Letherette - 2010 EP

British hip-hop duo that I can't find much about because I haven't looked for anything. Who cares. Anyway, this is a pretty badass little collection of laid-back instrumental beats that will without a doubt bring Dilla and Madlib to mind, but they've got a uniquely smooth sound of their own.

I discovered Letherette through Kutmah's The New Error, Vol. 1, a mix that's part of a series that melds both classic and unreleased tunes ranging from modern beatmakers to old dub and soul into long, seamless tracks. I wholeheartedly recommend checking out both volumes, as they're rife with awesome hidden gems from across the ages, and the mixes work almost like standalone songs themselves.

immense beat:


kosz

The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite

The Dillards were a bluegrass quartet that often incorporated country rock and baroque pop elements into their music, and as a result sounded a lot more like a mix of Rubber Soul-era Beatles (there's a wonderful bluegrass arrangement of "I've Just Seen A Face") and The Flying Burrito Brothers than your traditional bluegrass outfit. Clocking in at just under 28 minutes long, Wheatstraw Suite doesn't leave much room for bullshit, and as every single track on this is gold, it's easy to breeze through this three times in a row without losing interest. I'm listening to this as I write this up, and I really don't understand how this group didn't take off. The sound created on this album should have had massive staying power in pop music in the 60's-70's.

thinkimgettinold

Bobb Trimble - Iron Curtain Innocence

okay before I even say anything about this guy's music:


Aside from looking like the coolest Columbine shooter, Trimble creates really bizarre, dark synth-laden pyschedelic folk/pop. Shit'll sound like lo-fi Beatles on some tracks and then sound like R.E.M. via P.C.P. on others.

check out this motherfucker right here:



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Syöpä - Beneath Lucifer's Eye

so here's abysmill's grand 2012 reopening!

Probably my favorite black metal find of the past year, Syöpä is raw black metal of the finest order. Reminds me a lot of good LLN bm, and by good LLN I mean "March to the Black Holocaust." This demo's rife with hate-filled riffs and nonstop blasting. I think on the 10-minute demo-best "Raise The Serpent Statue" there's like 2 minutes where the drummer isn't blasting and they're probably the worst 2 minutes on the song but hey try blasting for 10 straight minutes real talk

blvck

Rev. Utah Smith & Rev. Lonnie Farris - Slide Guitar Gospel

Holy guitar skills bestowed upon the reverends Utah Smith and Lonnie Farris by the Creator. This compilation makes you wonder if Robert Johnson's deal with Satan was a rip-off. Both reverends shred like mad, but Utah Smith's tracks will make you eat shit and burn in heaven. Dude has the rawest blues style I've ever heard and a crazy set of pipes to go along with it.

licks4jesus

Blood Axis & In Gowan Ring & Witch-Hunt - The Rites of Samhain

Blood Axis & In Gowan Ring performed together in 1999 under the name Witch-Hunt. The result is this badass live CD of the two performing experimental arrangements of traditional Celtic folk music with a few nice studio cuts from each separate act tacked on at the end. Seriously. It's two of the best neofolk musicians playing celtic folk, you know you're interested.


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Scott Tuma - Peeper / Love Songs Loud & Lonely

Scott Tuma, former half of the Souled American duo, puts out some quality Americana-tinged folk dronish ambient stuff. In fact, I think this 2010 cassette might be the best thing he's ever created so far. The Peeper side of this is composed of 5 worn, lo-fi, nostalgic ambient pieces, which are all fantastic and noteworthy by themselves, but the real deal is the second side, one 26-minute monster Love Songs Loud & Lonely. It shifts between distinct movements, spanning from ethereal lo-fi folk to noisy dark ambient to ominous bell-heavy grooves and everything in between. The atmosphere almost always rests at the two extremes of "oh my god im gonna cry this is so pretty!" and "fucking horrifying." The last 4 minutes might be the single prettiest thing I 'er heared though for real.

sogood

David Allan Coe - Longhaired Redneck

Looks like Merle Haggard and sounds a lot like David Allan Coe. If you don't like this album you like dudeass

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Men's Interest - More War

Shit's hard as boners. Sounds like a harder, rawer Ceremony OH YEAH IT'S TRUE

I WAIT FOR DEAAAAAATH

Kutmah - Warm Like The Sunshine

18 minutes of dark, haunting, psychedelic, dissonant instrumental hip-hop and electronica. Often hypnotic, often (somewhat) danceable. You should check this out solely for "The Crunch," one of the most massive beats I've heard in a while.

orgh

John Fahey & Cul de Sac - The Epiphany of Glenn Jones

In the midst of guitar legend John Fahey's 90's revival, he collaborated with the experimental post-rock group Cul de Sac to create this unknown gem. Fahey's signature folk style contorts and melds with the ethereal ambient textures of Cul de Sac. The results are grand psychedelic compositions that range from meditative soundscapes to raucous distorted noise improv. Oh and a lot of Nothing.

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Upsidedown Cross - Upsidedown Cross

tagged as:

"pigfuck"
"slow anal cunt"
"they try to look like true satanists but in not this drunk vocal they could even be"

Gnasty gnoisy psychedelic sludge doom stuff featuring members of Anal Cunt (including the late Seth Putnam) and J. Mascis.

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R. Stevie Moore - Phonography

Lo-fi pop written by a guy that looks like santa claus after a coke binge

http://www.mediafire.com/?4gnzmqduwzg

The Skygreen Leopards - Disciples Of California

soundz like a lazy summer day sittin out on the back porch drinkin but your porch is in the sky. Or actually it just sounds a lot like the Byrds but that's never really a bad thing.

waiso

balcony view

trix's birthday was two days ago and he posted a demo of some shit he's been recording. its good stuff. check it out.

czech

Exuma - Exuma

Comus as played by a Caribbean voodoo nut. You should be dl'n already.

obeah

The Buff Medways - Steady the Buffs

One of prolific cult legend Billy Childish's innumerable bands/projects/albums. This is just simple, catchy, yet brilliant garage rock from some of the best, all infused with Childish's signature humor and quirkiness. Dare you to not like "Dawn Said" or their cover of The Kinks's "Misty Water."

mrf

Tommy Wright III - On The Run

do i even need to talk about the music BITCH. look at this album art. look how hard Mr. Wright the 3rd is. Square 1: he's lookin down his sights at some busta ass bitch-made mark. Square 2: he's gettin patted down at GUNPOINT for splittin aforementioned mark's wig. Square 3: he's hoppin a gotdamn fence at gunpoint cause he dont give a shit. Square 4: he gettin arrest and still has the time to smile for the camera cause he STILL dont give a fuck.

dieniggadieniggadieniggadie

Ectovoid - Breathing Blackness (Demo 2011)

Local murky black/death metal from ex-Bloated Carcass members. There's going to be some awesome shit from this band in the future. RIYL: Sadistic Intent, Diocletian, etc.

stompz

Project Pat - Murderers & Robbers

Just sum grade A Memphis Three 6 shit. Get this UNDERGROUND ALBUM and jam "Bitch Smackin Killa" and the title track to see how dem triple six niggas roll mayn. Fuckin wit a nigga like Pat, you gon die ho.

easily executed

Hog Mountin / Möse Split

Hog Mountin is a heavy as balls sludge metal band from our very own rural Cullman, Alabama, and their music reflects their origins. A friend of mine showed em to me the other day and said he heard them called "backwoods, inbred redneck sludge." Yep. It's filthy as fuck. Natty-drenched vokills and grushin riffs. This shit is ridikolus. Seriously recommended for fans of Eyehategod, Noothgrush, Grief, etc.

Oh yeah and there's some Möse tracks on here too whodathunkit. They're pretty solid Belgian sludge featuring members of Kiss The Anus of a Black Cat, Neuthrone, and Thee Plague of Gentlemen. Not that I've ever heard any of them. But yeah.

grsh

Living Torch - Black Bile

The latest free Living Torch release. As expected, it's amazing. This guy right here is one of the best active musicians in the ambient/folk game. It's ridiculous how little attention this shit gets, because Living Torch consistently releases shit that is easily better than its drone peers.

git

You can get the other Living Torch releases as well via the last.fm page.

Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information

Probably the best album I've come across in the past few months, Inspiration Information is a damn-near flawless psychedelic soul album. However, it's much more than simply psychedelic soul. Otis melds together funk, r&b, soul, jazz, and psychedelic pop together effortlessly, and the results are fantastic. The instrumentation is immaculate as Otis shows off his multi-instrumental talents, and his songwriting is definitely up there with soul greats like Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield. Songs like "Strawberry Letter 23," "Aht Uh Mi Hed," and the title track display his prowess in crafting intelligent, catchy pop tunes with lush instrumentation while the album is peppered with relaxed instrumental compositions like "Rainy Day" and "Pling!" So kick back and chill to sum Shug.

gruv

Gary Higgins - Red Hash

Red Hash is a lo-fi psychedelic folk album by singer/songwriter Gary Higgins. The music found on this album sounds a lot like if Karl Blau and Six Organs of Admittance (Chasny cites Higgins as a huge influence) recorded an album together. Very few copies of the album were printed initially, as Higgins recorded the album knowing he was about to go to prison on drug charges. Because of the aformentioned Ben Chasny, however, Higgins is starting to enjoy some amount of acclaim.


DL

Haruomi Hosono - Tropical Dandy

Hawaiian music-obsessed Japanese pop artist creates an album chock full of some of the catchiest and best arranged/produced ditties around.

choochoo