A few episodes ago, I played Graven and floated the idea of doing a whole episode that was super-aggressive. At the same time, I thought a show that went totally the other way would be cool too; all acoustic or near-acoustic stuff and nothing really aggro about it. Well, then my silly brain got started wondering why not do both? So here we are. The first hour? Oh that’s mad. Lots of sludge, lots of screaming. When you start off with YOB’s “Nothing to Win,” you know you’re throwing down some anger. I probably won’t play Primitive Man that often. This time, it felt important to make the point. So it’s there next to Coltsblood. Point made.

Second hour? Well, it starts with Lamp of the Universe, so things get pretty trippy and pretty mellow and they basically stay that way with T.G. Olson, Conny Ochs, No Man’s Valley, The Book of Knots — because god damn, I love that song — and Scott Kelly and the Road Home — ditto — getting progressively moodier as they go. From there, it’s time to jam to the end of the episode with WEEED and Träden, who I recently saw have a show coming up at Rough Trade in New York. No way I’ll be cool enough to be there, but it’s an awesome idea anyhow.

All told, I’m happy with how this one came out, and for being kind of a hodgepodge conceptually, I think it’s worth exploring different kinds of heaviness and what makes a particular song or moment feel that way. If you listened last night or hear the replay, thanks.

Here’s the full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 03.17.19

YOB	Nothing to Win	Clearing the Path to Ascend
Mastiff	Vermin	Plague*
Swarm of the Lotus	From Embers	When White Becomes Black
Sadhus, The Smoking Community	Sobbing Children	Big Fish*
BREAK
Horsehunter	Bring out Yer Dead	Horsehunter*
Primitive Man	Sterility	Caustic
Coltsblood	Snows of the Winter Realm	Split with Un*
Lamp of the Universe	The Leaving	Align in the Fourth Dimension*
T.G. Olson	Backslider	Riding Roughshod*
Conny Ochs	Hammer to Fit	Doom Folk*
No Man’s Valley	Murder Ballad	Outside the Dream*
The Book of Knots	Traineater	Traineater
Scott Kelly & the Road Home	The Field that Surrounds Me	The Forgiven Ghost in Me
BREAK
WEEED	Carmelized	You are the Sky*
Träden	När lingonen mognar (Lingonberries Forever)	Träden

The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio airs every other Sunday night at 7PM Eastern, with replays the following Tuesday at 9AM. Next show is March 31. Thanks for listening if you do.

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