AGB Radio 11/2

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Started with a 30+ minute Disintegration Loop in honor of my aunt who just passed away. Brightened things up a bit after that, though. Not all doom & gloom. And certainly much lighter than last week's horrorfest.

According to recent polls, it's totally legit to play drone n pop side-by-side. Agreed?

Anti-Gravity Bunny Radio 11/2
William Basinski - Disintegration Loop 2.2
Strategy - Stops Spinning
Phantogram - When I'm Small
White Moth - Two Women, Knitting
Oneida - What's Up, Jackal?
Tom Vourtsis - Black
Tarentel - Whistle In The Wires
Ben Vida & Greg Davis - Piper
Stephan Mathieu - Little Pismo's Lullaby (Loop)
Robyn - Indestructible (Acoustic)
Lokai - Glimmer
Johnny Greenwood - Eat Him By His Own Light
Neptune - Tell My People To Go Home (Part II)
Marnie Stern - Cinco De Mayo
Nicholas Szczepanik - Another End Of New
Clutchy Hopkins - 4:08
Kids & Explosions - Use Your Words
Deastro - Leah's Daughter The Giraffe
King Kong Ding Dong - (You're The) Drone Machine
Grant Beran - The Man In The High Castle
Taiga Remains - Part 2.B
Fjordne - Waiting For A Drop
Hunted Creatures - Sleeping Under The Deadweight
Unicorn - Clay & Fire

AGB Radio 10/26

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Yesterday's primarily disgustingly brutal black metal show is ready for the ultimate portability test. Download it, take it wherever you want!

Also, not sure if it's the program I was using to record, but my vocals are wayyyy low in this mix. Did it actually sound like that live? Should I crank that shit up so I'm screaming at your facez? Feedback makes the world go 'round. Tell me what to do to make it better and I'll fucking deliver.

Play it loudest, play it hardest.

Anti-Gravity Bunny Radio 10/26
Aderlating - The Shallow Waters Of The Styx
Painforged - The Achievement We Are The Crawling Filth Descended From This Planet And Our Own Funeral Creators
Emit - Dead Before Death
Lonesummer - Regrettably, Our Harvest Never Grew
Nahvalr - Let Them Eat Blood
L'Acephale - A Burned Village
Dark Procession - Mists Of Darkness
Flaskavsae - The Clouds Shall Cover
Xasthur - This Abyss Holds The Mirror
Empire Auriga - Sorrowsong
Ophidian Forest - A Herald On Silver Wings
Ehnahre - Part III
Azrael Rising - IV
Cold World - Red Snow
Planning For Burial - If I Knew What To Say
Portal - Marityme
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
A Faulty Chromosome - Groaning Like A Grown-Up
Skogar - The Future Will
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed - Infinite Girlfriend
Crystal Castles - Year Of Silence

Funeral Mix

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Driving all by my lonesome to a farm in upstate Maine for a funeral. This is the mix I made for the trip.

Funeral
1. More Dogs - Duty. Duty? Duty.
2. Boris with Merzbow - Evil Stack
3. Daniel Menche - Track 8 (Concussions Disc 2)
4. The Mausoleums - Totem Pole
5. Xexyz - Metroid
6. Have A Nice Life - The Icon And The Axe
7. Cocteau Twins - Amelia
8. A Faulty Chromosome - Incubate'r
9. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Salty Bean Fumble
10. Windsor For The Derby - Gathering
11. Shellac - Disgrace
12. Larval - The Strange Farm
13. Jenny Hoyston & William Whitmore - Marrow
14. Langhorne Slim - One Sunday Morning
15. Set Fire To Flames - When Sorrow Shoots Her Darts

AGB Radio 10/7

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Ahahaha so my first radio show yesterday was a bit of a disaster. I had no idea what I was doing. But I got music to play and I was able to talk so I guess that's all that really matters.

That does mean, however, that I wasn't able to record my show the way I planned. To compensate for my idiocy, I created a mix of yesterday's playlist. So you're getting basically the same thing, except you won't hear me rambling and fucking up which record is on which label.

Here's a massive mix for you. Also, I added an .m3u this time. Let me know if that's helpful for anyone or completely unnecessary.

Anti-Gravity Bunny Radio 10/7
Eluvium - A Life In Tides Less Current (Leaves Eclipse The Light EP)
Belong - A Sunny Place For Shady People (Tour EP)
Andrew Weathers - Skin Holding Atoms In (A Great Southern City)
Ben Frost - Through The Roof Of Your Mouth (By The Throat)
Brandon Nickell - The Roughest Jewel In Your Glittering Crown (Second Key) (And If You Set This Mind Of Mine Afire Then On My Bloodstream I Yet Will Carry You)
Bitchin' Bajas - Zone 4 (Tones & Zones)
Greg Davis - Regarding Wave (Part 1) (Regarding Wave)
The Idealist - The Knives Are My Eyes (I Am The Fire)
Linda Aubry Bullock - Stage Evil (Fossils From The Sun) (Ray Of Dark)
Master Musicians Of Bukkake - The Heresy Of Origen (Totem Two)
Mugstar - Today Is The Wrong Shape (...Sun, Broken...)
Tiger Throat - This Brave Waning Light (Tiger Throat)
Nadja & Ovo - Movement 3: Put Some Sugar In My Cup, Please (The Life & Death Of A Wasp)
Umberto - In The Name Of Zuel (From The Grave...)
Marinos Koutsomichalis - 6 (Malfunctions)
Violet - All Records Collapse (Violet Ray Gas And The Playback Singers)
Double Awake - ...Why I Can't Be Everything I'm Not (Leaving Nowhere Forever)
Strotter Inst. - #1/45rpm (Bolzplatz)
Inhibitionists - With Milky Brushes (Lithium Salt Mines)
Reuben Son - B.2 (Glowing Departures)
Noveller - Toothnest (For Chris Habib) (Desert Fires)
Expo '70 - Analog Dreamscape (Sonic Messenger)
Max Richter - Infra 2 (Infra)

BOIL Mix / QRO Mag Giveaway

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My pals over at QRO Mag are turning 1000 soon (in Twitter followers) and they love you all so much that they're having a contest. There are a couple ways to enter but the easiest is to just go follow them on Twitter because all new followers between 950-1000 are automatically entered (they're at about 960 right now).

The best part is the prizes are fucking sweet. There's a couple of label packages, one being from the interminably awesome Breakfast Of Champs including shit from Quilt, COP MAGNET, Total Slacker, and WITCH MTN. Hell yes! There's also a Burning Mill prize pack with releases from DOM, Golden Girls, Ape Debris, Golden Holy, and one surprise.

But then there's the mixtape part of the giveaway and that's where I come in. QRO Mag asked me and a few fellow bloggers (Cream Team, Knox Road, & No Modest Bear) to each create a mixtape for the giveaway. At first the idea was that the mix would be exclusive to the contest (at least until it was over), but they loosened up and are allowing us to post our own mixes on our blogs. So a hearty thank you & congrats to QRO Mag and all the other cool people involved with this. Way to fucking go. Now I present to you, BOIL.

You should recognize at least half of the stuff in this mix because it's culled from past reviews. The others are probably high profile enough that you'll know 'em anyway. And in case you couldn't tell, this is one hardcore noise/drone mix. It's sorta brutal. And it's sorta awesome. And it's my first attempt at a mix put together in Garage Band so I could smooth out the wrinkles & normalize it and shit, making it a single mp3. Let me know what you think.

BOIL
1. Lonesummer - "We've Lost a Day"
2. Halflings - "Burning Ambition"
3. The Vomit Arsonist - "Choke"
4. Kanin Krusete - "Veteran Plates"
5. Russell Haswell - "High Force From Above"
6. Millipede - "Surf"
7. The Conet Project - "5 Note Version ‘Czech Lady'"
8. Ultra Bonbon - "Resplendent City"
9. Wilt - "SVF"
10. Gerritt Wittmer - "Untitled 2"
11. Marinos Koutsomichalis - "Untitled 6"
12. Kouhei Matsunaga - "291107"

Mountain Wedding Weekend Mix

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Hey guys. My friends are getting married in the mountains and throwing a multi-day party to celebrate so I'm gonna be gone until sometime next week. I made this mix to tide you all over until I return. I honestly have no idea what was going through my head when I made it but the tracks are culled from my insanely killer library of envy so it can't be all bad. And actually, I think it's pretty damn good. But either way, lets face it. What else are you going to do for 5 days if I'm not around to tell you what to listen to? It's not like you read any other blogs. Right? RIGHT??

Mountain Wedding Weekend Mix
1. Vangelis - Blade Runner
2. Piers Whyte - Jaque In The Barbe
3. O.Lamm - Return Of The Night Goat
4. Kraftwerk - Model
5. Fred Schneider - I'm Gonna Haunt You
6. Islaja - Pete P
7. Black Ox Orkestar - Ratsekr Grec
8. Amps For Christ - Freddie The Mockingbird
9. LSD March - Shiroi Sekai De
10. Rambutan - Wool Coat
11. Antique Brothers - Unholy Grass
12. Cassowaries - Dorsal Conqueror

Easter Pop Mix

I'm going to Connecticut for Easter to visit the fam and made a mix for the drive. This is that mix. There's vintage faves La Roux & Ms Boots, new classics like Jónsi, CocoRosie, & Gorillaz, hipster hits from Tanlines, Kisses, & Pill Wonder, and hopefully some fun weird shit you might not have heard of before. At least, that was the plan.

This is going to make the trip tomorrow 100 zillion times more awesome, and maybe if you're going somewhere that's at least 1 hour and 10 minutes away, it will also enhance your trip.

I feel like a motherfucking genius coming up with such an amazing title for this mix. Easter Pop might go down as one of the best mix titles ever.

Major props to my bunny Hodge for being so inspiring and helping out with the custom album art.

Easter Pop
1. Boas - Reaching
2. Tanlines - Policy Of Trust
3. Parallels - Ultralight
4. La Roux - Quicksand
5. Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
6. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
7. Baby Sloth Spirit - UU7X
8. Kisses - Lovers
9. Gorillaz - Empire Ants
10. Glitter Bones - Race To Heaven
11. Panda Teeth - I'm Sick Of Chip Breaking The 4th Wall
12. Pill Wonder - Wishing Whale
13. Jónsi - Go Do
14. The Knife - The Height Of Summer
15. Dustin Wong - Breezy Comfort
16. Turtle Ambulance - Child
17. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
18. CocoRosie - Fairy Paradise

Black (Metal) Mixmas

Merry Mixmas cards from the second best Gocco-er ever, Heather Jeany

I made you a mix that will bring holiday cheer to all those around you. Play it loud. Play it hard.

Black (Metal) Mixmas
1. Voltaic Omen - Scream For Fucking Mercy
2. Ash Pool - Penetrated Slave
3. V.E.G.A. - Kill Me
4. Mamaleek - I Wish I Was Dead
5. Flaskavsae - Blood For Their Idols
6. Nekrasov - Mountain Ash
7. L'Acephale - A Burned Village
8. Gnaw Their Tongues - And There Will Be More Of Your Children Dead Tomorrow
9. Striborg - Bleeding Black Tears Of Hate
10. Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide

Renegades Mix (aka Vacay)

I'm going to New York for about a week or so to tour The Selznick School in Rochester to see if I want to go there for film archiving and then down to Brooklyn to sell my wife's awesomeness at Renegade. My wife Elise sells under the name Argyle Whale and we'll be there this Saturday & Sunday meeting people and making $$$$. Since there shall be an AGB hiatus until I return, I'll leave you with a sweet mix I made for our road trip. Lots of good upbeat stuff on it. If you want to keep up with me, I'll try to do the Twitter thing as long as I'm not too busy. If you're going to be in the area, feel free to stop by and say hello.


Download the Renegades Mix and get your groove on.
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Micachu & The Shapes - Golden Phone
Nite Jewel - What Did He Say
The Field - The More That I Do
Burial & Four Tet - Wolf Cub
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Memory Cassette - Surfin
Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
Chew Lips - Salt Air
O'Spada - Time
Diamond Vampires - Lumiere
Panda Steps In Chocolate - Weekend Dad Fights The Fire
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dark Bubbles
Stegosaurus Trap - Broken Castles
Surf City - Dickshakers Union
Zola Jesus - The Way

ATP NY Mix

Well, there shall be a lack of posting here at Anti-Gravity Bunny until early next week as I'm taking off for the My Bloody Valentine curated ATP New York. Try not to be too sad. I know I won't. I'll try to take lots of pictures. For those unable to go, I leave you with this mix I made of some of my favorite songs from some of my favorite bands performing at the festival. And look, I did it all without Muxtape! Have fun while I'm gone and try not to miss me too much.

In case you're wondering, I put these in order of which the bands perform. So you can feel like you're actually there!

Tortoise - The Taut And Tame


Thurston Moore - Psychic Hearts


Built To Spill - Velvet Waltz


Growing - Friendly Confines


Wooden Shjips - Dance, California (Radio Edit)


Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth


Om - Unitive Knowledge Of The Godhead


Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Hang On To Each Other


Lightning Bolt - Wee One's Parade


Shellac - The Admiral


...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - All Saints Day


Mogwai - Stanley Kubrick


My Bloody Valentine - Come In Alone

Favorite Album For Every Year Of My Life Vol. 3 (2003-2008)

Here it is folks. The final volume. Volume 3 goes from 2003 to the present and was easily the most difficult of the 3 installments (see 1 and 2 here and here). I discovered that 2003 was the first year I started working at my radio station and (probably not by coincidence) was also the most difficult year for me to pick a single record.

Just to re-iterate from Volume 1's post, I allowed myself to pick up to three records for a particular year, as long as they were all from a different genre. My reasoning was that some records are almost incomparable because they're so different. But of course I always did my best to narrow it down to a single record per year (that was the basis of the list to begin with) and 2003 was the only year I ended up having 3 records.

Some may say that I'm weak-willed and indecisive. To that, I say I made my own God damn list. I'll do what I want. Go make your own if you want to. And then share it with me. Sharing is caring. Onto the list!

Volume 3: 2003-2008 (click here to listen)
2003 Explosions In The Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone (from The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place) This is their best song. Period.
2003 The Thermals - I Know The Pattern (from More Parts Per Million)
2003 The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity (from Deep Cuts)
2004 Death From Above 1979 - Turn It Out (from You're A Woman, I'm A Machine) Turn It Out is quite easily one of the best opening tracks to any album.
2005 Eluvium - New Animals From The Air (from Talk Amongst The Trees)
2006 Belong - Remove The Inside (from October Language) One of the greatest albums of all time.
2006 The Knife - Silent Shout (from Silent Shout)
2007 Dan Deacon - Snake Mistakes (from Spiderman Of The Rings)
2007 Parts & Labor - Brighter Days (from Mapmaker)
2008 Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth (from Street Horrrsing)

Some notable conflicts that occurred:
2003 The Postal Service's Give Up, The Mars Volta's De-Loused In The Comatorium (this got axed early on because while I was obsessed with it when it came out, my musical tastes have changed considerably), TV On The Radio's Young Liars, M83's Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts, Melt Banana's Cell Scape (I told you 2003 was a rough year for me)
2004 TV On The Radio's Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, Bjork's Medulla, Regina Spektor's Soviet Kitsch (I was this close to keeping this on my list because of how different she and DFA79 are, but then I realized I was just being a fucking idiot. Come on. You're A Woman is almost untouchable.)
2005 Sigur Rós' Takk..., Sleater Kinney's The Woods, M83's Before The Dawn Heals Us, Gorillaz's Demon Days
2006 Mogwai's Mr. Beast, Junior Boys' So This Is Goodbye
2007 The Besnard Lakes' The Dark Horse, Deerhunter's Cryptograms
2008 Belong's Colorloss Record, M83's Saturdays=Youth, The Mausoleums' Blackened Fawns Cleanse The Earth With Fire, Prurient's And Still, Wanting, Usputuspud's Disco, A Faulty Chromosome's As An Ex-Anorexic's Six Sick Exit,...

And now, just for ease of reading, here is the list in it's entirety. Just the albums.
1985 The Jesus And Mary Chain Psychocandy
1986 Slayer Reign In Blood
1987 Pixies Come On Pilgrim
1988 My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything
1989 Pixies Doolittle
1990 Primus Frizzly Fry
1991 Slint Spiderland
1991 My Bloody Valentine Loveless
1992 Pavement Slanted & Enchanted
1993 The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
1994 The Toadies Rubberneck
1995 The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
1996 Weezer Pinkerton
1997 Mogwai Young Team
1998 Neutral Milk Hotel In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999 Sigur Rós Ágætis Byrjun
2000 Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
2001 The Strokes Is This It?
2001 Stars Of The Lid Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid
2002 William Basinski Disintegration Loops I-IV
2003 Explosions In The Sky The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
2003 The Thermals More Parts Per Million
2003 The Knife Deep Cuts
2004 Death From Above 1979 You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
2005 Eluvium Talk Amongst The Trees
2006 Belong October Language
2006 The Knife Silent Shout
2007 Dan Deacon Spiderman Of The Rings
2007 Parts & Labor Mapmaker
2008 Fuck Buttons Street Horrrsing

Fuck yes. That list is hot.