HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VOLUME III
As our longform writings have slowed down, the official Total Trash Instagram page has delivered enough recommendations to keep all of you noise freaks busy while we quietly conduct a variety of static-based experiments in our laboratories. At that—it’s that time again. We have compiled another stellar 20 tracks previously recommended on social media.
In the months that have passed since HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VOLUME II, we’ve pulled our favorite tracks straight from the wax, and delivered them directly to your stax. Among others, we’ve dug through a noticeable amount of spiritual jazz, explored the family tree of reggae & dub, and maintained our foundation of DIY punk and hip-hop all the while. Below is the official tracklist and Spotify playlist for HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VOLUME III, including many independent artists with music available for purchase via Bandcamp. Kick back and get weird, and stay tuned for more words from the Junkyard soon.
[Special thanks to Mat Williams for providing us with the cover art for HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VOLUME III. Mat is most widely recognized as a frontrunner in DIY punk, and is the brains behind the dominant music of Indiana favorites, Liquids. He also plays in the newer trio, X.O.’s—truly a jack of all trades. Buy all of his music and commission him for your own album art today.]
♠ Chuck Trash, Former College Radio DJ
Total Trash, Ltd.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VOLUME III
TRACKLIST:
Donna Summer “Love to Love You Baby” (Love to Love You Baby, 1975)
Azar Lawrence “Highway” (Summer Solstice, 1975)
Sweeping Promises “Safe Now” (Hunger for a Way Out, 2020)
Lil Ugly Mane “Can Sex Me” (Three Sided Tape Volume One, 2013)
Bitchin’ Bajas “Outer Spaceways Incorporated” (Switched on Ra, 2021)
Rei Harakami “owari no kisetsu” (lust, 2005)
Ka “Sad to Say” (A Martyr’s Reward, 2021)
Natural Man Band “The Hammer” (Living in a Chemical World, 2019)
Corduroy “Dumb Luck” (Dumb Luck, 2021)
Beach House “Pink Funeral” (Once Twice Melody, 2021/2022)
94 East “If You See Me” (The Cookhouse Five, 1975)
Erik Nervous & The Beta Blockers “Nailed to the Wall” (LP, 2019)
Vtgnike “Gkbeats” (Collection, 2017)
Domenique Dumont “Quasi quasi” (Miniatures de auto rhythm, 2018)
Dre Green “what did i know then” (what did i know then, 2022)
Tommy McCook/The Upsetters “Cloak & Dagger” (Cloak & Dagger/Sharpe Razor/Dub Organiser, 1972)
DJ Hank”Stay” (City Stars, 2022)
Misses Misty “Mellow Mellow Ride On” (Mellow Mellow Ride On/Ladies Night, unknown)
Jack McDuff “Made in Sweden” (Moon Rappin’, 1969)
Sun Ra “Outer Spaceways Incorporated” (Outer Spaceways Incorporated, 1971)
