Best of 2015 and Happy Birthday Bowie

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Ringo Deathstarr - Stare at the Sun (Pure Mood)
Swervedriver - Setting Sun (I Wasn't Born to Lose You)
Beach House - One Thing (Thank Your Lucky Stars)

Low - Gentle (Ones and Sixes)
Tamaryn - I Won't Be Found (Cranekiss)
SPC ECO - Out of My System (Smile EP)
Rachel Grimes - The Herald (The Clearing)

Gunship - The Mountain (Gunship)
Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away (Ten Love Songs)
Doldrums - Video Hostage (The Air Conditioned Nightmare)
John Carpenter - Night (Zola Jesus and Dean Hurley Mix) (Lost Themes)
Lapalux - U Never Know (Lustmore)

David Bowie - Lazarus (Blackstar - 2016)

Bonus Video Time! David Bowie - Blackstar

Future Nostalgia

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Kraftwerk - Metropolis (The Man Machine - 1978)
John Foxx - Underpass (Metamatic - 1980)
Eurythmics - This City Never Sleeps (Sweet Dreams - 1983)
Gary Numan - My Dying Machine (Berzerker - 1984)

Chromatics - In Films (Dear Tommy - Pending)
Blouse - Videotapes (Blouse - 2011)
I Break Horses (Chiaroscuro - 2014)

Goblin Rebirth - Requiem for X (Goblin Rebirth - 2015)
John Carpenter - Fallen (Lost Themes - 2015)
Lazerhawk - Lawless (Skull + Shark - 2013)
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow - Miami Lawmaker (Drokk - 2012)

Gunship - Tech Noir (Gunship - 2015)
M83 - Highway of Endless Dreams (Saturdays = Youth - 2008)

Bonus Video Time(s)! Check out these love-letters to the 1980s by London synth worshippers Gunship.

Spring Chillout

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Blooms - Love (via Soundcloud - 2015)
Hundred Waters - Murmurs (The Moon Rang Like a Bell - 2014)
Nosaj Thing feat. Kazu Makino - Eclipse/Blue (Home - 2013)
Maya Jane Coles feat. Tricky - Wait for You (Comfort - 2013)

Young Magic - Holographic (Breathing Statues - 2014)
Lapalux feat. Andreya Triana - Puzzle (Lustmore - 2015)
Munchi - Madre, No Llores (Murda Sound - 2010)
Holy Other - Yr Love (With U - 2011)

Forest Swords - Irby Tremor (Engravings - 2013)
Clams Casino - Gorilla (Rain Forest - 2011)
Doldrums - Funeral for Lightning (The Air Conditioned Nightmare - 2015)
Son Lux - Easy (Lanterns - 2013)

Pastel Ghost - Clouds (Abyss - 2015) Depeche Mode - Uselink (Ultra - 1997)

Remembering the Future

This episode features songs dealing primarily with technology, simulation, and authenticity. It's co-hosted by Heather, a text-to-speech program.

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David Bowie - Saviour Machine (The Man Who Sold the World - 1970)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Metal Postcard (Scream - 1978)
Joy Division - Isolation (Closer - 1980)
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (The Man Machine - 1978)

Depeche Mode - Photographic (Speak & Spell - 1981)
Ultravox - Mr. X (Vienna - 1980)
John Foxx - A New Kind of Man (Metamatic - 1980)
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - We Have a Technical (Replicas - 1979)

Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark - The Future Will Be Silent (English Electric - 2013)
Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Fundamental - 2006)
Visage - Lost in Static (Hearts & Knives - 2013)
Duran Duran - Blame the Machines (All You Need is Now - 2011)

Image by Hideaki Kodama, 1987.

New tracks for 2014

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Perfume Genius - Grid (Too Bright - 2014)
Absolutely Free - Beneath the Air (Absolutely Free - Out 10/14)
The Raveonettes - Wake Me Up (Pe'Ahi - 2014)
The Twilight Sad - There's A Girl in the Corner (Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave - Out 11/4)

Break - Max Richter - Cathodes (24 Postcards in Full Color)

Vessel - Red Sex (Punish, Honey - 2014)
Driftmachine - Call Mr. Moriba (Noctournes - 2014)
Foxes in Fiction - Ontario Gothic (Ontario Gothic - 2014)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Double Dutch (Sea When Absent - 2014)
MONO - Where We Begin (The Last Dawn - Out 10/28)

This Will Destroy You - Memory Loss (Another Language - 2014)
Grouper - Call Across Rooms (Ruins - Out 10/28)
Swans - To Be Kind (To Be Kind - 2014)

It's Alive

Beyond the Wall of Sleep has been resurrected.
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Warpaint - Keep it Healthy (Warpaint - 2014)
Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes (Too Good - 2014)
The Raveonettes - Endless Sleeper (Pe'Ahi - 2014)
Sqürl feat. Madeline Follin - Tunnel of Love [Wanda Jackson cover] (Only Lovers Left Alive OST - 2014)

Young Magic - Fall In (Breathing Statues - 2014)
Blonde Redhead - Dripping (Barragan - 2014)
Tricky - Sun Down (Adrian Thaws - 2014)
David Lynch - I Want You (The Big Dream - 2013)

Sea Oleena - If I'm (Shallow - Out Sept 30)
Hundred Waters - Cavity (Moon Rang Like A Bell - 2014)
Poliça - Warrior Lord (Shulamith - 2013)
Gary Numan - I Am Dust [thenewno2 Remix] (I Am Dust - 2014)

Austra - Habitat (Habitat - 2014)
The Knife - Raging Lung (Shaking the Habitual - 2013)

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Lush - Kiss Chase (Split - 1996)
Curve - Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus (Cuckoo - 1993)
SPC ECO - Gone (You Tell Me - 2011)
School of Seven Bells - Love From A Stone (Lafaye Single - 2012)
Austra - The Future (Feel It Break - 2011)
Blonde Redhead - Love or Prison [Kastellet Remix] (Remixes - 2011)
Station Break - Explosions in the Sky - Human Qualities
Widowspeak - Wicked Game [Chris Isaak Cover] (Gun Shy 7" - 2011)
Sharon Van Etten - Save Yourself (Epic - 2010)
Caitlin Rose - For the Rabbits (Own Side - 2011)
Carissa's Wierd - Heather Rhodes (Ugly But Honest - 2000)
Fleet Foxes - Someone You'd Admire (Helplessness Blues - 2011)
Low - Especially Me (C'mon - 2011)
The Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out of Your Mind (Realism - 2010)
Lotte Kestner - True Faith [New Order cover] (Stolen - 2011)

Synthpop and new wave, mostly focusing on motion, travel and distance. Stream or Download

Visage - Fade to Grey (Visage - 1980)
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur (Rio - 1982)
John Foxx - No One Driving (Metamatic - 1980)
Berlin - The Metro (Pleasure Victim - 1983)
Station Break - Kraftwerk - Metal on Metal
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (Electric Cafe - 1986)
Oppenheimer Analysis - Men in White Coats (New Mexico - 1982)
David Bowie - V2 Schneider ("Heroes" - 1977)
Silver Apples - Dust (Silver Apples - 1968)
Station Break - Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - We Have A Technical
Soft Cell - Memorabilia (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing - 1982)
New Order - Mesh (Movement - 1981)
Tones on Tail - Performance (Pop - 1984)
Brian Eno - Energy Fools the Magician (Before and After Science - 1978)
Gary Numan - Tracks (The Pleasure Principle - 1979)
Pet Shop Boys - Integral (Fundamental - 2006)

Beyond the Wall of Beat City

Tune in to KISU on Christmas Eve, 8pm MST and hear a very special selection of wall-of-sound, snowgaze and cold wave Christmas songs for your sneers and cheers. Happy holidays boils and ghouls.

Beyond the Wall of Sleep 03-31-10

Mostly crashing walls of sound this episode. To be played at maximum volume. Stream or Download


Black Light/White Light - Higher Than Low
Serena Maneesh - Blow Yr Brains Out in the Morning Rain
Crocodiles - Flash of Light
Love Culture - Karolyne
Station Break - Robin Guthrie - Close My Eyes and Burn
A Place to Bury Strangers - Another Step Away
Ceremony - Clouds
Ringo Deathstarr - Summertime
Station Break - Robin Guthrie - Monument
My Bloody Valentine - Lose My Breath
Fleeting Joys - You Are the Darkness
QueenAdreena - Pull Me Under
Medicine - She Knows Everything
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Mr. & Mrs. Bottomless Pit
Black Tambourine - Drown
Station Break - Ulrich Schnauss - Wherever You Are
The Cure - A Forest (Plati-Stick Mix)
Love and Rockets - Lift (Malibu Mix)
Chapterhouse - We Are the Beautiful (Spooky's Extravaganja Dub)
Station Break - Solvent - Dicontinued Parts
Jatun - Electricity
Inkraktare - Inchin
The Secret Meeting - Beautiful Noise Machine
Recoil - Bloodline
SPC ECO - Another Day
Station Break - Explosions in the Sky - Remember Me As A Time of Day
Come - Half-Life
Cranes - Starblood
(((S))) - Deathtrip
Love Spirals Downwards - Madras

Best of 2009

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Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
Bat for Lashes - Glass
Sonic Youth - Antenna
Station Break - Depeche Mode - Esque
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Camera Obscura - Careless Love
Engineers - Three Fact Fader
Dead Leaf Echo - Trial
Station Break - Broadcast - Minus One
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Trouble
Fleeting Joys - A Beautiful End
New Ghosts - Here Come the Snakes
Depeche Mode - Oh Well
Station Break - Glass Candy - Last Nite
Scarlet Youth - Gleaming Endless Ocean
Viva Voce - Midnight Sun
Daniel Land and the Modern Painters - Run Silent, Run Deep
SPC-ECO - Another Day
Station Break - I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - The Owl
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
Radio Dept. - David
The Raveonettes - Breaking Into Cars
The Twilight Sad - I Became A Prostitute
Station Break - Spindrift - New West
Screen Vinyl Image - Cathode Ray
Crocodiles - Soft Skull (In My Room)
A Place to Bury Strangers - In Your Heart

Best o' 2008

Sadly, when I saved the file to my hard drive it saved as a 48kpbs mp3 instead of 192kbps. You can imagine my horror when I tried playing it back. But for completion's sake, I'll provide the playlist:

Radar Bros. - On Nautilus
Shearwater - Rooks
Beck - Chemtrails
My Morning Jacket - Smokin' From Shootin'
Max Richter - Berlin by Overnight
Station Break - Deerhunter - Intro
School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise
Santogold - Anne
The Raveonettes - Lust
Portishead - The Rip
Lights Out Asia - If I Die, I Wish You A Horrible Death
Padded Cell - Beautiful Gloom
Station Break - Lindstrøm - Grand Ideas
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Attack of the 60ft. Lesbian Octopus
Robots in Disguise - The Sex Has Made Me Stupid
Cut/Copy - Lights and Music
MGMT - Time to Pretend