Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 30 December 2023

Episode 28
“Climbing Forever Trying”

There is a standing apology to all the nations and cultures of the world…because I have some kind of neuronal disconnection which gives me difficulty pronouncing things. So if I say something stupidly incorrect (pronunciation-wise), it’s not on purpose.

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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Kittens Ablaze – “This Machine is Dying” – The Monstrous Vanguard – (USA, 2009) – Amazon

Typhoon – “Dreams of Cannibalism” – White Lighter – (USA, 2013) ­– Bandcamp

Of Montreal ­– “Cato as a Pun” – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? – (USA, 2007) – Bandcamp

Al-Yaman – “Si-Raa/Internal Conflict” – Insanyya – (Czechoslovakia, 2010) – Amazon

Penya – “Beat Your Demon” – Super Liminal – (UK, 2017) – Amazon

Mother Mother – “Body” – O My Heart – (Canada, 2008) – Amazon

Math the Band – “Didn’t Have Time to Think” – Math the Band the Band the Album – (USA, 2016) – Bandcamp

Diablo Swing Orchestra – “Speed Dating an Arsonist” – Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole – (Sweden, 2021) – Bandcamp

Animal Collective – “FloriDada” – Painting With – (USA, 2016) – Bandcamp

Imaginary Future – “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards single – (USA, 2018) – Amazon

Cults – “Hope You Found What You’ve Been Missing” – Offering B Sides & Remixes – (USA, 2019) – Bandcamp

Sleater-Kinney – “The Center Won’t Hold” ­– The Center Won’t Hold – (USA, 2019) – Bandcamp

Fruit Bats – “Holy Rose” – The Pet Parade – (USA, 2021) – Bandcamp

Joseph Kamga – “Sie Tcheu” – Cameroon Garage Funk – (Cameroon, 1974) – Bandcamp

Paul Weller – “Wild Wood (sheared wood remix/vs portishead)” ­– Wild Wood single – (UK, 1998) – Amazon

Jupiter & Okwess – “Hello” – Kin Sonic – (DR Congo, 2016) – Bandcamp

Oratnitza feat. Stefan Tzekov, Atanas Hadjiev, & Dimitar Liolev – “Ethiopa” – Alter ethno – (Bulgaria, 2018) – Bandcamp

Kora Jazz Trio – “Via con me” – Part IV – (Guinea/Senegal, 2018) – Amazon

Esperanza Spalding – “One” – Emily’s D+evolution – (USA, 2016) – Bandcamp

Holy shit, this is good.

The Dears – “Stille Lost” – Lovers Rock – (Canada, 2020) – Bandcamp

Apparently they’ve released a deluxe verson of the album called Return to Lovers Rock. You can check that out here.

The Oh Hellos – “Boreas” – Boreas – (USA, 2020) – Bandcamp

Living Colour – “Nothingness (acoustic version)” – Nothingness single – (USA, 1993) – Amazon

Lost in the Trees – “Mvt. I Sketch” – All Alone in an Empty House – (USA, 2008) – Amazon

Dum Dum Girls – “Season in Hell” ­– End of Daze ­– (USA, 2013) – Bandcamp

Chelsea Wolfe – “Fight Like Gods” – Sing Songs Together – (USA, 2013) – Bandcamp

Dave Grohl, Josh Homme & Trent Reznor – “Mantra” – Sound City: Reel to Reel – (USA, 2013) – Amazon

Here’s the video of them playing the music track but someone has laid the rest of the song on top of it. Just as an instrumental it is definitely lacking.