Wings Of Joy era Cranes would fit this right?
― MaresNest, Sunday, 14 July 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, and the Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble are blatant Badalamenti/Lynchcore but I guess everyone knows that by now.
― Siegbran, Monday, 15 July 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Much later than the timeframe of this thread, but I was once in a dark room with a slow-flashing strobe while LCD Soundsystem's 'Christmas Blues' was playing and it felt like Frank Booth or Jacques Renault might've been lurking in the corner.
― Logy Psycho (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 July 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
Spell's Seasons in the Sun album fits this aesthetic pretty closely. slightly sinister covers of '50s-'70s pop songs that were slightly sinister to begin with. admittedly, all of the originals (that I've heard) are more powerful and less self-consciously grimdark than Boyd Rice's reimaginings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2OzIXxff5c
― hoostanbank de reason lyrics mp4 hd video download (unregistered), Monday, 15 July 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
The Innocence Mission fits with this, though much more with their albums from 1995 onward ("Bright As Yellow" et al).
Cowboy Junkies' Whites Off Earth Now!!! fits with this as much as The Trinity Sessions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2MEOvKqqo
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 15 July 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
Also John Lee Hooker/Van/Booker T's 1991 "I Cover The Waterfront" and the Hooker/Miles The Hot Spot OST songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUkBGERTcdQ
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 15 July 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
how have I never heard The Hot Spot soundtrack before
― Brad C., Tuesday, 16 July 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
Lisa Germano and Calexico's one-off OP8 album from 1997 might be tangentially related to this specific aesthetic. I love it a lot and more folks need to hear it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7CC4G906hw
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 20 July 2019 05:33 (four years ago) link
Tarnation - Gentle Creatures fits pretty well (from ‘95, though)
― Mule, Saturday, 20 July 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link