Wrekmeister Harmonies is an experimental collective led by JR Robison (the rotating cast of characters/associates includes David Yow, Chris Brokaw, Ken Vandermark and Mark Solotroff, among many others).
Saby Reyes Kulkarni from Pitchfork listed their LP Night of Your Ascension among his top 10 metal albums of 2015 and their other LPs made it into end of the year lists at The Quietus, Spin and Village Voice.
Guest mix made by WH is a bit different from guest mixes that we featured previously as the band decided to share what inspires them throughout life on the road:
We’re on tour right now here’s what we’re listening to on the drives and watching when we get to our room at night
Podcasts
Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin – interesting and insightful plus his voice is mesmerizing. Could listen to him recite a Chilis menu and be fascinated.
S -Town – just like everyone else WTF with Marc Maron – interview style is like eavesdropping on a therapist intake evaluation for both host and guest.
Music
The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane
The Grateful Dead – The Closing of Winterland Ballroom
Skip James – Vanguard Visionaries
Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages
Nina Simone – A Single Woman
Gimmer Nicholson – Christopher Idyllis
Watching
The Americans
Fortitude
The Fear
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