Tangkap Accent's 20 favourite albums of 2013

i don't usually do album lists. but that's cos i've been lazy. here are my 20 favourite albums of 2013.

20.  John Zorn - On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits

 
Always judge an album by its cover. Particularly if the cover is Salvador Dali's "The Temptation of St. Anthony".

19. Forest Swords - Engravings

Contrary to what some claim, this does not sound like what the hippies play outside the Freo town hall.


18. Burial - Rival Dealer EP

Keeps getting better and better and better.


17. Esmerine - Dalmak

Esmerine is Bruce Cawdron (GY!BE) and Beckie Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion). Wikipedia says they play "modern chamber music", but fortunately this album doesn't sound anything like that. Heaps of Mediterranean influences in this. Worth more than a tasty nibble.


16. Nick Bohun - Repetitive Nature /ofinely Tuned Machine

Nick Bohun is an experimental musician whom I discovered on twitter. He records sound for films and has released several albums on his bandcamp this year - all of which are excellent. This particular one is my favourite.

15. Wooden Wand and The World War IV - Wooden Wand and The World War IV

Macdonalds on the moon, Starbucks at the wailing wall.

14. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

The second best Nick Cave album, ever. The best, of course, was 1997's The Boatman's Call. Like that album, Push The Sky Away has one track which is so bad it should have never been there.

13. Moderat - II

I'm still surprised that I like this.

12. Bill Callahan - Dream River

Nothing surprising about this one. Makes you wanna make love in the fertile dirt, with a careless mind.

11. Acid Mothers Temple and Space Paranoia - Black Magic Satori

The most listenable Acid Mothers Temple album ever. Here, they do Black Sabbath.

10. X'Ho + ARCN TEMPL - Lucifugous

Chris Ho singing more dark songs of Singaporean authoritarianism. Brilliantly backed by ARCN TEMPL (Leslie Low and Vivian Wang of The Observatory).

9. Future of the Left - How to Stop your Brain in an Accident

Their best album so far. "Singing of the Bonesaws" wins the award for Best Lyrics 2013.

8. Awk Wah - Ava

Someone called this "outsider step".

7. Sigmun - Extended Play MMXII

Like Led Zep, only more psychedelic and better. Will I get to see them in Bandung?

6. Nurse With Wound - Chromanatron

Steve Stapleton together with Andrew Liles meditating on the music of legendary German Krautrock band SAND.

5. Tim Hecker - Virgins

A lot of good things have been said about this album, and they are all true.

4. Grails - Black Tar Prophesies Volumes 4, 5 and 6

Together with Mogwai and Russian Circles, one of the best post-rock bands around. Was fortunate enough to catch them live. Intense.

3. Dieuf-Dieul De Thies - Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1

 

Recorded 32 years ago. Released in 2013. Psychedelically groovy with the legendary Pape Seck on guitar.

2. Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day

It was like they never went away.

1. British Sea Power - From The Sea To The Land Beyond

Right. There's something about BSP scoring films. The best concert I have ever been to was watching them perform their score of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran - a film I had studied as an undergrad. The score of From The Sea To The Land Beyond is like Man of Aran meets True Adventures.

Tangkap Suxx: knn02

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knn02

Friday 27th December 2013

830pm to 10pm (+8GMT)

*live from Taman Jurong, Singapore*

new fiber-optic internet + busted back + flu + temptation of st. anthony

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Tracklist:

1. Chris Grant - Our Story (3:42)

2. Lovejets - Be A Man (3:02)

3. Gliss - Through The Mist (3:27)

4. Shunya - dwellinginpolarity (5:55)

5. MUON - Feel Is (3:10)

6. John Zorn - The Tempest: A Masque (11:20)

7. Mogwai - Remurdered (6:24)

8. Tim Hecker - Stab Variation (6:30)

9. Pan Gu - Each Bay Its Own Wind (6:39)

10. Disko Bisquit - Cultured Pearl (5:57)

11. Wooden Shjips - Servants (6:08)

12. New Model Army - Lean Back and Fall (3:57)

13. British Sea Power - The Islanders (3:07)

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knn01

Monday 16th December 2013

830pm to 10pm (+8GMT)

*live from Taman Jurong, Singapore*

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Tracklist:

1. Piblokto - The Great Lake (5:38)
2. Toy - Conductor (7:08)
3. Swervedriver - Deep Wound (4:12)
4. The Sigit - Let the Right One In (2:20)
5. Pulp - After You (Original Version) (5:34)
6. The Liberators - Cairo Uprising (3:41)
7. Etc. - Ex's Cassettes (5:23)
8. Koffkoff - Better Tomorrow (0:37)
9. Koffkoff - Believe (2:08)
10. Burial - Come Down To Us (13:06)
11. The Notwist - Kong (4:31)
12. Camra - Decline (4:50)
13. Mohd. Rafi - Laggi Wale Te Kadi Nahin Sondey (5:47)
14. British Sea Power - Suffragette Riots (3:57)

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New Series! Tangkap Suxx: Knn

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Knn00
(pilot/trial)

Sunday December 8th 2013

830pm to 10pm (+8GMT)

Tangkap Suxx: Knn is a new series hosted by Tangkap Accent

It happens whenever, wherever

Nothing regular, always precarious

Makes you wanna go

kanina

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Tracklist:

1. Body/Head - Abstract (6:07)
2. SATAN! - All Hope Lies In Doom (9:52)
3. Mogwai - The Lord Is Out of Control (4:23)
4. Diphasic - Glass (5:24)
5. Depeche Mode - Should Be Higher (5:04)
6. Chvrches - The Mother We Share (3:11)
7. No Man Island - No Man Island (3:55)
8. Piblokto - Indian Terrain (3:38)
9. Xiu Xiu - The Other Woman (4:13)
10. The Amorphous Androgynous - Banksters (3:47)
11. Deerhunter - The Missing (3:42)
12. Sigmun - Valley Of Dream (4:57)
13. Grails - Penalty Box (4:09)
14. Bill Callahan - Spring (5:10)

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TTfT / TTIT: Episode 1 with the Sheman

TTiT/TTFT

Broadcasted on Nov 28, 2013 at 9 PM (+8 GMT)

Featuring music by Bee Eyes, Eyedress and Ciudad // Sexy voices by Charlene Nicole// Guitar bits by: Martin // Electronic compositions by Evan // A dapper Japanese announcement by Ilya // Broken Singlish by Beier // And appearances by the Danish doge Nikolas.

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Tracklist:

1. Communist Daughter - Not the Kid (3:51)

2. Ima Robot - Here Come The Bombs (2:40)

3. The Can't Tells - Lying to Myself (2:02)

4. Devendra Banhart - Never Seen Such Good Things (3:14)

5. Ra Ra Riot - Is It Too Much (2:40)

6. Grumpus - Banana Peppers (3:18)

7. Blue Hawaii - Sierra Lift (3:40) 

8. Milosh - You Fill Me (4:53)

9. (Charles)Book Record featuring Tada! - Black Christmas (3:51)

10. Bright Eyes - White Christmas (1:36)

11. Radiation City - Wash of Noise (2:19)

12. Under Byen - Liste Over Sande Venner og Forbilleder (4:10)

13. Bee Eyes - Hidden Truck (Unpopular edit)

14. Noisettes - Never Forget You, Last fm sessions (3:56)

15. Elephant - Skyscraper (3:27)

16. Active Child - Silhouette feat. Ellie Goulding (4:09)

17. Sky Ferreira - Love in Stereo (3:19)

18. Cocorosie - After the Afterlife (3:04)

19. El Perro del Mar - Change of Heart (5:08)

20. Rhye - Open (3:37)

21. El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Jueves (6:24)

22. Timber Timbre - Demon Host (3:38)

23. Kashmir - Piece of the Sun (5:27)

24. Alt-J - Something Good (3:38)

25. Ciudad - My Emptiness [Brooklyn Sessions] (4:37)

Goodbye Freo: The Fremantle Chapter S4E10 (Last Episode!)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E10

Monday 25th November 2013

830pm to 10pm (+8GMT)

After an amazing four and a half years, we bid farewell to Freo. This is the last episode of the Fremantle Chapter. Thanks for listening. The music goes on, as always.

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Tracklist:

1. Midlake - Provider (3:48)
2. National Wake - International News (3:19)
3. FlowersxOfxCarnage - Hack/Slash (2:32)
4. Acid Mothers Temple and Space Paranoid - Space Paranoid (5:35)
5. MXNDKRFT - Feelin' (3:55)
6. Jean Reiki - Junction (3:27)
7. Moderat - Milk (10:04)
8. Nurse With Wound - Chromanatron Pt. A (excerpt) (5:43)
9. French Films - Where We Come From (3:49)
10. TOY - My Heart Skips A Beat (4:23)
11. Etc - When I was a Store Detective (acoucstic) (4:57)
12. Naomi and The Boys - Bad Loser (2:46)
13. Ronnie Ong - Buttons And Bows (3:07)
14. Steve Mason - Come to Me (5:34)
15. Forest Swords - Ljoss (5:18)
16. John Grant - GMF (5:13)

All four seasons of the Fremantle Chapter can be downloaded HERE

Tangkap Suxx: The Fremantle Chapter S4E9 (11th Nov 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E9

Monday 11th Nov 2013

830pm to 10pm (+8GMT)

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Tracklist:

1. Wooden Shjips - Back To Land (5:17)
2. My Panda Shall Fly - ---+ Beat (5:32)
3. We, The Divers - Rise and Fall (excerpt) (11:52)
4. Russian Circles - Lebaron (4:36)
5. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Failed by Machine (3:48)
6. Nick Bohun - Fury Whipped (16:23)
7. King Drummer - I Am A Drummer (1:52)
8. Dara Puspita - Harapan Kosong (2:38)
9. Throwing Muses - Sunray Venus (3:35)
10. The Roses - Cold Food (2:00)
11. I\D - Dance to it (7:25)
12. Nurse With Wound + Graham Bowers - The Bitter End (5:18)

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Tangkap Suxx: The Fremantle Chapter S4E8 (4th Nov 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E8

Monday 4th Nov 2013

830pm to 10pm (+8GMT)

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Tracklist:

1. Tim Hecker - Live Room (7:02)
2. M.I.A. - Matangi (5:12)
3. We, The Divers - Drift (3:55)
4. Sigmun - Bones (4:21)
5. Musique Dayak De Kalimantan - Musiq de danse sur sampeh (1:09)
6. Musique Dayak De Kalimantan - Joueuses de lotong (2:58)
7. Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès - Na Binta (8:28)
8. The Black Angels - Holland (4:02)
9. Black Brothers - Saman Doye (4:05)
10. Wooden Wand & The World War IV - Mcdonald's on the Moon (8:14)
11. Reshma - Ve Mein Chori Chori Tere Naal (3:31)
12. Lou Reed - Perfect Day (3:44)
13. Stoned Revivals - Stoned Alleycat (4:41)
14. His Name Is Codeine - The Measure Of Your Misery (5:12)



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Tangkap Suxx: The Fremantle Chapter S4E7 (21st Oct 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E7

Monday 21st October 2013

830pm to 10pm
(Perth, KL, Singapore time)

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Tracklist:
1. Future of the Left - Singing of the Bonesaws (4:42)
2. Skip Skip Ben Ben - La' Lasta (4:39)
3. Bugs of Phonon - Dancing in the wind (9:07)
4. X'Ho + ARCN TEMPL - Lucifugous (6:25)
5. Dub Addiction Collective - From Babylon To Saigon (4:33)
6. Stepper - Frenchman in Kingston (3:52)
7. Word Sound Power - Unity (4:57)
8. Rogue Wave - College (3:58)
9. The Wellington - Ocean (3:46)
10. Dara Puspita - Bertamasja (1:59)
11. D'4 Ever - Mungkir Janji (2:37)
12. Editors - A Ton Of Love (3:58)
13. The National - Graceless (4:36)
14. F A U X E - You Had Me At Hello (3:05)

 

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Tangkap Suxx: The Freo Chapter S4E6 (14th Oct 2013)

cover art of Subduction's "Bad News From The Inner Solar System"

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E6

Monday 14th October 2013
830pm to 10pm
(Perth, KL, Singapore Time)

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Tracklist:

1. Elf Fatima - I See The Light Before Our Planet Explode (7:40)
2. Strange Mountain - Your Slow Midnight (4:43)
3. These Brittle Bones - Flecks (4:23)
4. Subduction - How Very Much (I've Loved You) (4:26)
5. Awk Wah - Ominhex (3:19)
6. Four Tet - Gong (3:14)
7. Young Galaxy - Pretty Boy (3:55)
8. R.D. Burman (with Asha Boshle and Kishore Kumar) - Aa Dekhen Jara
(edit) (5:21)
9. Lanny Sisters and Band Zaenal Combo - Binatang Malu (2:20)
10. Kwartet Bintang (with Zaenal Combo) - Abunawas (2:22)
11. Grails - Self-Hypnosis (8:06)
12. Frog Eyes - Claxxon's Lament (4:41)
13. Wolf Parade - Claxxon's Lament (2:58)
14. Fauxe - Dream Catcher (5:45)

  

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Tangkap Suxx: The Freo Chapter S4E5 (7th Oct 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter S4E5
Monday 7th October 2013

830pm to 10pm
(Perth, KL, Singapore Time)

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Tracklist:
 
1. Emily Wells - Becomes the Color (4:43)
2. Atlas - Genius (Life In Transit) (5:41)
3. Esmerine - Lost River Blues I (7:26)
4. Esmerine - Lost River Blues II (3:18)
5. sima kim - tribute to no one (5:02)
6. Spacedays - Is It In The Circle? (3:44)
7. M. Osman + Orkes Nirwana - Kisah Disampang (2:01)
8. Minor Alps - Far from the Roses (4:06)
9. Summer In Vienna - Falling Leaves (3:43)
10. Orkes Melayu Irama Seni - Supir Jadi Majikan (3:03)
11. Sunforest - Magician In The Mountain (4:11)
12. Awk Wah - Dazzling Spinoza (4:17)
13. DJ Smokestack - Aaya Sanam Aaya Deewana Tera (4:59)
14. Tricky - Passion of the Christ (2:46)
15. British Sea Power - A Light Above Ascending (4:09)





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Tangkap Suxx: The Freo Chapter S4E4 (16th Sept 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E4

Monday 16th Sept 2013

830pm to 10pm

(Perth, KL, Singapore Time)

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Tracklist:

1. Apricot Rail - Basket Press (5:09)
2. P.K.14 - Ice Age (3:32)
3. Diphasic - Flat Blade (5:36)
4. .gif - diatribe (5:54)
5. The Won Over - Happy Birthday (6:52)
6. Nanny State Noise - Despotz R Us (3:15)
7. Leslie Low - anticitizen (4:11)
8. Alistair Hulett - The Internationale (3:26)
9. The Veils - A Falling Star (3:29)
10. Milisi Kecoa - Kami Marah! (EP version) (1:17)
11. Milisi Kecoa - Ini Bukan Arab, Bung! (EP version) (1:06)
12. Fendy Othman - Shadows On Our Sides (2:27)
13. Pixies - Andro Queen (3:23)
14. Bikram Singh - Kinna Sohna Munda (4:36)
15. Nick Bohun - Side B (Repetitive Nature /ofinely Tuned Machine) (6:22)
16. Mazzy Star - California (5:23)

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Tangkap Suxx: The Freo Chapter S4E3 (9th Sept 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E3

Monday 9th September 2013

830pm to 10pm

(Perth, Singapore, KL time)

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Tracklist:

1. The House of Love - A Baby Got Back On Its Feet (2:48)
2. Slowjaxx and The Kozmik Love Orkestra - Eve of Destruction (3:32)
3. Mehrpouya - African Jumbo (11:26)
4. keladak - Black Crows (EP Version) (5:30)
5. Abbe May - Karmageddon (3:09)
6. Obedient Wives Club - Murder Kill Baby (3:15)
7. Force Vomit - Spacemen Over Malaysia (2:53)
8. Man or Astro-Man? - Defcon 5 (3:13)
9. Jen Efting - I call home (3:09)
10. Mohiner Ghoraguli - Eto Chaua Niye Kotha Jai (4:30)
11. Rafi Dean - All The Promises Are Yes And Amen (5:24)
12. White Lies - Big TV (5:28)
13. Forest Swords - Friend, You Will Never Learn (8:13)

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Tangkap Suxx: The Freo Chapter S4E2 (2nd Sept 2013)

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The Fremantle Chapter

S4E2

Monday 2nd September 2013

830pm to 10pm

(Perth, Singapore, KL time)

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Tracklist:

1. Barbara Dane - I Hate The Capitalist System (3:12)

2. Asian Dub Foundation - The Signal And The Noise (3:20)

3. Max Lane - The School Is Yours (4:23)

4. Beelzebud - Sengsara (11:07)

5. Bad Religion - True North (1:55)

6. Bad Religion - Robin Hood in Reverse (2:53)

7. Panda Head Curry - Sunat (1:37)

8. Modena City Ramblers - I Cento Passi (4:23)

9. Ramy Essam - Taty Taty (2:01)

10. Algebra Suicide - Please Respect Our Decadence (2:21)

11. Future of the Left - The Male Gaze (2:32)

12. The Roses - Rock Song (2:53)

13. The Roses - Joe Jonas (1:25)

14. Kelompok Kampungan - Hidup Ini Seperti Drama (5:33)

15. Asha Bhosle + R.D. Burman - Duniya Mein Logon Ko (5:51)

16. The Cure - Lovesong (3:28)

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