Hog Mountin - Tales From The Iron Lung

Cullman is a small town in Alabama that is actually too redneck for the rest of Alabama. In fact, I think it's one of the few places where the KKK is still alive and well. So, out of this horribly shitty environment, the most elite sludge you've never heard is born. This album is gritty, filthy, lo-fi and relentlessly heavy. "Doomchild" and "Clan of Stone: Foggy Mountain Breakdown" are seriously two of the heaviest recordings ever made. It's a shame the only material they recorded before they broke up was this and a split with Mose, and I'm not even sure if either of those are still in print or how many were initially printed in the first place.

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Monoton - Monotonprodukt 07

Extremely dense, atmospheric dark ambient that sounds like it was recorded 30 years later than its retro synths would suggest. Makes me think of a colder, darker Tangerine Dream + scawy German vocals. Definitely recommended for fans of minimalist drone type stuff.


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Jack Logan - Bulk

Bulk is an unsung lo-fi indie classic. The story goes that Jack Logan, a pool motor repairman from Athens, GA, spent a decade rackin up quite a catalog of bedroom folk material, something to the tune of 600 songs. Luckily he got noticed for making some comic starring Pete Buck of R.E.M. as a superhero, so here are 42 tracks from that selection. This dude is a genius. Jack doesn't stick to one particular genre, hopping from folk to post-punk to country to blues and more with every track. The only thing that remains constant is the feeling that you're listening to an intensely personal bedroom album by a reclusive muse. My faves include "The Parishioners," which features the late, great fellow Athens resident Vic Chesnutt on vocals, a badass stripped-down cover of Neil Young's "On The Beach"... shit, there's too much on here to choose from. It's a shame that the most attention that this guy's ever gotten came from his part on an episode of Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. On second thought, that isn't a shame. That rules. great episode btw

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duster - 1975 ep

This band's been my go-to music whenever I can't think of what I wanna listen to for the past month or so. Duster sounds like a combination of the 90's guitar indie sounds of Polvo, Bedhead and the like with the stripped-down, barren dirges of Codeine, usually complimented with fittingly lo-fi, hazy production. Many are familiar with their '98 LP Stratosphere, probably one of the most chill albums of all time. This EP continues further down that path of lackadaisical dreamy indie rock with the exception of the opener "Irato," an uncharacteristically upbeat tune driven by an electronic beat and interesting guitar harmonies. Other tracks of note include "August Relativity" with it's trippy backwards drums and whirring synth lead, and "Want No Light To Shine," an absolute stunner of a close to an EP packed with substance.

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