Ray Wylie Hubbard - A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)

Big thanks to Swampchode for letting me contribute some tunes to his blog. Much appreciated! I'm starting with some stellar country/blues but may end up posting some insane death/grind by tonight just to keep y'all on your toes! And feel free to leave comments letting me know if you liked the posts or you think they completely sucked. It's all good...How boring would the world be if everybody liked the same shit?!!?


Ray Wylie Hubbard just has to be heard to be believed. He's the absolute king of the Texas underground country/blues scene, with styles varying from gospel hymns to bar shaking country/rock anthems. Any fans of David Allan Coe, Charlie Daniels, Seasick Steve, hell even Tom Waits, or fellow Tx. underground artists such as Dale Watson, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Hayes Carll, etc. NEED to check this out...

From Amazon : "With a keen eye for observation and a wise man's knowledge, Ray Wylie Hubbard composes and performs a dozen songs that couldn't spring from anywhere else but out of his fertile Rock 'n' Roll bluesy poet-in-the-blistering-heat southern noggin. The writing and recording of A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment came on the heels of Hubbard's screenplay endeavor, which was funded and filmed with a cast of icons including Kris Kristopherson, Dwight Yoakam, and Lizzy Caplan. A weekly radio show, constant touring, and producing kept him busy, but didn't manage to steal the Texan singer/songwriter's focus. The outcome of the album is a juxtaposition of songs like 'Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse,p a fundamental Gospel piece, and 'Drunken Poet's Dream,' a co-write with Hayes Carll."

1. A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint : There Is No C)
2. Drunken Poet's Dream
3. Downhome Country Blues
4. Wasp's Nest
5. Pots and Pans
6. Tornado Ripe
7. Whoop And Hollar
8. Black Wings
9. Loose
10. Every Day Is The Day Of The Dead
11. Opium
12. The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

RWH-A:EB:E : Awright.....
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Thou - Through the Empires of Eternal Void EP (2009)

 

2009 - Through the Empires of Eternal Void EP

Track Listing :

1. Into the Void
2. Sweat Leaf
3. Lord of This World
4. Black Sabbath

How can you go wrong here?  It's Louisiana's doom monsters' THOU showing respect to the godfathers doom!  I love the way they took a hold of these songs and put their sound all over it. I rock this one constantly, check it out!

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Superbowl Champs!!

 

Boy, I'm still recovering from last night!  What a game!  That's exactly what the city needed.  Huge congratulations to Coach Peyton, Tom Benson, all of the team, and the WHO DAT NATION!

It's also exactly what I needed, as I've had some bullshit happen over the last few days. It's good to see the team that you've stood behind your entire life FINALLY make it.  WHO DAT!? 

The Wounded Kings - Embrace of the Narrow House

Really cool band from Dartmoor, and if there's one thing the Brits can do better than us, it's gotta be old school doom. Pretty traditional doom, but more trudging than what you'd usually expect from the style.

1. Embrace of the Narrow House
2. The Hours
3. Melanthos
4. The Eighth House
5. Master of Witches
6. Shroud of Divine Will
7. The Private Labyrinth


Enjoy

Sons of Perdition - The Kingdom Is on Fire (2007)

 

 2007 - The Kingdom Is on Fire
 
Track Listing:

01. This Land Is Cursed
02. The Party
03. Anhelo
04. There Is a Judgment
05. Blood in the Valley
06. Burial At Sea
07. Cannibals of Rotenburg
08. All He Wants (is My Blood)
09. An End to All Flesh
10. Death of a Shuckster
11. The Legend of Saw Jones
12. Fall to Your Knees
13. I Wanna Go to Heaven


Here's another Outlaw/Alt./ Traditional Country album that gets played frequently at my house.  If you liked all the other country stuff that I've posted, and for some reason you have not heard these guys, then you need to....

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The Sacred Mushroom - Self Titled (1969)

1969 - The Sacred Mushroom

Track Listing:

1. I Don't Like You
2. You Won't Be Sorry
3. Catatonic Lover
4. All Good Things Must Have An End
5. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
6. I Take Care
7. Mean Old World
8. Lifeline

Sacred Mushroom -- led by future Pure Prairie League member Larry Goshorn (guitar/vocals) and featuring brother Danny Goshorn (vocals) -- were a short-lived rock/blues quintet based in Cincinnati, OH. Their efforts coalesce on this, the band's self-titled debut (and only) long-player. The album contains a blend of proficient originals as well as a pair of well-chosen cover tunes, such as the blues standard "Mean Old World" and the Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else." While their name conjures images of late-'60s psychedelic or acid rock, Sacred Mushroom's roots were decidedly more bluesy than trippy. Likewise, their harder-edged performance style is well served by the tight and somewhat pop-driven arrangements, resembling artists such as the Allman Joys, Kak, or the pre-Blue Öyster Cult Stalk-Forrest Group. A few of the Larry Goshorn-penned tunes are certifiably lost classics. These include the up-tempo rocker "Catatonic Lover," which features some lyrical chord changes reminiscent of "3/5's of a Mile in 10 Seconds" by Jefferson Airplane, and the Chicago blues-style waltz "All Good Things Must End." The latter is highlighted by some inspired harp playing from Rusty Work. The opening track, "I Don't Like You," is a funky rocker spotlighting the Goshorn Brothers' tight harmonies as well as Larry's distinctive lead electric guitar licks. Another standout is their reworking of "I'm Not Like Everybody Else." The track retains a timeless pop sensibility that incorporates interweaving acoustic and electric guitar lines. "Lifeline," the most extended track on the disc, recalls the electric blues of seminal Fleetwood Mac or Stan Webb's Chicken Shack. Along the same lines is the blues boogie rendering of "Mean Old World," which might easily be mistaken for an obscure version by a mid-'60s lineup of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. - review taken from Allmusic.com

I personally love this album, I find myself listening to it pretty much every time that I have a day off of work.  It's great stuff to sit back and get baked to, that's a fact.

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Thou - The Retaliation Of The Immutable Force Of Nature (2008)

 

2008 - The Retaliation Of The Immutable Force Of Nature

Track Listing:

01. What Blood Still Flows From These Veins
02. Acceptance 

Here is two mega-heavy-as-fuck songs from Louisiana's THOU. These songs are perfect for late night drug binges, alcohol fueled depression sessions, and pretty much anything else.  No other band mixes all these elements of doom and raw atmosphere quite like Thou does.  This is highly recommended.

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Thou - Peasant (2008)

 

2008 - Peasant

Track Listing:

01.The Work Ethic Myth

02. An Age Imprisoned
03. Belt Of Fire To Guide Me, Cloak Of Night To Hide Me
04. Burning Black Coals And Dark Memories
05. They Stretch Out Their Hands
06. The Road Of Many Names


I'm sure many of you already know about this band, for those of you that don't; do yourself a favor and fucking get this right now! Thou fucking slays. Period.

Here's a shout to my boy Bryan, You guys fucking tore it up the other night!,  See you at the next "home show" . 

getyousome

Are you a leech? A looter? Not sure? Read this, it may help clarify.

This was originally posted by my friend Cheeto over at the Sludge Swamp, I figured some of our visitors could learn a little from this. 

"How To Leave A Comment".


It's really easier than it seems, actually. Ok, you are on your computer going through blogs, checking out posts on new music, or games, or just about anything that one posts on the millions of blogs out there in cyber-land. Wow, you find a post you like, it's a great new album that you don't have, or would like to hear, and this nice person who owns the blog posted this--for you--and, better yet, it's free to download! Oh, joy! So, you click on the link, and get that nifty music to enjoy without even leaving your chair. Now, you leave that blog and move along....STOP!!!! Don't you want to thank that person, or tell them how much that 3rd song on the album moved you, or recommend to other readers of that blog to check that album out, or even just to say that the album really sucked ass, or the 5th song really had an annoying piano part in the middle that made you want to smudge crayons all over your little sister's face? Sure you do...

And, the best news is, it's as easy as 1,2,3 to post a comment. At the bottom of every post, and in some cases, on top of the post is a little link that says "comments" or is worded in such a way.
Hey, there's even one at the bottom of this post, on the right hand side! You could even practice on this one....

Yeah, I know, it'll be in other languages on non-english blogs..Don't be a smart ass. Any the how, just click on that link and a little window will open on your screen. There is a comment box, where you can say whatever you want, just a thank you is acceptable, but you can review the album you downloaded or tell a joke, or whatever. Then, it will usually have some letter code you need to type in a box (to make sure you are not a scam-bot.), type those in and click on your Blogger identity, anonymous, other, or "Snake-Eyes" or "Leecherboy", whatever it may be. Last of all, you click on "Publish Your Comment", and there you go! You have left a comment! People will read your comment, and you will have left your mark, a thankyou, or a personalized opinion, only YOU could have made. You will feel like a new person, old people will wave at you, stray dogs will come up and lick you, you will have a better, more productive day. All this, because you posted a comment.

Thank you for leaving your comments, it makes us feel better, and it makes you feel better! And, dammit, it's just the right thing to do...


So, as stated above, thanks to all of you that do leave comments, and thanks to Cheeto and the swamp gang for letting me borrow a page from their textbook. 

Joey Allcorn - 50 Years Too Late (2006)

 

2006 - 50 Years Too Late

"I don't know where the music is going, but I know where it's been."

This is what Joey Allcorn claims in his song, "This Ain't Montgomery." While no one really knows where country music is going (except that most purists would agree it sure isn't headed in the right direction), his claim that he knows country's roots is no false statement. When one listens to an Allcorn song or goes to see one of his shows, those roots are not hard to hear or see. His music doesn't feature the loud rock guitars and drums of the southern fried bubble gum found on mainstream country radio, nor does he wear the usual tank top and blue jeans ensemble one would expect of today's country stars on stage. Steel guitar can still be heard in his songs, and he and his band take the stage in suits, ties, and western wear that the stars of the Grand Ole Opry would don in '40s and '50s. To put it bluntly, Allcorn has mastered two lost arts. He makes real country music, and puts on a real country show.- J. Morningstar www.RealCountryMusic.org

Track Listing:

1.  50 Years too Late
2.  I Just Don't Know
3.  Here I Go Again
4.  Son of a Ramblin' Man
5.  Tired of Being Blue
6.  Alabama Chain Gang
7.  So Say Goodbye
8.  Don't You Call on Me
9.  This Ain't Montgomery
10. Like I Never Will Again
11. In Nashville Tennessee
12. Graveyard Bound
13. The Execution


This outstanding album was sent in by my friend DEVILDOWNINGA.  Here's what he had to say about it:

"Check this guy out. Nobody I know of' has ever heard of him and I damn near defy you not to get goosebumps over the way his music will remind you of Hank Sr. and that whole time period. He's a young guy in his 30's but goddamn, I personally have never heard any other "modern day" country that does justice to the Country Gold days of the late 50's - 60's. He does. Play this when you're in the mood to hear Hank Sr. Nobody does it like this nowadays..."

A Superdome-sized thanks to you bro!  This album is GREAT.  Featuring Hank Williams III doing guest vocals on “This Ain’t Montgomery”, Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards fame doing guest vocals on "Graveyard Bound", legendary country pianist Walter Cunningham, and a list of other musicicans  including  Donnie Herron of BR549 and Bob Dylan’s current touring band on fiddle, Andy Gibson of Hank Williams III’s Damn Band’s on steel guitar, and guitarist Johnny Hiland. 

Don't be stupid guys, getyousome

Killin' Werewolves - Me-Maw Demos

While Killin' Werewolves are still a pretty new band, they have been stirring up some ruckus down here in the "Chocolate City".

"Were still a pretty new band, only been together since i want to say the summer of '08. Mason, our drummer, and I, Wes who plays bass, have been friends for a long time and we're in an Alk3 style pop-punk band called Attack the Gas Station for a while that played a good bit of shows. Daryl, guitarist, and Drew, the other bassist, were playing in a band called Party Time. Drew and Daryl wanted to play more poppy music while Mason and I wanted to play heavier. We all listen to all kinds of music but as a whole our band is obsessed with The Refused and Jewel. Playing a show on Feb 6th with Worn in Red (no idea records) and The Lollies. We have an ongoing contest with The Lollies to see who can put on a more violent show." - Wes

2008 - Me-Maw Demos

Track Listing:

1. All of These Knights

2. Am I the Dragon

3. Tank's on E

4. Joe Grape

And people think all we do down here is Jazz and Sludge eh? Well here's some straight up, in your face punk rock!  If you enjoyed any of my previous posts on the punk end of the spectrum, then be sure to check these guys out, HERE and HERE

Yeayourite son, don't forget to kiss your Me-Maw!

And to all the locals reading this, be sure to catch their Superbowl Party on the 6th!

2/6/2010 9:00 PM at The Outer Banks W/ Worn In Red (No Idea records), Killin’ Werewolves, The Lollies
2401 Palmyra, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119

Dax Riggs - Unknown Album

 

Here's a bunch of "rare" songs by one of my favorite vocalists of all time, Dax Riggs.  I'm sure these songs have been spread all over the internet like the plague over the years, but fuck it!  i haven't posted it here yet so, here goes! Photo by J. Bennett

Track Listing:

1.  A Spinning Song
2.  Black Crayon
3.  Blood Music
4.  Filling Empty Holes
5.  Filling Empty Holes (1?)
6.  Fly on the Eye of LA
7.  Fly on the Eye of LA (1?)
8.  Grand Dark Feeling of Em
9.  Heart in Hand
10. How Long the Night Was
11. In Death I'm Only Hiding
12. Intro
13. Kissed By Lightning
14. Soul of a Beer Can
15. Stop I'm Already Dead
16. Stranger to Reason
17. Thing In a Jar
18. Thing In a Jar Mess-up
19. Tomorrow We Jump

Yeayourite

Strapping Young Lad - Official Bootleg

I'm a huge fan of Devin Townsend, and everything he's ever done. So after a lot of thought about which album of his to post to summarize his work for those who may not have been exposed to it, I've decided on this live album featuring both Devin Townsend's solo material, and Strapping Young Lad. It's a great set with the first part being Devin Townsend, and the rest being Strapping Young Lad.


1. Unity
2. Seventh Wave
3. Regulator
4. Truth
5. War
6. Bad Devil
7. Christeen
8. Hide Nowhere
9. Happy Birthday
10. Detox
11. Fake Punk
12. Sister
13. Hide Nowhere (acoustic)
14. Noisy Pink Bubbles
15. Night


Comment, let me know if you like it, and I'll post accordingly


Enjoy


EDIT: Oh, and I believe the SYL part starts at #5, but I'm not sure.

Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter (1967)

1967 - Carryin' On

    Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter is the twenty-fourth album released by country musicians Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in 1967 (see 1967 in music), on Columbia Records. The album consists exclusively of duets by Cash and Carter, most famously "Jackson", though "Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" was also released as a single. Cash and Carter married seven months after the album was released, and "Jackson" remains their most well-known collaboration, with the couple performing it at numerous venues throughout the years. - taken from Wikipedia              

Track Listing:

1. "Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man"
2. "Shantytown"
3. "It Ain't Me, Babe"
4. "Fast Boat to Sydney"
5. "Pack Up Your Sorrows"
6. "I Got a Woman"
7. "Jackson"
8. "Oh, What a Good Thing We Had"
9. "You'll Be All Right"
10. "No No No"
11. "What'd I Say"


This has always been one of my favorite albums to sit back and chill to.  I'm sure everyone has heard this fine record before, if not here's your chance.

Getyousome

The Devil Makes Three - A Little Bit Faster and A Little Bit Worse (2006)

2006 - A Little Bit Faster and A Little Bit Worse

This was recorded over two nights playing at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA with guest fiddle player Chojo Jaques.

Track Listing:

 

1.  Black Irish
2.  Beneath the Piano
3.  Tow
4.  Shades
5.  Man Tap
6.  Uncle Harvey's Plane
7.  Robot
8.  Jug Band
9.  North Carolina
10. Bangor Mash
11. St. James

This is what held me over until I finally got to see TDM3 in 2009.  I normally am not a big fan of live recordings but this one is just outstanding. I know Cheeto and Devildowninga will love it, if they don't have it already.

getyousome

Lonesome Wyatt and Rachel Brooke - A Bitter Harvest (2009)

2009 - A Bitter Harvest

Track Listing:

1. This Painful Summer
2. Poor Desperate Fools
3. Scars
4. Someday I’ll Fall
5. Crippled Farms
6. Only the Booze
7. Darkness
8. Never Forget (These Nightmares Are Mine)
9. Empty House
10. Give Up And Die


Those Poor Bastards' singer Lonesome Wyatt teams up with Rachel Brooke for ten songs of woe and unrelenting despair.  This is more along the lines of the album Sabella that I posted a couple of days ago.  

Here's what SCM has to say about Rachel Brooke:

  “Like so many of us, Rachel Brooke was born in the wrong time. Her classic style, and her simple and poetic songs fit much more snugly in an oval picture frame of tarnished metal and smoky glass than on CMT or Clear Channel pop country. She might be from Michigan, but this girl must have been touched with the songs and sentiments of the southlands and the weary West at birth.
The Rachel Brooke brand of old school country soul is true, and doesn't even give a hint of fake, stereotyped molding to fit a style or genre that happens to be hip at the time. It flows out of her as true and vital as breath. In other words, this girl is the REAL DEAL!
Her songs have that capacity to take you somewhere you haven't been for many many years, or to take you somewhere you want to be: in the depths of drunkenness and depression, or back home where all was right. Then she feeds it all through the effects of a warped record or an fuzzy AM radio to erase any tinges left behind by this modern antiseptic world with its polished existence, because the songs are not meant for this modern world or the people who dwell in it. They are meant for YOU,..the wayward soul rambling down the Lost Highway."
-- savingcountrymusic.com


And here's what Mr. Wyatt has to say:

"Rachel's songs will reach down your throat and beat your poor dead heart black and blue. She's a thing of wonder to behold." -Lonesome Wyatt, Those Poor Bastards

I love this album.  Do yourself a favor and....

getyousome

The Devil Makes Three - Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt (2004)

2004 - Longjohns, Boots, And a Belt

On their second album the band's ragtime bounce is still intact, but country blues share the billing, all presented with a cleaner mix that shows just how impressive the band's instrumental chops are.


Track Listing:

1.   Never Learn
2.   North Carolina
3.   Man Tap
4.   Sweeping
5.   Bangor Mash
6.   Judgment Day
7.   Tow
8.   Black Irish
9.   Long Boots Johnson
10. River Deep

As promised, here is the second album by The Devil Makes Three.  If you haven't heard of them, be sure to check this one out.

Getyousome