The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio Recap: Episode 07
I wanted to get a little weird. You know, the last episode of The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio was some of the best tracks from 2018, but in addition to some new stuff, some 2019 stuff — cuts from Skraeckoedlan and Thunderbird Divine — I wanted to make sure I included some songs that people might’ve missed in 2018. In fact, with Melody Fields early on in the playlist, that was a record I missed completely until I put up one or the other of the year-end lists and someone pointed it out to me on Thee Facebooks. It’s an awesome record. On the show, I mistakenly said it was released through World in Sound. The LP was on Kommun 2 and the CD was on Sound Effect. Credit where it’s due, because that record rules.
Likewise, “it rules” was also a running theme. Black Helium was a standout from that 100-album Quarterly Review that I did in December, and being able to stand out among 99 other releases certainly seems worth highlighting to me. I was digging the Horehound record as I was getting ready to review it, and Skraeckoedlan I’m also getting ready to cover (maybe later this week?), while Faith in Jane I haven’t had the chance to review yet but those guys are great. Also from the Quarterly Review was Child, Space Coke and Carpet, while Goblinsmoker belong to the UK’s ever-growing swath of bands with silly names and a destructive bent. And then at the end I wanted to space out like I used to do with the podcasts — just have it hit a point and go far out and not come back. Jam into the reaches. Plus it gave me an excuse to talk about Øresund Space Collective’s AR/VR artwork for Kybalion, which it awesome in its own right.
The odd-track-out I suppose is Witchcraft, but I talk about that on the show. It’s kind of a new-classic in my mind and something I wanted to focus on this episode. We’re moving into a new year and Witchcraft’s self-titled came out 15 years ago. I think the only reason it’s not already considered classic heavy is because it’s still so relevant, it hasn’t even allowed for that kind of distance yet. But make no mistake, that’s a classic album.
Anyway, considering I had to record the voice breaks on my phone because my internet was so craptastic at the time that I couldn’t go directly into Gimme’s back end software like I’m supposed to, I thought the show came out pretty well. If you listened, I hope you agree. And if you missed it, I hope you can catch the replay.
Here’s the playlist:
The Obelisk Show Ep. 07 – 01.06.19
| Greenbeard | Kill to Love Yourself | Onward, Pillager |
| Skraeckoedlan | Kung Mammut | Eorþe |
| BREAK | ||
| Melody Fields | Trädgränsen | Melody Fields |
| Faith in Jane | Mountain Lore | Countryside |
| Horehound | Sloth | Holocene |
| Foot | Sweet Stuff | Buffalo |
| Child | The Other Song | I |
| BREAK | ||
| Witchcraft | No Angel or Demon | Witchcraft |
| Black Helium | Summer Spells | Primitive Fuck |
| Space Coke | Kali Ma | L’Appel du Vide |
| Rifflord | The Other Side | 7 Cremation Ground/Meditation |
| Goblinsmoker | Toad King | Toad King |
| Thunderbird Divine | Qualified | Magnasonic |
| BREAK | ||
| Øresund Space Collective | Smooth Future | Kybalion |
| Carpet | Selene | About Rooms and Elephants |
| Deep Space Destructors | Floating | Visions from the Void |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio airs every other Sunday night at 7PM Eastern, with replays the following Tuesday at 9AM. Next show is Jan. 20. Thanks for listening if you do.
Tags: Black Helium, Carpet, Child, Deep Space Destructors, Faith in Jane, Foot, Gimme Radio, Goblinsmoker, Greenbeard, Horehound, Melody Fields, Rifflord, Skraeckoedlan, Space Coke, The Obelisk Show, Thunderbird Divine, Witchcraft, Øresund Space Collective
