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Twosday Tuesday! Let's Talk About...  The Death Wheelers - I Tread On Your Grave + Divine Filth LP As heard on our podcast episode 234, The Death Wheelers deliver heavy, instrumental filth. The riffs are big, the amps are loud and you can stomp your foot through the floorboard of your vehicle when the volume gets cranked up. The artwork fits the music perfectly. Gnarly jams for gnarly days.  Monuments in Ruin Episode 234: https://monumentsinruin.com/blogs/podcast/episode234  I Tread On Your Grave: https://open.spotify.com/album/6uXvfBBJF5tWFd8QivFfxI?si=rCFlqvT2RYu8AvAANkmxMg  Divine Filth: https://open.spotify.com/album/7FCkgx3Wwykhqo9RsPUwIv?si=cToZVZc2RgijizD_R8VEUA  https://thedeathwheelers.bandcamp.com/album/i-tread-on-your-grave  https://thedeathwheelers.bandcamp.com/album/divine-filth 

Let's Talk About...  Various Artists - Psych Funk 101 (1968-1975): A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum LP It's a rare day that we feature a compilation but it does happen. This is a terrific example why. Packed with tons of amazing psychedelic funk jams, as the title declares. This record is going to be welcomed in any home that is ready to get down. I'm not sure what language most of the artists are speaking so there is a language barrier. It's still smokin' hot! There is not a single artist on here that i knew before hearing the record. Glad to have it back in stock because...

Q and A with Brandy Carter ~ MIR Bronze Bat logo by Brandy Carter ~  MIR: Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to chat with me about your work.  BC: Of course! I’m happy to be here!  MIR: When did you first discover your interest in visual art?  BC: Art has always been the one constant in my life. As a kid, drawing/painting/coloring was my form of play time. So I suppose being an artist has been with me since day one. Getting older just made it “stick” more.  MIR: Do you have a preferred media? Paint, pen/ink,...

Let's Talk About...  Alastor - Onwards & Downwards LP Hey doom crew! If you are not hip to the Alastor yet, this is your wake up call. Open up the window and let the smoke clear enough to find your turntable. This should be your next listen. It's slow, thick like molasses and holds nothing back from the heavy music world. The vocals are clean so you need not worry about the gravel gargling heavy harshers. This one will flow like ocean waves over your body and pull you deeper and deeper. You can not escape the undertow.  Hear them on Monuments in Ruin Episode 234 https://monumentsinruin.com/blogs/podcast/episode234 They always said it was my weakness… https://open.spotify.com/album/5js9NrhMRb0LfePFa8H7qf?si=4VA-i_bcQjqezXMmiKTQ2w 

Three for Thursday! Let's Talk About...  Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace + Concrete And Gold + Self Titled      For years I have been weaving in and out of the Foo Fighters world. Every time a song plays on the radio or their music videos flash across the video screen it hooks me. The song writing is catchy, the videos are funny, the way Dave Grohl handles his celebrity is entertaining, it's the total package. Somehow there tends to be some distance between me and the albums. When I revisit the records the process is enjoyable. Maybe this is the sign of long standing albums for many years to...