The 12th episode of Nothing Under The Sun originally aired on WESU at 2-3AM on March 9, 2011.
Rundown:
We start out with Instra:mental and their future bass music. For further research I recommend this expository post on the MischkaNYC bloglin.
We move onto the prolific and confusing moniker of Various (also known as Various Production and definitely not Various Artists - though that would be even more confusing and was possibly considered).
A project I hope to hear much more follows: CREEP. The track we hear is their first physical release, Days. CREEP is Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard and they are based out of Brookyn, NY, U.S.
Another group in the grave wave camp, Hussle Club is up next. There is some serious Peter Murphy channeling here in the most flattering way.
The next two releases we hear from are by Slug Guts and Medication and have both been released by Sacred Bones Records; the label does a great job with design and description (follow the links).
Colin Stetson (pictured playing his bass sax) follows with a track off of his Constellation Records release. Shara Worden lends her voice to this one. Of note: the entire record was recorded (with exceptions for vocals and one french horn) with no overdubs or looping and in single takes live at the studio. Intense.
Grails follows with a song off of their latest on Temporary Residence Limited. It really plays like a psychedelic western soap opera soundtrack (in the most flattering way, of course).
The show concludes with two tracks by Esben and the Witch. Siouxsie Sioux quickly comes to mind with the vocals and a flood of bands of that era come to mind with the music - without being stale or simply a tribute to those bands.
BONUS: I put a second Slug Guts track after the outro.
Full playlist follows.
