Something I Learned Today

Just passed the 3 year mark of SiLT a week or so back, and I despite the recent lack of posts I swear I’m drainin’ every last drop out of this motherfucker. The fact that “draining” in this case is interchangeable with “recycle” is a given, right? Take for example post #440, which is composed of 75% recycled content of post #8, which was my review of Nine Pound Hammer’s Kentucky Breakdown LP. My take:

so needless to say I was bit skeptical about the new release from the reformed Nine Pound Hammer. I enjoyed their last studio effort Hayseed Timebomb, but that was 1994. In the interim guitarist Blaine Cartwright’s formed Nashville Pussy who’ve released a handful of albums of cock rock’n’roll posturing and AC/DC ripoff riffs. Nine Pound Hammer is less “arena” rock and more buzzsaw punk. They have been billed as “cowpunk” but you won’t confuse this for any Uncle Tupelo or other “Alt-country” crap. The only thing cowpunk is Scott Luallen’s hillbilly vocals, which you’ll either love or hate. I love ‘em, which is the biggest reason I’m a fan. Kentucky Breakdown provides 13 tracks of hellacious backwoods rock that continues right were Hayseed Timebomb leaves off - If I didn’t know better I’d swear this album and the previous were recorded at the same time, not 10 years apart.

Both Kentucky Breakdown and Hayseed Timebomb still get alot of play on the ‘ol Ipod, both albums chunk fulla big buzzsaw guitars and lyrics skewering life south of the Mason-Dixon line. Emerson over at OldPunks.com just wrote about Nine Pound Hammer, and when two mp3bloggers with a combined age somewhere north of retirement age recommend shit, then you know it’s gotta be the real deal. Take a listen:

from 2004’s Kentucky Breakdown
Nine Pound Hammer - Drunk, Tired, and Mean.mp3
Nine Pound Hammer - He Done Run Outta Worms.mp3

from 1994’s Hayseed Timebomb
Nine Pound Hammer - Steamroller.mp3
Nine Pound Hammer - Skin a Buck.mp3

from 1992’s Smokin’ Taters
Nine Pound Hammer - Long Gone Daddy.mp3
Nine Pound Hammer - Don’t Get No.mp3

from 1988’s The Mud, The Blood, & The Beers
Nine Pound Hammer - He’s Gone.mp3
Nine Pound Hammer - Runaway Train.mp3

Links:
>> Nine Pound Hammer@myspace
>> Buy Nine Pound Hammer releases