The Louvin' Brothers -- Satan Is Real

  Gospel twinged Country music dealing with Christianity's darker side -- SATAN.  Although the music and lyrics are actually pretty good and very influential with the 70's hipster country artists, the cover is what you really can't help but write home about, how can you not love the bad collage art with the thin south park devil in the background as these two happy weirdos sing their tales of woe in hell! 

Fuck Montreal -- Saturn Return

  Funny that a friend recommended this to be reviewed cause not only am I shortly moving to Halifax, where these guys are from, but I always had Montreal as my fall back plan, lately I've been feeling like f*ck Montreal, cause the city isn't even close to being as cool as it used to be.

  This complied, from 7"s, cassettes and demos, compilation of  Noisy Sludge Bikini Kill-ed type of Raveonettes music is loud, cool and interesting but unfortunately for me they moved out of Hali to Ontario, starting their own organic farm where they naturally ferment many products and let's face it, that makes them even cooler!!!


The Band : http://fuckmontreal.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-montreal-saturn-return

The Pyramid Farm and Ferments : https://www.pyramidfarmandferments.com/

 

Elmore James -- The Sky Is Crying: The History Of ...

  Elmore James's I don't give a sh*t, loud and unforgiving version of the Blues was definitely the Punk Rock of that day, everyone labels Elvis as the major bad ass 'cause he shook his hips on American television, which is cute and all, but James was swiggin' a bottle of moonshine, cranking the slide and playing with the likes of Ike Turner.  Elmore is a true legends legend influencing musicians for decades, even up to this day!

The Avett Brothers -- I And Love And You

  A kinda cutesy Bluegrass tinged version of Hipster Indie Folk.  For the most part their tunes are passably pretty good, but I preferred their Americana infused minimalist tracks rather then their full tilt everyone at once numbers.

Karen Dalton -- It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best

  A deadly talented, troubled victim from her own boundless gift ... you know drugs, alcohol, kidnapping her own daughter and divorce ... as well as dying of aids in the early 90's, Dalton was truly a tragic figure.  Her style was a Jazzy Folk Blues lead by her Billie Holiday-esque vocals with a 12-string guitar and a long neck banjo, you've never heard anything like nor will you ever again.

Beyonce

  A friend requested me to review this album, I told her I would also sit and attempt to listen to the entire release, and then to go on to write a sarcastic review on how great it is, well let's just say I barely made it past the first couple minutes of the opening track ... all I can think is am I missing something?  I can't stand this f*cking sh*t, where did Pop music go so so wrong?  I blame Disco, up until then Pop was pretty good, obviously there was still crap coming out, just not on the grand scale of nowadays.  Sometimes I wonder why God, the Universe or whatever put me on this earth at this time, everything I do even down to my job is old fashioned, I completely dwell in the dead arts living off what remains of the old world unable to succumb to this modern tripe that surrounds us all the time ... damn you world!!!

Boards Of Canada -- Tomorrow's Harvest

  I like this type of Ambient music but I can't say I'm too bat-sh*t crazy about it, I enjoyed the fact that this release is influenced by 1970's film scores, but like the album's theme it could be better used as a movie soundtrack than a full length record.