Playlist Schokoladen 120412

Euclid – Clip
A.Armada – The Dam Was Split But The City Was Saved
Big Kids – I Am a Romantic Comedy Dude
Marvins Revolt – Folks Ain’t Sleeping
Prawn – Get Down
Airpeople – Stockholm
You Blew It! – Terry v. Tori
Des Ark – No More Fighting Cats, Ok?
Snowing – Big Weed
Oxford Collapse – Bikini Atoll
Silver Jews – Trains Across The Sea
The Love Of Everything – Proud Of Looking Around
Algernon Cadwallader – Serial Killer Status
This Town Needs Guns – Chinchilla
Black Eyes – A Pack Of Wolves
Trend – Mann in Uniform
Malaria! – Geld (Money)
The Oliver Twist Band – Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Sunshine Bores The Day!
Grass Widow – Disappearing Industries
A.M. Thawn – Coalitions: Satellites & Programms
Land Of Talk – The Man Who Breaks Things (Dark Shuffle)
From Monument To Masses – Sharpshooter
Jumbo Jet – The Hatred Lover
Sinaloa – Tread, Not Trudge
Dowsing – Amateur Cartography
Grave, Shovel…Let’s Go – Edgy Electrician
Coping – Croquet
Deleometer – Din 100101
Pianos Become The Teeth – New Normal
La Quiete – Fai Finta Di Non Girati
September Malevolence – Who Watches The Watchmen?
Kam:as – Fallout Kiss
Jn Fischer Erf – Bison
Toboggan – Fields
Pavement – Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Coasting – Portland
Good Luck – 1001 Open Hands
Petethepiratesquid – All Girl Freak Show
Absolute Boys – Wonderful Things
dd/mm/yyyy – super vgf
The Mae-Shi – Raise Up The Judges (Go Dancing Again)
Supersystem – Miracle
Panther – Control Yr Ships
Chad VanGaalen – TMNT Mask
PTTRNS – Paradise Paradigms
Antelope – Game Over
The Falcon Five – Of Hamsters and Goblins
The Promise Ring – Red & Blue Jeans
Owls – Everyone is my Friend
Pedro The Lion – Indian Summer
Xiu Xiu – No Friend oh!
Birthmark – Stuck
Why? – Into The Shadows Of My Embrace
Skeletons – More Than The One Thing
Parenthetical Girls – Handsome Devil
John Maus – No Title (Molly)
Chelsea Wolfe – Friedrichshain
Molly Nilsson – Hotel Home
U.S. Girls – Island Song
Pure X – Voices
Future Islands – Before The Bridge
Brick+Mortar – Heatstroke
Trash Kit – How d’you do?
Q And Not U – Soft Pyramids
Shokei – The Scenic Route
The Van Pelt – Yamato (Where People Really Die)
Pretty Girls Make Graves – Speakers Push The Air
Team Dresch – Hate The Christian Right!
No Age – Glitters
Sonic Youth – Silver Rocket
Fuckuismyname – I Hate All The People In The Disco
Japanther – Mornings
Ex Models – Hey Boner
31Knots – Certificate
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Battles – Futura

Since I believe some of my experiences with music have not just made me happier but also have made me a better person, I’ve wondered whether the opposite could also be true— that music could lead you in the direction of destructive behavior. Seems logical. And when I think of something like Swans, where bleak music about suffering could help lift me out of a depression, or certain rap songs that tap into memories of aggressiveness and violence that feel very far from who I am and how I want my life to be, I realize it’s never going to be an easy question to answer. I’m not sure I could ever explain how it works, at least not completely. But when I’m tuning into the rage and fear and catharsis behind my headphones it feels like it’s all there for a reason, like there’s a desire that needs to be explored and music creates a sheltered space for it to happen.

Mark Richardson – Resonant Frequency: Watch the Sound. On rap music, fear, aggression, Swans, and what happens when we feel music but don’t necessarily identify with it. (May 13, 2011)