Chewing Pine

The Congos x Sylvain Morris

After recording Heart of the Congos with Lee Perry there probably wasn’t all that much more that the Congos could do. Even recruiting Sylvain Morris to record the follow up, Congo Ashanti, didn’t assure its success. The album wasn’t some shambolic affair, but only middle of the road when compared to that previously recorded 1977 album.

Twink Gets Freeq’d Out

Despite how ridiculous this looks, it’s not. Everything from winding folk to heavy psych gets tossed together from a drummer that played with the Pretty Things, Hawkwind and some other bands that were capable of aurally create acid freeq outs. Why Think Pink wasn’t/isn’t huge is a mystery.  Take a gander.

Acid Eater: Lysergic Knowhow

OK. So, Acid Eater might not be the greatest JP band of all time, that right being reserved for some esoteric ’60s band no doubt. But this quartet unlooses some disgustingly distorted garage/punk with more than a dash of lysergic knowhow.

Misty in Roots: A Continental Reggae

I wasn’t able to hunt down the first Misty in Roots album – a live affair. But seeing as the group’s second disc was in concert as well, it’ll suffice. The 1982 follow up might sound a bit technologically advanced in comparison to that late ’70s effort, but it’s no slouch. And even it both discs stunk, they’d be better than UB40.

BLOGLOAD: Misty Over Sweden (1979)

BLOGLOAD: Wise And Foolish (1982)

Live in Hickory, NC: Sam Bush, Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer

Those guys up there (Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer) are joined on this date from Hickory, NC by one of the guys down there (Sam Bush).

The tape’s a bit muddy, but it really doesn’t matter. Live and direct from the archives of an uncle…cop it well.

Disc One | Disc Two

Actual Pain Presents: The Sonic Youth Mix Tape

There was some article at the Fader about how incredible and clever the dude behind Actual Pain is and or was. So, I poked around that site for a moment and found that the $40 t-shirts were not only $40 fuqin’ dollars, but sported tiger’s heads and various other images that dudes working convenient stores might need to don.

There were some mix tapes, including this here Sonic Youth deal. The inclusion of the collab below makes me think that the time invested was well worth it.

The Sonic Youth Mix Tape: Download | Stream

droneadroneadroneadrone (A Repeating Mix Tape)

This should be listened to while intoxicated…or at least while dreaming…

Tracklisting:
01 – Sapat – Who U With
02 – Sun Arraw – Horse Steppin’
03 – Glenn Branca – Bad Smells
04 – Sonic Youth – She is Not Alone
05 – Organisation – Milk Rock
06 – Wooden Wand – Satya Sai Sweeeetback Plays ‘Oxblood Boots’
07 – La Monte Young – Early Tuesday Morning Blues
08 – Psychic Ills – Fingernail Tea

droneadroneadroneadrone (A Repeating Mix Tape): Download | Stream

Ganglians Get in Shape for the Summer

Remember when everyone figured Merriweather Post Pavilion was the best album of the year in January? Yeah, it wasn’t then, but it’s certainly not after this. Ganglians are sunshine…and not in a lame way.

To June: Download | Stream

Bear Bones, Lay Low – “Vomiting Bass”

Bear Bones, Lay Low is somewhere between Neu and Kraftwerk when they didn’t suck – which is kinda the same thing. Hipped by dublab.

Vomiting Bass: Download | Stream

HC: Made in South Bay

The MRR site isn’t the most beautiful thing to look at, but it’s functional. And last week sometime, the folks over there posted an obscure HC comp featuring folks I’ve never heard of. Most of it kinda stinks, but not Artistic Decline even if they’re a Descendents rip off.

Reality or a Dream: Download | Stream