Viking's Choice: Psychedelic Cumbia, String Drone, Afghan Noise
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What can we learn from the "fat man" of Heibei as he mixes and chugs a colon-blasting cocktail, while lighting a cigarette from his own burning finger? For one, everything is within the scope of ability. Secondly, wild combinations yield bad-ass results.
Viking's Choice, a weekly playlist of the," but can aspire to his greatness. Cloudkicker, uh, kicks things off with some high-definition instru-metal as Sarah Bernstein and Kid Millions match that intensity with gonzoid noise-rock made from amplified violin and drums. 's densely layered "Mono no Aware" leads into 's somehow simultaneously dusty and sparkly cover of 's "Duchess," which was originally recorded for . There's a string of synth jams of varying danceability (Ka Baird, Carl Oesterhelt, ), but also a throwback to Rod Lee, the "."
