Exploding Head Movies

A modest break from the all electronic episodes as of late as post punk, full-on punk and other gazy sounds seep in on this grey autumn day.

1. The Juan Maclean: A Place Called Space (In a Dream, 2014) DFA
2. The Field: Comenius Garden (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2012) Williams Street
3. Programm: Like the Sun (Discovery Series 1: Field Trip split, 2014) Scion Sessions
4. Cat Power: Sun (Sun, 2012) Matador
5. My Bloody Valentine: Is This and Yes (mbv, 2013) self-released
6. YACHT: Plastic Soul (Plastic Soul, 2014) DFA
7. Com Truise: Datebar (Datebar single, 2011) self-released
8. DJ Shadow: Mob (The Liquid Amber EP, 2014) Liquid Amber
9. Time Zone: The Wildstyle (The Wildstyle 12", 1983) Celluloid
10. Nas: The World is Yours (Illmatic, 1994) Columbia
11. Edwyn Collins: Seventies Night [Deadly Avenger Supershine mix] (I Head a New World 2x12", 1997) Setanta
12. Edwyn Collins: A Girl Like You (Gorgeous George, 1994) Setanta/Bar None
13. Ought: Gemini (More Than Any Other Day, 2014) Constellation
14. Lapalux: Gutter Glitter (When You're Gone EP, 2012) Brainfeeder
15. The Sonics: Strychnine (Here Are The Sonics, 1965) Etiquette/Norton
16. VCR: Dirty Girl/City Boy (VCR tape, 2013) self-released
17. Construction & Destruction: My Heart, My Heart (Cousins split 12", 2013) Noyes
18. Arp: The Rising Sun (In Light, 2007) Smalltown Supersound
19. Seizure Salad: Chet Baker Street (Equaliiizzzer EP, 2013) Ice Cream ala Mode
20. Thus Owls: A Windful of Screams (Turning Rocks, 2014) Secret City
21. Daedelus: Flat Faded (Drown Out, 2013) Anticon
22. Bad Passion: Danger Bone (Shake Your Body Down mixtape, 2013) self-released
23. Para Palabras: D'ang (D'ang single, 2014) self-released
24. Arbutus: Post Antibiotic Age (Bedroom Safari, 2014) Vague
25. Kyle Bobby Dunn: Tout Voyeurs (Fragments and Compositions of..., 2014) Low Point
26. Abel Korzeniowski: Medic (Copernicus' Star OST, 2011) Sugar Free Media
27. Abel Korzeniowski: Prologue (Copernicus' Star OST, 2011) Sugar Free Media
28. Abel Korzeniowski: Forbidden Book (Copernicus' Star OST, 2011) Sugar Free Media
29. Abel Korzeniowski: Faustus (Copernicus' Star OST, 2011) Sugar Free Media
30. Abel Korzeniowski: The Philosopher's Stone (Copernicus' Star OST, 2011) Sugar Free Media
31. Merchandise: Enemy (After the End, 2014) 4AD

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The emphasis with this episode will be purely the music as the host bit off more than he could chew and went for gusto. Mayor gusto!

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1. Demis Roussos: I Dig You (The Demis Roussos Magic, 1976) Philips/Mercury
2. Steve Dawson: Red Sand Serenade (We Belong to the Gold Coast, 2004) Black Hen
3. Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (Hounds of Love, 1985) EMI
4. Greg Laswell: This Woman's Work (Covers, 2005) Vanguard
5. They Might Be Giants: Greek No. 3 (Then: The Earlier Years, 1997) Restless/Rykodisc
6. John Murphy & David Hughes: Zorba the Greek (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels OST, 1999) Island/Maverick
7. First Aid Kit: Cedar Lane (Stay Gold, 2014) Columbia
8. Stornoway: Farewell Appalachie (Tales from Terra Firma, 2013) 4AD
9. Tanya Tagaq: Caribou (Animism, 2014) Six Shooter
10. Johnny Harris: The Swinging Greek (Bloomfield OST, 1972) Pye
11. Roger Molls: Greeky (The Man with Dusty Fingers, 2011) self-released
12. Fish & Bird: The Lake (Something in the Ether, 2014) self-released

[UNDERNEATH THE TAYLOR ASHTON from FISH & BIRD INTERVIEW ARE THESE SONGS]
13. Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper: Pena Panorama (FRKWYS: Volume 11 - Cantos de Lisboa, 2014) RVNG Intl
14. Kathleen Yearwood: Had I Known (Hunt the Circle, 2013) Voice of the Turtle
[END INTERVIEW]

15. Fish & Bird: Something in the Ether (Something in the Ether, 2014) self-released
16. Power Mystery: All Day English (When the Drugs Wear Off, 2013) self-released
17. Nathan Phillips: Thunder Bay, Ontario (Postcard, 2009) self-released
18. Noro: Armour (Nightingale, 2012) Mouser
19. Cowbell & Friends: Sunny [w.Daniel Bejar] (Sunny?, 2003?) self-released?
20. Row: Tinier than Description (Strachan, 2013) Power Moves
21. Petunia & the Vipers: Bicycle Song (Inside of You, 2014) Trapline
22. Arthur Godfrey: I'm a Lonely Little Petunia (The Very Best of the 40s: Volume 4, 2008) Past Classics Jazz
23. Neil Young: Early Morning Rain (A Letter Home, 2014) Third Man/Reprise
24. Frigg: Rajrajraj (Arctic Paradise 2012, 2011) Fimic
25. Corb Lund: Good Copenhagen (Counterfeit Blues, 2014) New West
26. Willis Alan Ramsey: Northeast Texas Women (Country Funk: Volume II - 1967-1974, 2014) Light in the Attic
27. Glen Campbell: Bowlegged Polly (In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mister Tibbs OST, 1997) Rykodisc
28. Andrew Bird: Nyatiti (Fake Conversations EP, 2011) Mom + Pop
29. Fela Ransome-Kuti & the Africa 70: Jeun Ko Ku/Chop'n Quench (Afrodisiac, 1971) EMI
30. Aby Ngana Diop: Dieleul-Dieuleul (Liital, 2014) Awesome Tapes from Africa
31. Leroy Holmes: Zorba the Greek (For a Few Dollars More and Other Motion Pictures, 1968) United Artists
32. Beck: Sisters of Mercy (Record Club 2: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, 2010) self-released
33. Tom Waits: Fish & Bird (Alice, 2002) Anti-
34. Vic Flick Sound: Blue Pastel (West of Windward, 1968) Rediffusion
35. Laura Cantrell: Hong Kong Blues (Peel Session #3, 2002) BBC
36. Mark Alexander McIntyre: I Know You're There (Grapes, 2013) One Kind Favour
37. Jennifer Castle: Nature (Pink City, 2014) No Quarter/Idée Fixe
38. Bill le Sage & Tony Kinsey: Vibes Invention (Vibraphone Jazz Quartet, 1971) KPM
39. Mercedes Sosa: Todo Cambia (¿Sera Posible El Sur?, 1985) Phillips
40. Mercedes Sosa: Misa Criolla - Kyrie (Misa Criolla, 1999) Decca
41. Robert Drasnin: You (Voodoo, 1960) Tops/Dionsys
42. The Goldcoast Singers: Please Mr Kennedy (Here They Are!, 1962) World Pacific
43. Chris Thile, Chris Eldridge, Marcus Mumford, Justin Timberlake & Gabe Witcher: The Auld Triangle (Inside Llewyn Davis OST, 2013) Nonesuch
44. Oscar Isaac: Green, Green Rocky Road (Inside Llewyn Davis OST, 2013) Nonesuch
45. Gerry Moore: He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother (Hammond Fever, 1971) Deacon
46. Mercedes Sosa: Guitarra Dimelo Tu [El Remolon remix] (2011) ZZK

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We also celebrate 10 years of Hyperdub and the upset victory of Tanya Tagaq's Polaris Music Prize which happened mid-show.

1. Aphex Twin: Minipops 67 [120.2, Source Field mix] (Syro, 2014) Warp
2. YlangYlang: Temporary Opalescent Death (Blossom, 2014) Lava Church
3. Kode9: Xingfu Lu (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub
4. DJ Spinn: All My Teklife (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub
5. DJ Rashad & Gant-Man: Acid Life (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub
6. HolloH: Laying Awake (HolloH EP, 2014) Rare Beef
7. Evy Jane: Closer (Closer EP, 2014) Ninja Tune
8. Mala: Expected, Level 10 (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub
9. Sunshine: French Exit [w.Louise Burns, Jeremy Glenn remix] (Sunshine, 2013) self-released
10. Village: Stranger Thoughts [The Passenger's Drift remix] (Stranger Thoughts EP, 2014) Kingfisher Bluez
11. BEEK: TeleKuntx [Doctor Jeep remix] (TeleKuntx EP, 2014) Knightwerk
12. No UFO's: Aleatoric ROI (MPC Tracks: Volume 2, 2014) Nice Up International
13. Loscil: Ahull (Sea Island, 2014) Kranky
14. Oneohtrix Point Never: Boring Angel (R Plus 7, 2014) Warp
15. Nicholas Krgovich: The Backlot (On Sunset, 2014) NK World Service
16. Mu: To Me to You (Mu EP, 2014) self-released
17. Stelvio Cipriani: Una Giornata Triste (Bloody Hands of the Law OST, 1973) CAM
18. Belle & Sebastian: Legal Man (Legal Man EP, 2000) Jeepster
19. Pulp: Mile End (Trainspotting OST, 1996) Capitol
20. Vic Flick Sound: Las Islas (West of Windward, 1968) Rediffusion
21. Weird Al Yankovic: Jurassic Park (Alapalooza, 1993) Rock'n Roll/Scotti
22. Tanya Tagaq: Tulugak (Animism, 2014) Six Shooter
23. John Williams: Welcome to Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park OST, 1993) MCA
24. Elmer Bernstein: Main Title (The Great Escape OST, 1963) United Artist/Rykodisc
25. Elmer Bernstein: Cooler and Mole (The Great Escape OST, 1963) United Artist/Rykodisc
26. Elmer Bernstein: More Action (The Great Escape OST, 1963) United Artist/Rykodisc
27. Elmer Bernstein: Finale (The Great Escape OST, 1963) United Artist/Rykodisc
28. George Fenton, Ravi Shankar, Ashit Desai & The Wren Orchestra: For All Mankind (The Essential Ravi Shankar, 1982) BMG
29. Transient: Humid Subotnick (Humid Genie, 2004) Camomille
30. Beach House: 10 Mile Stereo (Teen Dream, 2010) Sub Pop

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He's yesterday news! He's lousy! He stinks! He's all jacks, no aces!

1. Tiga: Bugatti (Bugatti single, 2014) Turbo
2. Hieroglyphic Being: [untitled] (Imaginary Soundscapes, 2013) + + +
3. Juilliard String Quartet: Morton Subotnick's A Fluttering of Wings [excerpt from The Double Life of Amphibians] (Ascent Into Air, 1984) Nonesuch
4. Exception Error D000: Sidewinder Servo [for Morton Subotnick] (Abort, Fail or Reboot?, 1994) self-released
5. Caribou: Subotnick (The Milk of Human Kindness, 2005) Leaf/Domino
6. Sarah Davachi: Brumeux [excerpt] (The Untuning of the Sky, 2014) Full Spectrum
7. 22:22: Moments of Clarity (EVD Bass 3, 2014) East Van Digital
8. Scratcha DVA: Jelly Roll (DJ Kicks: Kode9, 2010) !K7
9. Oneohtrix Point Never: Laser to Laser (Betrayed In The Octagon, 2007) No Fun Productions
10. Deebs: Wake Forever (2014) self-released
11. LNRDCROY: Eye of the Wind (Much Less Normal, 2014) 1080p
12. Cuthead: Everlasting Sunday (Everlasting Sunday, 2013) Uncanny Valley
13. Madlib the Beat Konducta: Left on Silverlake/Ride (Movie Scenes: Volumes 1 & 2, 2006) Stones Throw
14. Cloudface: Golden Triangle (2012) Nice Up International
15. Sinoia Caves: Arboria Tapes - Award Winning Gardens (Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, 2014) Jagjaguwar/Death Waltz
16. Inga Copeland: Trample (Inga Copeland, 2011) self-released
17. Zammuto: Great Equator (Anchor, 2014) Temporary Residence
18. Kara Lease: A 480 (A 480, 2014) GATE
19. Jacques Greene: Time Again/Feel What (Phantom Vibrate EP, 2014) LuckyMe
20. Ryme: N'Nowww (Bak Den EP, 2014) Boysnoize
21. DMX Krew: Kitchen Bench (Reith Tracks, 2013) self-released
22. Joan Rivers: The Fat Girl (Mr Phyllis & Other Funny Stories, 1965) Warner Bros/Rhino
23. James Adomian: [hidden track] (Low Hangin' Fruit, 2012) Earwolf
24. Fall On Your Sword: Purdeep's Theme (Another Earth OST, 2011) Milan
25. Paul F Tompkins: Elegant Balloons (Impersonal, 2007) AST
26. Fall On Your Sword: Over the City (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
27. Fall On Your Sword: I'm Never Gonna Call You (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
28. Fall On Your Sword: Between the Sheets (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
29. Fall On Your Sword: Running Through Hallways (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
30. Fall On Your Sword: Time-Lapse Weekend (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
31. Fall On Your Sword: Five Night Stand (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
32. Fall On Your Sword: Naked on the Balcony (28 Hotel Rooms OST, 2012) Milan
33. Andy Stott: Anytime Soon (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2013) Williams Street

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Synaptic Sandwich has been on CITR for as long as there has been electricity in the air. I first heard about them in 1997. How old is everyone?

01 Negativland: Right Might (It's All In Your Head, 2014) Seeland
02 Caustic Window: Airflow (Caustic Window test pressing, 1994) unreleased Rephlex
03 Burns: Teknique (Teknique EP, 2009) 2112
04 Ryme: Bak Den (Bak Den EP, 2014) Boysnoize
05 Untold: Peaky ({unclassified}, 2011) Williams Street
06 Daedelus: At Attentions (Drown Out, 2013) Anticon
07 A G Cook: Beautiful (2014) PCMusic
08 DVA: Natty (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub
09 DJ Dodger Stadium: The Dust (Friend of Mine, 2014) Body High
X! Jean-Pierre Massiera: Radio Galaxia [w.Bernard Torelli] (Turn Radio On, 1976) Marcy Music
11 Factory Floor: Fall Back (Factory Floor, 2013) DFA
12 Richard Fearless: Gamma Ray [Legowelt remix] (2014) Drone
13 Plastikman: Expand (EX: Performed live at the Guggenheim NYC, 2014) Mute/M_nus
14 Kuedo: Mtzpn (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub
15 Unjee:

WELCOME TO ARBORIA.

1. Giorgio Moroder: Giorgio's Theme (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2014) Williams Street
2. Nightwave: Grinder (Grinder 12", 2014) Heka Trax
3. The Bug: Void [w.Liz Harris] (Angels & Devils, 2014) Ninja Tune
4. The Gaslamp Killer: Anything Worse (My Troubled Mind EP, 2009) Brainfeeder
5. Flying Lotus: The Nightcaller (Until the Quiet Comes, 2012) Brainfeeder
6. No UFO's: Midas on the Flat Screen (MPC Tracks: Volume 2, 2014) Nice Up International
7. Fuck Buttons: Sentients (Slow Focus, 2013) ATP
8. Blanck Mass: Sundowner (Blanck Mass, 2011) Rock Action
9. Tycho: Spectre (Awake, 2014) Ghostly International
10. Owen Pallett: Song for Five & Six (In Conflict, 2014) Domino/Tomlabs/Blocks
11. Owen Pallett: Don't Stop (A Swedish Love Story EP, 2010) Domino
12. Yanni: One Man's Dream (Live at the Acropolis, 1993) Private
13. Beck: Acroyali/Standing in Motion (Record Club 5: Live at the Acropolis, 2010) self-released
14. Sylvan Esso: Could I Be (Sylvan Esso, 2014) Partisan
15. Boards of Canada: Collapse (Tomorrow's Harvest, 2013) Warp
16. Sabota: Cooking Shows (Sabota, 2014) Hybridity
17. Ladytron: Mirage (Gravity the Seducer, 2011) Nettwerk
18. James Ferraro: Bags (Far Side Virtual, 2011) Hippos in Tanks
19. Black Mountain: Embrace Euphoria (Year Zero OST, 2012) Jagjaguwar
20. Sinoia Caves: Evil Ball (The Enchanter Persuaded, 2002) Jagjaguwar
21. Sinoia Caves: Sentionauts II (Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, 2014) Jagjaguwar
22. Sinoia Caves: Forever Dilating Eye (Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, 2014) Jagjaguwar
23. Sinoia Caves: Run Program: Sentionauts (Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, 2014) Jagjaguwar
24. Sinoia Caves: 1983: Main Theme (Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, 2014) Jagjaguwar
25. Sinoia Caves: Elena's Soundworld (Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, 2014) Jagjaguwar
26. Bright Light Bright Light: An Open Heart [Alan Braxe remix] (An Open Heart single, 2014) Self-Raising

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Originally, I had plan to look more extensively at Walter Murch's mind-melting sound design for the film, but timing and misplacing my DVD made this difficult. If you haven't watched THX-1138 with the isolated score (in other word, with most actor dialogue removed), it's a brilliant listen.

What's wrong? Are you now or have you ever been?

1. Lalo Schifrin: Logo/Be Happy Again [Jingle of the Future] (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
2. The New Pornographers: Dancehall Domine (Brill Bruisers, 2014) Last Gang
3. 555: Som Hassel (Nine Gates, 2014) Moon Glyph
4. The Knife: Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Shaking the Habitual, 2013) Brille/Rabid/Mute
5. Basketball: Andika (Maw 12", 2011) Broadway to Boundary
6. Matmos: Keine Zähne (Clicks & Cuts 2, 2001) Mille Plateaux
7. Reggie Watts: Butter & Toast (Why Shit So Crazy, 2010) Comedy Central
8. Reggie Watts: Brownsville Girl [reprise] (A Tribute to Bob Dylan in the 80s: Volume 1, 2014) ATO
9. Mort Garson: Bamboo City (Didn't You Hear? OST, 1970) Custom Fidelity
10. Pierre: Doo Dah Doo Doo (Tim & Eric's Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street
11. Trust: Rescue, Mister [Tarantula X remix] (Rescue, Mister single, 2014) Arts & Crafts
12. Kensington Gore: Bioplasmic Sequences (Kensington Gore, 2013) Tinker
13. Riccardo Lucchesi: The Blood of Empire [Black as Coal, extract] (Course of Empire, 2011) Los Discos Enfantasmes
14. Chevalier Avant Garde: Killing Fields (Resurrection Machine, 2013) Fixture
15. RCL Commission: Been Out in the Field Too Long (RCL Commission, 2006) Amok
16. Todd Terje: Strandbar (It's Album Time, 2014) Olsen
17. Plastikman: Extend (EX: Performed live at the Guggenheim NYC, 2014) Mute/M_nus
18. M83: Horatius (Oblivion OST, 2013) Back Lot Music
19. Arnold Walter, Harvey Olnick & Myron Schaeffer: Summer Idyl (Electronic Music, 1967) Folkways
20. Dr James A Moorer: THX Deep Note (1983) Lucasfilm
21. Lalo Schifrin: Source #2 (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
22. Lalo Schifrin: Main Title/What's Wrong? (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly)
23. Lalo Schifrin: SEN/Monks/LUH Reprise (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
24. Lalo Schifrin: Torture Sequence/Prison Talk Sequence (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
25. Lalo Schifrin: Love Dream/The Awakening (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
26. Lalo Schifrin: Second Escape (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
27. Lalo Schifrin: Source #1 (THX 1138 OST, 2003) Film Score Monthly
28. Nine Inch Nails: Mr Self Destruct (The Downward Spiral, 1994) Interscope
29. UNKLE: I Need Something Stronger [w.Brian Eno & Jarvis Cocker] (Never Never Land, 2004) Mo'Wax/Global Underground
30. Disrupt: THC 1138 (Roots Matrix EP, 2005) Jahtari
31. Orbital: Out There Somewhere? Pt 1 (In Sides, 1996) Internal/FFRR

What's your dad like? I wanna meet that dad!

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The dogs days are about to leave us, much like the blackberries and potentially the wasps. The giants spiders and corn await. This episode feels like it's tripping over its feet at times, yet charging full steam ahead, champing at the bit. More metaphors need to be mixed here, like a house of cards lined up like dominos in prepartion of checkmate.

Let's get on with it.

1. Got a Girl: There's a Revolution (I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now, 2014) Bulk
2. Duo 505: Wenig (Late, 2004) Morr
3. Nervous Talk: Shut It Off (Introductions 7", 2013) Mammoth Cave
4. Tough Age: I Waste Too Much Time On Myself (Tough Age, 2013) Mint
5. Arbutus: Bedroom Safari (Bedroom Safari, 2014) Vague
6. Fountain: New Age Prices (Fountain, 2014) self-released
7. The Shilohs: Strange Connections (The Shilohs, 2014) Light Organ
8. Don Bikoff: Rindler's Metamorphosis (Celestial Explosion: Composia for 6-String Guitar, 1968) Keyboard
9. The Great Machine: Naughty Nancy (Everything's Alright Forever: Volume 2, 2013) Everything's Alright Forever
10. The Lad Mags: Trick (Trick, 2013) self-released
11. Brothers Jackson: Potted Shrimp (Chains and Black Exhaust, 2002) Memphix
12. The Frolics: Sippin' Lemonade (Sippin' Lemonade, 2014) self-released
13. Thee Oh Sees: What You Need (Singles Collection: Volume 3, 2013) Castle Face
14. Reuben Wilson: So What'cha Want (Boogaloo to the Beastie Boys, 2004) Scufflin'
15. Doomsquad: Head Spirit [for our Mechanical Time] (Kalaboogie, 2014) Hand Drawn Dracula/No Pain in Pop
16. Haunted Hearts: Initiate Me (Initiation, 2014) Zoo Music/Dream
17. Les Baxter: Call of the Tropical Sun (Bugaloo in Brazil, 1970) KPM
18. Jack White: Alone in My Home (Lazaretto, 2014) Third Man/XL
19. Flash Palace: Some Set Sun (Ceiling All, 2014) self-released
20. New Vaders: One-Eyed League (Dynamic Traxx: Volume 1, 2013) Limb Soup
21. Rush Midnight: You Leave Me Without (Rush Midnight, 2014) Last Gang
22. Digits: The Day You Fight Back (The Day You Fight Back, 2014) self-released
23. Blind Roger Hays: Nana (Gilles Peterson in Brazil, 2004) Wrasse/Ether
24. Phedre: Ancient Nouveau (Golden Age, 2013) Daps
25. Danny Brown: Dip (Old, 2013) Fool's Gold
26. Dirty Beaches: This is Not My City (Drifters/Love is the Devil, 2013) Zoo Music
27. Machinedrum: A New Meaning (A New Meaning, 2013) self-released
28. Tanya Tagaq: Uja (Animism, 2014) Six Shooter
29. Clint Mansell: Lovers (Faster OST, 2010) Lakeshore
30. Clint Mansell: History Lesson (Faster OST, 2010) Lakeshore
31. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: Summer Wine (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
32. Clint Mansell: Uncle Charlie (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
33. Clint Mansell: Crawford Institute/Family Secrets (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
34. Mia Waskowska: I'm Not Formed by Things That are of Myself Alone (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
35. Clint Mansell: The Hunter Plays the Game (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
36. Hudson Thames: A Whistling Tune from a Lonely Man (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
37. Clint Mansell: Becoming... (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
38. Emily Wells & Clint Mansell: If I Ever Had a Heart (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan

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Depression is a messy old fog to get stuck in; it's sad to hear that Williams couldn't cope his demons especially in light of the recent diagnosis of early onset Parkinson's. If you feel this way, you are not alone and don't be afraid to ask for help.

1. The Almighty Rhombus: Fluorescent (Lucid Living, 2014) Cosmic Dave’s Record Factory
2. Arbutus: Canadian Synesthesia (Bedroom Safari, 2014) Vague
3. Alvvays: Adult Diversion (Alvvays, 2014) Polyvinyl
4. Monomyth: Patsy (Saturnalia Regalia!, 2014) Mint
5. Johnny Pearson & Keith Mansfield: The Original Choggle Choggle (Sweet Groove, 1970) KPM
6. The Courtneys: 90210 (The Courtneys, 2013) Hockey Dad/Gnar/Burger
7. Boyhood: Thailand (When I'm Hungry, 2012) Bruised Tongue
8. Keith Mansfield: The Great Outdoors (Time to Fly: KPM 1000 Series Compilation 1970-76, 2010) Vocalion
9. Watermelon: Holy Water (Cassette, 2013) Green Burrito
10. King Khan: Strange Ways (Garage Swim, 2013) Williams Street
11. Quantic: Sol Clap (Array: Volume 3, 2013) Autonomous
12. Grime Kings: Summer (Honeymooning, 2014) Bruised Tongue
13. Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks: A Sender (Enter the Slasher House, 2014) Domino
14. Four Tet: First Thing/Chia [The Space Between 3 and 7, Isambard Khroustaliov remix] (My Angels Rocks Back and Forth EP, 2004) Domino
15. How to Dress Well: See You Fall (What is This Heart?, 2014) Domino/Weird World
16. Lewis: Cool Night in Paris (L'Amour, 1983) R.A.W.
17. Gil Trythall: Folsom Prison Blues (Country Moog: Switched On Nashville, 1972) Athena
18. Bob Carpenter: Silent Passage (Silent Passage, 1974) Stony Plain/Reprise
19. Fred Eaglesmith: Can't Dance (Tambourine, 2013) eOne
20. The Moog Machine: Spinning Wheel (Switched On Rock, 1969) Columbia
21. Beck: Feel Good Time (2003) self-released
22. Beck: Ramona [acoustic version] (Scott Pilgrim vs the World OST, 2010) ABKCO
23. Beck: Timebomb [radio edit] (Timebomb 12", 2007) Interscope
24. Les Reed: The Summer House (Girl on a Motorcycle OST, 1968) Tetragrammaton/Polydor
25. Earth, Wind & Fire: Bad Tune (Earth, Wind & Fire, 1971) Warner Bros
26. Perry Botkin Jr: Mork & Mindy Theme [1978 version #1] (1978) ABC
27. Perry Botkin Jr: Mork & Mindy Theme [1979 version] (1979) ABC
28. David Julyan: The Glacier (Insomnia OST, 2002) Varese Sarabande
29. Robin Williams & Alan Menken: Friend Like Me (Aladdin OST, 1992) Walt Disney
30. Robin Williams: ...and the Future (A Night at the Met, 1986) Sony
31. David Julyan: Walter's Phone Call (Insomnia OST, 2002) Varese Sarabande
32. Robin Williams, Shelly Duvall & Harry Nilsson: Sailin' (Popeye OST, 1980) Boardwalk/Epic
33. Elliott Smith: Miss Misery (Good Will Hunting OST, 1997) Capitol
34. David Julyan: Walter's Apartment (Insomnia OST, 2002) Varese Sarabande
35. Maurice Jarre & Peter Weir: Carpe Diem (Dead Poets Society OST, 1990) Milan
36. Maurice Jarre & Peter Weir: To the Cave (Dead Poets Society OST, 1990) Milan
37. David Julyan: Will Hides the Gun (Insomnia OST, 2002) Varese Sarabande
38. Ennio Morricone: Chris & Annie's Love Theme (What Dreams May Come [rejected] OST, 1998) bootleg
39. Ennio Morricone: The Paradis City & Reincarnation Arm (What Dreams May Come [rejected] OST, 1998) bootleg
40. Ennio Morricone: Never Give Up (What Dreams May Come [rejected] OST, 1998) bootleg
41. Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso (Beyond the Missouri Sky: Short Stories, 1997) Verve
42. Charlie Haden & Quartet West: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [w.Jo Stafford] (Haunted Heart, 1991) Verve

"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
John Keating, Dead Poets Society, 1989.

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I'm still processing the shocking news of the apparent suicide by comedian Robin Williams (1951-2014) so give me a week to sort out a tribute.

1. Kid Koala: Radio Nufonia (Some of My Best Friends are DJs, 2003) Ninja Tune
2. Gorillaz: Cloud of Unknowing [w.Bobby Womack & Sinfonia ViVA] (Plastic Beach, 2010) EMI
III Sing Leaf: Navajo Missile (Lonely Star, 2014) self-released
4. Chromeo: Sexy Socialite (White Women, 2014) Last Gang
5. Badbadnotgood: Can't Leave the Night (III, 2014) Innovative Leisure/Pirates Blend
6. Khotin: Flight Theme (Hello World, 2014) 1080p
7. Run the Jewels: 36" Chain (Run the Jewels mixtape, 2013) Fool's Gold
8. Blackalicious: My Pen and Pad (The Craft, 2005) Anti-/Quannum Projects
9. Josh Furey: Katana (Petals, 2013) Nocturne
10. Caribou: Sun [Teen Daze remix] (2014) self-released
11. Daphni & Owen Pallett: Tiberius (Julia 12", 2014) Jiaolong
12. Blockhead: Holding Down Court (Array: Volume 3, 2013) Autonomous Music
XIII Hugh le Caine: Dripsody [Boundary remix] (Dripsody remixes, 2014) Centrediscs
14. Kid Koala: Strut Hear (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, 2000) Ninja Tune
15. Tor: Aperture (Drum Therapy, 2012) Loci
16. The Poppy Family: Which Way You Goin' Billy (Which Way You Goin' Billy, 1969) London
17. The Ballantynes: Let It Rain (Liquor Store Gun Store Pawn Shop Church EP, 2013) La-Ti-Da
18. Tor: Loop Therapy (Array: Volume 3, 2013) Autonomous Music
19. Charles Wright: You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' (You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' 7", 1972) Warner Bros
20. Hot 8 Brass Band: It's Real [Lack of Afro remix] (Hot 8 Remixes, 2008) Tru Thoughts
21. The Budos Band: Reppirt Yad (III, 2010) Daptone
22. Bama & The Family: Feeling Good (Truth & Soul presents Cinematic Soul, 2011) Truth & Soul
XXIII Bazali Bam: Bazali Bam (Next Stop...Soweto: Volume 2, 2010) Strut
24. The Blackbyrds: Wilford's Gone (Cornbread, Earl & Me OST, 1975) Beat Goes Public/Ace
25. The Blackbyrds: Cornbread (Cornbread, Earl & Me OST, 1975) Beat Goes Public/Ace
26. The Blackbyrds: Rock Creek Park (City Life, 1975) Fantasy
27. JJ Johnson & His Orchestra: If You Don't Want My Love [instrumental] (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
28. Bobby Womack: Just a Little Bit Salty (Home is Where the Heart Is, 1976) Columbia/CBS
29. Bobby Womack: And I Love Her (Understanding, 1972) United Artists
30. JJ Johnson & His Orchestra: If You Don't Want My Love [instrumental] (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
31. Bobby Womack & Peace: If You Don't Want My Love (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
32. Bobby Womack & Peace: Hang On in There (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
XXXIII Bobby Womack & Peace: Across 110th Street (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
34. JJ Johnson & His Orchestra: Across 110th Street [instrumental] (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
35. JJ Johnson & His Orchestra: Harlem Clavinette [instrumental] (Across 110th Street OST, 1972) United Artists
36. Bahamas: Please Forgive My Heart (iTunes Session EP, 2013) Barchords

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