Alternative Country Mix

Country music would have to my least favourite genre of all time- no really- I hate it! It probably came from my dad playing ‘Conway Twitty’ and ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ in the car as a kid. I just can’t stand it. That said, I’ve made an alternative country mix. For those times when you have to listen to country but you just can’t go there. Yee haw!

Ween - Piss Up A Rope

Pretty hard to define these guys. Experimental/alternative/psychedelic rock and just to confuse everyone even more in 1996, they released 12 Golden Country Greats - a full country album. And it’s gold! They do country better than country artists. This song cracks me up.

 

Kill Devil Hills - Drinkin’ Too Much

I saw these guys supporting The Living End. Weird line up but they were amazing. Picture- a band of odd-ball country hicks. Hmmm doesn’t sound so appealing does it. Trust me- they had such a fantastic energy on stage. This song was definitely the crowd favourite. All the alco's- charge your glass, sing along and feel the desperation ‘everything I touch turns to shit, but you are the exception to it’

Primus - Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
If you're ever in need a good old hoedown, this is the song. I remember seeing the video clip late at night on Rage, half asleep and thinking ‘am i dreaming or is this song for real?!’ Always a party favourite of mine.

Puscifer – Cuntry Boner

Honestly, I just wanted an excuse to post this song. If you’re not into the words ‘f*ck and 12 inch plastic pole in the same sentence, probably not the song for you. Ah Maynard, never scared to piss off a whole genre.



Puscifer

I first heard Puscifer’s ‘V’ is for Vagina album a few years ago when it came out. It's the side project of Maynard James Keenan, frontman for Tool & A Perfect Circle. It was good but as a massive fan of Tool & A Perfect Circle, it was just a little left field. This album is nothing like he’s done before & pretty hard to define, very experimental to say the least. Stand out tracks for me were definitely ‘Momma Sed’. But the rest didn’t really capture me at the time. Have a listen for yourself. But lately and what’s gotten me to re-listen to ‘V’ is for Vagina is the remix album -‘V’ is for Viagra.

The depth of these tracks is just amazing. There not just remixes of the original songs, there songs unto their own. Which made me go back to the original songs & really appreciate them. A lot of credit does have to go the guest remix artists and it’s a diverse group including Lustmord, Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, Troy Van Leeuwen of QOSTA & APC, Joey Jordison of Slipknot. Mate! The list goes on and on. Google it if you interested.

But having said that, these remixes would be nothing without the starting point of “V” is for Vagina. Adding to the fact that Maynard is a bloody musical genius. Whatever genre, whatever style.

In my opinion the man shits gold for breakfast!

Just remember not to take it too seriously its MJK after all & he’s just messing with our minds. I will post Cuntry Boner soon (maybe on a 'i hate country post' or something)

Here’s some favs from V is for Viagra:

Remixed by Josh Eustis

 

Remixed by  Dave 'Rave' Ogilvie of Skippy Puppy & Colin Janz

 

Remixed By Danny Lohner of Nine Inch Nails

For the Village: Momma Sed (Alive at Club Nokia) on the “C” is For (Please insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) album.  ‘Push it Live’ all over again. Brilliant!

Radiohead - The King of Limbs [Full Album]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4xhsYvU2g&feature=related

You suck youtube for not letting me post this- you can still listen to the album, you just have to go to youtube site directly.

Wow what a journey of sound. I’m always abit apprehensive with new Radiohead albums. You just don’t know what direction they are going to take. But I really enjoyed this. The atmosphere and the textures they create is just magic. It really sucks you into another dimension. My only complaint is that it's just not long enough.

Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke - Ego/Mirror 12"

Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke - Ego/Mirror 12" by Izvinitie

I was stoked to hear that Burial, Four Tet & Thom York were working together on a 12” EP. What a combo of artists and this doesn’t fail to deliver either. You can definitely hear each artist’s influence here. Burial with his deep dark medolic bass lines, Four Tet’s quirky melodies and the unmistakable voice of Tom York. Enjoy

Burial - Street Halo [Hyperdub]

I recently discover Burial and I have been addicted ever since, trying to hunt down every EP and album. He would have to be one of my favourite dubstep/ambient producers. Until a few years ago he was anonymous, only stating that “I’m a low key person and I just want to make some tunes, nothing else” Brillant. So it’s been 4 years since his last release and this week he released an EP entitled “Street Halo” and it’s a cracker. Dark, haunting sounds. You just get lost in the atmosphere. I can’t get enough and I hope there’s a full album to follow up. Note: This only just come out, so I could only find a vinyl rip so excuse the crackling, but I reckon it just adds to the dark texture. And I’m not sure if the clip is actually made for the song, but it fits and it’s pretty cool.