In Heaven, everything is fine. Back in my earliest days of buying vinyl, I snagged a copy of Molehill‘s Thousand Mile Regret. Released jointly by Satans Pimp and Boredom Noise, it was a 12″ record with the two same tracks, “Tenth” and “Broken Down in the Year of the Dog,” on both sides. Though already awash in the nastiest, most brackish flood waters of turn-of-the-century sludge, I still could not believe how nasty and miserable this band from Birmingham, Alabama, sounded. The pace was agonizingly glacial and the vocals were an inhuman roar. Everything shook and buckled when I played the record. When I … Continue reading Exclusive Track Premiere: Gawthrop’s “Hogweed”