The Sonic Cloth Podcast

26/05/2023

We call back to episode TSC03: Ambient Americana but this time, we’re zooming out on this rich musical subgenre to examine the deeper roots of ambient country music, a subgenre that has evolved into a flourishing scene of diverse artists in recent years. I’m joined by music guru, Bob Holmes, of ...

19/04/2023

anticon. were called a lot of things in their heyday. "Avant Garde Hip Hop". "Nerd Rap". "Emo Rap". "Not hip hop". "The hip hop equivalent of post-rock" (really). Regardless, the sprawling collective of eccentric wonderkids that called themselves anticon. remained uncompromising throughout the crew'...

10/03/2023

TSC29: The Deep Cuts of Mike Patton w/ Jason Walton (Agalloch, Sculptured, Snare of Sixes, Earth in Sound) Musician, Podcaster and Resident Mike Patton aficionado, Jason Walton (Agalloch, Sculptured, Snare of Sixes, Earth in Sound, I Hate Music Podcast), and I sat down to talk about the man, the myt...

20/01/2023

Restless. Prescient. Overlooked. Cerberus Shoal were an enigma of the 90s post-hardcore scene, progenitors of what would come to be known as post-rock, gurus of lush ambient rock, and ensemble avant-folk heroes. The Portland, Maine band evolved more between individual releases than most artists do t...

20/12/2022

Part II of a survey of vintage and modern funky African music via today’s crop of excellent global reissue labels. We take things to East Africa spanning beloved regional styles like Ethio-jazz, the pan-Somali sound, Sudanese groove, Kenyan Benga, Zambian Psych Rock, and Neo-Taarab from Zanzibar, ...

29/10/2022

Part I of a survey of (mostly) funky African music via today’s crop of excellent global reissue labels. These dedicated labels are introducing and reintroducing strains of outstanding West African music, new and old, to ears that have largely ignored the region’s outstanding and under-recognized...

15/08/2022

We’re back for another record label discography deep dive. We teamed up with Phil (Phil’s Breakfast Metal) once again to take on the mighty Profound Lore Records, a label which has left a singular mark on the world of forward thinking and riff-bringing metal & dark music. We discussed our first ...

19/06/2022

We listen to a bunch of cool & nice cover songs. Subscribe and never miss a new rabbit hole. Follow on Instagram to grab the tracklist Join the s**tposting on Twitter Hit me up at [email protected]

09/05/2022

TSC23: Pre-Post-Rock w/ Ian King (Author of “Appetite for Definition”)

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Author & music writer, Ian King (Under the Radar Mag, Stereogum, Author of "Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres"), joins me as we tackle the wide and undefinable world of post-rock. We wrestle with this genre’s unfortunate name, quote Simon Reynolds ad nauseam, ponder why post-rock bands prefer to play live while sitting on chairs, and run through a based post-rock playlist curated by Ian. True to form, only real post-rock heads will stick around for the full runtime on this one. Lift your skinny fists and smash that subscribe button.

Pick up Ian King’s terrific book, Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres at your local bookstore, Harper Collins Publishers, or Amazon.

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Author & music writer, Ian King (Under the Radar Mag, Stereogum, Author of "Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres"), joins me as we tackle the wide and undefinable world of post-rock. We wrestle with this genre’s cringe name, quote Simon Reynolds ad nauseam, ponder why post-rock ban...

08/04/2022

In Vol.II of our ongoing Fringe Psych series, we round up eight psyched out bangers from all along the eastern hemisphere. In this one, we hit Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, India, and Korea. Eat it up, you orientalist f***s. Follow on Instagram to grab the trac...

09/02/2022

TSC21: Planes Mistaken For Stars w/ Damian Master (A Pregnant Light)

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Damian Master (A Pregnant Light, Colloquial Sound Recordings) dropped by to confess his love for the most underrated, savage band in rock & roll and post-hardcore: the mighty Planes Mistaken For Stars. I asked Damian to select his most beloved tracks from each of the major PMFS releases. We covered everything from the first 10’’ to their 2016 comeback record, Prey. In our discussion, we get into everything from PMFS’s influence on A Pregnant Light, Gared’s inimitable voice and lyrics, and the evolution of the band from “planesmistakenforstars” to just “Planes”. This one’s a real gem in The Sonic Cloth canon as Damian’s got stories for days and lets em rip. Huge thanks to Damian for dropping by the show and setting the record straight on this brilliant beautiful band.

RIP Gared O’Donnell. We ride to fight!

Support Damian and pick up A Pregnant Light physical media and merch at colloquialsoundrecordings.com

Listen to A Pregnant Light & tons of other CSR projects on Bandcamp

A Pregnant Light tracks played:

“Beast About” from Beast About w/ Germanicus
“Do as Daddy Says” from I Licked It, Now It’s Mine

Tracklist:

1. "Copper & Stars" from Planes Mistaken for Stars (1999)
2. "Pillbox" from Knife in the Marathon (2000)
3. "Sicilian Smile" from F**k With Fire (2001)
4. "Thunder In The Night Forever" from Spearheading The Sin Movement (2002)
5. "A Six Inch Valley" from Up In Them Guts (2004)
6. "Killed By Killers Who Kill Each Other" from Mercy (2006)
7. "She Who Steps" from Prey (2016)

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Get this episode on all podcast apps. Subscribe & never miss a new rabbit hole. Damian Master (A Pregnant Light, Colloquial Sound Recordings) dropped by to confess his love for the most underrated, savage band in rock & roll and post-hardcore: the mighty Planes Mistaken For Stars. I asked Damian to....

04/01/2022

TSC20: 90’s Electronica with Raygun Busch (Chat Pile)

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Raygun Busch of Oklahoma City’s premiere noise rock band, Chat Pile, drops by The Sonic Clotherie to talk block rockin’ beats, nocturnal trip hop, manchester club music, and other strains of 90’s Electronica and Techno. This one went long but we got into the weeds on missed rave opportunities, the glory of 90’s film soundtracks, fight scene techno, BPM’s, and UK DJ bloke culture.

Follow Chat Pile and look out for the band's debut album coming out on The Flenser. Chat Pile's EP's and splits can be found at chatpile.bandcamp.com

Intro is “Brutal Truth” by Chat Pile from the Portrayal of Guilt/Chat Pile split

Check out the wonderful Rodeo Cinema in Oklahoma City.

Tracks:

1. UNKLE - Guns Blazing (Drums of Death Pt. I)
2. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin’ Beats
3. The Future Sound of London - My Kingdom
4. Orbital - Satan (Industry Standard)
5. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
6. Coldcut - Timber
7. Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm
8. Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx) (11:46 album version)

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Raygun Busch of Oklahoma City’s premiere noise rock band, Chat Pile, drops by The Sonic Clotherie to talk block rockin’ beats, nocturnal trip hop, manchester club music, and other strains of 90’s Electronica and Techno. This one went long but we got into the weeds on missed rave opportunities,...

04/01/2022

Raygun Busch of Oklahoma City’s premiere noise rock band, Chat Pile, drops by The Sonic Clotherie to talk block rockin’ beats, nocturnal trip hop, manchester club music, and other strains of 90’s Electronica and Techno. This one went long but we got into the weeds on missed rave opportunities,...

02/12/2021

TSC19: Fringe Psych Vol. I (laiiid back)

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Truly a historic day in sonic cloth history as we debut the show’s first recurring series. Fringe Psych will pop into the feed any time the creative wells are running dry. And from that void, I’ll be assembling a handful of wild ass psych tracks that are all smokin’ the same strain. For this first one, we dip our toes into the remote beaches of laid back psychedelia exploring everything from alien and p**n soundtracks to dark dubby groove to a certain hungarian jazz maestro to some good old fashioned siqq brah jammin. We cap things off with one of the best trax in existence.
Tracklist:

1. Lilacs & Champagne - Hamburgers & Tangerines
2. Ak'chamel, The Giver Of Illness - The Funeral of a Woman Whose Soul is Trapped in the Sun
3. J.B. Green & Born Again - Time
4. Grails - Black Tar Frequencies
5. Sunbirds - Sunrise
6. Gabor Szabo - Somewhere I Belong
7. Alain Goraguer - Deshominisation (I)
8. Spiritczualic Enhancement Center - Persian VHS Dealer
9. Woo - It’s Love

02/12/2021

Truly a historic day in sonic cloth history as we debut the show’s first ongoing series. Fringe Psych will pop into the feed any time the creative wells are running dry. And from that void, I’ll be assembling a handful of wild ass psych tracks that are all smokin’ the same strain. For Vol. I, ...

09/10/2021

TSC18: Riff City (The Students)

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We back at it again and continuing the saga that is Riff City: a deep dive into riff-worship music that takes its cues from the big and bad hard rock, proto metal, and heavy psych & blues from the late 60’s through the 70’s. In part II, we each picked four tracks that justify having a mullet in the modern times and showcase the youngins who never forgot where their precious dinosaur riffs were birthed in the first place.

WE LIKE RIFF

Tracklist:

1. Harvey Milk - Get it Up and Get it On
2. Hammers of Misfortune - Election Day
3. Witchcraft - Witchcraft
4. Comets on Fire - Whiskey River
5. Dead Meadow - Babbling Flower
6. Boris - Electric
7. Black Mountain - Tyrants
8. The Devil’s Blood - River of Gold

09/10/2021

We back at it again and continuing the saga that is Riff City: a deep dive into riff-worship music that takes its cues from the big n bad hard rock, proto metal, and heavy psych & blues from the late 60’s through the 70’s. In part II, we each picked four tracks that justify having a mullet in th...

03/08/2021

TSC17: Riff City (The Teachers)

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TSC has re-emerged from the normative abyss and we brought back some hard rockin' dino riffs with us. I invited my good pal and brother in riffology, Clayton, over to assemble a tracklist of hard rock, heavy psych, proto metal, and heavy blues. We focus mostly on the 70's forefathers in this one. We'll be back for Riff CIty (The Students) where we grade riff craftsmanship over the last 20 years or so.

WE LIKE RIFF
DUH-NUN-NUH-DUH-DUH-DOW

Tracks:

1. Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards
2. Mountain - Travellin’ in the Dark
3. Funkadelic - Hit it and Quit It
4. T2 - In Circles
5. Grand Funk - Please Don’t Worry
6. Night Sun - Got a Bone Of My Own
7. Thin Lizzy - Emerald
8. Flower Travellin Band - Satori Part V

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TSC has re-emerged from the normative abyss and we brought back some hard rockin' dinosaur riffs with us. I invited my good pal and brother in riffology, Clayton, over to assemble a tracklist of hard rock, heavy psych, proto metal, and heavy blues. We focu...

02/08/2021

TSC has re-emerged from the normative abyss and we brought back some hard rockin' dinosaur riffs with us. I invited my good pal and brother in riffology, Clayton, over to assemble a tracklist of hard rock, heavy psych, proto metal, and heavy blues. We focus mostly on the 70's forefathers in this one...

24/04/2021

TSC16: 90's Alt-Alternative Rock with Thom Wasluck (Planning for Burial)

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I’m joined by fellow music hysteric, Thom Wasluck of Planning For Burial, Glowing Window Recordings, and posterboy for The Flenser. We talk growing up in the 90’s, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and the vastness of excavating 90’s underground rock. We dug through our record shelves and desktop folders to arrive at eight songs for the episode’s tracklist and well, this thing came out sounding more 90’s than either of us would have thought. We even pulled it off without things getting grungy or slackery. Thom brought the deep cuts. I brought the basic bitch picks. That’s just how it goes sometimes.

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Planning for Burial tracks played:
Dull Knife Pt.I, Below the House (2017)
Where You Rest Your Head at Night, Desideratum (2014)

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I’m joined by fellow music hysteric, Thom Wasluck of Planning For Burial, Glowing Window Recordings, and posterboy for The Flenser. We talk growing up in the 90’s, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and the vastness of excavating 90’s underground rock...

10/02/2021

TSC14 : The United States of Black Metal with Daniel Lake

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USBM...no four letters are more reviled to the global cvlt black metal goon squad (and yes, we’re very aware of NSBM). Esteemed writer (Decibel Magazine) and music obsessive, Daniel Lake, joins me as we make a case for this maligned and miraculous rabbit hole of American Black Metal music. We discuss his excellent new book, “USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal”, the roots and evolution of black metal in this here United States, and we manage to painstakingly pull together an indispensable track list of false black metal americano style.

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USBM...no four letters are more reviled to the global cvlt black metal goon squad (and yes, we’re very aware of NSBM). Esteemed writer (Decibel Magazine) and fellow music obsessive, Dan Lake, joins me as we make a case for this maligned and miraculous rabb...

14/01/2021

TSC13: Synth Wizards (The Students: 1990's - 2020)

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The second episode in a two-part series on the wizards of the synthesizer with a focus on those artists twisting k***s in the 1990’s - 2020. Analog gurus like John Carpenter, Eno, Tangerine Dream, Suzanne Ciani, and Vangelis produced plenty of copy-cat fetishists but only a few spiritual protegees. The 90’s brought with it the advent of hybrid rigs thanks to digital signal processing. But more tools in the toolbox ≠ synth slappers. And what monster would totally abandon the celestial warmth of analog gear? Here, we turn up our nose at the synthwave tag on bandcamp - opting to hear how synthesizer sounds have evolved into territories the original synth wizards may have never envisioned.

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The second episode in a two-part series on the wizards of the synthesizer with a focus on those artists twisting k***s in the 1990’s - 2020. Analog gurus like John Carpenter, Eno, Tangerine Dream, Suzanne Ciani, and Vangelis produced plenty of copy-cat fet...

12/12/2020

TSC12: Synth Wizards (The Teachers: 1970's - 1980's)

The first of a two-parter series on the wizards of the synthesizer. We hone in on the 70’s and 80’s and pluck out the troo nerds and flush them down the rabbit hole one by one. What are we after here? Easy. Just picture someone sitting down in front of a rack of analog synths and not emerging from that spot for three weeks.

We get into everything from progressive electronic music to soundtrack composers to minimalists to krautrock to early breakbeat s**t. All of these bleeps and bloops turned out to be insanely influential to the advent of electronic music, film scoring, cosmic jammy music, every genre that ends with the word “wave”, and much much more (maybe).

Stay subscribed because Part II is forthcoming: Synth Wizards (The Students: 1990’s - Now).

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Tracklist:

01. Tangerine Dream - Exit
02. Suzanne Ciani - The First Wave - Birth of Venus
03. Brian Eno - The Big Ship
04. John Carpenter - Christine Attacks (Plymouth Fury)
05. Manuel Göttsching - Gemäßigter Aufbruch
06. Terry Riley - Lifespan In the Summer
07. The Art of Noise - Moments In Love (Original Battle Version)
08. Klaus Schulze - Mindphaser
09. Alice Coltrane - Rama Rama
10. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 4
11. Vangelis - Spiral
12. Harmonia & Eno - Welcome



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The first of a two-parter series on the wizards of the synthesizer. We hone in on the 70’s and 80’s and pluck out the troo nerds and flush them down the rabbit hole one by one. What are we after here? Easy. Just picture someone sitting down in front of a r...

16/11/2020

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27/10/2020

TSC11: Goin' Down the Hole with Chandan Narayan (Carrom)

For this episode, we hand over the reigns to Toronto-based experimental guitarist, improvisational artist, and DIY label owner, Chandan Narayan, of the musical project, Carrom, who released two excellent tapes and a corresponding compilation of those two releases ("Alter-destinies/Prehistories"). We discuss Chandan’s musical lineage leading up to Carrom, weird Arizona musical connections, the relevancy of cultural heritage in music, and then jump into a track-by-track playlist of sounds that inspire him and Carrom. Everything from SST punk to South Indian classical sounds to weirdo avant-rock shows up here and it’s really fun to go back and listen to the Carrom material after taking in this wide-ranging playlist, which is why you should pick up the latest Carrom tape or the “Alter-Destinies/Prehistories” LP at carronboard.bandcamp.com

Also check out the Radio Khiyaban label who jointly put out the “Alter-Destinies” cassette at radiokhiyaban.bandcamp.com

Follow Chandan on Twitter @ GutString

More of these handing the aux episodes to come. Hit me at @gmail.com if you wanna pitch me somethin shweet.

Tracks:

1. Pell Mell - Ether
2. Josef K- Applebush
3. Meat Puppets - Swimming ground
4. Bundu Khan - Rag Sarang
5. Slovenly - Movement
6. Polvo - Vibracobra
7. Sun City Girls - Space Prophet Dogon
8. Chowdiah - Jhinjhoti (played on violin)
9. 75 Dollar Bill - I’m not trying to wake up
10. Lungfish - Fearfully and wonderfully
11. Veena Shanmuga Vadivoo - Ragamalika

For this episode, we hand over the reigns to Toronto-based experimental guitarist, improvisational artist, and DIY label owner, Chandan Narayan, of the musical project, Carrom, who released two excellent tapes and a corresponding compilation of those two r...

27/10/2020

For this episode, we hand over the reigns to Toronto-based experimental guitarist, improvisational artist, and DIY label owner, Chandan Narayan, of the musical project, Carrom, who released two excellent tapes and a corresponding compilation of those two releases ("Alter​-​destinies​/​Prehis...

06/10/2020

TSC10: The Psychedelic Metal of I, Voidhanger feat. Phil of Phil's Breakfast Metal

Free yourself up for the next three or so hours for the time hath arrived to worship the riff. Special guest, Phil of Phil’s Breakfast Metal Podcast, joins me as we tunnel into the mind-bending vaults of the best weirdo extreme metal label in the game right now, the uncompromising I, Voidhanger Records. Together, Phil and I compiled eight tracks that should serve as a solid primer into the cult. Do yourself a favor and get your physical and digital swag at https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/

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1. Esoctrilihum - Thar-voknargh
2. An Isolated Mind - Afraid Of Dissonance
3. Haunter - Spoils Vultured Upon Sole Deletion
4. Panegyrist - Idylls Of The Cave
5. Tchornobog - Iii: Non-existence's Warmth (Infinite Natality Psychosis
6. Mare Cognitum - Jupiter (The Giant)
7. Spectral Lore - A God Made Of Flesh And Consciousness
8. In Human Form - Apocrypha Carrion

I, VoidhangerHonorable Mentions:

XYTHLIA - Immortality Through Quantum Su***de - Ablation of Subconscious
HOWLS OF EBB - Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows - The 6th Octopul'th Grin
YHDARL - Loss - Sources - Nihil
ÆVANGELIST - Matricide In The Temple Of Omega - Omen of the Barren Womb
ARS MAGNA UMBRAE - Apotheosis - She Who Splits the Earth
FLESHVESSEL - Bile of Man Reborn - Bile of Man Reborn
NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM - Éons - To The Earth : PTAH SOKAR OSIRIS - Rituel de l’Ouverture de la Bouche dans l’Éon Archéen
AT THE ALTAR OF THE HORNED GOD - Through Doors of Moonlight - Before the Flames of Undefiled Knowledge
COSMIC PUTREFACTION - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers - The Glooming Murk of his Telluric Shrieks
MOSS UPON THE SKULL - In Vengeful Reverence - Reverse Celebration
TONGUES - Hreilia
SKAPHE - Skaphe
CHAOS MOON - Resurrection Extract

04/09/2020

TSC09: The Quieter Side of Boom Bap

If beats that barely bump are what you’re looking for, I invite you to hop in the whip while we drive around the city and marinate in the quieter side of boom bap, rap, hip hop, whatever. In this rabbit hole, we’re tracking down rap music that is ignoring almost every trend in modern hip hop without devolving into pure abstraction. The early 90’s east coast influence is strong here but it’s treated as more of a launching off point than strict era worship. The most gorgeous beats are being made in this lane. The most vicious MC’s are rapping over said beats in this lane. And the freakiest freaks are exercising their funkiest selves in this lane. We are making a strong case for the quieter side of boom bap from the past 10 years. New rules are being written: it doesn’t have to bump to bump. 

01. R.A.P. Ferreira - Golden Sardine
02. Freddie Gibbs - Something to Rap About ft. Tyler, The Creator
03. Ka - Peace Akhi 
04. Jeane Grae & Quelle Chris - Ohsh ft. Hannibal Buress
05. Benny the Butcher - Dirty Harry ft. RJ Payne & Conway the Machine
06. Shabazz Palaces - Are You... Can You... Were You
07. Eto - Attics
08. Armand Hammer - Ramesses II ft. Earl Sweatshirt, Fielded & Moor Mother
09. Mavi - Chiasma
10. Quelle Chris - Buddies
11. Mach-Hommy - Mozambique Drill ft. Tha God Fahim
12. Pink Siifu - Stay Sane
13. Roc Marciano - S**t I’m On