New John Carpenter!

Absolutely nothing for the past year or so has gotten me as excited as the new John Carpenter record, out February 3rd. You bet your ass I pre-ordered it immediately. Eye-tunes apparently has a version with many remixes from people I admire (Zola Jesus, ohGr, JG Thirwell), but I hate how Apple does business so I just picked it up on vinyl like a normal, rational fanatic. But I thought I'd pass the info along.

Anyway, this episode is mostly synth-driven atmospheric stuff, with a dash of prog for that authentic retro feel.

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John Carpenter - Halloween (Halloween OST - 1978)
Goblin - Profondo Rosso (Deep Red OST - 1975)
Zombie Zombie (feat. Roman Turzi) - Assault on Precinct 13 (Zombie Zombie Plays John Carpenter - 2010)
Chromatics - Killing Spree (Night Drive - 2007)

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Lawmaker / Pursuit (Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One - 2012)
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Helmet Theme (Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One -2012)
John Carpenter - Night (Lost Themes - 2015)
John Carpenter - Vortex (Lost Themes - 2015)

Padded Cell - Beautiful Gloom (Night Must Fall - 2008)
Blouse - Ghost Dream (Blouse - 2012)
Holy Other - Yr Love (With U - 2011)
oOoOO - Seaww (Emotions split 7" - 2010)

Soft Moon - Into the Depths (Soft Moon - 2010)
Soft Metals - Interobserver (Lenses - 2013)

In the ultimate tribute to John Carpenter, the band Zombie Zombie created this amazing short film/music video tribute to The Thing. It is FANTASTIC. There is no excuse for not pressing the play button:

Wall of Post Rock

All instrumental post rock and related genres - Stream or Download

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Moya (Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada - 1999)
Stars of the Lid - Fac 21 (The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid - 2001)
Station Break - Hammock - Glacial
Grails - Black Tar Frequencies (Black Tar Prophecies Vol's 1, 2, & 3 - 2006)
Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Still Am Tresen (Dolores - 2008)
Station Break - My Bloody Valentine - Instrumental B
Ride - Grasshopper (Leave Them All Behind - 1992)
Caspian - Loft (You Are the Conductor - 2005)
Station Break - Redhooker - Twelve Times Goodbye
Explosions in the Sky - Let Me Back In (Take Care, Take Care, Take Care - 2011)

Other bands to check out include Mogwai, Rachel's, and This Will Destroy You. Maybe a bonus video time pending. We'll see.