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I like making these podcasts because I never really know where they’re going to end up once I get started. One song leads to the next leads to the next, and before you know it, you’re all spaced out on how cool some brand new acoustic At Devil Dirt sounds coming out of the brutal dead-sludge of Coltsblood, or deep into the ultra vibes of a second hour loaded with interstellar meanderings. Some of these go brutal. This one just went far out.

That At Devil Dirt EP was just released yesterday, so if you don’t recognize the title, that’s probably why. A lot of this stuff is pretty recent, and while some of the songs you might’ve seen around, whether it was the Conan song they did the video for or the Druglord track that was streamed here with the full album, still other cuts, like the Trilogy, Black Moon Circle and Mope are new to these parts. As ever, I think it winds up with a decent blend and I hope you agree.

First Hour:
Ogre, “Nine Princes in Amber” from The Last Neanderthal (2014)
Sun Shepherd, “Awaiting the Firepit” from Procession of Trampling Hoof (2014)
Trilogy, “Invade and Occupy” from Burned Alive (2013)
Young Hunter, “Welcome to Nothing” from Split with Ohioan (2014)
Sergio Ch., “La Familia y las Guerras” from 1974 (2013)
Hull, “Legend of the Swamp Goat” from Legend of the Swamp Goat 7” (2014)
Conan, “Foehammer” from Blood Eagle (2014)
Druglord, “Feast on the Eye” from Enter Venus (2014)
Coltsblood, “Beneath Black Skies” from Into the Unfathomable Abyss (2014)

Second Hour:
At Devil Dirt, “Mirame” from Dinner is Ready (2014)
Black Moon Circle, “Enigmatic SuperBandit” from Black Moon Circle (2014)
Eidetic Seeing, “A Snake Whose Years are Long” from Against Nature (2014)
Goya, “Death’s Approaching Lullaby” from 777 (2013)
Mope, “La Caduta” from Mope (2014)
Mike Scheidt, “Rake” from Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol. II (2014)

Total running time: 1:56:49

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This week, Wino announced that after wrapping up the holiday tour with Clutch, the opening acts from that bill — namely Wino, Mondo Generator and Saviours — will be continuing their run of dates for another 11 days. Goes without saying that this is kickass news for anyone with an appreciation for that which doesn’t suck, and I thought to honor it we’d do a track off the Songs of Townes van Zandt tribute that came out earlier this year on Neurot.

Business first. Here are the tour dates:

Mondo Generator, Saviours & Wino Tour Dates

1/2 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar
1/3 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
1/4 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub
1/5 Newport, KY @ Thompson House
1/6 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Music Joint
1/8 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
1/9 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
1/10 Tempe, AZ @ Rocky Point Cantina
1/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite
1/13 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Atrium at Catalyst (no Wino)

The Songs of Townes van Zandt split between Wino and Scott Kelly and Steve Von Till of Neurosis was pretty much inevitable considering how much all three of them owe to the country crooner stylistically. After covering his material live and in various other recorded contexts over the last several years, each artist took three tracks for their own and the results were as gorgeous as they were moody.

“A Song For,” which appeared on van Zandt‘s 1994 studio swansong, No Deeper Blue, closes out the tribute and is a simple-enough execution of guitar and double-tracked vocals, but what it really shows is the power of memorable songwriting that typified van Zandt‘s work, as well as Wino‘s ability to take the original piece and make it his own in terms of performance and raw emotionality.

As always, hope you dig it and hope you have a great Wino Wednesday: