Balls 'N Cabbage - (Almost) Everything (2006-2009)

Balls 'n Cabbage is my college band, we haven't played together since May of last year (but we did party together and it was glorious)! We play a thumpin' mixture of funk, jazz and psych rock that lends itself to jamming (like a 14-minute Maggot Brain cover).

The band features a rotating cast of characters, including Mike "Tiny" Skladel on guitar, Mike Tobey on the Bass and Ross Procaccio on the drums. Sometimes Mr. Adam Zucker joins on the vocals and Jon Ellis on the sax. The full-length album, "Passion of the Cabbage" also has guest horns from Gary, Guido and Justin of Marx Revolution, flute by Forgy and piano by Mr. Tristan Fields.There are also a few outrageous tapes of these gentlemen out there, including a jam where BnC was joined by Michael Krause on the oud, Sam Giovannini on another bass. They did Bill Cosby and an outrageous groove fest dubbed "Space Plumper." Nobody knows where these are and it kinda sucks, because those jams were fun. There are also some recordings from February 2008 when Chris Smith came and recorded us in Dodds practice room 104. It was electric.

RIYL: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Funkadelic, King Crimson, Hawkwind, James Brown

The Passion of the Cabbage (2007)
http://www.mediafire.com/?1ghkql7vp5yrj8z

Live on Father's Day 2007
http://www.mediafire.com/?sq3b029got1lbm9

Live on May 8, 2009
http://www.mediafire.com/?5a5ac6mbrd2qqif

Ross' Basement (Feb 2009)
http://www.mediafire.com/?im22b568aqvdv18

Bill Cosby Studio A @ Dodds March 2007 (feat. Andrew Simonelli on piano and Jon Ellis on sax)
http://www.mediafire.com/?cn2k0ws2fkvtrdc

Ennio Morricone - Crime and Dissonance (2005)

Morricone, one of the most popular and respected film composers has a career spanning more than five decades including some of the greatest and most acclaimed films of all-time. Everything from Westerns (his work with Sergio Leone on the Dollars trilogy, Once Upon A Time in the West and Duck, You Sucker; The Great Silence), mob films (The Untouchables, Bugsy), to countless other films (White Dog, The Thing, The Mission, The Exorcist 2, Salo). Although mostly known for his evocative and uplifting string pieces Morricone also draws from a wealth of other influences. Many of the pieces in this two-disc collection come from giallo films (some by legendary director Dario Argento) of the late sixties and early seventies and draw heavily from psychedelic rock sounds of the time, making this the ideal primer on the composer for those into rock and the avant-garde.

RIYL: Mike Patton, electric-era Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Guru Guru, John Zorn

Disc 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?6lh1tuv9ctccbpj
Disc 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?g7a82uc1asa0sfr

Dalek - From the Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots (2002)

Hip-hop with industrial and noise elements. The beats are really chaotic and interesting, full of weird textures and even some extended noise jams. Dalek's stream-of-consciousness lyrics and low voice complement the music without being its focal point.

RIYL: Public Enemy, Godflesh, Swans, Saul Williams

http://www.mediafire.com/?ghsxzpsd13b4c8k

Masters of Reality - Masters of Reality (1989)

This band's Black Sabbath influence starts and ends with the band name. Mainman Chris Goss is well known as a producer for Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, but this is the album that helped put him on the map. If it had come out now instead of 1989 it'd be heralded as an instant classic. Instead it's just an obscure and underrated one. This is dad rock that non-dads will love too.

RIYL: Cream, Blind Faith, Queens of the Stone Age, Blue Cheer

http://www.mediafire.com/?yajzzgznkmt

Flower Travellin Band - Satori (1971)

My good friend Colin "Poopy" Roberts once accused Slayer of ripping off the opening riff to this album. Which wouldn't be surprising except this album came out in the early seventies in Japan. To say this is one of the greatest things I've ever heard is an understatement. Gotta love hearing other cultures' takes on our savage rock 'n roll traditions.

RIYL: Black Sabbath, King Crimson, Amon Duul II, Boris

http://www.mediafire.com/?nomgmj2nuzt

World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's A Real Thing (2004)

Crazy West African psych-rock. This stuff was influenced by (and developed parallel to) the British and American rock traditions of the sixties and seventies. It's really interesting to hear what we were missing out on during that decade and to think about what might've happened were some American band hip to these groovy sounds.

RIYL: Jimi Hendrix, Can, James Brown

http://www.mediafire.com/?f14ooa08w7shxht

Blessure Grave - Learn to Love the Rope EP (2009)

Ian Curtis isn't dead, he just smells funny. This band from San Diego captures the lo-fi and depressing vibe of early post-punk and goth rock in a way that feels fresh and captivating instead of rehashed.

RIYL: Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy

http://www.mediafire.com/?35forra3tvzvj9y

Dolemite - Soundtrack (Relapse Records, 2006)

Well-known metal/grind/whatever label Relapse Records reissued this out of left field in 2006. Much like the film it comes from, the soundtrack is a low budget affair that benefits greatly from the enthusiasm and effort put behind it. There are some raging funk grooves on this as well as some sweet bonus tracks. A blaxploitation lover's dream.

RIYL: James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Dr. Dre, P-Funk, Snoop Dogg

http://www.mediafire.com/?ycgl5todkg8ynnd