Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 5 August 2023

Episode 8
“Sex and Drugs and Complications”

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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Placebo feat. Alison Mosshart – “Meds” – Meds – (UK, 2006)

Firewater – “Psychopharmacology” – Psychopharmacology – (USA, 2012) – Bandcamp

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra ­– “Institutionalized” – A Tribute to Repo Man – (USA, 2012) – Bandcamp

All she wanted was a Pepsi. Just one Pepsi.

Big Joanie – “Cranes in the Sky” – (UK, 2020) – Bandcamp

Ilaria Graziano – “Flying to You” – Yoko Kanno produce Cyber Bicci – (Italy, 2011)

You might find some of her tracks under the moniker “ILA” just FYI.

Ibeyi – “Away Away” – Ash – (France, 2017) – Bandcamp

Prince Fatty feat. Horseman – “Insane in the Brain” — Supersize – (UK, 2010) – Bandcamp

The Cool Greenhouse – “The End of the World” – Alexa! – (UK, 2020) – Bandcamp

Ida Maria – “Oh My God” – Fortress Round My Heart – (Norway, 2008) 

Susana Baca – “Yana Runa” – Afrodiaspora – (Peru, 2011) – Bandcamp

Kendra Morris with Godforbid – “New Drug” – (USA, 2019)

Okay, call me crazy, but some of the keyboard vibe of this reminds me of the John Harrison score from the 1985 Day of the Dead.

Asian Dub Foundation feat. Sinead O’Connor – “1000 Mirrors” – Enemy of the Enemy – (UK, 2003) – Bandcamp

Iftin Band – “Il Ooy Aniga – Cry For Me” – Mogadisco (Dancing Mogadishu – Somalia 1972-1991) – (Somalia, ?) – Bandcamp

Antoine Dougbé – “Kovito Gbe De Towe” – Dougbé Antoine – (Benin, ?)

Chris Cornell – “Follow My Way” – Euphoria Morning – (USA, 1999)

Agnes Obel – “The Curse” – Aventine – (Denmark, 2013) – Bandcamp

Toko Telo – “Zaza Somondrara” – Diavola – (Madagascar, 2018)

Le Butcherettes – “nothing/BUT TROUBLE” – bi/MENTAL – (Mexico, 2019)

Xenia Rubinos – “Right?” – Black Terry Cat – (USA, 2016) – Bandcamp

Soap&Skin – “Creep” – From Gas to Solid/you are my friend ­– (Austria, 2018) – Bandcamp

Ian Brown – “Stardust” – Music of the Spheres – (UK, 2001)

Mr. Bungle – “Retrovertigo” – California – (USA, 1999)

Celeste – “Strange” – (UK, 2019)

Gong Gong Gong – “Some Kind of Demon” – Phantom Rhythm – (China, 2019) – Bandcamp

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – “The Drugs Don’t Work (live)” – Live From Mars – (USA, 2001)

Andrew Bird – “Mille Cherubini in Coro” – Hark! – (USA, 2020) – Bandcamp