Suffering Jukebox

Double the interviews again this week!

This morning's episode features an interview with legendary ambient musician William Basinski, who just released Passing The Cup Of Sorrows, a solo piano work, last Friday, October 23rd, via Temporary Residence.  Find out more about William Basinski (and purchase his music) here: https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/music

This week's show also features an interview with Patricia McInerney who records and performs as Diaspora The Explorer and who also organises unique events as Basket Of Hammers. Samhain (curated by Basket Of Hammers) returns again in 2026 to the Old Ambulance Station in Nambour for a night of performances on Saturday October 31st, featuring: Tralala Blip, Primitive Motion, Andrew Tuttle & Darren Cross, Peyo, Unregistered Master Builder and Mutter. In addition to the night of performances, an art exhibition featuring Alan Phelan, Jeremy Plint, Ronan McCall & Brinks Helm will be running at the same venue from Thursday 29th October to Saturday 7th November. Find out more about Samhain (and purchase tickets) here: https://events.humanitix.com/samhain-26

Nick's Pick of the Week is messing with the formula again this week, once more, instead focussing on a single release, I am highlighting three recent, international records that may have escaped your attention: Heroína's Heroína, Marvin Cate's Controlled Burn and Gnod's Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol. 2. You can hear all three releases in all the usual places, or purchase them here: https://heroinamusica.bandcamp.com/album/hero-na, here: https://marvin-tate.bandcamp.com/album/controlled-burn and here: https://gnod.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-gnowt-vol-2 . My review can be read below.

Three International Releases You May Have Missed

October 26th 2026

Sometimes things get lost in the noise, with so much great, new music being released all the time, it’s understandable that some truly excellent records might get missed. Here’s a couple of recent —the last month or so— albums that may have flown under the radar.

Heroína’s Heroína is thirty odd minutes of intense, discordant screamo. The group hails from Lisbon in Portugal, a city whose music scene I am woefully ignorant of, but, if Lisbon is churning out stuff as brilliant as this, maybe the Portuguese underground is worth investigating.

Marvin Tate’s Controlled Burn is equally intense, though in a completely different way. Here, the Chicago slam-poet teams up with LeRoy Bach, who soundtracks Tate’s rapid-fire spoken word with an undercurrent of electronic noise. Controlled Burn is, at times, a difficult listen, kind of like a darker and more experimental Wesley Willis —if you are looking for a simple descriptor. Like many challenging records though, persistence pays off, rewarding those who push through with twelve tracks that bristle with an electric, manic current of creativity.

Finally, Gnod’s latest, Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol. II, another drastic departure for this constantly shape-shifting crew of musicians. Gnod’s last few releases leaned heavily into krautrock and psychedelia, but on Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol. II they return to the heavier sounds of some of their earliest albums —albeit this time, they sound a little more like Fugazi, if the classic DC post-hardcore band wrote eight-minute songs!

Nick Stephan