The Sonic Cloth – Details, episodes & analysis

Ok, I've been taking a breather since March. The Sonic Cloth will be back later with a new & improved format. More fun and spontaneity to be had with the same commitment to exploring rabbit holes of deep music. 

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Sijal Nasralla is a diaspora Palestinian who makes music and maqluba in Durham, North Carolina. Dunums is a project that describes itself as "Arty, noisey, post-rock, bedroom fake-jazz for a free Palestine. Blending memory and homeland heartache into feelings, full sonic moments on family, love, rage, and how "God" will always be greater". SIjal also plays drums in The Muslims, a "crunchy, kickass punk band of Black + brown queer muzzies."   Sijal and I set out on a deeply personal and liberatory rabbit hole where we pass the aux cord back and forth at the Free Palestine party. This mixtape is quintessentially diasporic; reflecting the experience of having our feet in two cultures that are in constant and intense flux with one another. We abhor the empire but adore Dolly Parton.  Free Palestine // End the Genocide // Zionist Punks, Fuck Off

• Listen to the episode's mixtape @ https://spoti.fi/3SOBiDe
• Listen to Dunums on Bandcamp @ dunums.bandcamp.com/music
• Listen to The Muslims on Bandcamp @ themuslims.bandcamp.com
• Support Medical Aid for Palestine and pick up a digital copy of Dunums & Manas @ radiokhiyaban.bandcamp.com/album/dunums-manas
• United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) Resources for Palestine @ weareumaw.org/news/bds

Part II of a survey of vintage and modern funky African music via today’s crop of excellent global reissue labels. We take things to East Africa spanning beloved regional styles like Ethio-jazz, the pan-Somali sound, Sudanese groove, Kenyan Benga, Zambian Psych Rock, and Neo-Taarab from Zanzibar, among others.  

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Part I of a survey of (mostly) funky African music via today’s crop of excellent global reissue labels. These dedicated labels are introducing and reintroducing strains of outstanding West African music, new and old, to ears that have largely ignored the region’s under-recognized contributions to the breadth of music. We run through Hilife, Afrobeat, Gumbe, Afro-Rock, Malian Peulh, Edo Funk, Country-Folk, Agadez Rock, and then some.

Next up is Part II where we’ll explore the musical gems of East Africa.

AKULA!

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We’re back for another record label discography deep dive. We teamed up with Phil (Phil’s Breakfast Metal) once again to take on the mighty Profound Lore Records, a label which has left a singular mark on the world of forward thinking and riff-bringing metal & dark music. We discussed our first exposure to the label and its inevitable legendary status in setting the bar for extreme metal over the past two decades. Phil and I each plucked four tracks from the label’s rich catalog, which was not an easy task. Stick around till the end to hear our honorable mentions (also not an easy task). Support Profound Lore Records on Bandcamp and the label’s web store 

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Go back and listen to Episode 10 where Phil and I took on the I, Voidhanger label Follow @thesoniccloth on Instagram to grab the tracklist 

We listen to a bunch of cool & nice cover songs. 

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Author & music writer, Ian King (Under the Radar Mag, Stereogum, Author of "Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres"), joins me as we tackle the wide and undefinable world of post-rock. We wrestle with this genre’s cringe name, quote Simon Reynolds ad nauseam, ponder why post-rock bands prefer to play live while sitting on chairs, and run through a based post-rock playlist curated by Ian. True to form, only real post-rock heads will stick around for the full runtime on this one. Lift your skinny fists and smash that subscribe button. 

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Pick up Ian King’s terrific book, Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres at your local bookstore, Harper Collins Publishers, or Amazon.

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Listen to our collaborative playlist on Spotify

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In Vol.II of our ongoing Fringe Psych series, we round up eight psyched out bangers from all along the eastern hemisphere. In this one, we hit Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, India, and Korea. Eat it up, you orientalist fucks. 

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Damian Master (A Pregnant Light, Colloquial Sound Recordings) dropped by to confess his love for the most underrated, savage band in rock & roll and post-hardcore: the mighty Planes Mistaken For Stars. I asked Damian to select his most beloved tracks from each of the major PMFS releases. We covered everything from the first 10’’ to their 2016 comeback record, Prey. In our discussion, we get into everything from PMFS’s influence on A Pregnant Light, Gared’s inimitable voice and lyrics, and the evolution of the band from “planesmistakenforstars” to just “Planes”. This one’s a real gem in The Sonic Cloth canon as Damian’s got stories for days and lets em rip. Huge thanks to Damian for dropping by the show and setting the record straight on this brilliant beautiful band. RIP Gared O’Donnell. We ride to fight! 

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- Support Damian and pick up A Pregnant Light physical media and merch at Colloquial Sound Recordings 

- Listen to A Pregnant Light & tons of other CSR projects on Bandcamp

- Follow Damian on Instagram & Twitter

- Pick up PMFS merch at Deathwish

A Pregnant Light tracks played:

“Beast About” from Beast About w/ Germanicus

“Do as Daddy Says” from I Licked It, Now It’s Mine

Raygun Busch of Oklahoma City’s premiere noise rock band, Chat Pile, drops by The Sonic Clotherie to talk block rockin’ beats, nocturnal trip hop, manchester club music, and other strains of 90’s Electronica and Techno. This one went long but we got into the weeds on missed rave opportunities, the glory of 90’s film soundtracks, fight scene techno, BPM’s, and UK DJ bloke culture. 

Listen to Chat Pile on Bandcamp. Follow Chat Pile on Instagram. Look out for Chat Pile’s debut album coming out on The Flenser. Check out the wonderful Rodeo Cinema in Oklahoma City. “Brutal Truth” by Chat Pile from the Portrayal of Guilt/Chat Pile split.

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