If you don’t know Metal Bastard for metal blogs, well, get with it. Most prolific muffugha out there. And he’s got
a great sense for good stuff beyond metal.
No one blog or source on the
innernets has promoted my blog more, so this is not just a thank you to him for
that, but a HUGE thank you for the following 28 songs. I’m 97.3% sure I got all
these tracks from him over the years.
I’ve downloaded or discovered
literally hundreds and hundreds of tracks from this cat. I don’t like
everything – but give a great deal of it a shot. He’s won my trust. But these
here are the very best for me. The life-changing, every party mix favorites for
the rest of my life kinda tracks. Coulda picked more but these are the cherries.
Thanks dude. Here’s to ya.
Liner Notes:
- Black
Soul – this band is great, but this
SONG IS THE GREATEST – what a groove for this collection of instruments
(including banjo).
- SW
– always respected this artist
but never found anything grabbing on to until this one. Soft and tender as
hell – making his smoothness shine even more.
- Campfire
1 – From Scandinavia to Metal
Bastard to us. So good. There are two standout tracks – this one and one
other on this list. God damn.
- Cuntry
B – We all love Tool. And many love
this “side” band – but this track is by far the best. Sure it’s funny –
but the music is great – in a really solid alt-country way.
- Djan
– wow. Fit for a Clint Eastwood
movie from 1960. Love it.
- Flowers
Heart – another 16 H song. Find me
someone that wouldn’t like this. Find me one. Find me one. Find me one.
Thought so.
- Skunk
– don’t know why I like this so
much. It’s not really my style anymore but it just rocks. Bass grooves
majorly too.
- Let’s
Lynch the Lykke –
women singers – usually not my thing – but this should be played at every
funeral. Play it at mine. Lovely. What’s great about music is MB didn’t
put this song in one of his mixes. He put Cold Wind (also on this list) –
but when I checked out the full Lynch album I found this. Love it.
- B
Poli – punky, rocky, bassy, throaty.
Killer.
- Stone
Queen – everyone
says this band is so great. I usually don’t find it to be so, but this one
– I’m glad I hung in there with our metal bastard to give this gem a
listen.
- Medication
– rocking awesome with great,
great vocals and melody.
- Mexico
– more of “that” style I’m
digging – part cowboy, part badass, part rockabilly, part country – with great
vocals. Give me that I’m happy. Give me this song I’m ecstatic.
- Revolve
Melv – never was into this band, but
then again was never really exposed to it either. I chose other Seattle
bands – but MB showed me many by this band I really like. This is at the
top.
- Dax
– Soundgarden-esque – but better.
- System
D – everything you like in this
band – heavy, melodic – great singer, riffy groove. Nice.
- Black
H – so hauntingly awesome. What’s
weird about this one is it made me check out their whole catalog – which
baffled me. Nothing in their catalog comes close to this song IMO – and
certainly not anything else on the album this track appears. It’s as if
they put their entire career into this one song. Thank you.
- Tribute
Bad Man – this is
the ONE. Holy shit. God damn. Fuck. Christ. They outta thaw out John Wayne
and make a movie around this track.
- We’re
Dead – catchy as hell. Closer inside
my head.
- Weeping
– slow, moody, relatively eerie.
Gold.
- Waits
– our boy Metal Bastard has been
promoting this guy for a long while. I always gave it a shot but rarely
found anything I could sink into. Until this. Holy fuck. Might be a top 30
song all time, any artist for me. Yeah. Really.
Gun to my head – and you want me to
give a top 4 rank of these songs, I’ll give you this:
4) We’re Dead
3) Waits
2) Bring You Back
1) Black Choir
If this MIXTAPE becomes unavailable
for DL, comment here and I’ll re-up if you’re nice.