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You hang out the wolfbane and fasten the locks.
And when midnight arrives, you turn back the clocks.
Nothing can save you from certain demise.

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# -> Australian artist or release
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Bernhard Reiß - Hallo, wie geht's Dir ? (& RRPB Quiz Part 2)
(“Musik fürs Wohnzimmer” compilation - 1998, Monika)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween [John Peel 10/2/81]
(“At The BBC” 3xCD+DVD compilation - 2008, Polydor) (original 1981)

Essendon Airport - Aversion
(“Palimpsest” 2xCD - 2011, Chapter Music) (live to air PBS-FM 1981) #

The Emergency - We Got The Horror
(“The Spectrum Deadly” - 2005, Feral Media) #

My Robot Friend - Dead (Violin By AutoJulie3000)
(“Dial 0” - 2006, soma)

fil rouge - Kreislauf
(“Music For Dead” - 1983, Demo)

Bruno Spoerri - Hallo World
(“Voice Of Taurus” - 2009, inzec) (original 1978)

Joakim - Wrong Blood
(“Nothing Gold” - 2011, Tigersushi)

Renegade Soundwave - Deadly
(“In Dub” - 1990, Mute)
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This week we're excited to premiere Scattered Order's new EP “A Solar Rush Towards A Treble Heaven”.
Just three hours out of mastering the EP, we chat to Mitch Jones from the band about their new work and upcoming live gigs at the Sandringham in Newtown (THIS Friday 12 August) and Tone next Thursday 18 August.

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# -> Australian artist or release
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)
(“The Scream” - 1978, Polydor)

Scattered Order - This Is A Song About Love
(“41 Pardons: M Squared Rare Recordings 1979-1983 Volume 1” 2xCD compilation - 2011, Ascension) (recorded 1980) #

Scattered Order - Babble Fridge
(“A Solar Rush Towards A Treble Heaven” - 2011, Rather Be Vinyl) #

Clan of Xymox - A Day
(“Clan Of Xymox” - 1985, 4AD)

Wire - Advantage In Height
(“Snakedrill” 12inchEP - 1986, Mute)

Killing Joke - Bloodsport
(“Killing Joke” - 1980, EG)

Cornershop - Sleep On The Left Side
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A little française feste requeste kicks off this episode super eclectique...

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# -> Australian artist or release
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Stereolab - Need To Be
(“Margerine Eclipse” - 2004, Duophonic)

Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie And Clyde
(“Bonnie And Clyde” - 1968, Fontana)

Les Rita Mitsouko - L'Hotel Particulier
(“Systeme D” - 1993, Delabel)

Serge Gainsbourg - Ballade de Melody Nelson
(“Histoire de Melody Nelson” - 1971, Mercury)

Melodie Nelson - Meditations On The Sun
(“Meditations On The Sun” - 2011, Other Tongues) #

Fsk - Rote Sonne
(“Plays Tel Aviv And Eight Other Originals” - 1998, Sub-Up)

Galaxy Fuzz Band - I Want To Be Your Drug
(“Too Much Subconscious” - 2011, self-released) #

Virgin Prunes - Pagan Lovesong
(“Pagan Lovesong” 7inch - 1982, Rough Trade)

Fad Gadget - Blind Eyes
(“Incontinent” - 1981, Mute)

Crash Course in Science - Cardboard Lamb
(“Signals From Pier Thirteen” 12inchEP - 1981, Press)
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Asia: Alpha (JP Target)
Don Henley: Building The Perfect Beast (JP Target)
Dr. Feelgood: The Complete Stiff Recordings (2CD)
Kiss: Dressed To Kill
Robert Plant: The Principle Of Moments (WG Target)
Saga: World's Apart
Erich Leinsdorf: The Sheffield / Leinsdorf Sessions, Volume II (Sheffield Lab gold disc, includes Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and a few Wagner pieces)
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Exodus (MFSL)
Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works, Volume 3 (Chandos SACD)
Mari Kodama: Beethoven Piano Concertos (PentaTone SACD)
Lara St. John: Hindson, Corigliano, Liszt (SACD)
Rush: Moving Pictures (MFSL - this was expensive but I finally complete my Rush MFSL collection)
The Choir: Choir Practice (I saw this a while ago and thought I should have picked it up. When I went back, it was gone. It was back so I grabbed it. I'm fairly certain it's the same copy and they had taken it out of the bin for some reason. Or someone bought it and didn't like it and returned it.)
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1 Talking Heads - Remain in Light
(1981)
The musical transition that seemed to have just begun with Fear of Music came to fruition on Talking Heads' fourth album, Remain in Light. "I Zimbra" and "Life During Wartime" from the earlier album served as the blueprints for a disc on which the group explored African polyrhythms on a series of driving groove tracks, over which David Byrne chanted and sang his typically disconnected lyrics. Remain in Light had more words than any previous Heads record, but they counted for less than ever in the sweep of the music. The album's contrasts is noteworthy: the uptempo opening of "Born Under Punches" and the decidedly dark closing of "The Overload"; the poppy "Born Under Punches" and the cerebral "Seen and Not Seen"; the frantic pace of "The Great Curve" and the narcotic styling of "Listening Wind". …

This is me once again trying to define musical genres, especially the ones that are in some way called dark.

My interest in melancholic, somber, and even tragic tunes has grown since childhood. On Last.fm I look for music that fits this taste of mine, but I noticed I do not perform an specific search for one simple reason: I can't easily label music. This difficulty may be explained by the fact that many bands mix different kinds of music together, being it hard to define what is purely post-punk, gothic rock, new wave, darkwave, ethereal, cold wave (coldwave)...

I wish I could understand this better.

Modernum Decadentia Oppositorum, Gargula Valzer, Igreja Do Sexo, Dead Roses Garden, excisio, A Industrya, Última Dança, Almas Mortas, In Auroram, Elegia, Der Kalte Stern, Luiza Fria, Cabine C, Maldita, Arte No Escuro, Lupercais, Lucca Kosta, Plastique Noir, Bells of Soul, Days are Nights, The Knutz, Lokasenna IOC, Effets Secondaires, Fasci Di Combattimento, Art Abscons, Chronique Nocturne…