Thursday Mixtape | 104 Songs That Will Take You Where You Need To Go (Side 3)

Today in crappy news: Jet Black, the founding drummer of U.K. punk OGs The Stranglers, has died at 84. Yep, 84. They might have said punk was a young man’s game, but Jet (born Brian Duffy) proved them wrong: He was nearly 40 ā€” at least a decade older than his bandmates ā€” when The Stranglers released their essential debut Rattus Norvegicus in 1977. Jet’s drumming ā€” crisp, tight and minimal but always creative and spot-on ā€” was the glue that sealed their dark, aggressive sound. I was lucky enough to see them in the early ā€™80s, when they were arguably at their peak ā€” and when Black was pushing 50. He stayed behind the kit (at least part-time) for three more decades, which seems like a life well-lived to me. Do yourself a favour and spend the evening in his musical company. But first, check out these 104 singles, videos, cover tunes, remixes, oldies, live clips and holiday songs ā€” including a few dozen you won’t find anywhere else. Your Tinnitist-approved tracks are tagged with a āœˆļø. Buckle up:

 


METAL, HARD ROCK + PROG

āœˆļø 34 | They Grieve | To Which I Bore Witness


35 | Lansdowne | Halo


36 | Tragedy | Venus


37 | Djerv | Enemy


38 | Time, The Valuator | Binary Pulse


39 | Symphony Of Sweden | Just Let It Bleed


40 | Alms | Ira


41 | The Amity Affliction | Show Me Your God


42 | Uter Scorn | Operatic


43 | Revenge Beast | Egregore


44 | Obscura | Heritage


45 | Bizarrekult | Midt I Stormen


46 | Nouvelle | Bloodstarved


47 | Words That Burn | Play God


48 | Odd Crew | Till It Ends


49 | Red Cain | Fisher King


āœˆļø 50 | Crossbone Skully | Evil World Machine


51 | Hellripper | The Nuckelavee


52 | Olēka | Pulse


53 | Entropia | Retox


54 | Volumes | Rise


55 | Balance Breach | The Spark


56 | llmatic | Price Of Life


āœˆļø 57 | Iron Cobra | Malicious Magician


58 | Another Thursday | Impossible


59 | Crawl | 10,000 Polehammers