Radio Free GAK Episode May 16, 2011

XHM #67 - "For emulation has a thousand songs" (2011 May 16)

7:31am - 9:06am

Kaneda! Akira's soundtrack anchors this psuedo-Asian Month episode, along with Nippon rock, a tribute to Poly Styrene (1957-2011), kraut vibes and digital haze. gak sounds pompous at times. Yes, gak does! (Ah yes, one of THESE shows :/)

1. Meat Beat Manifesto: Radio Mellotron (Subliminal Sandwich, 1996) Nothing/Interscope
2. Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo (Akira OST, 1990) JVC/Victor Musical Industries
3. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi: Two Against One [w.Jack White] (Rome, 2011) EMI
4. Daniele Luppi: Gordibuena (Malos H?bitos OST, 2010) Ipecac
5. Totem Pole: Pointless/Love Gallery (Caves and Tunnels, Mountains and Stairs, 2010) self-released
6. Washed Out: Eyes Be Closed (Within and Without, 2011) Sub Pop
7. S U R V I V E: Holographic Landscape (LLR002, 2010) Light Lodge
8. Fur: Polybreak (Polybreak, 2010) Waaga
9. Austra: Lose It (Feel It Break, 2011) Domino/Paper Bag
10. Sumsun: Call It Home (Samo Milagro, 2010) Leaving
11. Goldfrapp: Strict Machine (Black Cherry, 2003) Mute
12. No Gold: Resolver (No Gold, 2011) Unfamiliar
13. Thread Pulls: Weight (New Thoughts, 2010) Osaka
14. DD/MM/YYYY: Bronzage (Black Square, 2009) We Are Busy Bodies
15. X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (Germfree Adolescents, 1978) EMI
16. Poly Styrene: Thrash City (Generation Indigo, 2011) Future Noise
17. Zoobombs: Mo'Funky, Pt 1 (Let It Bomb, 1998) Emperor Norton
18. Guitar Wolf: Teenage UFO (Jet Generation, 1999) Matador
19. Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Kaneda (Akira OST, 1990) JVC/Victor Musical Industries
20. Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Dolls Polyphony (Akira OST, 1990) JVC/Victor Musical Industries
21. Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Shohmyoh (Akira OST, 1990) JVC/Victor Musical Industries
22. Sugar Plant: Rainy Day (Happy, 1998) World Domination

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