarco: The Way You'd Love Her (Another One EP, 2015) Captured Tracks 7. Adrian Teacher & The Subs: Let's Call In Sick (Sorta Hafta EP, 2015) self-released 8. William Tyler: Attics of My Life (Songs to Fill the Air, 2016) WFMU 9. Ace Martens: On to Me (Palm Springs EP, 2016) self-released 10. Needles//Pins: Pulse (12:34, 2014) Mammoth Cave/La-Ti-Da 11. Betonkust & Palmbomen II: 24x33 (Center Parcs EP, 2016) 1080p 12. Waxlimbs: Epli [w.Isabella
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XHM #312 - "Home in the clouds of sound" (2016 May 16)
17/05/2016We pause our video game soundtrack month to commemorate the life of the Japanese composer and synth pioneer Isao Tomita with a panoply of his orchestral and moogy music from film, TV and space. Ichi, ni, san, shi, go. 1. Isao Tomita: Premiere Arabesque (Snowflakes are Dancing, 1974) RCA 2. Teen Daze: Tokyo Winter (Paradiso EP, 2014) self-released 3. Andy Stott: New Romantic (Too Many Voices, 2016) Modern Love 4. Anohni: 4 Degrees (Hopelessness, 2016) Rough Trade/Secretly Canadian 5. Moderat: Rusty Nails [Booka Shade remix] (Rusty Nails 12", 2009) BPitch Control 6. James Blake: Radio Silence (The Colour in Anything, 2016) Polydor 7. Tim Hecker: Obsidian Counterpart (Love Streams, 2016) 4AD/Paper Bag 8. Val Stephen: Fireworks (Electronic Music, 1967) Smithsonian Folkways 9. Los Echo: Druthers (Bold Fire EP, 2014) self-released 10. Charles Bradley: Good to Be Back Home (Changes, 2016) Dunham/Daptone 11. Babel: A Faded Cage (Alphabeta 2: Outskirts, 2015) Arachnidiscs 12. Black Mountain: Constellations (IV, 2016
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XHM #311 - "Each man kills the screen he loves" (2016 May 09)
10/05/2016Car 11-K, advise dispatch that video game month continues by profiling 1940s era music and Andrew Hale's score to the 2011 video game LA Noire. 1. Sparks: Beat the Clock (No.1 in Heaven, 1979) Virgin/Elektra 2. Babel: Beg (Alphabeta 3: Organizm, 2015) Arachnidiscs 3. Radiohead: Burn the Witch (A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016) XL 4. Owen Pallett: The Riverbed (In Conflict, 2014) Domino/Secret City 5. Isao Tomita: Golliwog's Cakewalk [Children's Corner, No. 6] (Clair de Lune, 1974) RCA 6. Arcade Fire: Soft Power (Reflektor [bonus disk], 2015) Merge 7. Anatole: LA/Tu es des Nôtres (LA/Tu es des notres, 2016) Pantoum/La Palette 8. Ash Walker: Only Got Hash (2016) Deep Heads 9. Honey Ltd: Silk N'Honey (Honey Ltd, 1968) LHI 10. Hundred Waters: Forgive Me for Giving Up (2016) self-released 11. Jaga Jazzist: Book of Glass (One Armed Bandit, 2010) Ninja Tune 12. Benji Hughes: Freaky Feedback Blues (Songs in the Key of Animals, 2016) Merge 13. Leon Bridges: Lisa Sawyer (Coming Home, 2015) Columbia 14. Alphabethead: In Front
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XHM #310 - "The lost souls alliance beckons" (2016 May 02)
03/05/2016If anyone died this week, perhaps they sought guidance to the 9th Underworld, which is where this week's soundtrack profile bases itself as we look at the remastered score to the video game Grim Fandango, which itself was rereleased recently. 1. Wolf Parade: Little Golden Age (Expo 86, 2010) Sub Pop 2. Strangling Fruit: Raft Without Paddle (Strangling Fruit EP, 2015) self-released 3. Preoccupations: March of Progress (Viet Cong, 2015) Sub Pop 4. She-Devils: Where There's No One (She-Devils EP, 2015) self-released 5. Four Tet: And Then Patterns (Everything Ecstatic, 2005) Domino 6. Bed Rugs: Drift (Cycle, 2015) Waste My Records 7. Said the Whale: I Love You (Hawaiii, 2013) Hidden Pony 8. Social Disco Club & Maia: The Way You Move [Greg Wilson version] (2009) Bear Funk 9. The Ballantynes: Us (Dark Drives Life Signs, 2015) La-Ti-Da 10. The Death of Pop: Locomotive (2016) self-released 11. Kemialliset Ystävät: Roiske Ruudukolla (Alas Rattoisaa Virtaa, 2014) Dekorder 12. Bend Sinister: Fancy Pants (Animals, 2014)
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XHM #309 - "May we all live to see the dawn" (2016 April 25)
26/04/2016The hits keep on coming, though not the way we expect. Prince (1958-2016) has left us here, so we have covers, early songs, B-sides and soundtracks, particularly the lesser known songs from 1984's Purple Rain. 1. Prince & The Revolution: Let's Go Crazy (Purple Rain OST, 1984) Warner Bros 2. Guidewire: The Churn (Surges EP, 2015) self-released 3. Catholic Girls: Berlin (Psychic Woman, 2015) Shake! 4. Alvvays: Atop a Cake (Alvvays, 2014) Royal Mountain/Polyvinyl 5. Monty Alexander: Chameleon (Monty Strikes Again, 1976) MPS 6. Destroyer: Dream Lover (Poison Season, 2015) Merge/Dead Oceans 7. Tough Age: Walk! (I Get the Feeling Central, 2015) Mint 8. Badbadnotgood: Timewave Zero (Here & Now single, 2016) Innovative Leisure 9. Eagles of Death Metal: Silverlake [KSOFM] (Zipper Down, 2015) Downtown Recordings 10. Death from Above 1979: Crystal Ball (The Physical World, 2014) Last Gang/Warner Bros 11. Beastie Boys: The Melee (The Mix-Up, 2007) Capitol 12. Basia Bulat: Long Goodbye (Good Advice, 2016) Secret City 13.
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XHM #308 - "Have you seen this boy at Tech Noir?" (2016 April 18)
19/04/2016Travel back in time to the time of cyborg invasions. Brad Fiedel's scores to 1984's The Terminator & 1991's sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day are given their due, along with plenty of touring acts that drift towards more machine-driven mayhem. 1. Guns'n Roses: You Could Be Mine (Use Your Illusion II, 1991) Geffen 2. Arturo Sandoval: Blackbird (I Got No Kick Against Modern Jazz - A GRP Artists' Celebration of The Beatles, 1995) GRP 3. The Beatles: Hey Bulldog (Yellow Submarine OST, 1969) Apple 4. Paul McCartney: Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Postive (Kisses on the Bottom, 2012) MPL/Hear Music 5. Paul McCartney: Lunch Box/Odd Sox (Coming Up single, 1980) Parlophone/MPL 6. Sloan: A Side Wins (One Chord to Another, 1997) Murderecords/The Enclave 7. Courtney Barnett: Aqua Profunda! (Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit, 2015) Milk!/Mom + Pop 8. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Underground Sounds (Soft Polished Separates, 2016) Yep Roc 9. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: 3 Piece Suit (Sport Fishin': The Lure