Sirius playlist week #13

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:01:01 -0700

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. The Late Call - Put your lights on
02. TALK 1
03. Fever Ray - When I grow up (Håkan Lidbo remix)
04. Maskinen - Alla som inte dansar
05. Isolation Years - Albino child
06. TALK 2
07. Pixie Carnation - When did the lights go out
08. Unleashed - Dead forever
09. Lack - Soot, smoke & ash
10. TALK 3
11. Small - Comic girl
12. Peter Bjorn and John - It don't move me
13. Masquer - I think I'll lose my mind
14. Ironville - Roses
15. TALK 4
16. Parasite - Nightwinds
17. Aerial - Kallisti
18. The Crystal Caravan - Tombstone eyes
19. TALK 5
20. Hello Saferide - Arjeplog

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

MP3: Parasite - Nightwinds

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:32:44 -0700

Here's something I picked up on a blind recommendation from a friend: Parasite was a short-lived Swedish metal band who only managed to release one self-titled EP back in 1984. The sound is ballsy NWOBHM, not too unlike Angel Witch but without the high-pitched vocals. The drummer Johan Billerhag went on to play with thrash also-rans Hexenhaus and Memento Mori, but beyond that, they don't seem to have left much of a dent. So yeah, by no means a lost classic, but the price was right and it's got plenty of oomph as you'll hear on the track I've posted today. Very melodic, lots of tasteful leads, good atmosphere -- more than enough reasons to dig in. Especially when it's got such bad-ass coverart too! Tech note: there's a bummer rip of this floating around with some channel dropping at the end, so I ripped this one myself. It red-lined a few times, but the overall quality is far better than the other one I copped. You're welcome!

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Sirius playlist week #13

MP3: Parasite - Nightwinds