Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love

I waited to put this album up on the site due to the lack of views in the first weeks. Dongs of Sevotion was posted first. If you failed to get it, do so now.

I am curious how many lives this album has saved. I am equally curious how many deaths to which it has contributed. Like a strong medication or poison, the potency should be measured according to the patient. Songs on A River Ain't Too Much to Love are catchier than other Smog albums. All stands true for this album as did for the description of Songs of Devotion in the earlier post. However, this album will attract a wider audience. It is more accessible.

"With the grace of a corpse in a riptide; I let go." -B. Callahan

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Derroll Adams - Feelin Fine (1972)

Read Derroll Adams' biography here.

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Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)

When the sun is shining and you think it may hold out for more than a few hours, and you get that longing for home... There is a road all souls must take to heaven. I believe it passes through Kentucky. Though Welch herself is no native of Kentucky, she reproduces the folk and bluegrass that has bled in Kentucky for the last 200+ years. Her voice is charming and forsaking at the same time. This album is Welch's second release. It holds well to her talent, despite the exaggerated follow-up expectations to her Grammy nominated debut: Revival.

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The Velvet Underground - Gymnasium (Live 1967)

These guys need no introduction. Recently discovered bootleg.
-Never heard before, and a 'new' song as well.

Dig It.




1. I'm Not A Young Man Anymore (previously unheard VU song)
2. Guess I'm Falling In Love
3. I'm Waiting For The Man
4. Run Run Run
5. Sister Ray (debut live performance)


Thanks to Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky.

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Goran Bregovic - Le Temps de Gitans (1989)

Sarejevo's finest. Bregovic has a robust career as a composer. He embodies the Balkan Stylo. Dig It.

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Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities (2005)

This is a truly special album. Mark Kozelek decided to play Modest Mouse songs on his sophomore effort with Sun Kil Moon. The result is a presentation of older MM favorites which is relieving for fans. However, more relief comes in Kozelek's scope of MM's material. His ability to take Isaac Brock's talent with the pun, and all other things English, and present them in a more intimate way than MM, deserves gratitude. This is an acoustic record. It plays like a requiem and less like an angsty loose garage rock album; ie... Modest Mouse's The Moon and Antarctica, and The Lonesome Crowded West.
Despite Tiny Cities being an acoustic album, the force of Kozelek's voice and the passion in Brock's lyrical world view encourage some rocking and fist pumping. Buckle up.

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Electrelane - The Power Out (2004)

Electrelane is four women who have a rock fantasy and want you in it. The Power Out was the first release on the British Too Pure label. Steve Albini produced it (think: Pixies, Nirvana, The Stooges, Cheap Trick). If that doesn't say enough, farewell. Electrelane, is a rooty alternative rock band with the creative tendencies of bands like Sonic Youth, but sans the mess. They keep it tidy.
This, like the Os Mutantes from an earlier post, has enough rockability to fuse a room of disconnected neurotransmitters. In other words, it is a great album for social gatherings and rug cuttings. I highly recommend this album.

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