I'll be honest, I didn't like the album.  The instrumentals felt lazy to me and the clean vocals are pretty awful.  However, experimentation is always welcome.  As for the assertion that this is one of the "heaviest releases of the year," not really.  Not by a long shot.  I'm fine with both heavy and non-heavy music,…

I'll be honest, I didn't like the album.  The instrumentals felt lazy to me and the clean vocals are pretty awful.  However, experimentation is always welcome.  As for the assertion that this is one of the "heaviest releases of the year," not really.  Not by a long shot.  I'm fine with both heavy and non-heavy music,…

You're not from this area based on the stations you listed, but U92 The Moose is WVU's radio station and they're fucking fantastic.  I'll listen to anything they play.

You're not from this area based on the stations you listed, but U92 The Moose is WVU's radio station and they're fucking fantastic.  I'll listen to anything they play.

More requests! Strippers! Drugs! Grade A livestock!

More requests! Strippers! Drugs! Grade A livestock!

You haven't been to West Virginia obviously.

You haven't been to West Virginia obviously.

Don't forget Richard Castellan……oh.

Don't forget Richard Castellan……oh.

I think it's a bit more though.  Protopunk was taking blues and ramping them up with distortion.  Not to say that protopunk didn't take a lot from soul, but I can detect a lot more Motown in this than I can, say, The Stooges or The Fugs.

I think it's a bit more though.  Protopunk was taking blues and ramping them up with distortion.  Not to say that protopunk didn't take a lot from soul, but I can detect a lot more Motown in this than I can, say, The Stooges or The Fugs.

@avclub-70d31b87bd021441e5e6bf23eb84a306:disqus , I've never watched it.  I just know what he told me about it.  If it was in Saint Albans, WV though then that is the right episode.

@avclub-70d31b87bd021441e5e6bf23eb84a306:disqus , I've never watched it.  I just know what he told me about it.  If it was in Saint Albans, WV though then that is the right episode.

Fuck that; D'Arcy is the addict here.

Fuck that; D'Arcy is the addict here.

My uncle worked for them during the West Virginia HH episode, so I've known this for quite awhile.  However, he also helped MTV film Buck Wild, and I know jack shit about that.

My uncle worked for them during the West Virginia HH episode, so I've known this for quite awhile.  However, he also helped MTV film Buck Wild, and I know jack shit about that.

The entirety of Sonic Youth as AV Club poster Rain King.  Each member plays a different limb.

The entirety of Sonic Youth as AV Club poster Rain King.  Each member plays a different limb.