Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews
Birk and Ross plumb the depths of vaporwave, dark ambient, and other haunted genres of music. Discover new music to listen to and find out why we're drawn to retro aesthetics and dark music.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 139
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Japanese Signalwave
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It’s a well known fact that we love signalwave, not just because it’s great music, but because it also provides unique insight into how other artists process thei…
Rummaging Through The Discord
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The community members on our Patreon Discord are constantly posting suggestions and recommendations for great albums of all genres. We’ve gotten into the habit of …
Lost Media That Never Existed
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We love the concept of lost media that never existed. In this episode, we’re checking out two albums that present themselves as soundtracks or music to movies tha…
Horrorsynth for Halloween
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In this episode, we’re getting into Spooky Month proper by digging into genres of darksynth and horrorsynth. These are genres that neither of us are very familiar…
Exploring the Hearts of Space
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In this episode, we’re checking out Hearts of Space, a long-running ambient radio program hosted by Stephen Hill. We talk about our personal experience listening t…
Easy Listening Vaporwave
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In this episode, we’re heading into Fall with some easy listening vaporwave from artists we discovered on our Vaporwave Up and Comers 2023 episode. Join us as we …
End of Summer Jams
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In this episode, we’re heading into the end of summer with two recent releases from artists we love. Join us as we check out the latest albums from Blank Banshee…
The Music of VILL4IN Records
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Accidental record label month both continues and concludes with the music of VILL4IN Records, a record label that focuses on releasing independent and experimenta…
The Music of Eighth Tower Records
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In this episode, we’re digging into the music of Eighth Tower Records, a record label that focuses on “dark music and fiction.” We selected albums that were inspi…
Vaporwave Up & Comers 2023
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We’ve often lamented that it can be difficult to keep up with everything happening in a scene, especially one that is as actively evolving as vaporwave. Thankfully…
Folktronica Exploration
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In this episode, we’re exploring the world of Folktronica, a genre that unsurprisingly features traditional folk instrumentation set against the rhythms and timbr…
Chopping for Tapes at K-Mart
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The K-Mart tapes are a collection of 56 cassette tapes that were used to provide in-store music and announcements in the late 80s and early 90s. They were kept and…
Summertime is for Summer Jams
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Summertime is for summer jams, so in this episode we’re checking out two recent albums from podcast favorites luxury elite and Limousine. Both albums, while being …
Signalwave Redux
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In this episode, we’re revisiting Signalwave, one of our favorite subgenres of haunted music. Specifically, we’re discussing the evolution of the genre as more ne…
Vaporwave and Virtual Reality
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Virtual reality, despite its recent success, has been a perennial retro technology for the majority of our lives. It represents a technological future that may nev…
The Music of Terror Vision
The Music of Terror Vision
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The folks at Terror Vision, a boutique shop focused on preserving obscure genre films, recently released Copperhead, an early direct-to-…
Architectural Horror and Vaporwave
Architectural Horror and Vaporwave
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In this episode, we delve into the topic of architectural horror and its connection to vaporwave and other genres of haunted mus…
Spring 2023 Discord Recommendations
Spring 2023 Discord Recommendations
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It’s that time of year again. It’s our biannual Discord extravaganza. We selected almost 20 pieces of music recommended by our …
The Music of Realm and Ritual
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This week, we’re digging into the music of Realm and Ritual, an anti-fascist record label from Boston that focuses on cassette and other physical media releases o…
Boss Fights and Save Rooms
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Caleb is back and this time we’re chatting about the original soundtracks to two very different games: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and Signalis. These soundtracks …