RIP Jason Molina RIP Steve Albini😞

"Texas Jerusalem crossroads" review when? Best album cover of all time

R.I.P. Steve Albini who engineered this album, would love some reactions to his other production work since you were a fan of the Pixies! I highly recommend Rid of Me by PJ Harvey and Goat by The Jesus Lizard

the amount of times you say "oh my fucking god" describes this album perfectly

I can not say i expected jason molina to pop up on this channel but boy am i glad he was so talented

hold on magnolia is such a pretty song

In the realm of dark depressive indie folk, I can also highly recommend "Purple Mountains" - s/t, "Bonnie Prince Billy" - I See a Darkness, "Smog" - Red Apple Falls, "Kaufmann & Caboor" - Songs from Suicide Bridge, "Silver Jews" - The Natural Bridge and of course "Songs: Ohia" - The Lioness for my favourite Jason Molina related record.

A similar album to this thats incredible is Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the great Highway !! Its one of my all time favorites

RIP Steve Albini who engineered this and many other classic albums. he passed away a few days ago You should listen to atomizer by albini's band "big black" some of the best noise rock ever on that album

"You forgot it in people" Reaction when?

If you enjoyed this album you should definitely hear Didn't It Rain and/or Ghost Tropic. Both albums are pretty different than this one but still similar atmosphere-wise.

My favourite album ever. Farewell Transmission was recorded in one take, the "listen" bit at the end is Molina telling the band to wind the song down. RIP to him and Albini

Actually never heard of this but this is like so beautiful what the fuck

A dear friend of mine introduced me to this album. I remember sitting on the banks of the Tennessee River. He was playing a guitar and singing "Hold On Magnolia." He was an engineer and something like a scientific genius, but Molina brought out the sentimental troubadour in him. He passed away a little over a year ago--too young. I'll never listen to this record again without thinking of him. You think something will last forever. It won't.

You should do silver jews and Bright eyes next specially their Im wide awake its morning...

Silver jews are also great alt country idk what else youd call it

This album is incredible! MJ Lenderman’s self titled album sounds very similar to this, without ripping it off. Both are great in their own way. It is not going to win any poll since it’s not well known.

I'd recommend listening to You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene. Probably my 2nd favorite album of all time behind Distintegration.

Thanks for reacting to this Smaggy ❤️

Holy shit, one of my top 5 albums of all time. Absolute masterpiece. (Duck Stab by The Residents is also in the top 5, which you should listen to)

John Henry is an American folk hero. An African American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"-a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.

please do american water by silver jews

Acid baths when the kite string pops when?

So glad you liked this album, "Hold on Magnolia" is one of the best songs I've heard in my life, keep up the good work, love your reactions🤍

Beautiful album choice! One of my favorites. Another good album you could listen to from Songs:Ohia is The Lioness. I would also strongly recommend listening to The Big Game Is Every Night on your own time. It’s a bonus track for this album, but it really should’ve been on the album imo. It’s probably the heaviest hitting song on here, believe it or not.

Such an amazing album, such an amazing song writer. So glad you decided to give it a shot

whoa eventhough I've seen your other off the beaten path album reactions, I did NOT expect a Songs: Ohia reaction. nice.

Day 82 of asking Smags to listen to: Portishead - Third King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)

Amazing album! Defintly check out the two extra songs on the deluxe version Whip Poor Will and The Big Game is On Every Night. Two of the best on the album imo. If you want a real sad one, checkout What Comes After the Blues by Magnolia Electric Co (Which is the name of the next Molina project after Songs; Ohia)

Townes van zandt self titled is the second country album I'd really recommend. Its more classic but just really beautiful

After this album, Jason Molina, the main singer and songwriter for Songs Ohia, changed his main stage monicker to Magnolia Electric Co. Under that name he released the live album “Trials and Errors” which is one of my favorite albums of all time and in my opinion the perfect follow up to this album if you want to get more into him

You said you dig the alt-country vibe, then Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway is a MUST on god

A great similar album to this is I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning by Bright Eyes. I highly recommend it ❤️

RIP JASON MOLINA RIP STEVE ALBINI wtf i just started listening to this record when i heard albini died and got super hooked up to it and then you release this!! love you

React to Feels by Animal Collective

Love this album! React to Rid of Me by PJ Harvey next!

I'll use this opportunity to again recommend the amazing album Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River whose lead man, Will Sheff, created the cover art for Magnolia Electric Co (and tons of other great art that can be found on his website). It is one of those rare albums where someone had something they needed to say and did so in perfect form.

You would love Didn't It Rain by Songs: Ohia as well. It's even heavier and more beautiful. Thanks Smags!

Definitely check out Smog, Red Apple Falls especially

my favorite album ever

Love your reactions, very entertaining. Here are a couple gems I think you might particularly enjoy: The Nightblooms - self titled Novak - self titled Mice Parade - self titled Ride - Nowhere The Wedding Present - Seamonsters The Notwist - Neon Golden 18th Dye - Tribute to a Bus The Fall - Perverted by Language Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People

Oh shit we in the big sad now boys

Tigers jaw self titled def underrated

I was literally listening to this album when this came out lol

RIP Albini

Saw the title and i know you're gonna love this one, its just so goooood

Didn't know this album but it's a pleasant surprise. Nice listening to at the end of a hot summer day 🌄

This was one of my go to albums back in college. Didnt expect to see it here!

if smags has no fans i'm dead

Im wide awake its morning by bright eyes

What an album!! Love it if you'd react to Jim o'rourke. But oh well, democracy will win in terms of reactions...

First of all, kinda new here, I absolutely love your content. A lot of times I wish I could listen to records for the first time again and your reactions makes me do that in a way so thank you so much! This is one of my favorite albums of all time, Jason Molina was a genius, if you want to listen to something else by him I would higly recommend Didn't it Rain. Also reaction to Ys by Joanna Newsom when (also recorded by Steve Albini, RIP)

If you could do more Brand New, that'd be awesome. Science fiction or Daisy pleeeaase ❤

woahhhhh no way been waiting for this one! amazing album! Would highly suggest Yves Tumor Heaven to a Tortured Mind

Still recommending: Let's Dance by David Bowie. It seems like most people these days just stick to the title track and forget there are other great bangers in the album Also: Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears.

do ghost tropic by him next

new to your channel, was going to suggest this and here it is. It's magic, just like this album.

Hey smags, if you ever want to continue the microphones/mount errie, listen to "it was hot we stayed on the water" great record!

Album recommendations: Waiting to Spill- The backseat lovers When we Were Friends- The backseat lovers Something you needed- Flipturn Shadowglow- Flipturn Songs- Adrianne Lenker Unreal Unearth- Hozier Close to Paradise- Patrick Watson Young Americans- David Bowie Everything so far- Pinegrove RMCM- Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners Good For You- Houndmouth The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We- Mitski

I love this album with all my heart. Farewell Transmission gets better every single time you listen to it, it’s timeless.

Goes without saying that you’ve gotta check out more from Molina (Ghost Tropic, Didnt it Rain, Lioness), but you’d also be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t check out the Big Game bonus track. Easily on par with some of the best of the album. The centrepiece that never was.

smags you should definetly review adrenaline by deftones 🔥🔥🔥

Superdrag when?

Try listening to The Jayhawks. Sound of Lies is a good introduction

Great album, great reaction, my rec: The Wrens - The Meadowlands

there's a bird on this album cover... volcanic bird enemy next ?????

Smags, when you gonna do video on Volcanic Bird Enemy? once you told me it's gonna be in april, still waiting tho, love all your videos that's why im looking forward to your reaction to one of the best and unique album of the decade, peace man stay consistent, never change 🙏 ps RIP Steve Albini fucking legend

as a suggestion, please listen to Gong with their Album ,,You´´

Absolutely unrelated and I might have asked for this before but I would def recommend M83s album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. It’s a classic

Gaucho - Steely Dan

could you do a review on future sounds of london dead cities

If you like this I implore you to please do a sparklehorse album specifically Dreamnt for lightyears and good morning spider like Jason he was troubled till his life too soon but his music was amazing.

Would definitely reccomend listening to other Songs: Ohia albums. I would personally say to do The Lioness next.

Please please please listen to Ghost Tropic, which is probably my fave Songs: Ohia album. It's muxh more sparse, experiemental, and sad than this one.

Smags, I know you've listened to In Utero already but would you by chance react to their MTV unplugged album? Cheers RIP Steve Albini :(

WTF I literally just randomly listened to this last night after a friend recommended it like two months ago. Shit was good, I need to relisten cause I wasn’t paying full attention but I really liked what I heard.

I recommend the album Benji by Sun Kil Moon, please please please

You should listen to Excuses For Travellers by Mojave 3. I'd call it alternative country

I'm Wide Awake It's Morning by Bright Eyes please!!!

You already know what I’m going to ask. Yves tumor - heaven to a tortured mind

Please give try to "I'm wide awake, it's morning" by Bright Eyes... You'll love the lyrics and vocals

Please listen to Songs of Leonard Cohen. One of the best albums ever

RIP Steve Albini

Please Do God’s Country By Chat Pile 🙏🙏🙏

gotta listen to more boris

It’d be really sick to see you check out some Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon, though Mark Kozalek is a terrible person and a SO, so I’d understand if you don’t wanna support that, but similar vibes just more depressing lmao

You need to react to MAYA by M.I.A

Please listen to Frank Zappa or The Mothers of invention I would You Would love it

Iggy Pop, The Idiot🎼

pls , PLS Listen to Nebraska- Bruce Springsteen PLSSSS

Skibidi rizz only in ohia

magnolia bird enemy and the electric co.

Finally 😄

SAMPHA

Day 94 of asking smags to listen to creatures of Habit by kiltro

My amongus smagity smags pls react to what did you expect from the vaccines - the vaccines plss

Day 14 of asking you to review BROCKHAMPTON!

This is one of the saddest albums I have EVER heard

rip steve albini, rip steve molina you react to too much peak its actually unfair